Dr. Lucy Flesch

Assistant Professor

E-mail: lmflesch@purdue.edu

Associated Website(s): Geodynamics & Active Tectonics (GAT)

Education

PhD, Geophysics, 2002, Stony Brook University- Dissertation:
Dynamics of Active Plate Margins

Research Interests

I am interested in the kinematics and dynamics of the continental
lithosphere, namely the interaction between the lithospheric crustal
and mantle, deformational driving forces of continental lithosphere,
and the development of large plateaus. The modeling performed are all
observationally based using geodetic, geologic and seismic data.

Teaching Interests

  • EAS 116 - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

  • EAS 391F - Introduction to Plate Tectronics

Awards and Honors

  • Best Student Paper, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2000

  • GAANN Fellow, 1998

Professional Experience

  • Visiting Scientist: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, January 2006 – present.

  • Assistant Professor: Purdue University, August 2005 – present.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, January 2003 – July 2005.

  • Postdoctoral Associate: State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 2002 – December 2002.

  • Research Assistant: State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 1996 – May 2002.

Selected Publications

  • Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, L. Wen, and B. Shen-tu, The Dynamics of Western North America: Stress Magnitudes and the Relative Role of Gravitational Potential Energy, Plate Interaction at the Boundary, and Basal Tractions, Geophys. J. Int., in press, 2007.

  • Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, P.G. Silver, M. Stephenson, C.-Y. Wang, and W.W. Chan, Constraining the Extent of Crust-Mantle Coupling in Central Asia Using GPS, Geologic, and Shear-Wave Splitting Data, E.P.S.L, 238, 248-268, 2005.

  • Ghosh, A., W.E. Holt, L.M. Flesch, A.J. Haines, The Gravitational
    Potential Energy of the Tibetan Plateau and the Forces Driving the
    Indian Plate, Geology, 34(5), 321-324, 2005.

  • Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, P.G. Silver, M. Stephenson, C.-Y. Wang, and W.W. Chan, Constraining the Extent of Crust-Mantle Coupling in Central Asia Using GPS, Geologic, and Shear-Wave Splitting Data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T34A-01, 2004.

  • Flesch, L.M., A.J. Haines, and W.E. Holt, Dynamics of the India-
    Eurasia collision zone, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 16,435-16,460, 2001.

  • Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, and B. Shen-Tu, Dynamics of the
    Pacific-North American plate boundary zone in the western United
    States, Science, 287, 834-836, 2000.