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 John Rosenfeld, Professor Emeritus of Geology


John Rosenfeld 
Mailing Address:

Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567

Office:Geology 3686C
Telephone:(310) 825-1505
Fax:(310) 825-2779
E-mail:rosenfel@ucla.edu
rosenfeld@ess.ucla.edu
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 Current Research Interest

 Determination of sequence and nature of tectonometamorphic conditions and processes from observations of rocks in field and laboratory; solid inclusion piezothermometry; origin of schistosity; rates of tectono-metamorphic processes; continental collision tectonics; Appalachian and Alpine geology.

 Education

 

A.B., Dartmouth College
Ph.D., Harvard University

 Selected Publications

 Rosenfeld, J. L. (1968). Chapter 14: "Garnet Rotations Due to the Major Paleozoic Deformations in Southeast Vermont" in "Studies of Appalachian Geology: Northern and Maritime." E-an Zen, W.S. White, J.B. Thompson, and J.B. Hadley, ed., New York, Wiley-Interscience: p. 185-202.
 Adams, H. G., L. H. Cohen and J. L. Rosenfeld. (1975). "Solid Inclusion Piezothermometry II: Geometric Basis, Calibration for the Association Quartz-Garnet, and Application to Some Pelitic Schists." Amer. Mineral. v. 60: p. 584-598.
 Cohen, L. H. and J. L. Rosenfeld. (1979). "Diamond: Depth of Crystallization inferred from Compressed Included Garnet." Jour. Geol. v. 87: p. 333-340.
 Carlson, W. D. and J. L. Rosenfeld. (1981). "Optical Determination of Topotactic Aragonite-Calcite Growth Kinetics: Metamorphic Implications." Jour. Geol. v. 89: p. 615-638.
 Rosenfeld, J. L. (1985). Chapter 21: "Schistosity" in "Preferred Orientation in Deformed Metals and Rocks: An Introduction to Modern Texture Analysis." H.-R. Wenk, ed., Orlando, Academic Press, Inc.: p. 441-461.
 Christensen, J. N., J. L. Rosenfeld and D. J. DePaolo. (1989). "Rates of Tectonometamorphic Processes from Rubidium and Strontium Isotopes in Garnet." Science. v. 244 (June 23): p. 1465-1469 plus Cover Photograph.
 Thompson, J.B., Jr., J. L. Rosenfeld and C.P. Chamberlain. (1993). Guidebook for Trip 2: "Sequence and correlation of tectonic and metamorphic events in southeastern Vermont," published in "Field Trip Guidebook for the Northeastern United States: 1993." 1993 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Boston and 85th Annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, v. 1: p. B1-B26.
 *A more complete publication list will be forwarded upon e-mail request to: rosenfel@ucla.edu

 
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