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UA PhD candidate Jordan Wang and Prof. Paul Kapp led a great field trip to see the Catalina-Rincon metamorphic core complex near Tucson. Participants included our visitor Eric Schmidtke of Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada, Parker and Will from our group, and Paul Kapp’s regional tectonics class….Continue Reading Field trip to Catalina-Rincon metamorphic core complex

Our group will be presenting three talks at the GSA 2024 meeting in Anaheim. Please join us! Sun Sept 22, 1:35-1:55 PM, Rm 304A: 71-1 – RECONSTRUCTING NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA PLATE TECTONIC HISTORY ALONG WESTERN MEXICO TO CALIFORNIA FROM MANTLE CONSTRAINTS (Invited), (Jonny Wu, Spencer Fuston, Lorenzo Colli) Mon Sept 23, 1:35-1:55 PM, Rm 304B,…Continue Reading Upcoming presentations at GSA 2024 Anaheim

Jonny Wu presented an online talk at the Plate Model Intercomparison workshop in the University of Vienna in April 2024. The workshop was organized by the IUGS Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) program. Jonny’s talk was entitled “Plate model inter comparison: effects of seismic tomography enhancements”. A full listing of the workshop talks is below. Plate…Continue Reading IUGS Deep Time Digital Earth workshop in Vienna

Predicted dynamic topography from the Tomopac mantle model…Continue Reading Chris Calvelage successfully defends PhD thesis on subduction history and mantle convection

Our Historical Geology class took a weekend field trip to camp at the Grand Canyon and visit its wonderful geology! The trip was co-led by instructors Dr.Jess Kapp and Dr.Jonny Wu….Continue Reading Student field trip to Grand Canyon

Our Tectonophysics journal special issue with 18 articles on Dynamic processes of the Southeast (SE) Asia convergent system is now online here. The special issue was led by Lead Guest Editor Weiwei Ding (Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience & Second Institute of Oceanography, China). Other guest editors were:…Continue Reading Tectonophysics special issue on SE Asia convergent margin

Our article entitled “Linking Pacific Plate Motions to Metamorphism and Magmatism in Japan During Cretaceous to Paleogene Times” was published in the April 2024 issue of Elements magazine. The article was led by Jonny Wu (Arizona). Co-authors are Tsung-Jui Wu (University of Nevada Reno) and Ken Yamaha (Geological Survey of Japan AIST)….Continue Reading New Elements article on the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan

The University of Arizona media team highlighted our new paper in an article entitled “Geologists rewind the clock to reveal secrets about Earth’s mysterious mantle“. The new paper is entitled “Philippine Sea plate and surrounding magmatism reveal the Antarctic-Zealandia, Pacific, and Indian mantle domain boundaries” and was published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. The…Continue Reading UA media highlights new paper on Philippine Sea magmatism and mantle domains

Yi-Wei Chen’s manuscript entitled “Lesser Antilles slab reconstruction reveals lateral slab transport under the Caribbean since 50 Ma” was accepted for publication in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). Co-authors are Jonny Wu (University of Arizona) and Saskia Goes (Imperial College London). Congrats Yi-Wei! The paper presents a slab-based Caribbean plate reconstruction and…Continue Reading Caribbean plate tectonics paper published in EPSL