Colorado School of Mines

Mason Dykstra — Slopes Research Group

Sierra de Maz, western Argentina on a cold day in mid-winter.

Mason Dykstra Home Page

This webpage gives an introduction to my research interests, and links to the various projects I’m involved in at the moment. The common thread that runs through my research is the investigation of process. My interests run from the dynamics of sediment transport to the deformation of the lithosphere, and include the grain fractures, rotations and translations that occur on microscopic scales in submarine landslides, the transfer of sediment to the deep seas in turbidity currents, through to the large-scale movements of the lithosphere in response to loading or unloading. I use a combination of detailed outcrop data, satellite data, high-resolution bathymetry and seismic data, and mathematical modeling.

I am currently involved in three main projects. 1) Continental slopes research consortium project, 2) Submarine landslides: Internal structure, external morphology, and the generation and destruction of accommodation space on continental shelves, slopes, and basin-floors, and 3) the three-dimensional architecture of submarine channel-levee systems.

 

Mason Dykstra

Research Associate Professor

Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

1516 Illinois Street

Golden, Colorado 80401

U.S.A.

 

Contact Info:

Phone: +1-303-384-2128

E-mail: mdykstra@mines.edu