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Possible
thesis/dissertation topics:
Cenozoic paleoaltimetry of the Tibetan Plateau.
Neogene history of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
Tectonic controls on Triassic rift-basin evolution, western Argentina.
Mesozoic tectonic history of the North American Cordillera.
Structural controls on hydrocarbon reservoir quality, Gulf of Mexico.
Current/recent
graduate student research:
Fault controls on extensional basin deposition, Upper Triassic Ischigualasto
Formation, Argentina; Kristin Guthrie, M.S., 2005.
Kinematic
reconstruction of a Triassic syndepositional detachment fault, Ischigualasto
Provincial Park, northwestern Argentina; Tony Albrecht, M.S., 2005.
Geochemical
evaluation of Fenghuoshan Group lacustrine carbonates, north-central Tibet;
Andy Cyr, M.S., 2004.
Sequence
stratigraphy of Middle-Late Jurassic rocks, Utah and Colorado; Bill Wilcox,
M.S., in progress.
Reservoir
characterization of the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain and Dakota Formations,
southern Uinta Basin, Utah, Justin Pierson, M.S., in progress.
Selected
publications:
Rowley, D.B., and Currie, B.S. (2006) Paleo-Altimetry of Late Eocene to
Miocene Lunpola Basin, Central Tibet: Implications for Growth of the Tibetan
Plateau. Nature, v. 439, p. 677-681.
Currie,
B.S., Rowley, D.B. and Tabor, N.J. (2005) Mid-Miocene paleoaltimetry of
southern Tibet: Implications for the role of mantle thickening and delamination
in the Himalayan orogen. Geology, v. 33, p. 181-184.
Cyr,
A.J., Currie, B.S. and Rowley, D.B. (2005) Geochemical evaluation of Fenghuoshan
Group lacustrine carbonates, north-central Tibet: Implications for the
paleoaltimetry of the Middle Eocene Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geology,
v. 113, p. 517-533.
Zhu,
B., Kidd, W.S.F., Rowley, D.B., Currie, B.S., and Shafique, N. (2005)
Age of initiation of the India-Asia collision in the eastern Himalaya:
Journal of Geology, v. 113, p. 265-385.
Demko,
T.M., Currie, B.S. and Nicoll, K.A. (2004) Regional paleoclimatic and
stratigraphic implications of paleosols and fluvial-overbank architecture
in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Western Interior, U.S.A.:
Sedimentary Geology, v 167, p. 117-137.
Currie, B.S. (2002) Structural configuration of the Early Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland-basin system and Sevier thrust belt, Utah and Colorado: Journal of Geology, v. 110, no. 6, p 697-718 .
Selected
grants:
National Science Foundation
Testing Models of Tibetan Plateau Uplift Using Stable Isotope-Based Paleoaltimetry; with David Rowley
National Science Foundation
Miocene Climate Change West of the Central Andes: Cause or Consequence of Uplift?; with Terry Jordan and Jason Rech.
Utah Geological Survey
Reservoir characterization of the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain and Dakota Formations, southern Uinta Basin; with Mary McPherson
Teaching
Interests:
GLG F108
- Earth History and the Evolution of Geological Thought - clck here
for a complete description.
GLG 111 - The Dynamic Earth - click here
for a complete description.
GLG 301 - Sedimentology/Stratigraphy - click here
for a complete description.
GLG 450/550 - Sedimentary Basin Analysis - click here
for a complete description.
GLG 663 - Extensional Tectonics - click here
for a complete description.
For
more information please send Dr. Currie an email.
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