Expertise

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

 

Communities
Geology
Degrees
PhD, Princeton University, Geology, 1987
MS, University of South Carolina, Geology, 1981
BS, Florida State University, Geology, 1978
Keywords
geology
Associations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America