Geodynamics / Petrology

Geodynamics / Geophysics / Geochemistry / Mineral Physics / Petrology

The study of dynamic processes within the Earth and on the surface of Earth and other planets is the subject of numerous research programs and academic courses in which the Department and the facilities of two affiliated institutes, CIRES and LASP, are closely interrelated. The interdepartmental Geophysics Ph.D. Program links expertise in geophysics across the campus.

Department Faculty

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Roger G. Bilham: Crustal deformation instrumentation and analysis, space geodesy, and seismotectonics.
G. Lang Farmer: Radiogenic isotope geochemistry and geochemical evolution of the western U.S.
Rebecca Flowers: Geochronology, thermochronology, tectonics.
Craig Jones: Geophysics and tectonics, regional tectonics of the Great Basin and western United States.
Kevin Mahan: Metamorphic petrology, Structural geology.
Peter Molnar: Seismology, Geophysics, Tectonics.
Karl Mueller: Structural geology, tectonic geomorphology, earthquake behavior of blind thrusts and fault-related folds in active transpressive orogens.
Anne Sheehan: Seismology, geodynamics, geophysics and plate tectonics.
Joseph Smyth: Mineral physics and crystallography.
Charles Stern: Geochemical evolution and volcanism of central and southern South America.
Hartmut Spetzler - Emeritus: Experimental and theoretical aspects of mantle deformation.

2 olivines and a quartz crystal at
6GPa in the diamond anvil cell.

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GPS station near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

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Other geophysics faculty at CU may be found on the full faculty listing for the Geophysics Program

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