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Fieldwork Experience

Field Research

2018 Geological fieldwork, Eastern Connecticut (2 weeks)

2017 Geological fieldwork, Eastern Connecticut (2 weeks)

2016 Geological fieldwork, Tian Shan and Turfan Basin, China (3 weeks)

2015 Geological fieldwork, Daqing, Shuozi and Helan Shan, China (3 weeks)

2014 Geological fieldwork, Eastern Connecticut (4 weeks)

2013 Geological fieldwork, Helan and Lang Shan, China (3 weeks)

2013 Geological fieldwork, Idaho (2 weeks)

2012 Geological fieldwork, N Tibetan margin, China (2 weeks)

2011 Geological fieldwork, Idaho (2 weeks)

2011 Geological fieldwork, Tibetan foreland, China (2 weeks)

2010 Geological fieldwork, eastern Brazil (1 week)

2010 Geological fieldwork, Gobi Altai, Mongolia (2.5 weeks)

2010 Geological fieldwork, Cyprus (1 week)

2009 Geological fieldwork, Beishan, China (2 weeks)

2008 Geological fieldwork, Cyprus (1 week)

2005 Geological fieldwork, Julian Alps, Slovenia (1 week)

2005 Geological fieldwork, Gobi Altai, Mongolia (5 weeks)

2004 Geological fieldwork, Gobi Altai, Mongolia (5 weeks)

2003 Geological fieldwork, Julian Alps, Slovenia (4 weeks)

2003 Geological fieldwork, Gobi Desert, Mongolia (3 weeks)

2001 Geological fieldwork, Mongolian Altai (6 weeks)

2000 Geological fieldwork, Mongolian Altai (6 weeks)

1998 Structural studies, Hangay Dome, Mongolia (6 weeks).

1997 Structural studies, Chinese Tien Shan (5 weeks).

1996 Structural field mapping, Altai and Gobi Altai, Mongolia (6 weeks).

1995 Structural field mapping, Altai and Gobi Altai, Mongolia (6 weeks).

1994 Structural field mapping, Altai and Gobi Altai, Mongolia (2 months).

1993-4 Structural fieldwork, Brazilian Highlands (6 months).

1992 Field mapping, southernmost Andes, Chile (2 months).

1991 Field mapping, southernmost Andes, Chile (3 months).

1990 Field mapping, southernmost Andes, Chile (2 months).

1990 Paleomagnetic field study, Antarctic Peninsula (1 month).

1989 Field mapping, southernmost Andes, Chile and Argentina (2 months).

1988 Paleomagnetic field study on Peninsula Hardy, southernmost Chile (5 weeks).

1985-7 Geotechnical field studies in Arizona related to Superconducting Supercollider site investigations including, gravity and seismic refraction surveys, subsidence risk studies, seismic risk assessment, geologic mapping, fault and fracture studies, and organization of drilling program and subsequent core analysis.

1984-8 Research and field excursions to North American metamorphic core complexes, western Arizona, California, British Columbia.

1985 Field mapping, western Arizona (2 months).

1982 Volcanological field studies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua (3 weeks).

1982 Talc exploration project, northern Vermont, reconnaissance exploration, detailed mapping, sampling and economic assessment of discoveries (6 months).

1981 Copper exploration project, Maine, mapping, surveying, drill core logging (3 months).

1981 Sedimentological and structural field studies, Utah and Wyoming (3 weeks).

1981 Paleomagnetic field research, Salt Range, Pakistan (1 month).

1980 Basic geological field study in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York (2 months)

 

Field Trip Participation - as leader, professional participant or student

 

As Leader: Wyoming/Idaho, 2019; Arizona, 2017; Iceland, 2016; Idaho/Wyoming, 2015; Arizona, 2014; Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 2010; Anglesey, Wales - 26 separate trips 1995-2012; Almeria, Spain - 10 separate trips, 2002-2012; Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps (1994, 1997, 1998), Arran, Scotland, 1999; Mine tours in Utah and Nevada (1996),

As Professional Participant: Sudetan Mountains, Poland, 2005, Betic Cordillera, Spain, 2004, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria, 2003, Apennine fault systems, Italy (2002), San Andreas Fault and Ventura Basin (2001), Dead Sea Rift, Israel (2000), Lake Baikal and Tunka Graben, Russia (1999), various trips around the UK (Cornwall, Peak District, Lake District, Yorkshire, NW Scottish Highlands, Devon, 1994-2004), Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil, (1994) 

As Student Participant: Mendocino Triple Junction, California, (1992), Shuswap Complex, Canadian Rockies (1992), Wasatch Range, Utah (1992), Washington Cascades (1990), Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, (1989), Central Andean transect, Chile and Argentina (1990), SE California and western Arizona (1984), various undergraduate and graduate trips in New England, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua (1980-84).

 

Other International Experience

"Geotourism" in New Zealand, Karakorum, Pamir, Tien Shan, Nepalese Himalaya, South China, Malaysia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chilean and Argentinian Andes, Swiss Alps, Cantabria, Massif Central, Greece, Cyprus, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Iceland, Slovenia, Lanzarote, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Central and East African rift valleys and volcanic regions, Cascade Range, Idaho, Montana, Yellowstone, Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut. Foreign language abilities: Portuguese (good), Spanish (good), French (fair), Mongolian (fair). Lived in Ouro Preto, Brazil and collaborated with Brazilian geologists for 10 months in 1993-94. Completed six-month foreign language and cultural exchange program in Blois, France, 1979. Extensive hiking and wilderness experience in Himalayas, Karakorum, European Alps, New Zealand, Chile, Mongolia, Scotland, Wales, Pyrenees, Quebec, Ontario, Arizona, Vermont-New Hampshire-Maine.