Pacific Northwest Paleomagnetism Laboratory

News & Events:

Karl Lang had his paper on "Rapid exhumation of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis since the Late Miocene" accepted by GSA Bulletin, March, 2016.

Tom Peryam submitted his paper on "The influence of orbital climate variability on hillslope denudation and sediment transport: a record from magnetic susceptibility of Pliocene lacustrine deposits in southern California" to Earth Surface Processes and Landforms in February, 2016.

Cass Dimitroff finished his thesis that followed up and expanded work of Graham Messe in the Salton Trough, late 2015.

Esther Izquierdo from the University of Zaragoza in the Autonomous Community of *Aragon*, Spain, visited in June and July, 2013 to measure remanence and magnetic properties in a study of tectonic rotation in the central Pyrenees. Her manuscript on "Multi-episodic remagnetization related to deformation in the Pyrenean Internal Sierras" was published in Geophysical Journal International Volume 201, issue 2, pages 891-914, 2015.

Graham Messe accompanied Karl Lang, University of Washington, to sample a Tertiary sedimentary section along the Siji River, India, then finished his thesis on paleomagnetism of the Mecca Hills, CA, early in 2014.

Beth Novak defended her thesis in October, 2012, went on another cruse, attended a post cruise meeting, and got hired to do more of the same, sailing to odd ports of call.

Chris DeBoer defended his thesis on Block Rotation and Magnetostratigraphy of the Fish Creek-Vallecito basin, western Salt trough, CA, May, 2012

Austin Heart defended his thesis on Sedimentologic, stable isotopic, and paleomagnetic analysis of Laramide synorogenic strata: unroofing of the Beartooth Range, Montana and Wyoming, April, 2012.

Luigi Jovane's paper on Rock magnetism of hematitic "bombs" from Araguainha Impact Structure, Brazil was published 8 December 2011 G-Cubed: doi:10.1029/2011GC003758.

Beth Novak's poster for 2011 GSA was on Magnetic fabric analyses of deep-sea sediments: identifying depositional processes at IODP expedition 333 sites C0018 and C0011, Nankai Trough and Shikoku Basin.

Benjamim Baugh defended his thesis on Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism of Remagnetized Carbonate Rocks from the Helena Salient, Southwest Montana, November, 2010.

Chris Ward defended his thesis on Paleomagnetism and detrital zircon geochronology of the Skeena Group, British Columbia, June, 2008.

Dennis Feeney defended his thesis on Timing and Nature of Post-Collapse Sedimentation in Kulshan Caldera, North Cascades Washington, May, 2008. He is now gainfully employed by the Idaho Geologic Survey and uses paleomagnetic methods to correlate units near the Snake River.

Andy Wiser defended his thesis on Magnetic Fabric Analysis of Slope Failure, Turbidity Currents, and Depositional Processes Along the Foreslope of the Fraser River Delta, May, 2008.

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Contact Info

Bernie Housen

Environmental Studies Building

Rooms 429 and 429A

Office phone:
360-650-6573

Lab phone: 360-650-3304

Fax: 360-650-7302

bernieh(at)wwu.edu