Margaret Rusmore
Professor, Geology
Margi Rusmore teaches Introductory Geology, Introduction to Field Methods, Structural Geology, Advanced Mapping, and Senior Seminar. She has also enjoyed developing and teaching the California Environment Semester for first-year students.
Contact
- Office: Hameetman Science Center 216
- Email: rusmore@oxy.edu
- Phone: (323) 259-2565
Education: B.S., UC Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Margi's research focusses on the formation and evolution of mountain belts from the perspective of structural geology and tectonics. Topics she has investigated range from the accretion of terranes to exhumation of heavily glaciated mountain ranges. Much of her field work has been in the Coast Mountains for British Columbia, where she is currently studying the evolution of the Late Mexozoic to early Tertiary continental arc. Along with structure and tectonics, Margi is interested in how GIS can shape new questions and directions in structure and tectonics. Students are involved in many aspects of her research, traveling with Margi to British Columbia for field work, tackling projects in the lab, or investigating the geology of the nearby Mojave desert.
