Yale University - Department of Geology and Geophysics













David Evans
Professor

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Office: 210 KGL
Phone: (203) 432-3127
Fax: (203) 432-3134
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Research Interests:
Continental reconstructions; paleomagnetism; long-term evolution of geodynamics, tectonics, climate change, and life.

Current Courses:
G&G 205b: Natural Resources and Sustainability (with Jay Ague)
G&G 212b: Global Tectonics
G&G 333a/533a: Paleogeography
G&G 370b: Regional Perspectives on Global Geoscience
G&G 757b: Topics in Global Geoscience


Students and Postdocs:
Taylor Kilian
Ross N. Mitchell
Joe Panzik

Selected Publication(s):
Swanson-Hysell, N.L., Maloof, A.C., Weiss, B.P., and Evans, D.A.D., 2009. No asymmetry in geomagnetic reversals recorded by 1.1-billion-year-old Keweenawan basalts. Nature Geoscience, v.2, p.713-717.

De Kock, M.O., Evans, D.A.D., and Beukes, N.J., 2009. Validating the existence of Vaalbara in the Neoarchaean. Precambrian Research, v.174, p.145-154.

Reddy, S.M., and Evans, D.A.D., 2009. Palaeoproterozoic supercontinents and global evolution: Correlations from core to atmosphere. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A.D., and Collins, A.S., eds., Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution. Geological Society of London Special Publication 323, p.1-26.

Peppe, D.J., Evans, D.A.D. & Smirnov, A.V., 2009. Magnetostratigraphy of the Ludlow Member of the Fort Union Formation (Lower Paleocene) of the Williston Basin in North Dakota. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.121, p.65-79.

Evans, D.A.D., and Pisarevsky, S.A., 2008. Plate tectonics on early Earth? -- weighing the paleomagnetic evidence. In Condie, K., and Pease, V., eds., When Did Plate Tectonics Begin? Geological Society of America Special Paper, v.440, p.249-263.