Structural studies at UCSB cover a wide range of topics including the structure of southern California, crustal scale deformation process, exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure rocks, mid-ocean ridge structures, and strike-slip fault kinematics.

 

	Geophysics	Tectonics
	Marine Geophysics
	Surface Processes

 

	Douglas Burbank	Fold-and-thrust belts
	Phillip Gans	Deformation and thermal processes in the continental lithosphere
	Bradley Hacker	Ophiolite emplacement, exhumation of ultrahigh pressure rocks, high temperature rock mechanics
	Bruce Luyendyk	Southern California and western Antarctica
	Researchers:
	Craig Nicholson

 

 

	Ar/Ar Isotope Mass Spectrometer
	High-pressure high-temperature rock mechanics facility
	Cathodoluminescence microscope
	Fluid inclusion microscope
	Transmission-electron microscopy facility
	Paleomagnetics lab
	Four-axis U stage with polarizing petrographic microscope
	Digital image analysis lab

 

	Institute for Crustal Studies
	Map and Imagery Library

 

 

 

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