Olivia Thurston
- Assistant Professor of Geology
Education
Courses Taught
GL 110 Introduction to Geology
GL 261 Field Geology
GL 262 Structural Geology
GL 267 Earth Materials
Publications
Thurston, O.G., Guenthner, W.R., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Heizler, M.T., McDannell, K.T., 2024. Deep-time thermal history of the Great Unconformity in the Grand Canyon, USA: Combined zircon (U-Th)/He and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronometers. GSA Bulletin, v.136, pp.4815-4835.
Stevens Goddard, A.L., Thurston, O.G., Malone, D.H., McLaughlin, P.I., and Stewart, J., 2023. Cratonic basins as effective sediment barriers in continent-scale sediment routing systems of Paleozoic North America. Scientific Reports, v. 13, p.11126.
Thurston, O.G., Guenthner, W.R., Karlstrom, K.E., Ricketts, J.W., Heizler, M.T. and Timmons, J.M., 2022. Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology of Grand Canyon resolves 1250 Ma unroofing at the Great Unconformity and< 20 Ma canyon carving. Geology, v. 50, pp. 222-226.