Eldridge M. Moores
Ph.D., Princeton (1963)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
President of the Geological Society of America, 1996. Tectonics, structural geology and petrology; ophiolites of western U.S. and Tethyan belt, geology of Greece, Cyprus, and Pakistan; tectonic development of Sierra Nevada and Alpine--Himalayan systems. Recent projects include geology and tectonics of the northern Sierra Nevada; processes of ophiolite emplacement; tectonics of spreading centers; late Precambrian correlations between Antarctica and North America; and late Precambrian environmental change.
moores@geology.ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-0352