Matty
Mookerjee
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: (707) 664-2002
Office:
Email: matty.mookerjee(at)sonoma.edu
Geological Programs for
Mathematica
Course I Teach
GEOL 102: Our Dynamic Earth
GEOL 110: Natural Disasters
GEOL 120: Regional Field Geology
GEOL 303: Advanced Principles of
Geology
GEOL 304: Geological Mapping and
Report
Writing
GEOL 309: Computer Applications in
Geology
GEOL 410: Geophysics
GEOL 417: Structural Geology
GEOL 418: Structural Geology Field
GEOL 420: Senior Field
Research Interests
The kinematics of fold and thrust belts with particular interest in how microstructures and incremental strain patterns contribute to large scale thrust sheet emplacement.
Current Projects
1) Quantifying the kinematic vorticity in a transpressional zone in the Eastern Sierra in an effort to understand how these deep rooted shear zones accommodate extrusion and how these mechanisms link up to the seismically active brittle crust
2) Kinematic vorticity analysis coupled with a detailed pressure-temperature path study to determine the mechanism of exhumation within the North American Cordillera.
3)
Mechanisms and geometry of folding along the San Andreas Fault in
northern
4) Mathematically modeling crystallographic fabric development with particular attention to dynamic strain histories.
5) Finite element modeling of non-planar thrust surfaces.
6)
Evaluating the effectiveness of Flinn's
k-value and
Lode's ratio using synthetic strain data.
7) Kinematics-based numerical modeling of the Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland.
Mailing Address:
Matty Mookerjee
Department of
1801 E. Cotati Ave.
Office phone: (716) 275-8816
e-mail: matty.mookerjee(at)sonoma.edu