University of Kansas
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Department of Geology
Tectonics and Geochronology
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STUDENT OPPORTUNITES
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Welcome to the KU
Tectonics and Crustal Evolution student opportunities web site. The following list should give you an
idea of where and what kind of projects future students might work on. The list is by no means comprehensive
and we encourage all students to contribute their own intellectual creativity and enthusiasm. Most projects entail a combination of field-oriented mapping, structural analysis, and sampling with geochrmical and analytical work at KU (Geo-/Thermochronology
Laboratories, Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory, Plasma Analytical Laboratory, Fluid Inclusion Laboratory, Remote Sensing Laboratory, etc.). For additional information please contact me at
stockli@.ku.edu.
List of potential projects for M.S. and
Ph.D. theses:
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Timing, structural
style, and spatial distribution of extension on the southern Tibetan Plateau
(for more information click here). Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (NSF
funding
pending
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(U-Th)/He geo- and thermochronometry technique development and He diffusion of mineral phases, such as rutile and garnet. Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (KU
Funding available and NSF funding pending
2003-2004).
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Timing, rates, and
spatial distribution of extensional and transtensional faulting in the Basin
and Range Province and the Walker Lane Belt (Nevada, California, Mexico) (for
more information click here). Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (NSF
Funding pending
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Structural geology and
cooling history of extensional faulting along the Saudi Arabia and
Egypt/Sudan margin of the Red Sea (for more information click here). Multiple
projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (NSF funding
available 2003-2007).
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Application
development and calibration of (U-Th)/He thermochronometers (for more
information click here). Projects for M.S students (KU funding available and
NSF funding pending).
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Quantification of late
Tertiary denudation of the Colorado Plateau (for more information click
here). Projects for M.S students (NSF funding still pending).
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Cooling of “exotic”
blocks entrained in salt diapirs and implications for Salt Tectonics in
northern Mexico and the Persian Gulf (for more information click here).
Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (funding possible).
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New projects in tectonics and thermochronology in
the Argentine Andes COMING SOON!!!!
For the
academic years 2007-2008, the Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas is
offering the Patterson Fellowship to an outstanding, incoming Ph.D. student
in the fields of tectonics and thermochronology. This fellowship for ~$22,000 may be used to cover tuition
and other expenses associated with graduate school, including living and
other personal expenses. Priority will be given to a highly motivated and
qualified student. Although the
fellowship is for one year, reasonable progress toward completion of the
degree program will earn the recipient either a research assistantship or
teaching assistant for the following years. All applications will be considered, but preference will
most likely be given to students who have completed a M.S. or M.A.. The fellowship recipient will be
expected to conduct research in the new (U-Th)/He and/or fission track
thermochronology facilities.
(B) Graduate
research and teaching assistantships.
For the
academic years 2007-2008, the Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas is
offering graduate teaching assistantships. Several graduate research assistantships are also
available in Tectonics and Thermochronology (see available funding above).
The
Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas has rolling admission, so
graduate students may start either in August or January. Please contact Yolanda Langdon (yolanda@ku.edu)
for an application package.
Please feel free to contact me or any of my students regarding
potential research projects, graduate student funding, student life in
Lawrence, etc..
Current
student contact info:
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Terrence J. Dewane (tjdewane@ku.edu),Ph.D. student; Ph.D. student; Cenozoic E-W Extension in the Southern Tangra Yum Co Rift, Central Tibet
· Chris Hager (hager@ku.edu), Ph.D. student; Timing and kinematics of Cenozoic and recent E-W extension in the Xainza and Pum-Qu rifts in southern Tibet
· Markella Hoffman (kellla@ku.edu), M.S. student; Incision and exhumation history of the Colorado Plateau in the Canyonlands to Book Cliffs Region, Utah
· John Lee (denali@ku.edu), M.S. student; Neogene Exhumation and Incision of the Grand Canyon Region, Arizona
· Jeff Schroeder (jmschr@ku.edu), Ph.D. student; Late Cenozoic to Recent Fault Slip Distribution in Northern Fish Lake Valley, Nevada
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