mcquarrie

Nadine McQuarrie came to Princeton in 2004 as an Assistant Professor.� Her research focuses on the kinematic evolution of mountain belts — from evaluating the sequential accumulation of strain in folds and faults that form high, 350-350 km-wide plateaus to the kinematics and dynamics of diffuse continental extension.� Research projects start with structurally-based field studies, typically through the creation of new geologic maps at previously unpublished scales or resolutions. Projects also involve the creation and sequential restoration of cross-sections in order to evaluate viable kinematic deformation histories.� Current projects include:

1) Tectonic reconstructions of the North America-Pacific plate boundary over the last 36 Myr - (animation of Western North America (36 Ma-0)); (Western North American animation with volcanic database� (36 Ma-0))

2) The interaction between erosion and deformation in fold-thrust belts in Bolivia - (animation of Andean fold-thrust belt, Bolivia);

3) The Geodynamics of High Topography (CAUGHT)

4) Structural architecture and kinematics of the Himalayan Orogen in Bhutan.

5) The 4-D evolution of arc-continent collision in East Timor.

An American Museum of Natural History Science Bulletins feature regarding our work in the Basin and Range of western North America:

Look under Earth/ Features/ Continental Deformation: Creating the Basin and Range

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