We use geophysical and geochemical methods to investigate a wide variety of geological problems that shape Earth’s interior and surface through volcanism and tectonism. We employ observational, experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches. Active research areas include: microstructural analysis of deformed rocks and xenoliths to investigate deformation mechanisms and the rheology of the crust and mantle; the chemical and physical processes associated with magma formation, migration, and eruption; geodynamics of ice sheets and mantle rebound; the seismic structure of the lithosphere and mantle; mechanics of faulting and earthquakes.
Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
Tectonics, Volcanology, and Petrology
Understanding tectonic and volcanic processes and their high-temperature rock record.
Tectonics, Volcanology, and Petrology
Understanding tectonic and volcanic processes and their high-temperature rock record.
Faculty
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Emily Cooperdock
Assistant Professor -
James W. Dottin III
Assistant Professor -
Alex Evans
Assistant Professor -
Karen M. Fischer
Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, Director of Undergraduate Studies -
Greg Hirth
Professor, Chair -
Blake Hodgin
Assistant Professor (Research) -
Christian Huber
Professor -
Yan Liang
Professor -
Stephen Parman
Associate Professor -
Alberto Saal
Professor
Research Facilities and Resources
Sonam Sherpa, one of IBES & DEEPS's newest postdoctoral researchers, recently offered insights in a Brown Daily Herald interview on an earthquake that shook her native Nepal earlier this month.
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The Brown Daily Herald spoke with DEEPS researchers and faculty about the recent study using models atmospheric modeling to show that Venus once had plate tectonics similar to Earth.
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