Regional Tectonics at USU
Contact information
Susanne Janecke
Department of Geology
4505 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-4505
435-797-3877
professor of geology
Research Interests: Rocks, faults, folds, basins, earthquakes, Lake Bonneville, Bear River diversion
Personal interests: my family, painting, gardening, photography of interesting shapes and colors, skiing downhill, hiking
Education-I am a product of these three great state universities
Students working with me do field-based studies of complex problems and use a variety of methods
Research Topics
Active strike slip faults: Check out some talks about this topic posted on the web.
Basins: Janecke, 1994;
Dorsey et al, 2006
Kirby et al., 2007;Lutz et al., 2006;
Janecke et al., 1999
and lots of others.
Extensional folds:
See Janecke et al.. 1998 about this and Janecke et al. 2005
History of the Bonneville flood and deltas of the Bear River in Cache Valley
Watch for upcoming an paper on this or check out Janecke and Oaks talk at GSA October 2007.
Rates of active deformation
contact
435-797-3877
FAX 435-797-1588
main office
435-797-1272
Utah State web page
This giant fold formed beneath a subaqueous megabreccia deposit, Salton Trough
USU Salton field trip
Photos from places near
Logan, UT
our garden
Delta in Great Salt Lake
Logan Canyon
Southern Utah
Uinta Mountains
Bloomington Lake in the Bear River Range
Great Salt Lake and spiral jetty
Field work: THEN and NOW
On the way to High Creek lake in the Bear River Range
Logan, UT from the side of the campus
Utah State Geology Department has a strong tradition of field work. My personal research is grounded in detailed field mapping and analysis.
Bannock Detachment fault between light rocks above and conifer-covers slopes below
Image by Alex Steely of pediments in Peninsular Ranges, CA USA
