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Tanya Atwater  
  Professor. Plate Boundary Behavior, Structure and Evolution of Ocean Spreading Centers
  I am interested in plate tectonics at all scales, with special emphasis on the northeast Pacific and western North America. My projects include investigating the details of oceanic spreading systems and the quantification and visualization of plate motion history and geometries.
  (805) 893-4483 (805) 893-3471
  (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 1113
  atwater@geol.ucsb.edu
  http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/atwater

  
 
 
John Crowell  
  Professor Emeritus. Tectonics, Sedimentation in Relation to Tectonics, Paleoclimates.
  Research efforts are concerned with two general areas: 1) Pre-Mesozoic ice ages throughout geological time, and 2) Geology and tectonics of the central Transverse Ranges area of southern California. Though officially retired, I would welcome informal discussions with students dealing with either ancient paleoclimates (especially ancient ice ages over the Earth) and with California tectonics.
  (805) 893-8231 (805) 893-3471
  (805) 893-2314 Girvetz 1140
  crowell@geol.ucsb.edu
 

 
 
 
 
 
Michael Fuller  
  Professor Emeritus. Geophysics, Rock Magnetism, Paleomagnetism.
  Research centers around the magnetic materials found in rocks, the processes by which they become magnetized and the record of earth history which they carry. This provides a means of studying the magnetic fields throughout geological time, including geomagneticfield reversals. We also apply paleomagnetism to solve geological problems, such as the ancient configurations of land masses.
  (805) 893-3471  
  (805) 893-2314 U of Hawaii
  fuller@geol.ucsb.edu
   

 
 
 
Clifford Hopson  
  Professor Emeritus. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Volcanology, Tectonics.
   
  tele icon (805) 893-3149 (805) 893-3471
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2041
  email icon hopson@geol.ucsb.edu
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James Kennett  
  Professor. Marine Geology, Paleoceanography, Stratigraphy, Micropaleontology, Paleobiology
  Research largely deals with earth system history during the Cenozoic based on analyses of the deep sea sedimentary record and the uplifted marine record on land. A variety of paleoenvironmental proxies are used ( stable isotopes, fossils, sediments) to reconstruct plaeoclimatic, oceanographic and biotic changes in the sedimentary record.
  tele icon (805) 893-3103 (805) 893-4187
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 1037A
  email icon kennett@geol.ucsb.edu
  web icon http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/kennett

 

 

Ken MacDonald  
  Professor. Marine Tectonics and Magnetism
  Research employs an array of geophysical and geological techniques to explore mid-ocean ridge systems. Of particular importance is the fundamental segmentation of mid-ocean ridges, the significance of ridge axis discontinuities including overlapping spreading centers, the processes responsible for the creation and deformation of oceanic crust, and the importance of hydrothermal vent systems to the heat balance of the ridge.
  tele icon (805) 893-4005 (805) 893-2853
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2017
  email icon macdonald@geol.ucsb.edu
  web icon http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/macdonald

 

Robert Norris  
  Professor Emeritus. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology
   
  tele icon (805) 893-3155 (805) 893-3471
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2116
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William Prothero  
  Professor. Geophysics, Seismology, Multi-media in Teaching
  My current research in the application of technology to geoscience learning environments. I collaborate with researchers in the graduate school of Education and cognitive psychology. I was trained as a physicist and my past research focussed on seismology, tomography and seismic instrumentation.
  (805) 893-3308 (805) 893-3360
  (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 1051
  prothero@geol.ucsb.edu
  http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/prothero

 

Arthur Sylvester  
  Professor. Structural Geology, Tectonic Geodesy, Neotectonics
  Research in three main areas; 1) geodetic measurement and analysis of pre-, co-, and post -seismic, nearfield strain across active and potentially active faults and folds in southern California, western Nevada, and western Wyoming; 2) investigation of the emplacement mechanisms of "late orogenic" granitic plutons in the Precambrian shield of southern Norway; 3) tectonic and petrologic evolution of late Tertiary volcanic rocks in the Lake Tahoe region of the northern Sierra Nevada.
  tele icon (805) 893-3156 (805) 893-3471
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2115
  email icon sylvester@geol.ucsb.edu
  web icon http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/sylvester/

 

George Tilton  
  Professor Emeritus. Isotope Geology, Geochronology, Use of Strontium and Lead Isotopes as Natural Tracers, Meteorite and Lunar Studies.
  Use of radiogenic isotopes and trace elements as tracers to study the age and petrogenesis of lavas and magmas, with applications to the geochemical evolution of the earth's crust and mantle.
  tele icon (805) 893-3155 (805) 893-3471
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2116
  email icon tilton@geol.ucsb.edu
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William Wise  
  Professor Emeritus. Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Field Geology, Petrology and Petrochemistry of Volcanic Terrains
  Research in two broadly different areas: 1) geology and petrology of volcanic systems, and 2) mineralogy. Present work in two volcanic areas, San Francisco Volcanic Field in north central Arizona and north Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California.
  tele icon (805) 893-3429 (805) 893-3471
  fax icon (805) 893-2314 Webb Hall 2113
  email icon wise@geol.ucsb.edu
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