Ophiolites, sediments, and drills on the Andaman Islands with Douwe van Hinsbergen

Douwe van Hinsbergen is Professor of Global Tectonics and Paleogeography at Utrecht University. He led teams that focused on tectonic reconstructions of the Tethyan and Panthalassa realms from reconstructing orogens, studies subduction initation, mantle structure and evolution, to unravel the drivers of plate tectonics. He is an avid field geologist focused on structure, stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, […]

Miocene Climatic Optima in the Central Andes with Sarah WM George

Sarah WM George is a postdoc in the Arizona LaserChron Center at University of Arizona.  She is a tectonic sedimentologist who is interested in integrating records of tectonics, magmatism, and climate, and likes to tinker with new developments in petrochronology. It’s hard to beat the Central Andes when studying Cordilleran processes—with protracted shortening since the latest […]

History, present day, and future of Niagara Falls and the surrounding area, Canada’s greatest natural wonder with Josie Di Maurizio

Josephine DiMaurizio grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. As of September 2021, she will be completing her final year at Queens University with a BSc Honours and a Specialization in Geology. She will be working under Chris Spencer to complete her honours thesis in the characterization of metamorphic history and geochemical characteristics of what […]