Dr. Dazhi Jiang

Laboratory for Deformation Structures in Continental Crusts

Dazhi Jiang

Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of New Brunswick, 1996
Office: BGS 0176
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x.83192
Fax: (519) 661-3198
Email: djiang3@uwo.ca

Curriculum Vitae


Research Interests

Dr. Jiang's research focuses on Deformation Structures in the Continental Crust. He combines fieldwork and laboratory analysis with numerical modeling to understand the development of geological structures, to constrain the kinematics and mechanics of crustal deformation processes, and to unravel the tectonic history of mountain belts. Current field areas of research include the Canadian Shield, the Canadian Cordillera, and East China.

Selected Publications

Jiang, D. 2007a, Numerical modeling of the motion of rigid ellipsoidal objects in slow viscous flows: a new approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 29(2), 189-200, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2006.09.010.

Jiang, D. 2007b, Numerical modeling of the motion of deformable ellipsoidal objects in slow viscous flows. Journal of Structural Geology, 29(3), 435-452, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2006.09.009.
Williams, P.F., Jiang, D. and Lin, S. 2006. Interpretation of deformation fabrics of infrastructure zone rocks in the context of channel flow and other tectonic models. In: Law, R.D., Searle, M.P. & Godin, L. (eds) Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation of Lower-mid Crust in Continental Collision Zones. Geological Society Special Publication, 268, 221-235.
Williams, P.F. and Jiang, D. 2005. An investigation of lower crustal deformation: evidence for channel flow and its implications for tectonics and structural studies. Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 1486-1504.
Jiang, D. and Williams, P.F. 2004. Reference frame, angular momentum, and porphyroblast rotation. Journal of structural Geology, 26, 2211-2224.

Courses Taught

At Western:
Earth Sciences 2201a/b (Structural Geology)
Earth Sciences 3350y (Advanced Field Mapping Techniques)
Earth Sciences 9555a/b (Flow of Rocks in Crust and Mantle)

At Maryland:
Geology 100 (Physical Geology)
Geology 341 (Structural Geology)
Geology 471/789C (Tectonics)
Geology 789R (Flow of Rocks)

Students

Current Students:
Changcheng Li, Ph.D. candidate, Thesis project: Deformation history of the Grenville Front high-strain zone
Zhenyu "Sirius" Zhong, M.Sc. candidate

Completed Thesis:
Tianhuan Dai, M.Sc. student (2004, University of Maryland, College Park), Thesis: Kinematics and deformation history of the Cross Lake greenstone belts.
Callan Bentley, M.Sc. student (2004, University of Maryland, College Park), Thesis: Rock fabric analysis of the Sierra Crest shear zone system, California: implications for crustal-scale transpressional shear zones
Ruikun Liu, M.Sc. student (2009), Thesis: Characterization of microstructures of mylonites from Cenozoic detachment shear zones in the Canadian Cordillera

Dr. Jiang is currently looking for Ph.D. and M.Sc. students to work on projects in the Canadian Cordillera and East China. The former project aims at better understanding the evolution of microstructures of mylonites, and the latter project strives to better understand the tectonic evolution of East China since late Cretaceous and its relationship with the thinning of the North China Craton. Interested students please contact Dr. Jiang for more information.










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