In May 2026, MSc student Julia Geerinck went to the NordSIMS in Stockholm, Sweden, to collect data for her thesis project. Julia is reconstructing part of the tectonic history of the Appalachians using garnet schists from Roxbury, Connecticut. She leveraged the SIMS to determine the ages of detrital zircon grains included inside of Appalachian-era garnet porphyroblasts, to determine the protolith provenance, and to place new constraints on the timing of Appalachian metamorphi

Take a look at the new pre-print by Alissa and her colleagues, Caroline Seyler, Jamie Kirkpatrick, and Douwe van Hinsbergen! This...

Epidote-amphibolites are metamorphic rocks derived from mafic igneous rocks that form in warm subduction zones and in continental shear...

July 2024 Andrew successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Microstructures and mechanisms of strain localization in a supra-subduction zone...

Laurens successfully defended his MSc Thesis, "Microstructural analysis of epidote-amphibolites and plate interface rheology in warm...

November 2023 Jippe successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Serpentinisation post-dates subduction initiation and facilitates ophiolite...

August 2023 Tim successfully defended his MSc thesis: "Effects of thermal structure and amphibole deformation mechanisms on the rheology...

May 2023 Hester successfully defended her MSc thesis: "Mantle geochemistry indicates original magmatic heterogeneity was unaltered during...