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Jay Chapman
Assistant Professor Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Wyoming 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 Office: ESB 3008 Office phone: (307) 278-9702 email: jay.chapman@uwyo.edu |
Research Interests
My research group focuses on the tectonics of convergent margins and the evolution of the continental lithosphere. Research goals are generally centered around identifying and resolving interactions between orogenic magmatism, crustal deformation, sedimentation, and lithospheric dynamics in Cordilleran and collisional orogenic systems. Most research projects are field-based, but we also employ lab-based analytical, experimental, and numerical methods. Please visit the research page to learn more about ongoing research.
Prospective Students
I am actively recruiting graduate students who are interested in tectonics research. There are many ongoing and upcoming projects that may be of interest or we can develop new ideas. Send me an email and we can start brainstorming.
Prospective Students
I am actively recruiting graduate students who are interested in tectonics research. There are many ongoing and upcoming projects that may be of interest or we can develop new ideas. Send me an email and we can start brainstorming.
RECENT NEWS:
November 2018: John He (M.Sc. student at Univ. Arizona) has a new article out in the Geological Society of London Special Publication, "Himalayan Tectonics: A Modern Synthesis" entitled, "Structural setting and detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of Triassic–Cenozoic strata in the eastern Central Pamir, Tajikistan," that I am a co-author on. [pdf]
October 2018: Dr. Ellen Currano (paleobotanist at UWyo) and I received a small grant to work on the uplift timing of the Big Horn Mountains and potential paleogeographic-paleoclimatic effects on plant populations in the early Cenozoic.
September 2018: I will be giving the University of Wyoming Distinguished Lecture Series talk on Sept. 17, entitled, "The radiogenic isotopic record of Cordilleran magmatism: implications for orogenic cyclicity."
September 2018: Fangyang Hu (now a post-doc at the Chinese Academy of Sciences) has a new article out in the Journal of Petrology that I am a co-author on, "Interaction Among Magmas from Various Sources and Crustal Melting Processes During Continental Collision: Insights from the Huayang Intrusive Complex of the South Qinling Belt, China." [pdf]
July 2018: My co-authors and I have a new article out in GSA Bulletin, "Lithospheric architecture and tectonic evolution of the southwestern U.S. Cordillera: Constraints from zircon Hf and O isotopic data " [pdf]
May 2018: GSA Rocky Mountain/Cordilleran meeting in Flagstaff: check out the Laramide tectonics session I'm co-chairing
April 2018: My co-authors and I have a new article out in Lithosphere, "Cretaceous shortening and exhumation history of the South Pamir terrane. " [pdf]
December 2017: My co-authors and I have a new article out in EPSL, "Mesozoic to Cenozoic magmatic history of the Pamir." [pdf]
November 2017: Paul Kapp and I have a new paper out in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, introducing the Tibetan Magmatism Database. You can check out the database here. [pdf]
October 2017: GSA in Seattle: I'll be co-teaching the short-course , "U-Pb Geochronology, O and Hf Isotopes, and Trace Element Geochemistry Applied to Detrital Minerals" on Saturday with George Gehrels and John Valley. My part focuses on trace element geochemistry of accessory minerals, zircon in particular. On Sunday afternoon, I will be giving a talk on an Eocene magmatic event in the Pamir and correlative events in the Tibetan Plateau that I'll argue are related to localized mantle delamination or mantle drips in response to initial India-Asia collision. Come check it out.
August 2017: Fangyang Hu has a new paper out in Scientific Reports, "Quantifying crustal thickness in continental collisional belts: global perspective and a geologic application," that I am a co-author on.
July 2017: My colleagues and I have new paper out in GSA Bulletin, "Intracontinental subduction beneath the Pamir Mountains: Constraints from thermokinematic modeling of shortening in the Tajik fold-and-thrust belt." [pdf]
July 2017: Jamie Worthington has a new paper out in Tectonics, "Birth, life, and demise of the Andean–syn-collisional Gissar arc: Late Paleozoic tectono-magmatic-metamorphic evolution of the southwestern Tian Shan, Tajikistan," that I am a co-author on.
May 2017: My co-authors and I have a new invited review article out in Gondwana Research, "Spatial and temporal radiogenic isotopic trends of magmatism in Cordilleran orogens." [pdf]
January 2017: I'm in Wisconsin this week (Jan. 23-26), working in Dr. John Valley's lab analyzing oxygen isotopes in zircon from magmatic rocks in the Southern U.S. Cordillera. Here is a picture of me with the SIMS.
October 2018: Dr. Ellen Currano (paleobotanist at UWyo) and I received a small grant to work on the uplift timing of the Big Horn Mountains and potential paleogeographic-paleoclimatic effects on plant populations in the early Cenozoic.
September 2018: I will be giving the University of Wyoming Distinguished Lecture Series talk on Sept. 17, entitled, "The radiogenic isotopic record of Cordilleran magmatism: implications for orogenic cyclicity."
September 2018: Fangyang Hu (now a post-doc at the Chinese Academy of Sciences) has a new article out in the Journal of Petrology that I am a co-author on, "Interaction Among Magmas from Various Sources and Crustal Melting Processes During Continental Collision: Insights from the Huayang Intrusive Complex of the South Qinling Belt, China." [pdf]
July 2018: My co-authors and I have a new article out in GSA Bulletin, "Lithospheric architecture and tectonic evolution of the southwestern U.S. Cordillera: Constraints from zircon Hf and O isotopic data " [pdf]
May 2018: GSA Rocky Mountain/Cordilleran meeting in Flagstaff: check out the Laramide tectonics session I'm co-chairing
April 2018: My co-authors and I have a new article out in Lithosphere, "Cretaceous shortening and exhumation history of the South Pamir terrane. " [pdf]
December 2017: My co-authors and I have a new article out in EPSL, "Mesozoic to Cenozoic magmatic history of the Pamir." [pdf]
November 2017: Paul Kapp and I have a new paper out in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, introducing the Tibetan Magmatism Database. You can check out the database here. [pdf]
October 2017: GSA in Seattle: I'll be co-teaching the short-course , "U-Pb Geochronology, O and Hf Isotopes, and Trace Element Geochemistry Applied to Detrital Minerals" on Saturday with George Gehrels and John Valley. My part focuses on trace element geochemistry of accessory minerals, zircon in particular. On Sunday afternoon, I will be giving a talk on an Eocene magmatic event in the Pamir and correlative events in the Tibetan Plateau that I'll argue are related to localized mantle delamination or mantle drips in response to initial India-Asia collision. Come check it out.
August 2017: Fangyang Hu has a new paper out in Scientific Reports, "Quantifying crustal thickness in continental collisional belts: global perspective and a geologic application," that I am a co-author on.
July 2017: My colleagues and I have new paper out in GSA Bulletin, "Intracontinental subduction beneath the Pamir Mountains: Constraints from thermokinematic modeling of shortening in the Tajik fold-and-thrust belt." [pdf]
July 2017: Jamie Worthington has a new paper out in Tectonics, "Birth, life, and demise of the Andean–syn-collisional Gissar arc: Late Paleozoic tectono-magmatic-metamorphic evolution of the southwestern Tian Shan, Tajikistan," that I am a co-author on.
May 2017: My co-authors and I have a new invited review article out in Gondwana Research, "Spatial and temporal radiogenic isotopic trends of magmatism in Cordilleran orogens." [pdf]
January 2017: I'm in Wisconsin this week (Jan. 23-26), working in Dr. John Valley's lab analyzing oxygen isotopes in zircon from magmatic rocks in the Southern U.S. Cordillera. Here is a picture of me with the SIMS.