Bobby Reece

Research:
As a part of the St. Elias Erosion/Tectonics Project, Bobby conducts research in the deepwater Gulf of Alaska using seismic reflection, bathymetric, magnetic, gravity, and drill core data. His research focus is on the sedimentary and tectonic effects of Yakutat terrane flat-slab subduction beneath the North American plate on the Pacific plate. Specifically, Bobby studies climate-tectonic interaction and mass wasting represented in the Surveyor Fan, and crustal-scale deformation and shearing of the Pacific plate.

Publications:
Reece, R., S. Gulick, B. Horton, G. Christeson, L. Worthington (2011), Tectonic and climatic influence on the evolution of the Surveyor Fan and Channel System, Gulf of Alaska, Geosphere, v. 7, no. 4, p. 830-844, doi: 10.1130/GES00654.1.

Christeson, G., S. Gulick, H. van Avendonk, L. Worthington, R. Reece, and T. Pavlis (2010), The Yakutat Terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the Transition fault, Alaska: Geology, v. 38, no. 10, p. 895-898, doi: 10.1130/G31170.1.

Presentations at Professional Meetings:
Reece, R., S. Gulick, G. Christeson, G. Barth (2011), Effects of the Yakutat terrane collision with North America on the neighboring Pacific plate (poster), Abstract T33A-2382, presented at 2011 fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, B. Horton, G. Barth, M. LeVoir (2011), Controls on high variation in sinuosity and avulsion in neighboring deep-sea channels in the Gulf of Alaska (talk), Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 9-12.

Reece, R., K. Ridgway, S. Gulick, L. Worthington, T. Pavlis (2011), Effects of spatial and temporal variation in sediment flux on the Aleutian subduction zone (talk), GeoPRISMS Planning Workshop for the Alaska Primary Site, Portland, OR.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, G. Barth, M. LeVoir (2011), Along-strike variation in subducting sediment sourcing at the northeast Aleutian Trench (poster), GeoPRISMS Planning Workshop for the Alaska Primary Site, Portland, OR.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, B. Horton, G. Christeson, L. Worthington, J. Jaeger (2011), Tectonic and climatic influence on the evolution of the Surveyor Fan and Channel System, Gulf of Alaska (poster), Abstract 996636, presented at 2011 meeting, AGU Chapman S2S, Oxnard, CA.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, G. Christeson (2010), Evidence for seismic strengthening and climate influence in creation of an anomalously large slope failure, Yakutat margin, Gulf of Alaska (talk), Abstract OS22C-07, presented at 2010 fall meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, I. Norton, L. Worthington, G. Christeson (2009), Intraplate shearing and basin deformation in the Pacific Plate as a result of the Yakutat Block collision with North America (poster),

Reece, R., S. Gulick, J. Jaeger (2009), Mass transport deposits as a key for understanding glacial intervals in the Surveyor Fan, Gulf of Alaska (poster), 4th International Symposium, Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Abstracts, p.100.

Reece, R., S. Gulick, J. Jaeger, G. Christeson, L. Worthington, T. Pavlis (2009), Erosion and deposition by cross-shelf glacial advance as a mechanism for channel inception in the Surveyor Fan, Gulf of Alaska (poster), Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 41 (7), p.305.

Fellowships/Awards:
2011 Devon Energy Fellowship
2011-2012 ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholar
2009 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Tectonophysics, AGU Fall Meeting
2009 Marathon Oil Company Fellowship
2008-2009 Ewing-Worzel Fellowship (UTIG)