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Peggy M. VermeeschPost-Doctoral FellowTelephone: (512) 471-0485 PhD in Geophysics, Imperial College London, UK, 2002-2006 |
Research Interests:
Deep crustal structure of rifted margins. Seismic refraction tomography.
Geophysical and geological study of the western section of the Amerasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean.
Modelling of magnetic anomalies over the N continental margin of the Seychelles.
Impact cratering: 3D seismic tomography of the Chicxulub impact crater.
UTIG Supervisors: Dr. Lawrence Lawver and Dr. Harm Van Avendonk.
PhD thesis:
P.M. Vermeesch (2006). Geophysical study of the Chicxulub impact crater. Ph.D. thesis, Imperial College London, UK, 418 pp. PDF
Journal Articles:
P.M. Vermeesch, H.J.A. Van Avendonk, and L.A. Lawver. Upper-crustal structure of Mendeleev Ridge, Arctic Ocean, from marine seismic refraction data. Geophysical Journal International, in prep.
P.M. Vermeesch, J.V. Morgan, C. Lana, and M.S. King. P- and S-wave velocity measurements of the Chicxulub impact crater lithologies. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, in prep.
P.M. Vermeesch, J.V. Morgan, G. Christeson and P. Barton. 3-D joint inversion of traveltime and gravity data across the Chicxulub impact crater. Journal of Geophysical Research, in review.
P.M. Vermeesch and J.V. Morgan (2008). Structural uplift beneath the Chicxulub impact structure. Geophysical Research Letters,113, B07103, doi:10.1029/2007JB005393. PDF
S.P.S. Gulick, P.J. Barton, G.L. Christeson, J.V. Morgan, M. McDonald, K. Mendoza-Cervantes, Z.F. Pearson, A. Surendra, J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, P.M. Vermeesch and M.R. Warner (2007). Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater. Nature Geosciences, 1, p. 131-135, doi:10.1038/ngeo103.
P.M. Vermeesch and J.V. Morgan (2004). Chicxulub central crater structure: Initial results from physical property measurements and combined velocity and gravity modeling. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39(7), p. 1019-1034. PDF
Other Publications:
J.S. Collier, T.A. Minshull, J.-M. Kendall, R.B. Whitmarsh, G. Ruempker, P. Joseph, P. Samson, C.I. Lane, V. Sansom, P.M. Vermeesch, J. Hammond, J. Wookey, N. Teanby, T.M. Ryberg, and S.M. Dean (2004). Rapid Continental Breakup and Microcontinent Formation in the Western Indian Ocean. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(46), p. 481-487. PDF
Selected Conference Abstracts:
P.M. Vermeesch, H.J. Van Avendonk, and L.A. Lawver (2007). Upper-crustal velocity structure along 150 km of the Mendeleev Ridge from tomographic inversion of long-offset refraction data collected during HLY0602. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11E-04. PDF
P.M. Vermeesch and J.V. Morgan (2007). Broad zone of structural uplift beneath the Chicxulub impact structure. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U22A-04. PDF
P.M. Vermeesch, H.J. Van Avendonk, L.A. Lawver, M.J. Hornbach, M. Wiederspahn, S. Saustrup, A. Mironov (2007). Acquisition of long-offset seismic refraction data in the Canada Basin, Chukchi Borderlands and Mendeleev Ridge. International Conference on Arctic Margins (ICAM V), Abstract ISP-077. Poster for the ICAM V meeting in Tromsų, Norway. PDF
P.M. Vermeesch, H.J. Van Avendonk, L.A. Lawver, M.J. Hornbach, M. Wiederspahn, S. Saustrup, A. Mironov, S. Stevenoski, C. Asher, K. Bain, M. McDonald, R. Young (2006). Acquisition of long-offset seismic refraction data in the Chukchi Borderlands and Mendeleev Ridge. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplements, Abstract OS53B-1118. Poster for the AGU Fall meeting in San Francisco, US. PDF
P.M. Vermeesch, J.V. Morgan, and I. Stekl (2005). 3D joint inversion of travel-time and potential field data across the Chicxulub impact crater. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Supplements, Abstract P11A-04. Oral presentation for the AGU Spring meeting in New Orleans, US. PDF
P.M. Vermeesch, J.V. Morgan, and M. King (2003). Chicxulub: Physical property measurements on core samples from CSDP hole YAX-1. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, p. 14418. Oral presentation for the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly in Nice, France. PDF