Tectonic Research at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

Tectonics

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Research Staff

Name Area of Interest Project Location
Austin, Jamie stratigraphy marine and lacustrine environments
Bangs, Nathan structure, tectonic processes convergent margins
Christeson, Gail crustal structure Gulf of Alaska, SE Caribbean, Hess Deep, Blanco Fracture Zone
Dalziel, Ian global tectonic processes, geography of ancient Earth Antarctica, Africa
Flemings, Peter Stratigraphy, basin analysis, basin-scale fluid flow, pore pressures in seafloor sediments, submarine landslides, oil and gas migration, methane hydrates, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Gulf of Mexico
Frohlich, Cliff deep earthquakes, Texas earthquakes, moonquakes, and the statistical analysis of earthquake catalogs global, Texas
Gulick, Sean tectonic processes, glacial interactions, impact structures, geohazards Alaska, Haiti, Sumatra, Japan
Hayman, Nick faults, structural geology, tectonics, and lithospheric dynamics Japan, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Northwest, Tierra del Fuego
Horton, Brian tectonics of sedimentary basins Andes, Tibet, Zagros
Lavier, Luc tectonics, structural & geodynamic evolution continental & oceanic rifts, collisional environments
Lawver, Lawrence paleogeographic reconstructions, paleo-seaways, aerogeophysics Arctic, Antarctica, Southeast Asia
McIntosh, Kirk Structure and tectonics of continental margins and continental interiors Central America, Taiwan and the South China Sea, Mississippi River
Norton, Ian structure, regional-scale plate reconstructions continental margins
Sen, Mrinal seismic wave propagation including anisotropy, geophysical inverse problems, synthetic seismograms in heterogeneous media, seismology and inverse theory  
Shipley, Tom seismic reflection methods convergent margins
Taylor, Fred geochemistry of the annual density bands in living and fossil corals as inferences to late Quaternary paleoclimate western tropical Pacific (Western Pacific Warm Pool)
Van Avendonk, Harm deep crustal structure plate boundaries, Arctic, Gulf of Mexico