People
Faculty
George Hilley
Active tectonics, quantitative structural geology and geomorphology; Geographic Information Systems;unsaturated zone gas transport; near-surface hydrologic response and landscape development;active deformation and mountain belt growth in central Asia, central Andes, and along the San Andreas Fault; integrated investigation of earthquake hazards.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Marie-Luce Chevalier
After completing an undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of Liege, Belgium, I completed a Master’s degree in Geophysics and a PhD in Tectonics and Geomorphology at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France, under the supervision of Prof. Paul Tapponnier and Dr. Jerome Van der Woerd. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the GES department at Stanford University working with Dr. George Hilley. My research interests include the tectonic geomorphology and climate of Tibet. I am interested in using 10Be and 26Al cosmogenic isotopes to reconstruct the paleoclimate history of Southern Tibet as well as constraining long-term slip-rates on the Karakorum Fault in Western Tibet, and on the normal faults along the south Tibetan grabens.
Leonardo Cruz
My research focuses primarily on the evolution of structures, development of rock fabric, and thermal history in areas where feedbacks between erosion and tectonics is suspected. I integrate field-based geologic work, thermocronology, and analogue and numerical modeling to study exhumation, erosion and deformation patterns in orogens. I use state-of-the-art techniques (Particle Image Velocimetry - PIV - and servo-controlled testing machines) to quantify experimental deformation.
Students
Ian Mynatt
Examination of fold-fracture relationships using field mapping, differential geometry and LiDAR.
Julie Fosdick
I am from northern California and came to Stanford University after my undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara. For my doctoral dissertation research, I am conducting a structural and thermochronologic study of the Magallanes Basin and sub-Andean fold-thrust belt in southern Chile. Thermochronologic methods include apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He, apatite fission track dating, and K-feldpsar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, in conjunction with structural studies and sedimentary basin analysis. When not doing something geological, I enjoy dancing, rock climbing, hiking, and gardening.
Seulgi Moon
My research interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of geochemistry and geomorphology. I am involved in the study of chemical weathering and erosion using different analytical methods (riverine chemistry, soil weathered profile, and cosmogenic radionuclide analyses). This study will enhance our understanding of the surface processes on different timescales. I am also interested in numerical models to examine the climatic, tectonic, and biotic controls on surface processes and their interactions to form and evolve landscapes. My study areas will be in the western US and the southeastern margin of Tibet.
Eitan Shelef
My research interests are in the interaction of geomorphology, structural geology and active tectonics. Currently I am working on the affect of lithologic parameters on landscape evolution in areas of folded and deformed strata in the western US. I love the outdoors, especially deserts and high mountains.
Miles Traer
My research interests really aren't limited to any one field...Martian geomorphology, intraplate earthquake focal mechanisms, repeating earthquakes on the SAF, submarine canyon formation, flow modeling, etc. My research here at the STGL focuses on characterizing submarine flow via remote data extraction from side-scan sonar images, multibeam bathymetry, and seismic reflection studies. The hope is to better constrain the mechanisms that determine erosion and aggradation using flow modeling for truthing in multiple systems.
Maria Gudmundsdottir
I developed an interest in anything and everything related to plate tectonics thanks to the excellent geology program at my secondary school, Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in Reykjavík, Iceland. At Stanford, I am pursuing a BA in German Studies and a BS in Geological and Environmental Sciences. In my research with George Hilley in the Tectonic Geomorphology group, I seek to quantify uplift patterns associated with the restraining bend on the San Andreas Fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains using cosmogenic radionuclide dating.
Past Students
Michael Hren
Chemical weathering from microbe-mineral interactions to the role of tectonics Application of stable isotopes to earth surface processes Please visit research group website for complete pdf version of CV
Stephen Porder
Former post-doc. Now assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Brown University.