Regional Tectonics at USU

  1. BulletStrike-slip and extensional tectonics,

  2. BulletStructural geology,

  3. Bulletbasin analysis of half and full graben and strike-slip related basins,

  4. Bulletgeochronology,

  5. Bulletextensional folding processes,

  6. Bulletregional geology,

  7. Bulletpaleogeography,

  8. BulletSalton Trough and development of oblique-divergent plate boundaries,

  9. BulletBasin-and-Range province

  10. BulletInteractions of Sevier fold-and-thrust belt and foreland structures.


Contact information




Susanne Janecke

Department of Geology

4505 Old Main Hill

Utah State university

Logan, UT

84322-4505

435-797-3877

Susanne.Janecke@usu.edu




professor of geology




Research

Interests Rocks, faults, folds, basins, earthquakes

Personal interests my family, painting, gardening, photography of interesting shapes and colors,看 skiing downhill, hiking

Education-State Universities

University of Michigan

University of Arizona

University of Utah

Students -needed in 2009-2010



Research Topics




Active strike slip faults: Check out some talks about this topic posted on the web.

Basins: Janecke, 1994;

Dorsey et al, 2006

Kirby et al., 2007;Lutz et al., 2006;

Janecke et al., 1999

and lots of others.

Extensional folds:

See Janecke et al.. 1998 about this and Janecke et al. 2005

History of the Bonneville flood and deltas of the Bear River in Cache Valley

Watch for upcoming an paper on this or check out Janecke and Oaks talk at GSA October 2007.

Rates of active deformation




contact




susanne.janecke@usu.edu

435-797-3877

FAX 435-797-1588

main office

435-797-1272

Department of GEOLOGY

Utah State web page

www.usu.edu

Regional tectonics at Utah State University

Field trip in western Montana

This giant fold formed beneath a subaqueous megabreccia deposit, Salton Trough

USU Salton Crew in 2005

Photos from lovely places near

Logan, UT

our garden

Delta in Great Salt Lake

Logan Canyon

Southern Utah

Uinta Mountains

Bloomington Lake in the Bear River Range

Logan

Great Salt Lake and spiral jetty

Field work:看 THEN and NOW

On the way to High Creek lake in the Bear River Range

Logan, UT from the side of the campus

Utah State Geology Department has a strong tradition of field work. My personal research is grounded in detailed field mapping and analysis.

Link to personal pageshttp://cc.usu.edu/~sjanecke/personal/Janecke_paintings.html