Active Research Projects
Antarctica
Recently AGES lab members Sidney Hemming and Trevor Williams sailed on International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 382, to collect long sedimentary records of sources of iceberg rafted sediments around Antarctica and evidence for past history of Antarctica's ice sheets and ocean circulation (https://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/iceberg_alley_paleoceanography.html ).
San Andreas Fault Dating
The San Andreas Fault in California has variable slip behavior along its length, with a stable central section sandwiched between the earthquake-producing northern and southern sections. Because the central San Andreas fault relieves strain through aseismic creep, it is not thought to nucleate earthquakes. What still remains a relatively open question though, is whether earthquakes that nucleate in either the northern or southern locked sections can propagate into or through the central San Andreas fault.
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LDEO NGL 4He/3He program launch
The first batch of samples has been sent out for proton irradiation, an important step in launching our 4He/3He thermochronology program in the LDEO NGL.