Harold H. Stowell Professor

Research Interests

• Magmatic Arc processes and the Growth of Continents
• Partial Melting and Evolution of the Mid- to Lower-Crust in Orogenic Belts
• Nucleation and Growth of Porphyroblasts in Metamorphic Rocks
• Duration and Rates of Tectonic and Metamorphic Processes
• Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths for Metamorphism
• Phase Diagrams for Metamorphic Rocks
• Garnet Sm-Nd Geochronology

Research Areas

• Geophysics, Tectonics, and Structural Geology
• High-Temperature Geochemistry and Petrology

Current Research Projects

•   Granulite Facies Metamorphism
• Equilibrium During Metamorphism
• High Flux Magmatic Events in Continental Magmatic Arcs
• Garnet Growth in the North Cascades Crystalline Core
• Isotope Geology and Geochronology