麻豆传媒

Research

On Earth, the locations of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountains are all controlled by plate tectonics, which describes the subdivision of Earth's rigid outer shell into variably sized plates. These plates move about the same rate your fingernails grow.

As well as being an important control of geologic phenomena, plate tectonics facilitates our planet's habitability, and is a fundamental driver of evolution.

My research focuses on how and when plate tectonics emerged on earth, what tectonic processes predominated before plate tectonics, and whether these processes have changed through geologic time. I use a variety of techniques, including field mapping and observations, structural measurements, microscopy, bulk-rock and mineral chemistry, and isotope geochemistry.