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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 |
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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.
RECENT NEWS:
May 2019: Mihai Ducea and I have a new article out in Geology; "The role of arc migration in Cordilleran orogenic cyclcity." [pdf]
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
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