Peter Molnar Research Projects


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	Research Projects 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.
	Northeastern Tibet Upward and Outward: Tibetan Plateau Growth and Climate Consequences	New Zealand - Southern Alps New Zealand GPS
	Asia Kinematics Kinematics and dynamics of continental deformation	New Zealand Anisotropy New Zealand Anisotropy
	Tibet surface wave seismology Structure of the crust and upper mantle of Tibet using seismic surface waves	Rayleigh-Taylor Rayleigh-Taylor and Convective Instability of Mantle Lithosphere
	Western Tibet seismology Imaging the mantle beneath the western Tibetan Plateau	Sierra Nevada Lithospheric removal from beneath the Sierra Nevada

	Paleoaltimetry Paleoaltimetry of ancient mountain belts using paleobotany and stable isotopes	Pliocene El Niño Closing of the Indonesian Seaway and El Niño teleconnections and tropical anomalies as a blueprint for pre-Ice Age climates
	Erosion How did climate change forge a tectonic signature on mountain belts?

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