About

Jean Morrison

Professor of Earth Sciences

Contact Information
E-mail: morrison@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3551
Office: SCI 317

LINKS
Faculty Profile on Departmental Website
 

Education
B.A. Geology, Colgate University, 1/1980
M.S. Paleomagnetism of Silurian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks, University of Georgia, Athens, 1/1983
Ph.D. Stable isotope geochemistry, metamorphic petrology including fluid-rock interaction, meteoric water circulation, University of Wisconsin, 1/1988
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1995-  
Visiting Associate Professor, California Institute of Technology, 01/01/1996-01/01/1997  
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1988-01/01/1995  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Morrison researches the role of fluids in metamorphic processes, stable isotope geochemistry, and metamorphic petrology. She is currently investigating the role of fluids in the evolution of the Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex (SE California). Recent work has focused on detailed oxygen isotope analysis of hornblende + potassium feldspar filled tension gashes in lower-plate rocks. These tension gashes are thought to document the earliest stages of extension. She is currently analyzing coexisting feldspar, and the data will be used to constrain the temperatures of mineralization and the source of the mineralizing fluid.
 

Honors and Awards
USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, 2002  
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, Sigma Chi Professor of the Year, 2000  
USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1998-2001  
Editor, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 1997  
Associate Editor, American Mineralogist, 1994-1996  
 
 
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