Nadine McQuarrie

Assistant Professor
Structural Geology/Tectonics

Geology & Planetary Science
403 SRCC
4107 O'Hara Street
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-8870

nmcq@pitt.edu

Degree

PhD in Geosciences (structure/tectonics/geodynamics), 2001, University of Arizona

Curriculum Vitae

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Research Areas

  • Geometric, kinematic and erosional evolution of fold-thrust belts
  • Dynamics of tectonics and erosion on exhumation patterns and morphology of mountain ranges
  • Links between deformation, elevation and exhumation
  • Plate tectonic constraints on permissible deformation histories
  • Original sedimentary basin controls on fold-thrust belt geometry

Courses Offered

  • GEOL 1100 Structural Geology
    The origin and geometry of deformation (brittle and ductile) in the earths crust examined at scales from atomic to continental mountain building and rifting.
  • GEOL 2110 Plate Tectonics
    Examines modern concepts of plate tectonics and evaluates the dynamics of geological and geophysical processes and the resulting structural, petrological, sedimentological, and climatic implications.
  • GEOL 3908 Topics in Geology: Appalachian Geology
    This seminar course is designed to cover all things Appalachian;tectonic setting, paleoclimate record, thermal history, sedimentology, stratigraphy, depositional environments, structural geology (regional, outcrop, to micro scale), geomorphology (regional and local scales), geochemical signatures, etc.
  • Coming soon!!!!!

    • Fold and thrust belts and synorogenic sediments

    Basin Analysis

Representative Publications

McQuarrie, N., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2013, Retrodeforming the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone: Age of collision versus magnitude of continental subduction: Geology, v.41, p. 315-318, doi:10.1130/G33591.1.

McQuarrie, N., Long, S.P., Tobgay, T., Nesbit, J.N., Gehrels, G., Ducea, M., 2013, Documenting basin scale, geometry and provenance through detrital geochemical data: lessons from Neoproterozoic to Ordovician strata of Bhutan: Gondwana Research, v. 23, p. 1491-1510, doi 10.1016/j.gr.2012.09.002.

*Long, S.P., McQuarrie, N., *Tobgay T., Coutand, I., Cooper, F., Reiners, P., Wartho, J., Hodges, K., 2012, Variable shortening rates in the eastern Himalayan thrust belt, Bhutan: insights from multiple thermochronologic and geochronologic datasets tied to kinematic reconstructions: Tectonics, v. 31, TC5004, doi:10.1029/2012TC003155.

Robinson, D.M. and McQuarrie, N. 2012, Pulsed deformation and variable slip rates in the Central Himalayan Thrust Belt: Lithosphere, v. 4, p. 449-464, doi: 10.1130/L204.1

Sak, P.B., McQuarrie, N., *Oliver, B.P., *Lavdovsky, N., *Jackson, M.S., 2012, Unraveling the central Appalachian fold-thrust belt, Pennsylvania: the power of sequentially restored balanced cross sections for a blind fold-thrust belt: Geosphere. v. 8; no. 3 doi:10.1130/GES00676.1

*Tobgay T, McQuarrie, N., *Long, S.P., Kohn, M.J., Corrie, S.L., 2012, The age and rate of displacement along the Main Central Thrust in the western Bhutan Himalaya: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 319-320, p. 146-158, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.005

*Long, S.P., McQuarrie, N., *Tobgay, T., Hawthorn, J., 2011, Quantifying Internal Strain and Deformation Temperature in the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan: Implications for the Evolution of Strain in Thrust Sheets: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 33, p. 579-608, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.12.011.

McQuarrie, N. and Oskin, M., 2010, Palinspastic restoration of NAVDat and implications for the origin of magmatism in southwestern North America: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B10401 doi:10.1029/2009JB0006435.

McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A., Barnes, J., Meade, B., 2008, Temporal variation in climate and tectonic coupling in the central Andes: Geology, v. 36, p. 999-1002, doi: 10.1130/G25124A.1

*Sigloch, K., McQuarrie, N., and Nolet, G., 2008, Two-stage subduction history under North America inferred from multiple-frequency tomography: Nature Geosciences, v. 1 doi:10.1038/ngeo231.

* denotes student author