Dr. Graham B. Baird

 

Assistant Professor of Geology

Earth Sciences

University of Northern Colorado

Ross Hall 3235H

Campus Box 100

Greeley, CO  80639

 

Office:  970.351.2830

Fax:  970.351.4197

Email:  graham.baird@unco.edu

 

SPRING 2008 OFFICE HOURS:
M & W - 11am-noon, or by appointment

 

 

Education

 

Ph. D., Geology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2006.

M.A., Geology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2001.

B.S., Geology, St. Lawrence University, 1998.

 

Expertise

 

Structural Geology and Tectonics

 

My research interests are broad but focus on the structural geology of high-grade metamorphic terranes and the tectonics which led to their deformation and metamorphism. Field work is an important part of my research and I augment it with detailed structural analysis, strain modeling, metamorphic petrology, and geochronology. Recently I have been studying the Black Lake Shear Zone near the St. Lawrence River in the Adirondack Lowlands of northwestern New York.  This work is in collaboration with Cathy Shrady at St. Lawrence University.

 

Courses Taught

 

GEOL 210-Physical Geology

GEOL 320-Mineralogy

GEOL 421/521-Optical Mineralogy & Petrography

GEOL 470/570-Structural Geology

GEOL 481/581-Geologic Field Techniques

 

Publications

 

Baird, G. B., in preparation.  Mylonitic fabrics and ductile shear zones in the Diana Syenite of the Northwest Adirondacks:  the Carthage-Colton mylonite zone as a crustal scale oblique reverse ductile fault in the North American Grenville Province.  Journal of Geology.

 

Baird, G. B., and Hudleston, P. J., 2007. Modeling the influence of tectonic extrusion and volume loss on the geometry, displacement, vorticity, and strain compatibility of ductile shear zones. Journal of Structural Geology, 29: 1665-1678. <pdf>

 

Baird, G. B., 2005. On the Bedrock Geology of the Tarfala Valley:  Preliminary results of 2003 and 2004 fieldwork. in Jansson, P., ed. Tarfala Research Station Annual Report, 2003-2004, 2B(1): 1-5.

 

Baird, G. B., and MacDonald, W. D., 2004. Deformation of the Diana Syenite and Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone: implications for timing of the Adirondack Lowlands deformation. in Tollo, R. P., Corriveau, L., McLelland, J., and Bartholomew, M. J., eds., Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in North America: Geological Society of America Memoir, 197: 285-297.

 

Presentations

 

Baird, G. B., Shrady, C., and Jones, J., submitted.  Preliminary constraints on the timing of deformation in the northwest Adirondack Lowlands and along the Black Lake Shear Zone, New York. GAC-MAC Annual Meeting.

 

Baird, G. B., and Hudleston, P. J., 2006. Strain, volume loss, and strain compatibility in meso-scale ductile shear zones. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 38(7): 18.

 

Baird, G. B., 2006. Oblique-reverse kinematics of the mylonitic fabrics within the Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, Northwest Adirondacks. GAC-MAC Annual Meeting Abstracts, 31: 9.

 

Baird, G. B., Bhattacharyya, P., Whitney, D. L., and Hudleston, P. J., 2005. High-Cl aqueous fluid infiltration and strain localization in a garnet amphibolite from the Seve Nappe in the northern Swedish Caledonides. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 37(7): 465.

 

Fayon, A. K., and Baird, G., 2005. No nukes:  Determining fission track ages from electron microprobe analysis. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 37(7): 199.

 

Baird, G. B., 2005. Chemistry variations and volume loss in meso-scale ductile shear zones: example from the northwest Adirondacks, New York. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 37(5): 5.

 

Baird, G. B., 2004. Strain in meso-scale ductile shear zones: examples from the northwest Adirondacks, New York. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 36(5): 254.

 

Baird, G., and MacDonald, W. D., 2001. Multiple foliations in Diana Syenite, Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, Adirondacks:  magnetofabric and petrofabric evidence and implications. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 33(6): 293.

 

Baird, G. B., and MacDonald, W. D., 2001. A method of producing accurately oriented thin-sections, based on AMS, applied to the multiple fabrics of the Diana Syenite, Northwest Adirondacks. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 33(1): 31.

 

Baird, G. B., and MacDonald, W. D., 2000. Fabric study of the Diana Syenite within the Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, Northwest Adirondacks, New York. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 32(7): 99.

 

Baird, G., and Willemin, J. H., 1998. Off-center rivers and tectonic tilting on the Oregon coast:  testing an improved measurement method for drainage basin asymmetry. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog., 30(7): 142.

Links

 

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©2007-2008 Graham B. Baird

Last day of field work at Tarfala '04