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Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Maggie Ellis Curry

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Maggie Curry

Assistant Professor

Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Jordan Hall 3135

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Bio

I am a tectonics systems geologist focusing mostly on ancient large-scale tectonic systems. I am endlessly curious in anything tectonics touches: the deformation, the landscapes, the basins. These interests take me to mountain ranges and basins spanning the globe and geologic time. My students are conducting research from the North Slope of Alaska to the Piedmont of North Carolina, typically combining numerical models with various types of data. I consider myself a thermochronologist and am keen to use various low-temperature thermochronometric systems to explore how tectonic systems have evolved through time.

I teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in structural geology, geologic field methods (AKA field camp), and tectonic systems.

View my research publications here: Google scholar link

Education

Ph.D. Geosciences University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2015

M.S. Geosciences University of Texas at Austin 2009

B.A. Geology Ohio Wesleyan University 2007

Area(s) of Expertise

I am interested in the feedbacks between tectonics, surface processes, and basins. Most of my research involves combining data with numerical models to test hypotheses. In the course of my research I use many types of data including thermochronology, geochronology (from zircon U-Pb to cosmogenic nuclides), subsurface (wells, seismic), geomorphic, and field measurements and observations. I utilize the HPC here at NCSU to run large inverse models, including thermo-kinematic and landscape evolution models. I am also actively developing new combined flexural and thermal subsidence models for application to tectonic basins.

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