Summary
I am a structural geologist interested in the evolution of the continents, especially the compositional, thermal, structural, and rheological histories of continental crust along the convergent plate boundaries. I am also interested in how heat and mass (magma, solid rocks, fluid) transfer within the crust, and how tectonic activities interact with long-term w88 slot.
I combine field study with laboratory analysis (LA-ICP-MS, EPMA, EBSD) and numerical modeling to address geological problems/questions. My study areas include the Sierra w88 slot Batholith in California, the Gangdese Batholith in southern Tibet, and the Basin and Range Province in w88 slot.
Research interests
- w88 slot magmatic orogens
- Heat and mass transfer processes w88 slot crust
- w88 slot and magmatism in Basin and Range
Courses taught
- GEOL 260 Introductory w88 slot Methods
- GEOL 332 w88 slot and Tectonics
- GEOL 451 Summer w88 slot Camp
- GEOL 497 Senior Research Project
- GEOL 735 Lithospheric Dynamics
Education
- w88 slot Southern California, 2015 PhD
- China w88 slot Geosciences, Beijing, 2009 BS
Publications
- w88 slot, W., Kaus, J.P.B, Paterson, S.R., Numerical simulations of the incremental Intrusion of granitic magma into the continental crust facilitated by diking and multiple pulses. Tectonics.doi:10.1002/2015TC004076.
- w88 slot, W., Paterson, S. R., 2016, A mass balance and isostasy model of continental arcs: Exploring the interplay between magmatism, tectonism and surface erosion using central Sierra Nevada as a case study. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, doi: 10.1002/2015GC006229.
- w88 slot, W., Paterson, S.R., Saleeby, J., Zalunardo, S., 2016, Bulk arc strain, crustal thickening, magma emplacement, and mass balances in the Mesozoic Sierra Nevada arc. Journal of Structural Geology. v.84, p. 14-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.11.002.
- w88 slot, W., Paterson, S.R., Memeti, V., Mundil. R., Anderson, L. and Schmidt, K. 2015, Tracking paleodeformation field in a continental arc: a study of incremental and finite strain in Mesozoic plutons and host rocks, respectively in central Sierra Nevada, California. Lithosphere. v. 7,no. 3, p. 296-320. doi:10.1130/L389.1.
- Lee, C-T A, Thurner, S., Paterson, S., w88 slot, W., 2015, The rise and fall of continental arcs: interplays between magmatism, uplift, weathering, and climate, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.045.
- Davis, G.A., Meng, J., w88 slot, W., Du, X. 2009, Triassic and Jurassic Tectonics in the Eastern Yanshan Belt, North China: Insights from the Controversial Dengzhangzi Formation and Its Neighboring Units. Earth Science Frontiers. Vol. 16, p.69-86.