Interaction between tectonics and surface processes: foreland fold-and-thrust belt morphology and
kinematics, and their interaction with spatio-temporal variations in climate. Methods: Fieldwork,
structural analyses, quantitative analyses of structures and landscape, paleoclimate proxy
measurements, numerical modelling.
Exhumation processes: syn-convergent exhumation of lithospheric mantle and lower crustal rocks,
localised ductile deformation, weakening by partial melting, deformation mechanisms. Methods: field
mapping, petrofabric and crystallographic texture analysis, dating deformation, trace-element
thermometry.
Seismotectonics: How do distributed and localized deformation interact and vary in space and time,
from the surface to the upper mantle? How do flow in the deep crust and frictional processes in the
seismogenic zone affect one another?
Research techniques: field mapping, analogue modelling, numerical modelling, sensitive highresolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP), electron microprobe, secondary electron microscopy and
electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), Raman spectroscopy, EBSD, X-ray texture goniometer.