Scholars

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences
Department Head, Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences

overview

The investigation of the rheology, deformation processes, and deformation conditions (e.g., pressure, temperature, stress, strain-rate) in crustal and upper mantle environments through field, microstructural and geochemical studies.

selected publications

Academic Articles24

Walker, J. D., Tikoff, B., Newman, J., Clark, R., Ash, J., Good, J., ... Rufledt, C. (2019). StraboSpot data system for structural geology. Geosphere. 15(2), 533-547.
Tikoff, B., Chatzaras, V., Newman, J., & Roberts, N. M. (2019). Big data in microstructure analysis: Building a universal orientation system for thin sections. Journal of Structural Geology. 125, 226-234.
Stewart, E., Lamb, W., Newman, J., & Tikoff, B. (2016). The Petrological and Geochemical Evolution of Early Forearc Mantle Lithosphere: an Example from the Red Hills Ultramafic Massif, New Zealand. Journal of Petrology. 57(4), 751-775.
Chatzaras, V., Tikoff, B., Newman, J., Withers, A. C., & Drury, M. R. (2015). Mantle strength of the San Andreas fault system and the role of mantle-crust feedbacks. Geology. 43(10), 891-894.
Holyoke, C., Kronenberg, A. K., & Newman, J. (2014). Microstructural evolution during strain localization in dolomite aggregates. Journal of Structural Geology. 69(PB), 449-464.

Chapters1

Stewart, E., Newman, J., Tikoff, B., Donnelly, S., German, L., Chatzaras, V., ... Kruckenberg, S. C. (2019). Coupled deformation and melt-migration events recording subduction initiation, Dun Mountain ophiolite, New Zealand. Memoirs. PALEOZOIC-MESOZOIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND: SUBDUCTION-RELATED PROCESSES ADJACENT TO SE GONDWANA. 93-117. Geological Society of London.