Geology Department
Faculty
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Geology, PO Box 4099 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011 Phone#: 928-523-4561 Fax#: 928-523-9220 |
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Dr. Paul Morgan
Office:
207 Geology Annex (Building 13) Title: Professor,
Earth Science Coordinator |
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U.S. Postal Service
Address: Department of Geology P. O. Box 4099 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099 |
UPS or FEDEX Address:
Frier Hall, Building 12, Room 100 Knoles Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099 |
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| My research stretches geographically from Earth’s core-mantle boundary and the origin of mantle plumes to the surface of Mars and Venus with their diverse tectonic styles. In general, there diverse geographic regions are tied together with a loose thread of thermal processes, but I am also comfortable in gravity and magnetic studies. My early career focused on continental rift systems and geothermal energy, and these interests continue, but my interests have broadened considerably. I am a member of an international research group, GEMOC, Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny Of Continents, which has its Key Center at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia, and my research collaboration there includes studies of the evolution of continental crust and related mineral resources. I am measuring thermal properties of mantle samples and developing thermal models for ancient continental lithosphere. In associated studies I am using magnetic data to delineate crustal sutures in Precambrian crust. My primary interests in Mars and Venus are in their thermal evolutions, but I am also studying the remanent magnetism in the Martian crust as a possible shield for life, ancient and modern, from ionizing radiation. My current geothermal studies are in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, north of Flagstaff. Most of my research involves collaboration with geologists or geochemists. |