Mark Brandon Professor Email Me Office: 208 KGL Phone: (203) 432-3135 Fax: (203) 432-3134 See my main web site for more information and publications. Research Interests: Tectonic and geomorphic evolution of convergent plate boundaries, including western North America, Kamchatka, New Zealand, Alps, Crete, Apennines, and Patagonian Andes Current Courses: GG201a, Mantle Dynamics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes GG212b, Tectonics G&G752, Seminar in Structural Geology and Tectonics Students and Postdocs: Madalyn Blondes Devin McPhillips James Stevenson Stuart Thomson Selected Publication(s): Miller, I.M., Brandon, M.T., Hickey, L.J., 2006, Using leaf margin analysis to estimate the Mid-Cretaceous (Albian) paleolatitude of the Baja BC block. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 245, p. 95-114. (reprint) Reiners, P.W., and Brandon Mark, T., 2006, Using thermochronology to understand orogenic erosion: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 34, p. 419-66, doi: 10.1146/annurev.earth.34.031405.125202. (reprint) Fuller, C.W., Willett, S.D., Brandon, M.T., 2006, Formation of forearc basins and their influence on subduction zone earthquakes. Geology, v. 34, no. 2, p. 65-68. (reprint) Rahl, J.M., Anderson, K.M., Brandon, M.T., and Fassoulas, C., 2005, Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: Calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 240, p. 339-354. (reprint) Brandon, 2004, The Cascadia subduction wedge: the role of accretion, uplift, and erosion. in "Earth Structure, An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics", by B.A. van der Pluijm and S. Marshak, Second Edition, WCB/McGraw Hill Press, p. 566-574. (reprint)