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Research Interests

• Structural Geology
• Kinematics of deformation in active and fossil orogens: Central Andes (Argentina), Penokean Orogen (Canada)
• Relationship between deformation and melt transport: Pluton and dike emplacement, collapse caldera formation.
• Impact Geology: Central uplift formation in large terrestrial impact structures, generation of impact-induced melt systems (Sudbury, Canada, and Vredefort, South Africa).

• Exploration geology: Structural controls on the concentration of Cu-Ni and PGE mineralization.

• Methods: Field-based structural analysis, analogue modeling, image analysis, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, microstructural analysis.

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