Dr. Lucy Flesch

Assistant Professor

E-mail: lmflesch@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

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 crust 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

  • Stamps, D.S., L.M. Flesch, and E.C. Calais, Lithospheric Buoyancy Stresses in Africa from a Thin â Sheet Approach, International Journal of Earth Sciences, accepted, 2009.

  •  Ghosh, A., W.E. Holt, and L.M. Flesch, Contribution of Gravitational Potential Energy Differences to the Global 
Stress Field, Geophysical Journal International, in press, 2009.

  • Flesch, L.M., and C. Kreemer, Gravitational Potential Energy and Regional Stress and Strain Rate Fields for Continental Plateaus: Examples from the Central Andes and Colorado Plateau, Tectonophysics, in press, 2009. 

  • Klein, E.C., L.M. Flesch, W.E. Holt, and A.J. Haines, Evidence of Long-term Weakness on Seismogenic Faults in Western North America from Dynamic Modeling, J.G.R, 114, B03402, doi:10.1029/2007JB005201., 2009. 

  • Bendick, R. and L.M. Flesch, Reconciling Lithospheric Deformation and Lower Crustal Flow Beneath Central Tibet: Reply, Geology, doi: 10.1130/G25391Y.1, 2008. 

  • Ghosh, A., W.E. Holt, L. Wen, A.J. Haines, and L.M. Flesch, Joint modeling of lithosphere and mantle dynamics elucidating lithosphere-mantle coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(16), L16309, 2008. 

  • Wang, C., L.M. Flesch, P.G. Silver, L. Chang, and W.W. Chan, Evidence for Mechanically Coupled Lithosphere and Resulting Implications, Geology, 36(5), 363-366, doi:10.1130/G24450A, 2008. 

  • Flesch, L.M.  and R. Bendick*, 2008, A comment on “Present-day kinematics at the India-Asia collision zone,” Geology, doi: 10.1130/G24443C.1. 

  • Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, L. Wen, 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, G.J.I., 169, 866-896, 2007. 

  • Bendick, R., and L.M. Flesch, Reconciling Lithospheric Coupling and Crustal Flow Beneath Tibet, Geology, 35, 895-898, 2007.