New team members
Welcome to new Graduate student Garrett Mitchell! Garrett was an undergraduate here a Maryland, who obtained a double major in Geography and Geology (with honors) and decided to stay a fifth year to obtain a combined BS/MS in Geology. Garrett and Marci Occhi are the first combined Geology BS/MS student!
Current Appointments
I have the honor of serving on the following committees
Ridge2000 Steering Committee
AGU Information Technology Committee
Recent publications
Delescluse, M., L.G.J. Montési, and N. Chamot-Rooke, 2008. Fault reactivation and selective abandonment in the oceanic lithosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L16312, doi:10.1029/2008GL035066 Link to article
Schouten, H., D.K. Smith, L.G.J. Montési, W. Zhu, and E. M. Klein, 2008. Cracking of lithosphere north of the Galapagos triple junction, Geology, 36(5), 339–342, doi:10.1130/G24431A.1. Link to article
Montési, L.G.J., and M.D. Behn, 2007. Mantle flow and melting underneath Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24307, doi:10.1029/2007GL031067. Link to article
Zhu W., L.G.J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, 2007. A micromechanics model of stress-induced anisotropic permeability reduction during compactive cataclastic flow, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B10207, doi:10.1029/2006JB004456. Link to article
Gregg, P., J. Lin, M.D. Behn, and L.G.J. Montési, 2007. Spreading rate dependence of the gravity structure of oceanic transform faults. Nature, 448, 183-187, doi: 10.1038/nature05962. Link too article
Montési, L.G.J., 2007. A constitutive model for layer development in shear zones near the brittle-ductile transition. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08307, doi:10.1029/2007GL029250. Link to article
Laurent Montési: Geodynamics
Geodynamics Group
Tectonics Interest Group
Bathymetry of the Southwest Indian ridge
Understanding planet Earth requires a combination of observations and theoretical models to explain these observations. I am working on producing models of processes occuring in the strong outer layer of our planet: the lithosphere. I study the development of both deformation features (tectonics) and volcanic features. In particular, I am address how tectonic and volcanic features localized. forming narrow deformation zones and magmatic areas. My main tools are analytical and numerical models, although I strive to incorporate as many constraints from the field as possible, such as geodetic and seismicity data and the structure of actual rocks.
You will find here summaries of current research projects, classes that I am teaching, list of publication, and external links to various projects I am involved in or that are directly relevant to my research. Do not hesitate to drop me a line with any comment you may have or if you might be interested in working on one of these projects.
Pattern of grain size reduction underneath a strike-slip fault
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