Department of Geology and Planetary Science

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

William Harbert, Associate Professor of Geophysics, University of Pittsburgh

E-mail address: harbert+@pitt.edu

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

  • Plate Tectonics
  • Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Reversals
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • WWW Resources and the Earth Sciences
  • Earth System Science

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    FACULTY ADVISOR:

  • Dr. Allan Cox , Dept. of Geophysics, Stanford University

    EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Geophysics, Stanford University, April 1987
  • M.S., Exploration Geophysics, Stanford University, January 1983
  • B.S., Geology, Western Washington University, August 1981
  • B.S., Geophysics/Mathematics, Western Washington University, August 1981.

    Ph.D. THESIS TITLE: Tectonics of Alaska, plate tectonics of the Pacific basin, and paleomagnetism of the Aleutian arc.

    Five Selected publications:

    Hagstrum, J.T., and Harbert, W., 1991, Paleomagnetism and microplate tectonics: United States National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1987-1990, Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, p. 395-404.

    McLaughlin, R. J., Sliter, W.V., Frederiksen, N.O., Harbert, W.P., and McCulloch, D.S., 1994, Plate motions recorded in tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Franciscan complex and evolution of the Mendocino triple junction, northwestern California, United States Geological Bulletin 1997, 60 p..

    Heiphetz, A, Harbert, W., and Savostin, L., 1994, Reconnaissance paleomagnetism of the Olyutorsky superterrane, northeast Russia., 1992 Proceedings International Conference on Arctic Margins, MMS 94-0040, p. 223-228.

    Heiphetz, A., Harbert, W., and Layer, P., 1994, Preliminary reconnaissance paleomagnetism of some late Mesozoic ophiolites, Kuyul region, Koryak superterrane, Russia, 1992 Proceedings International Conference on Arctic Margins, MMS 94-0040, p. 229-234.

    Harbert, William, Hillhouse, John and Vallier, Tracy, 1995, Paleomagnetic determination of the Permian paleolatitude of Wallowa terrane Oregon: Implications for terrane migration and orogeny, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 12,573-12,588.

    Supervision of students (Major Advisor: completed work):

  • Li Yufeng, 1991, Paleomagnetic analysis of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, Master of Science thesis, 231 pp.

  • Xi Xu, 1994, Reconnaissance paleomagnetic investigation of some Paleozoic rocks from the Mongol- Okhotsk collision zone, Chita region, southcentral Russia, Master of Science thesis, 427 pp.

  • Alexander Heiphetz Ph.D., 1995, Paleomagnetism, tectonics, and oil geology of the Koryak region, northeastern Russia. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, 138 pp..

    Supervision of students (Major Advisor: work in progress):

  • Robert Graham (Paleomagnetism of Northern Kamchatka, M.S. student, Univ. of Pittsburgh
  • Li Zhiang (Magnetostratigraphy of Railroad Canyon, Idaho, Ph.D. student, Univ. of Pittsburgh).

    Collaborators during previous four years:

  • Paul Layer, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.
  • John Hillhouse, USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
  • Tracy Vallier, USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
  • Jon Hagstrum, USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
  • Alexander Heiphetz, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Alexi Didenko, Inst. Phy. Earth, Moscow.
  • Anatoly Stavsky, Aerogeology, Moscow.
  • Kirill Krylov, Inst. Geology, Moscow.
  • Sergie Sakolov, Inst. Geology, Moscow.
  • Vadim Kravchinsky, Res. Bran., Min. Geology, Irkutsk.