 Measuring the aspect ratio of pseudotachylyte injection veins, Santa Rosa Mylonite Zone The Earthquake Processes research group at McGill incorporates seismology, numerical and theoretical modeling, structural geology, field mapping, and minerology in the study of fault geometry and slip behaviours. We address questions about rheology, spatial and temporal controls on fault creep, tremor and earthquakes, mineral- earthquake interactions and the role of fluids. See faculty websites for more information about other research interests, including volcano seismology (Harrington), marine geology and inversion tectonics (Kirkpatrick), soft sediment deformation and ore deposits (although usually not at the same time; Rowe), subducting seamounts and glacier sliding (Liu). Potential students and postdocs: If you are interested in joining our group, contact any of the faculty members by email. Also see Christie's information for prospective applicants. |
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Rebecca Harrington Earthquake seismology Now at: Ruhr Universitat Bochum |
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James Kirkpatrick Fault mechanics EPSC350: Tectonics (Winter) EPSC303: Structural Geology (Fall) EPSC503: Advanced Structural Geology (Fall) |
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Yajing Liu Theoretical and numerical modeling and seismology EPSC 320: Elementary Earth Physics (Fall) EPSC 520: Physics and Geology of Earthquakes (Winter) |
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Christie Rowe Field & structural geology EPSC 231: Field School I (Summer) EPSC 240: Geology in the Field (Fall) EPSC 551: Crustal Rheology (Fall) EPSC 645: Tectonics in the Field (Summer) |
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News and Updates
Fall 2021: Welcome lots of new students! MS students Erin Eves, Amy Lu, Emily Perry, Lan Xi Zhu, PhD student Julia Baumgarte, and visiting student Ricarda Wache
Fall 2020: Jamie and Christie are convening the
2022 Penrose Conference on the Geology of Slow Slip Summer 2020: Group Meeting calendar for the semester Fall 2019: Advanced undergrad / Graduate level course Crustal Rheology, to include collaborative research built around a field trip. Welcome to new PhD students Meghomita Das and Moses Angombe, undergraduate Maggie Whelan! Summer 2019: New graduate level field skills course "Tectonics in the Field" -- email Christie for details (enrollment deadline March) Winter 2019: Welcome to the group: PhD student Inga Boianju, Undergraduates Audrey Woo and Ava Ghods (John Abbott)
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Events and Activities Fall 2021: Happy to say that in-person and/or hybrid group meetings will resume! Schedule continually updated here: schedule Winter 2021: Pore pressure reading group? Summer 2019: Only occasional group meetings, check schedule for details.
Winter 2019: A new plan for weekly group meetings to discuss science, careers, skills, and whatever other topics people want to learn about. Schedule here.
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Dr. Taka Kanaya - Mechanics of induced seismicity
Dr. Matthew Tarling - Creeping faults, serpentinization, mineralogy, fault architecture Dr. Wenqiang Zhang - subduction zone earthquake sequence model |
Julia Baumgarte - Experimental rock friction and geometry effects
Justin Chien - Environmental Seismology Moses Angombe - Seismic cycle and pressurization in a low-angle thrust system Meghomita Das - Structures in the subduction plate boundary at tremorgenic depths Inga Boianju - Fold-thrust belt architecture and seismic behaviour Amy Lu - slow slip and megathrust earthquake rupture simulation Lan Xi Zhu - Whale calls and marine noise Chang Guo - Dynamic rupture simulations |
Aube Gourdeau - Geomorphic expressions of recent faulting, greater Montreal area |
Lekima Yakuden - Direct Shear Experiments on Natural Fault Surfaces
Dana Marino - Surface expression of the northern Calaveras fault zone
Nehale Matheus - Ptygmatic folds in the Naukluft Mountains cap
carbonates Eva Goblot - Seismic detection of whales in the St Lawrence Olivia Locke - Ambient noise and permafrost velocity changes |
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Dr. Clément
Estève, 2022 - Beaufort Sea seismicity and fault structure
Dr. Veronica Prush, 2022 - Recent faulting in Canada Dr. Alissa Kotowski, 2022 - Mechanical behavior of phyllosilicates in plate boundary shear zones Dr. Alessandro Verdecchia, 2021 - Seismotectonics Dr. Carly Faber, 2020 - Structural evolution and strength changes during eclogite retrogression Dr. Julia Kubanek, 2019 - Geodetic observations of fluid injection and earthquakes in western Canada Dr. Hongyu Yu, 2019 - Subduction zone earthquake modeling at Manila and Chile Dr. Randy Williams, 2018 - Formation of clay gouge in the San Andreas Fault Dr. Kai Deng, 2017 - Poroelastic model for induced earthquakes, now Associate Professor at Chengdu University of Technology, China Dr. Guoyan Jiang, 2015 - Interseismic slip deficit models using GPS and InSAR Dr. Christine Regalla, 2015 - Effect of seamount subduction on fault geometry and rupture propagation |
Dr. John
Onweumeka, 2022 - Charlevoix and lower St Lawrence seismicity
Dr. Caroline Seyler, 2021 - Deformation along the subduction plate interface above and below the seismogenic zone Dr. Ge Li, 2020 - Fault geometrical complexcity and material contrast on earthquake rupture propagation: Observation and modeling Dr. Andres Peña-Castro, 2020 - Human Induced Earthquakes, Naturally Triggered Seismicity, and Their Interactions Dr. Noah Phillips, 2019 - The mechanics of slip at the updip limit of the seismogenic zone Dr. Bei Wang, 2019 - Remote dynamic triggering across Canada and hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity in British Columbia Dr. Duo Li, 2018 - Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes and slow slip events Dr. Hongyu Yu, 2016 - Malina subduction zone seismicity, Charlevoix seismicity Dr. Ben Melosh, 2015 - Earthquake cycling in the brittle-plastic transition of a transform boundary Dr. Nils Backeberg, 2015 - Damaged goods: Regional deformation history and structural controls on the Hammond Reef gold deposit |
Emily Perry, 2023 - Co-seismic fluid-rock reaction in the Naukluft
Thrust (co-sup by Galen Halverson) Erin Eves, 2023 - Origins and impacts of flow banding in pseudotachylytes Arvid Gonzalez Gonzalez, 2022 - Mantle flow in the Cordillera from xenoliths (co-sup by Bill Minarik) Julia Moreles-Aguirre, 2022 - Glacier seismology (co-sup by Natalya Gomez) Tim Howell - Sphalerite mobilization during high temp deformation Ricarda Wacha, visiting student 2022 - Induced seismicity Lise Alouf, 2021 - Relationship between slow slip events and earthquakes in subduction zones using numerical modeling Sam Metteer, 2020 - Strength implications of recycle pseudotachylyte fault veins within mylonites of the Norumbega Shear Zone, Southern Maine, USA Brindley Smith, 2020 - Dynamic Triggering in Northeast BC Ruholla Keshvardoost, 2020 - Western Quebec seismicity Nick Ogasa, 2019 - Strength of faults in the brittle to ductile transition Samantha Carruthers, 2019 - Tectonic tremor-like signal reproduced with fracture, slip, and flow in laboratory deformation experiments on natural blueschist Catherine Ross, 2017 - Strain distribution around pseudotachylyte faults Erik Young, 2017 - Distribution of earthquake slip surfaces in a mid-crustal shear zone Kelian Daschier-Cousineau, 2017 - Roughness evolution with slip Nick Harrichhausen, 2016 - Role of colloidal transport in the formation of high-grade gold veins at Brucejack, British Columbia Naomi Barshi, 2015 - Linking deformation and diffusion to develop a strain speedometer Tim Sherry, 2014 - Earthquakes at stressed ramps emplace injectites
Meng Pang, 2014 - Double-difference earthquake relocation of Charlevoix seismicity,
eastern Canada, and implication for regional geological structures |
Lukas Lehner, research intern 2023 - Lightening deformation in dolomites
Kiera Hamel, 2023 - Kinematics of hanging wall structures in the Muddy Mountain Thrust Briana Bellomo, 2023 - Structural setting of monazite in Proterozoic pelites Kaiyuan Wang, 2023 - Geomorphic expressions of recent faulting, westernmost Quebec Nathalie Redick, 2023 - Montreal Earthquakes outreach and other projects Danny Richard, 2022 - Blueschist rocks of Angel Island, California Aube Gourdeau, 2022 - Neotectonics of Montreal area
Charles Lapointe, 2022 - Petrology of Zn Ores from the Balmat District,
NY Maximilien Laly - Geomorphic expressions of recent faulting, western Quebec east of Montreal Maude Bilodeau, 2021 - Fluid-rock interaction in the Muddy Mountain Thrust Emily Perry, 2021 - Carbonate fault rocks from the Naukluft Alexandra Del Aguila, 2020 - Poroelastic stress modeling Quentin Sapin, 2020 - 3D models and imagery of rock outcrops Dana Silerova, 2020 - Effects of fault roughness on shear stress Arvid Gonzalez Gonzalez, 2020 - Mantle flow recorded in Cordilleran xenoliths Julia Morelas-Aguirre, 2020 - Glacier seismology Maggie Whelan, 2019 - Underground and surface mapping of the Balmat sphalerite deposit Audrey Woo, 2019 - Microstructures of blueschist-greenschist transition rocks Shanshan Li, 2019 - The Quantification and Implication of Fault Surface Roughness Ty Amorosano, 2019 - project Mario Nucciarone, 2018 - Water weakening of quartz in high-temperature shear zone Ava Ghods (John Abbott), 2019 - Coordination of Muddy Mountain field data Lea Hansen, 2019 - InSAR data processing in Western Canada Mitchell May, 2018 - Fault Surface Evolution: The Application of In Situ Tribometry and While Light Interferometry Daphne Saint Denis, 2018 - Mineralogy and microstructure of blueschist and eclogite Ellie Seery, 2017 - Mineralogy of fault gouges in oceanic basalt Fiona Clerc, 2017 - Source properties of induced earthquakes in western Alberta and NE British Columbia, now PhD student at MIT/WHOI Alexander Martell, 2016 - Charlevoix earthquake focal mechanism solutions Meng Li, 2016 (Mitacs Globalink summer intern from Peking University) - Icequakes in Antarctica, now PhD student at ETHZ Paul Rakoczy, 2016 - Structure-from-motion using Scanning Electron Microscope imagery Kassandra Sofonio, 2016 - Comparative study of impact and fault pseudotachylytes Alex Carey, 2015 - Charlevoix seismicity focal mechanism solutions, now PhD student at U. Toronto Carla Gonzalez, 2016 - Vein reflections: microstructural study of the Dixie Valley fault mirror surfaces Catherine Ross, 2016 - A comparison between modelling and field observations of off-fault strain around pseudotachylyte fault veins, Norumbega fault system Mack Muntwyler, 2016 - Marin Headlands fault gouge analysis, now Pilot Kelian Daschier-Cousineau, 2015 - Fault rocks of the Champlain Thrust Emily Griffiths, 2015 - Earthquake relocations of shallow seismicity along the SAF Matthew Tarling, 2015 - Slip distribution in scaly fabrics Charlotte Bate, 2014 - Development of Quantitative Measures of Seismically-Induced Brittle Fracture Kelsey Lamothe, 2014 - Characterization of wear material asssociated with silica lubrication Veronica Schnitzer, 2014 - Variables controlling desiccation cracking and polygon formation |
Images in Title: "Earthquake" patterns from Liu and Rice (2005) JGR, Fig. 5. slip/strike plot in model subduction zone earthquakes. "Processes" image is nano-scale image of core from the 2012 IODP Expedition 343 to the Japan Trench.