Alumni Education Faculty Spotlight
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Faculty Spotlight: Nadine McQuarrie
Name: Nadine McQuarrie
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Geosciences
Education:
- B.A., Geology major, Whitman College, Walla Walla , WA, 1993.
- M.S., Geology (structure/tectonics), Idaho State University, 1997.
- Ph.D., Geosciences (structure/tectonics/geodynamics), University of Arizona, 2001.
Number of Years at Princeton: 5
Currently Teaching:
GEO 235 The Physical Earth
GEO 316 Structural Geology and Tectonics
GEO 544 Structural Geology Seminar
Research: Professor McQuarrie’s research focuses on the geometric, kinematic and erosional evolution of mountain belts. Current research activities focus on linking the geometry and kinematics (displacement, velocity, velocity change) of mapped structures to thermochronometer cooling ages (several minerals have their own isotopic clock that gets reset above known temperatures) to look at the interplay between tectonics and erosion on exhumation patterns and morphology of mountain ranges. Active research projects include the kinematic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Bhutan, the 3-D geometry of shortening in the Bolivian orocline, timing and distribution of shortening in the Sub-Andean zone Bolivia and Peru, documenting the evolution of the North America-Farallon-Pacific plate boundary through palinspastically restoring volcanic and geophysical (Earthscope) datasets, evaluating the timing of collision and the amount of subducted continental crust in the arc-continent collision zone of Timor and determining the amount of shortening and sequential development of the central Appalachian foldthrust belt, Pennsylvania.
Princeton Community Involvement: Prof. McQuarrie advises undergraduate majors on their Junior Projects and Senior Theses.
Hobbies: She loves being outdoors: skiing, climbing, biking, swimming, running, hiking etc.
Web site: http://www.princeton.edu/geosciences/people/mcquarrie/
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