PhD Candidate
Department of Geosciences
University of Arizona
jordanww at arizona dot edu
I am a field-based structural geologist that studies convergent margin processes, from subduction initiation to continental collision to orogenic collapse. I start with fundamental observations on the geometry of rocks, incorporate P-T-t data to constrain their kinematic evolution, and finally try to put these histories in a geodynamic context. In my research, I apply this philosophy from the micro- to macro-scales using regional structural mapping, thermobarometry, geochronology, and comparison with numerical models to address outstanding problems in earth processes.
RESEARCH INTERESTSMy current research is focused on the thermo-mechanical evolution of subduction systems through investigation of the ancient accretionary record.
Other research interests of mine include:
Coast Mountains and North Cascades, British Columbia and Washington
Cedros Island and the Vizcaino Peninsula, (Baja CA)
Central Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt, Tibet
Kapp, PA, Jepson, G, Carrapa, B, Schaen, AJ, He, JJY, Wang, JW, 2023, Laramide bulldozing of lithosphere beneath the Arizona transition zone, southwestern United States: Geology, v. 51, p. 952-956, doi:10.1130/g51194.1.
Davis, GH, Orent, EB, Clinkscales, C, Ferroni, FR, Gehrels, GE, George, SW, ... Wang, JW, 2023, Structural Analysis and Chronologic Constraints on Progressive Deformation within the Rincon Mountains, Arizona: Implications for Development of Metamorphic Core Complexes: Geological Society of America Memoirs Vol. 222.
Wang, JW, Gehrels, GE, Kapp, PA, Sundell, K, 2023, Evidence for regionally continuous Early Cretaceous sinistral shear zones along the western flank of the Coast Mountains, coastal British Columbia, Canada: Geosphere, v. 19, p. 139-162, doi:10.1130/ges02502.1