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My research focuses largely on (1) understanding how mountain ranges form and continental lithosphere deforms, but two other topics also challenge me at present: (2) relationship between the tectonic evolution of the Earth and climate change, and (3) the impact of climate change on erosion and the creation of relief. Thus, much of this work concerns the interfaces among geodynamics, climate, and erosion.

thumbnail of location mapNorthern Tibet and Hydrological Cycle

Tibet East Asian Climate: Clues to the Hydrological Cycle

thumbnail of location mapNortheastern Tibet

Upward and Outward: Tibetan Plateau Growth and Climate Consequences

thumbnail of location mapNew Zealand - Southern Alps

New Zealand GPS

mapAsia Kinematics

Kinematics and dynamics of continental deformation

mapNew Zealand Anisotropy

New Zealand Anisotropy

mapTibet surface wave seismology

Structure of the crust and upper mantle of Tibet using seismic surface waves

mapRayleigh-Taylor

Rayleigh-Taylor and Convective Instability of Mantle Lithosphere

thumbnail of location mapWestern Tibet seismology

Imaging the mantle beneath the western Tibetan Plateau

mapPaleoaltimetry

Paleoaltimetry of ancient mountain belts using paleobotany and stable isotopes

mapPliocene El Niño

Closing of the Indonesian Seaway and El Niño teleconnections and tropical anomalies as a blueprint for pre-Ice Age climates

mapErosion

How did climate change forge a tectonic signature on mountain belts?

 
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