Project Participants
- Lenny Ancuta (Lehigh University)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3660
Geochronology, tectonics - Ancuta is a Ph.D student using geochronology and isotope geochemistry to understand the origin of intracontinental volcanism. In this project, his work is focused on understanding the relationship between the high topography and diffuse Cenozoic volcanic rocks in central Mongolia.
- Baasanbat T. (RCAG MAS)
- Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Seismology - Bayasgalan A. (Tethys Mining LLC & Geoinformatics Center MUST)
- Geoinformatics Center, Mongolian University of Science and Technology,Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Geology - Richard Carlson (Carnegie Institution of Washington) web site
- Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington D.C. 20015-1305 +1.202.478.8474
Petrology, isotope geochemistry - Carlson is a geochemist who studies the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets. In this project he is looking as Os isotopes in basalts and in crustal and mantle xenoliths to understand the nature and evolution of the lithosphere beneath the Hangay Dome.
- Jeremy Caves (Stanford University) web site
- Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (USA) +1.505.263.1241
Paleoclimate, Earth History, and Weathering - Caves is a PhD student studing Cenozoic and late Cretaceous paleosols in terrestrial basins in Mongolia. He is using stable isotopes derived from paleosol carbonates and clays, to reconstruct the climate in Central Asia and understand the influence of the Hangay uplift on climate. Additionally, he is developing a method to measure the oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in secondary minerals in weathered basalts as a means of tracking the uplift of the northern Hangay.
- C. Page Chamberlain (Stanford University) web site
- Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (USA) +1.650.725.6835
Stable-isotope geochemistry, tectonics, climate, and landscape evolution - Co-director of the Stanford/USGS ion-probe lab, Chamberlain is a geochemist with broad interests in both crustal evolution and earth-surface processes. Chamberlain and his group are using stable-isotopes to quantify paleorelief and topographic evolution of the Hangay.
- Demberel S. (RCAG MAS)
- Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Seismology - Scientific Secretary of RCAG MAS.
- John Gosse (Dalhousie University) web site
- Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,B3H 4R2 +1.902.494.6632
Geomorpholooogy, cosmogemic isotopes, landscape evolution - Gosse is a geomorphologist whose research focuses on geochronology and determining rates of glacial, fluvial, and tectonic processes. He uses rare isotopes that are produced when cosmic rays interact with atoms in rock on Earth's surface. His research interest include landscape evolution on timescales of thousands to millions of years and spatial scales from landforms to mountain ranges.
- Bruce Idleman (Lehigh University)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3672
Geochronology, isotope geochemistry, tectonics - Dmitri Ionov (Université Jean Monnet) web site
- Geology Department, Université Jean Monnet, St-Etienne (France) +04.77.48.15.12
Petrology, Geochemistry - Structure and evolution of the earth and other terrestrial planets.
- Kalin McDannell (Lehigh University) web site
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3660
Thermochronology, tectonics - McDannell is a Ph.D. candidate working on thermochronology.
- Anne Meltzer (Lehigh University) web site
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3673
Seismology, tectonics, geodyamics - Meltzer is a seismologist interested in deformation and evolution of the continents, mountain ranges, and interactions between solid-Earth and surface processes. Meltzer and her group are responsible for the deployment of a broadband seismic array to look at lithospheric structure and active deformation. Meltzer has used both active and passive source seismology to study active tectonic processes in the United States, the Caribbean, South America, and the Himalaya.
- Tamra Mendelson (University of Maryland Baltimore County) web site
- Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250 (USA) +1.410.455.2267
Molecular biology, biogeography - Mendelson’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of evolutionary changes in communication systems. She studies freshwater fish to understand the rate of evolution of various modes of communication compared with ecological divergence and other reproductive barriers.
- Mark Henry Sabaj Pérez (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) web site
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (USA) +1.215.299.1026
Biology, biogeography - Pérez research interests include taxonomy, geographic variation, reproductive strategies, and hybridization of a variety of fish species. He has worked in North American, South America, and Asia. He’s really good at catching fish.
- Alex Proussevitch (University of New Hampshire) web site
- Climate Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 (USA) +1.603.862.0814
Vesicular basalt paleoaltimetry - Prousevitch combines field volcanology with numerical modeling to better understand eruption dynamics and the processes that result in lava flows. His work in numerical object recognition makes it possible to determine vesicle size distributions from X-ray tomographic scans of vesicular basalts for paleoelevation applications.
- Ray Russo (University of Florida) web site
- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL 32611 (USA) +1.352.392.6766
Tectonics and seismology, with emphasis on upper mantle flow and lithosphere-asthenosphere interactions. - Dork Sahagian (Lehigh University)
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.6379
Vesicular basalt paleoaltimetry, tectonics, geodyamics - Sahagian has developed a method for determining paleoelevation from the vesicularity profiles of basaltic lava flows. This is a combined application of his ongoing interests in volcanology, tectonics, and fluid dynamics.
- David Shuster (Berkeley Geochronology Center) web site
- Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709 (USA) +1.510.644.9891
4He/3He thermochronology - Shuster’s research centers on the use of noble gases and their relatively simple physical behavior to constrain timescales, rates and temperatures associated with orogenic processes and chemical weathering.
- Derek Sjostrom (Rocky Mountain College) web site
- Geology, Rocky Mountain College Billings, Montana 59102 (USA) +1.406.238.7387
Isotope geochemistry - Sjostrom’s research explores of the connections between tectonics and climate as recorded in sedimentary rocks and geochemical proxies. He also uses stable isotope geochemistry to study modern precipitation dynamics, nutrient cycling, and human modifications of natural systems.
- Josh Stachnik (Lehigh University) web site
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3660
Seismology, tectonics, geodyamics - Stachnik is a seismologist with expertise using surface waves from earthquakes and ambient noise to image the crust and upper mantle and to determine shear-wave velocities. Stachnik has worked in the Sierras, the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone, British Columiba, New Zealand, and now Mongolia. He loves fieldwork.
- Ulziibat M. (RCAG MAS)
- Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Seismology - Head of the Seismological Department of RCAG MAS.
- Karl Wegmann (North Carolina State University) web site
- Dept. of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (USA) +1.919.515.0380
Geomorphology, tectonics, project coordination - Wegmann is a geomorphologist with research interests in landscape-scale tectonic and climatic geomorphology; paleoseismology; fluvial geomorphology; geologic, climatic, and seismic controls on deep-seated landslides; impacts of anthropogenic change on geomorphic systems; and application of GIS to the earth sciences. His work is field-based, process-oriented, and multidisciplinary.
- Peter Zeitler (Lehigh University) web site
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (USA) +1.610.758.3671
Geochronology, tectonics, geodyamics - Zeitler is a geochronologist interested in mountain ranges and interactions between solid-Earth and surface processes. For this project, his group is working on U-Th/He, Ar-Ar, and U-Pb dating. Zeitler has worked in the Himalaya for 25 years, in addition to work in New Zealand, South America, the United States, and Australia. He has stayed in The Worst Hotel in the World.
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