DUSC

field trips

Ringvassøya, Norway

Amphibolite dikes crosscutting deformed tonalite

Complex deformation in tonalite

Reindeer at the top of Breitinden Peak

Research team on Senja

Field area for a collaborative research project with Dr. Carly Faber (University of Tromsø) and Dr. Noah Phillips (USC) studying the rheology of amphibolites in lower crustal shear zones.

Rainy Lake, Ontario, Canada

Zodiac parked at an outcrop of deformed granites

Foliated amphibolite mylonites

Foliated amphibolite and anorthite mylonites

Deformed and metamorphosed pillow basalts

Boating to outcrops on the lake

Steep Rock mine, a WWII era iron mine

Field area for a collaborative research project with Dr. Noah Phillips (USC) in the Quetico Shear Zone studying the rheology of Archean-age shear zones.

Mont Albert, Quebec, Canada

Top of Mont Albert where mantle rocks host a unique ecosystem

Mantle section of the ophiolite

Mantle to metamorphic sole section of the ophiolite

Field area for a collaborative research project with Dr. Alissa Kotowski (Utrecht University) on the Mt. Albert ophiolite studying the dynamics of subduction initiation.

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Pillow basalt of the Metchosin formation near Sombrio Point

Metapelitic schist outcropping on the western coast

Leech River Fault in Goldstream

Metapelitic schist along Diversion Reservoir

Field area for my Ph.D. research project studying the Leech River Fault, where the Metchosin Basalt was accreted against the Leech River Schist.

California and Nevada

Golden Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California

Little Hebe Crater, Death Valley National Park, California

Rainbow Basin, California

Muddy Mountains Wilderness Area, Nevada

Mapping areas for Field School 1 are located across California and Nevada where extension in the Basin and Range province overprints passive margin sedimentary sequences and subsequent fold and thrust belts.

Massif Central, France

Basaltic flows overlying columnar basalt

Volcanic rim with a central lava dome

Mapping areas for Field School 2 and 3 are located in the Massif Central region of southern France where the basement is composed of granitic and metamorphic rocks of the Variscan orogeny. Recent volcanism formed the Chaîne des Puys, a chain of cider cones, lava domes, and maars.