Univ.-Prof. Mark Handy

Research and Projects

Current Research Interests

• Plate kinematics in Tethys and the Mediterranean
• Indenter tectonics in Alpine-Himalayan mountain belts
• Evolution of Tethyan continental margins
• Microstructure and rheology of fault rocks and anatectites
• Radiometric dating of deformed rocks

 

Present & Recent Projects

• Plate motions in Alpine Tethys and the Western Mediterranean (2007-present)
• Exhumation in the Eastern Himalayan Syntax and the formation of the Tibetan Plateau (2008-present)
• Shortening, extension and lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps (2004-present)
• Scaling of strain localization patterns at the frictional-to-viscous transition in continental fault zones (2002-2006)
• Fault systems in front of the Apulian orogenic indenter and their role in exhuming high pressure rocks of the Western Alpine arc (2000-2005)
• Tectonometamorphic age map of the Alps (2002-2004)
• Numerical modelling of subduction, erosion and plateau formation in the Central Andes (2000-2004)