Dalhousie Geodynamics Group

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
Canada

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CHRISTOPHER BEAUMONT Canada Research Chair in Geodynamics Department of Oceanography Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street PO Box 15000 Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2 Phone:  902-494-3779 Fax:  902-494-3877 Email:  chris.beaumont@dal.ca

Research Interests

• Geodynamics of orogens.
• Formation and subsidence of rifted margin and foreland basins.
• Isostasy and flexural rheology of the lithosphere.
• Surface processes, geomorphology and sediment transport.
• 'Tilted Block' sedimentary basins and Laramide tectonics of the Rocky Mountain foreland.
• Cenozoic Tectonics of the Tien Shan.
• Thermal histories of sedimentary basins and the use of geochemical reactions and fission track dating as thermochronometers.
• North American Midcontinent Rift system.
• Mechanisms of lithospheric deformation.