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Jay Chapman
Assistant Professor University of Texas at El Paso (2022- University of Wyoming (2018-2022) Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences 500 W. University Ave. El Paso, TX 79968 31° 46' 14" N 106° 30' 21" W Geological Sciences Building Rm. 319 [email protected] |
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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, 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:
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April 2026: My co-authors and I have a new paper out in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas on the "Geochronology and geochemistry of the Paleogene Magdalena Suite of anatectic granites in northern Sonora, México." [pdf]
March 2026: We had a great research trip out to Big Bend Ranch State Park looking at volcanic units February 2026: I was awarded the 2026 UTEP Research & Innovation Rising Researcher Award for physical science (Bio, Chem, Geo, etc.). October 2025: Many of Los Chapis (research group) are presenting their research at GSA in San Antonio, including Sarafina, Miranda, Milton, and myself (Sunday); Perla (Monday); and Muriel (Wednesday). I am also being elected as a GSA Fellow. October 2025: Paulina, Alejandra, Alaina, Lily, and I had a great weekend in the Catalina Mtns. AZ, looking at Late K synorogenic conglomerates and volcaniclastic strata from the American Flag Fm. September 2025: Adam's paper on the Show Goat Formation in the Chiricahua Mountains, based on his dissertation work, is finally out! [pdf] September 2025: My co-authors and I have new paper out in the GSA Special Paper on "Jurassic–Paleogene Tectonic Evolution of the North American Cordillera." The paper is, "Mistaken identity: The Laramide orogen in the southwest United States is part of the Mexican Cordilleran orogenic wedge." [pdf] November 2024: My co-authors and I have a new paper out in GSAB looking at some thrust faulting in the southern Dos Cabezas Mtns., AZ that reinterprets Laramide deformation as part of an orogenic wedge. [pdf] November 2023: Wyoming PBS filmed a special segment on UWyo Field Camp at Seminoe State Park in the summer of 2021 when I was teaching the course. It aired in early November and is now available on YouTube. November 2023: My collaborators and I have a new paper out in the Journal of Petrology, "Himalayan-like Crustal Melting and Differentiation in the Southern North American Cordilleran Anatectic Belt during the Laramide Orogeny: Coyote Mountains, Arizona." [pdf] |
Big Bend Ranch State Park
2025 GSA Fellow
Perla presenting some of her research at GSA in San Antonio
Alé and Paulina working on the American Flag Fm., in the Catalina Mtns., AZ
Talking about extensional faulting during the April 2022 AGS field trip
The Regional Tectonics Class at the Lone Star Mine
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