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	Dr. chris Andronicos
	Assistant Professor
	E-mail: candroni@purdue.edu
	Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

 

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Education

Ph.D., Princeton University

B.S., University of New Mexico

Research Interests

My students and I study the evolution of the solid earth, particularly the continental and oceanic crust, and underlying mantle lithosphere. My research group integrates field based structural studies with petrology, geochemistry, geophysics and numerical models to gain insight into the processes that control tectonics. Current research areas include the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, the Al Hajar Mountains of Oman, and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Integration of petrology and geochemistry with structural geology and geophysics is the hallmark of my research, and students in my group often combine aspects of each of these fields into their research.

Awards/Honors Appointment/Elections

• SACNAS Board of Directors
• SACNAS Visioning 2020 Taskforce
• EarthScope Steering Committee

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso, 1999-2005
• Associate Professor, Cornell University, 2005-2011
• Associate Professor, Purdue University, 2012-present

Selected Publications ("*" indicates student co-author)

• Depine, G. V.*, Andronicos, C. L., and Hollister, L. S., (2011) Response of continental magmatic arcs to regional tectonic changes recorded by synorogenic plutons in the middle crust: an example from the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Journal of Structural Geology, 33, p. 1089-1104.
• Amato, J. M., Heizler, M. T., Boullion, A. O., Sanders, A. E., Toro, J., Mclemore, V. T., and Andronicos, C. L., (2011), Mesoproterozoic (1.46 Ga) magmatism, metamorphism, and deformation in an extensional setting within the sourhtern Mazatzal Province: The Burro Mountains, New Mexico, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 33, 1720-1744.
• Wolf, D. E.*, Andronicos, C. L., Vervort, J., Mansfield, M.*, and Chardon, D., (2010), Application of Lu/Hf garnet dating to unravel the relationships between deformation, metamorphism and plutonism: An example from the Prince Rupert area, British Columbia, Tectonophysics, 485, 62-77.
• Chang, J. M.*, and Andronicos, C. L., (2009), Constraints on the depth of generation and emplacement of  a magmatic epidote-bearing quartz diorite pluton in the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Terra Nova, 21, 480-488.
• Gehrels, G. E., Russmore, M. E., Woodsworth, G. J., Crawford, M., Andronicos, C.L., and 11 others, (2009), U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains Batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: constraints on age, petrogenesis, and tectonic evolution, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121, p. 1341-1361.
• Andronicos, C. L., Phipps Morgan, J., Chang-Hamblock, J. M.*, and Wolf, D. E.*, (2008), Melt-filled hybrid fractures in the oceanic mantle: Melt enhanced deformation during along-axis flow beneath a propagating spreading ridge axis, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.035.
• Depine, G. V.*, Andronicos, C. L., and Phipps Morgan, J., (2008), Near-isothermal conditions in the middle and lower crust induced by melt migration, Nature, 425, doi:10.1038/nature06689.
• Hamblock, J. M.*, Andronicos, C. L., Miller, K. C., Barnes, C. G., Ren, M-H., Averill, M. G., and Anthony, E. Y., (2007), A composite geologic and seismic profile beneath the southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico, based on xenolith mineralogy, temperature, and pressure, Tectonophysics, 442, 14-48.
• Andronicos, C. L., Velasco, A. A., and Hurtado, J. M., (2007), Large-scale deformation in the India-Asia collision constrained by earthquakes, Terra Nova 9, 105-120, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00714.x.
• Miller, K. C., Carrick, T. M., Martínez-Sussmann, C., Levine, R., Andronicos, C. L., and Langford, R. P., (2007). Effectiveness of a Summer Experience for Inspiring Interest in Geoscience Among Hispanic-American High School Students, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 55, p. 596-603.
• Hollister, L. S., and Andronicos, C. L., (2006), Formation of new continental crust in Western British Columbia during transpression and transtension, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249, 29-38.
• Keller, G. R., Karlstrom, K. E., Williams, M. L., Miller, K. C., Andronicos, C. L., Lavander, A., Snelson, C.*, and Prodehl, C., (2005), The Dynamic Nature of the Continental Moho: Crustal Evolution in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region as an Example, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 154, 482 pages, hardbound, 2005, ISBN 0-87590-419-X.
• Quezada, O. A.*, G. R. Keller, and Andronicos, C. L., (2005), A seismic reflection, gravity and remote sensing study of the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 154, 482 pages, hardbound, 2005, ISBN 0-87590-419-X.
• Andronicos, C.L., Chardon, D., Gehrels, G., Hollister, L.S., and Woodsworth, G.J., (2003), Strain partitioning in an obliquely convergent orogen, plutonism, and synorgenic collapse: the Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, Canada, Tectonics, 22, doi:10.1029/2001TC001312.
• Hollister, L. S. and Andronicos, C. L. (2000) The central gneiss complex, Coast orogen, British Columbia, GSA Special Paper 343, 45-59.
• Andronicos, C.L., Hollister, L.S., Davidson, C., and Chardon, D., (1999), Kinematics and tectonic significance of transpressive structures within the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Jour. Struct. Geol., 21, p. 229-243.
• Chardon, D. H., and Andronicos, C. L., and Hollister, L. S., (1999), Large-scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Tectonics, 18, 278-292.
• Hollister, L.S. and Andronicos, C. L., (1997), A Candidate for the Baja British Columbia Fault System in the Coast Plutonic Complex, GSA Today, 7, 1-7.
• Kirby, E. K., Karlstrom, K.E., Andronicos, C. L., Dallmeyer, R.D., (1995), Tectonic Setting of the Sandia Pluton: An orogenic 1.4 Ga granite in New Mexico, Tectonics, 14, no. 1, p. 185-201.

Reviewed Conference Papers

• Kirby, E. K., Karlstrom, K. E., and Andronicos, C. L., (1995), Structural and thermal setting during emplacement of the Sandia Pluton, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 46th Field Conference, p. 219-225.
• Tervino, L.*, Keller, G. R., and Andronicos, C. L., (2004), Rootless Mountains and Gravity Lows in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Southern Colorado-Northern New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 55th Field Conference.
• Quezada, O. A. *, Andronicos, C. L., and Keller, G. R., 2004, Structure of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains between Taos and Mora based on an integrated Geophysical analysis, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 55th Field Conference.