FAWNA KORHONEN
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2006

Research Associate
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
Tel: (301) 405-8653
Fax: (301) 314-7970
korhonen AT umd.edu

Research Interests
My research interests lie broadly in understanding the origin and evolution of the earth's crust in relation to continental tectonics. To examine the physical and chemical processes during crustal evolution, my research focuses on the investigation of the pressure–temperature–time–deformation (P–T–t–d) history of high-grade metamorphic belts. My current research interests are focused in three broad areas: (1) unraveling polyphase high-grade metamorphism and anatexis in regional metamorphic terranes; (2) the physical and chemical processes of mass transfer within the crust leading to intracrustal differentiation during orogenesis; and (3) high temperature silicate-oxide phase equilibria to constrain conditions of metamorphism and tectonic evolution.