Thin Section
Folded Schist
Structural Geology
UW – Madison

The Structural Geology & Tectonics research group at UW – Madison combines field, laboratory, experimental and theoretical approaches in structural geology and geophysics to explore deformation at various scales from the surface to the lithospheric mantle.

Techniques employed by our research group include field mapping; GPS; strain, microstructural (including electron microscope), and petrologic analyses; gravity surveys; physical and numerical modeling; fault-zone permeability studies; and rock magnetics.

Current projects involve fabric development in plutons and major shear zones; extracting rheologic information from naturally deformed materials; fault-zone deformation of granular porous media; fluid-fault interactions; tectonic evolution of the Western U.S.; and lithospheric responses to transpression and transtension.

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Various Interpretations at Van Hise Rock, Baraboo, Wisconsin