Education
PhD, Geology, Cardiff University
MSc, Mining Geology, Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter)
BSc, Geology with Physical Geography, Keele University
George Guice
Assistant Professor
Contact Info
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Areas of Expertise
Tectonics, including early Earth tectonics
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Structural Geology
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Field geology and mapping
Research
On Earth, the locations of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountains are all controlled by plate tectonics, which describes the subdivision of Earth's rigid outer shell into variably sized plates. These plates move about the same rate your fingernails grow.
As well as being an important control of geologic phenomena, plate tectonics facilitates our planet's habitability, and is a fundamental driver of evolution.
My research focuses on how and when plate techtonics emerged on earth, what tectonic processes predominated before plate tectonics, and whether these processes have changed through geologic time. I use a variety of techniques, including field mapping and observations, structural measurements, microscopy, bulk-rock and mineral chemistry, and isotope geochemistry.