I study many aspects of geology from formation of the landscape to plate tectonic processes related to the evolution of plate margins, especially transform (strike-slip) and subducting plate boundaries.
A central part of this research involves inspection of rocks in the field, particularly in California, where I am based, as well as other regions, such as Newfoundland, Taiwan, Japan, Greece, and Italy.
I have been conducting geologic research since the early 1980s and the more I’ve seen and learned, the more questions have popped up, so my research interests have continually expanded with time.
I have devoted an increasing amount of time as I have aged to strength and endurance training to maintain my outdoor mobility. Field geology also ties into other interests and pleasures, such as brewing (since 1994) and consuming craft beer, enjoying fine wine, hiking and fishing (have fished over 800 different wilderness lakes in the Sierra Nevada of California).
