Laura
WebbSUNGIRL | |
Department
of Earth Sciences 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244-1070 Office/Lab: 315 443 4917 Department: 315 443 2672 Fax: 315 443 3363 E-mail: lewebb@syr.edu |
Education:
PhD, Stanford University, 1999
BS, University of California at Los Angeles, 1993
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, June 2004 to present
Laboratory Manager, Syracuse University Noble Gas Isotopic Research Laboratory (SUNGIRL), September 2000 to present
Postdoctoral Researcher, 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology Laboratory Manager, University of Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland), 1999-2000
Staff Geologist, American Geotechnical (Anaheim, CA), 1993-1994
My research involves field mapping and detailed structural, petrological, and geochronological analyses to solve tectonic problems. For example, I integrate field data with microstructural analyses and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology to constrain the timing of deformation. Through collaborative, multidisciplinary research I seek to better understand the linkage between processes operating at deep and shallow lithospheric levels and the timescales of tectonic processes. Some examples of current research projects include:
Grants:
NSF EAR-0709054, Collaborative Research: How Is Rifting Exhuming the Youngest High-pressure and Ultrahigh-pressure (HP/UHP) Rocks on Earth? EAR CONTINENTAL DYNAMICS 07/15/2007 Suzanne Baldwin (PI), Paul Fitzgeral & Laura Webb (Co-PIs, Collaborative research with: G. Abers, T. Plank, J. Gaherty & R. Buck, Lamont-Doherty Eath Observatory at Columbia University; B. Hacker, UCSB; P. Mann & B. Horton, UT Austin)
NSF EAR-0537165, Collaborative Research: Strike-Slip History of the East Gobi Fault Zone, Mongolia: Modes of Intraplate Deformation, Sedimentary Basin Evolution, and Regional Fault Linkages, EAR GLOBAL SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS, TECTONICS 03/01/2006 Laura Webb (PI; Collaborative research with Cari Johnson from University of Utah)
NSF EAR-0345822, Acquisition of an Excimer Laser System for Syracuse University Noble Gas Isotope Research Laboratory (SUNGIRL), EAR INSTRUMENTATION & FACILITIES 07/15/2004 Suzanne Baldwin (PI), Laura Webb (Co-PI)
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Monteleone, B.D., Baldwin, S.L., Webb, L.E., Fitzgerald, P.G., Grove, M., and Schmidt, A.K., 2007, Late Miocene–Pliocene eclogite-facies metamorphism, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, SE Papua New Guinea, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 25, p. 245-265.
Lewis, A.L., Marchant, D.R., Kowalewski, D.E., Baldwin, S.L., and Webb, L.E., 2006, The age and origin of the Labyrinth, western Dry Valleys Antarctica: Evidence for extensive middle Miocene subglacial floods and freshwater discharge to the Southern Ocean, Geology, v. 34. p. 513-516.
Webb, L.E., Leech, M.L. and Yang, T., 2006, 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Sulu terrane: Late Triassic exhumation of high and ultrahigh-pressure rocks and implications for Mesozoic tectonics in East Asia, In: Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Deep Continental Subduction (eds. Hacker, B.R., McClelland, B. and Liou, J.G.) Geological Society of America Special Paper 403, p. 77-92.
Leech, M.L., Webb, L.E., and Yang, T., 2006, Diachronous histories for the Dabie-Sulu orogen from high-temperature geochronology, In: Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Deep Continental Subduction (eds. Hacker, B.R., McClelland, B. and Liou, J.G.) Geological Society of America Special Paper 403.
Webb, L.E., and Johnson, C.L., 2006, Tertiary strike-slip faulting in southeastern Mongolia and implications for Asian tectonics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 241, p. 323-335.
Fitzgerald, P.G., Baldwin, S.L., Webb, L.E., and O'Sullivan, P., 2006, (U-Th)/He data from slowly cooled crustal terranes and the interpretation of intra-sample variations of single crystal apatite ages from vertical profiles, Chemical Geology, v.225, p. 91-120.
Baldwin, S.L., Monteleone, B., Webb, L.E, Fitzgerald, P.G., Grove, M., and Hill, E.J., 2004, Pliocene eclogite exhumation at plate tectonic rates in eastern Papua New Guinea, Nature article, v. 431, p. 263-267.
Ratschbacher, L., Hacker, B.R., Calvert, A., Webb, L.E., Grimmer, J.C., McWilliams, M., Ireland, T.R., Dong, S. and Hu, J., 2003, Tectonics of the Qinling (central China): Tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation kinematics, Tectonophysics, v. 336, p. 1-53.
Johnson, C.L., Webb, L.E., Graham, S.A., Hendrix, M., and Badarch, G., 2001, Sedimentary and structural records of late Mesozoic high-strain extension and strain partitioning, East Gobi Basin, southern Mongolia: in Geological Society of America Special Paper Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of central Asia -- from continental assembly to intracontinental deformation, edited by M. S. Hendrix and G. A. Davis, p. 231-246.
Webb, L.E., B.R. Hacker, L. Ratschbacher, and Dong Shuwen, 2001, Kinematics of exhumation of high- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Hong'an and Tongbai Shan of the Qinling-Dabie collisional orogen, eastern China: in Geological Society of America Special Paper Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of central Asia -- from continental assembly to intracontinental deformation, edited by M. S. Hendrix and G. A. Davis, p. 413-434.
Graham, S.A., Hendrix, M.H., Johnson, C.L., D. Badamgarav, G. Badarch, Amory, J., Porter, M., R. Barsbold, Webb, L.E., Hacker, B., 2001, Sedimentary record and tectonic implications of Mesozoic rifting in southeast Mongolia, GSA Bulletin, v. 113, p. 1560-1579.
Hacker, B.R., Ratschbacher, L., Webb, L.E., McWilliams, M., Calvert, A., Dong, S., Wenk, H.-R., and Chateigner, D., 2000. Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Dabie-Hong'an area: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, p. 13339-13364.
Ratschbacher, L., Hacker, B.R., Webb, L.E., Calvert, A., Ireland, T.R., McWilliams, M.O., Dong, S., Chateigner, D., and Wenk, H.-R., 2000. Exhumation of the ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east-central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan-Lu Fault: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, 13303-13338.
Lamb, M.A., Hanson, A.D., Graham, S.A., Badarch, G., and Webb, L.E., 1999, Left-lateral sense offset of Upper Proterozoic and Paleozoic features on the Gobi Onon, Tost, and Zuumbayan faults in southern Mongolia and implications for other central Asian faults: Earth and Planetary Research Letters, v. 173, p. 183-194.
Webb, L.E., Hacker, B.R., Ratschbacher, L., Michael O. McWilliams, and Dong S., 1999. Thermochronologic constraints on deformation and cooling history of high and ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Qinling-Dabie orogen: Tectonics, v. 18, p. 621-638.
Webb, L.E., Graham, S.A., Johnson, C.L., Badarch, G., Hendrix, M., 1999. Occurrence, age, and implications of the Yagan-Onch Hayrhan metamorphic core complex, southern Mongolia: Geology, v. 27, p. 143-146.
Hacker, B.R., Ratschbacher, L., Webb, L.E., Ireland, T., Walker, D., and Dong S., 1998. U/Pb Zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling-Dabie orogen, China: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.161, p. 215-230.
Hacker, B.R., Ratschbacher, L., Webb, L.E., and Dong S., 1995. What brought them up? Exhumation of the Dabie Shan ultrahigh-pressure rocks: Geology, v. 23, p. 743-746.
GOL 418 Petrology, Spring 2005
GOL 400/600 Microstructural Analysis of Tectonites: Unraveling P-T-t-D Histories, Spring 2003, Fall 2005
GOL101 Introduction to Physical Geology, Fall 2002
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2006 Field Party
An Orange fever epidemic hit Mongolia in 2004.
Matt Affolter (University of Utah PhD student), Manchuk (Mongolian University of Science and Technology Diplome Student) and I check out a fault surface visible from km's away. Photo by Cari Johnson, Univ. of Utah.
Onch Hayrhan detachment fault.
Camp site en route to Onch Hayrhan, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Group shot from 1998 field season in S Mongolia
