Jonny Wu’s lecture on North American tomography was posted on Nick Zentner’s Geology Youtube channel. Nick is a gifted science communicator and regularly engages with over 100,000 subscribers. Jonny’s lecture entitled “North American Cordilleran plate tectonic history: tomography, geodynamic models, and mineral deposit implications” was originally recorded on October 7, 2024….Continue Reading Youtube lecture on North American tomography
An article in AGU EOS highlighted our recently published paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Our study entitled Analysis of Shear Wave Splitting Patterns in Alaska: Evidence for Strong Intra-Slab Anisotropy is led by Sharmila Appini and Yingcai Zheng of University of Houston. Co-authors are Jonny Wu (University of Arizona) and Walter Mooney (USGS)….Continue Reading Alaska earthquake research featured in AGU EOS
Congratulations to MS student Will McCraine, who was awarded a 2025 GSA Graduate Student Research Grant for $2000. Will’s research proposal is entitled “Resolving the timing of ductile deformation in the Catalina-Rincon Mountains”. The goal is to better constrain the timing of ductile deformation in the Catalina-Rincon Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. Will is establishing consistent…Continue Reading Will McCraine awarded GSA Student Grant for research on the Catalina-Rincon metamorphic core complex
Please join our upcoming short course and presentations at the GSA 2025 meeting in San Antonio! Plate Tectonics for Science and Teaching Using GPlates Paleo-GIS Software (Short course instructors: Jonny Wu and Edward Clennett) Wu, J., Wakabayashi, J., Wang, J., Clennett, E., Re-evaluating plate tectonic reconstructions of the Franciscan complex, USA, and along-strike regions using ocean…Continue Reading Upcoming presentations at GSA2025