Positions

Research Areas research areas

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title
2019 MAFIC WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY AND NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES, GREEN MOUNTAIN AND ROWE/PROSPECT ROCK SLICES, VERMONT APPALACHIANSAmerican Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.  319:287-314. 2019
2018 NET-TRANSFER REACTIONS AND MODAL SPACES FOR ULTRAMAFIC SLIVERS, VERMONT APPALACHIANS, USACanadian Mineralogist: crystallography, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, mineral deposits.  56:821-846. 2018
2017 A TECTONIZED ULTRAMAFIC-MAFIC-PELITIC PACKAGE IN STOCKBRIDGE, VERMONT: METAMORPHISM RESULTING FROM SUBDUCTION AND EXHUMATIONAmerican Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.  317:1019-1047. 2017
2012 Timing of tectonometamorphism across the Green Mountain anticlinorium, northern Vermont Appalachians: 40Ar/39Ar data and correlations with southern QuebecGeological Society of America Bulletin.  124:352-367. 2012
2005 Calibrations of modal space for metamorphism of mafic schistAmerican Mineralogist: an international journal of earth and planetary materials.  90:843-856. 2005
1997 Nomenclature of amphiboles: Report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral NamesMineralogical Magazine.  61:295-321. 1997
1997 Nomenclature of amphiboles: Report of the subcommittee on amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral NamesCanadian Mineralogist: crystallography, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, mineral deposits.  35:219-246. 1997
1997 Nomenclature of amphiboles - Report of the subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral NamesEuropean Journal of Mineralogy.  9:623-651. 1997
1997 Nomenclature of amphiboles: Report of the subcommittee on amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, commission on new minerals and mineral namesAmerican Mineralogist: an international journal of earth and planetary materials.  82:1019-1037. 1997
1988 CHLORITES - METAMORPHIC PETROLOGYReviews in Mineralogy.  19:405-453. 1988
1986 PETROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A TERRANE BOUNDARY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKAGeophysical Research Letters.  13:1035-1038. 1986
1985 EARLY MESOZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE BOUNDARY AREA, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKAGeophysical Research Letters.  12:553-556. 1985
1984 Elements of an orogen: regional trends in the geology of the appalachian-caledonian-hercynian-mauritanide orogen.Science.  225:1017. 1984
1984 DISTRIBUTION OF ORDOVICIAN AND DEVONIAN METAMORPHISM IN MAFIC AND PELITIC SCHISTS FROM NORTHERN VERMONTAmerican Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.  284:376-413. 1984
1982 REACTIONS IN AMPHIBOLITE, GREENSCHIST AND BLUESCHISTJournal of Petrology.  23:1-27. 1982
1981 HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM IN MAFIC SCHIST FROM NORTHERN VERMONTAmerican Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.  281:97-126. 1981
1981 PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND TIME INDICATORS IN MAFIC SCHIST - THEIR APPLICATION TO RECONSTRUCTING THE POLYMETAMORPHIC HISTORY OF VERMONTAmerican Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.  281:127-175. 1981
1980 PHASE-EQUILIBRIA IN MAFIC SCHIST FROM VERMONTJournal of Petrology.  21:1-37. 1980

Conference Paper

Year Title
1993 HIGH-PRESSURE, TACONIAN, AND SUBSEQUENT POLYMETAMORPHISM OF SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND NORTHERN VERMONTFIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK FOR THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: 1993 BOSTON GSA, VOLS 1 AND 2. O1-O32. 1993
1978 AMPHIBOLE REACTIONS IN MAFIC SCHISTTRANSACTIONS-AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION. 408-408. 1978

Teaching Activities

  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course
  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course 2023
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2023
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2023
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2023
  • Top/Advlgneous Petrology Taught course 2023
  • Freshman Field Seminar Taught course 2022
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2022
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2022
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2022
  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course 2022
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2022
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2022
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2021
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2021
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2021
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2021
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2021
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2021
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2020
  • Top/Igneous Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Top/Igneous Petrology Taught course 2020
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2019
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2019
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Science Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2019
  • Top/Metamorphism Eliot Frmn Taught course 2019
  • Freshman Field Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2018
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2018
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2018
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2018
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2018
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2018
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2018
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2017
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2017
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Science Taught course 2017
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2017
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2017
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2017
  • Topics/Newfoundland Field Trip Taught course 2017
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2016
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2016
  • Rsrch Exp/Earth Sciences Taught course 2016
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2016
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2016
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2016
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2016
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2016
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2015
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2015
  • Rsrch Exp/Earth Science Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2015
  • Rsrch Exp/Earth Science Taught course 2015
  • Top/Metamorphism Rye Formation Taught course 2015
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2014
  • Introduction to Petrology Taught course 2014
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2014
  • Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology Taught course 2014
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2014
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2014
  • Principles of Mineralogy Taught course 2014
  • Rsrch Exp/Earth Science Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Earth Sciences, University of California - San Diego
  • Ph.D. Geology/Earth Science, California Institute of Technology
  • Full Name

  • Jo Laird