Our abstract titled: “Fracture patterns formed from hydration in serpentinite from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico” has been accepted for presentation in this year’s American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Erin Roehrig will be presenting a poster of our later discoveries from our study in the serpentinite. The abstract is shown below: Fracture patternsContinue reading “Abstract accepted for AGU Annual Meeting in San Francisco”
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New Paper published in GSA Bulletin
A new article has been published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Here is the citation: Laó-Dávila, D.A., Llerandi-Román, P.A., and Anderson, T.H., 2012, Cretaceous-Paleogene thrust emplacement of serpentinite in southwestern Puerto Rico: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30630.1. The link to the article is: http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/2012/06/08/B30630.1.abstract
Fieldwork in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Graduate student Erin Roherig conducted successful fieldwork in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico as part of her master thesis. Erin is studying fracture formation due to hydration processes in serpentinite.
EGU 2012 Presentation
Latest research on the Collisional Zones in Puerto Rico was presented in the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Abstract of the presentation can be found here.
