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Course Offerings:

  • Geology 101 - Principles of Geology
  • Geophysics 615 - Experimental Rock Deformation
  • Geophysics 660 - Physics of the Earth's Interior

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Caleb Holyoke III

Postdoctoral Project: Shear-induced fabric and weakening of olivine at high pressure

Dr. Andreas Kronenberg

Department Head
Ray C Fish Professor Department of Geology & Geophysics Associate Director, Center for Tectonophysics

Ph.D. Brown University, 1983

B.S. UCLA, 1977

Research specialty: mineral physics, rock mechanics

Dr. Kronenberg's expertise spans topics in structural geology, tectonophysics, and mineral physics with emphasis on the mechanical properties of Earth materials and the deformation mechanisms that govern rheology.

His research addresses the plasticity, creep, and failure of minerals and rocks, examining the roles of crystalline defects, grain boundaries, interfaces, and fluids in determining macroscopic behavior of the Earth's lithosphere. Taking an experimental approach, investigations have explored (1) hydrolytic weakening of quartz, feldspar and olivine and chemical influences of fluids on mechanical properties of silicates, (2) crystal plasticity of layer silicates and anisotropic mechanical properties of foliated and layered rocks, (3) the high temperature creep mechanisms of silicates (quartz, olivine, feldspars, pyroxenes, micas, and clays) and carbonates (calcite, dolomite, and magnesite), and (4) the roles of hydrous species adsorbed at mineral-fluid interfaces in crack growth and crack healing.

Kronenberg is an active member of AGU's Mineral and Rock Physics (MRP) community and its Focus Group on Physical Properties of Earth Materials (PPEM).

Research:

  • Tectonophysics
  • Structural Geology
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Mineral Physics
  • Solid Earth Geophysics with emphasis placed on the mechanical properties of Earth materials that make up the Lithosphere

Projects:

  • Shear-induced Fabric and Weakening of Olivine and Dependence on Pressure and Water
  • Deformation of Calcium-Magnesium Carbonates
  • Crack Healing in Quartz: Kinetic Laws and Effects of Crack Morphology
  • Deformation of Talc and Pyrophyllite: the van der Waals Bonds of Weak Faults

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