Rowan Vernon’s Biography
- 2012 –2016 : University of Leicester, PhD – Tectonic Evolution and Plateau Uplift around the Changma Basin in the Qilian Mountains, NE Tibetan Plateau
- 2010 –2012 : Durham University, MRes – The age, geological character and structural setting of quartz-pyrite veins in the Assynt Terrane, Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland
- 2007 –2010 : Cardiff University – BSc Geology
Research interests
- Structural Geology and Tectonics
- Uplift and Deformation of the Tibetan Plateau
- Fault and Fracture Systems
- Chalk Stratigraphy and Facies Variations
Publications
Vernon, R, Holdsworth, R E, Selby, D, Dempsey, E, Finlay, A J, and Fallick, A E. 2014. Structural characteristics and Re–Os dating of quartz–pyrite veins in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland: Evidence of an Early Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal regime during terrane amalgamation, Precambrian Research, P. 256–276.
Skills
- Geological Mapping
- Structural Analysis
- Seismic Interpretation