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Ian Dalziel is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. He has dedicated his career to understanding global tectonic processes and mapping the geography of the ancient dynamic Earth. With over 35 years of field experience, he has focused his research on the British Caledonides, Canadian Shield, Andes, and Antarctica. His NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica from 1995 to 1998 led him to propose that ancestral North America, known to geologists as Laurentia, was connected to South America, Africa, and Antarctica over a billion years ago, forming a large promontory termed the 'Texas Plateau.' His findings were published in the January 1995 issue of Scientific American. Dalziel has collaborated with colleagues in the UK and Australia and has concentrated on unraveling the complex tectonic history of Scotland. He has held prestigious roles in various international geological societies, including president of the International Division of the Geological Society of America and international secretary of the American Geophysical Union. His research interests include tectonics, geodynamics, ancient geography, plate reconstructions, and structural geology.
Institute Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences • Austin, TX
Conducts advanced research in geophysics and tectonics.
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences • Austin, TX
Teaches and conducts research in Earth sciences with a focus on tectonics.
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