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Joann Miriam Stock
Birth Date:October 9, 1959[1]
Birth Place:Boston, MA
Workplaces:California Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Title:Kinematic constraints on the evolution of the Gulf of California Extension Province, Northeastern Baja California, Mexico
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1988
Doctoral Advisor:Kip V. Hodges
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Joann Stock is a professor at California Institute of Technology known for her research into plate tectonics, particularly on changes in plate boundaries over geological time.

Education and career

Stock earned her B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, and went on college field trip to Greece which grabbed her interest in geology.[2] She "liked learning things that nobody knew before" and was particularly interested in earthquakes on the sea floor. She went on to earn an M.S. (1981)[3] and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988).[4] From 1988 until 1992 she was on the Geology and Geophysics faculty at Harvard University, and then she moved to the California Institute of Technology where she was promoted to professor in 1998.[5] From 1995 until 2000 she was also an adjunct investigator at the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada.

Research

Stock is known for her research into plate tectonics, especially the uncertainties associated with determining the location of tectonic plates in the past.[6] Through her collaboration with Peter Molnar, Stock has examined the movement of plates in the Cenozoic[7] and in the period since the Late Cretaceous.[8] Stock has also defined the positions of tectonic plates in the Late Cretaceous[9] [10] and the Paleogene.[11] Her work includes a reconstruction of the interactions between the Pacific plate and the North America plates,[12] and a description of the transfer of Baja California to the North American Plate.[13] Stock's work also addresses how mantle hot spots begin[14] and variability in the position of hot spots.[15] [16] [17]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rice . William B. . Geologists: From Pythias to Stock . July 2008 . Capstone . 978-0-7565-3966-5 . en.
  2. Book: Rice. William B.. Geologists: From Pythias to Stock. July 2008. Capstone. 978-0-7565-3966-5. en.
  3. Uncertainties in the relative positions of the Australia, Antarctica, Lord Howe and Pacific plates during the tertiary. 1981. English. Joann Miriam. Stock. 7957949.
  4. Kinematic constraints on the evolution of the Gulf of California Extension Province, Northeastern Baja California, Mexico. 1988. English. Joann Miriam. Stock. 20205508.
  5. Web site: Stock CV . 15 August 2021.
  6. Molnar. Peter. Stock. Joann M.. 1985. A method for bounding uncertainties in combined plate reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research. en. 90. B14. 12537. 10.1029/JB090iB14p12537. 1985JGR....9012537M. 0148-0227.
  7. McQuarrie. N.. Stock. J. M.. Verdel. C.. Wernicke. B. P.. 2003. Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions. Geophysical Research Letters. en. 30. 20. 2003GL017992. 10.1029/2003GL017992. 2003GeoRL..30.2036M. 18874650 . 0094-8276. free.
  8. Molnar. Peter. Stock. Joann. 1987. Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time. Nature. en. 327. 6123. 587–591. 10.1038/327587a0. 1987Natur.327..587M. 4330873. 0028-0836.
  9. Stock. Joann. Molnar. Peter. 1982-06-10. Uncertainties in the relative positions of the Australia, Antarctica, Lord Howe, and Pacific Plates since the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. en. 87. B6. 4697–4714. 10.1029/JB087iB06p04697. 1982JGR....87.4697S.
  10. Stock . Joann . Molnar . Peter . Uncertainties and implications of the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary position of North America relative to the Farallon, Kula, and Pacific Plates . Tectonics . 1988 . 7 . 6 . 1339–1384 . 10.1029/TC007i006p01339 . 1988Tecto...7.1339S . en . 1944-9194.
  11. Stock. Joann. Molnar. Peter. 1987. Revised history of early Tertiary plate motion in the south-west Pacific. Nature. en. 325. 6104. 495–499. 10.1038/325495a0. 1987Natur.325..495S. 4341762. 0028-0836.
  12. Atwater. Tanya. Stock. Joann. 1998. Pacific-North America Plate Tectonics of the Neogene Southwestern United States: An Update. International Geology Review. en. 40. 5. 375–402. 10.1080/00206819809465216. 1998IGRv...40..375A. 0020-6814.
  13. Stock. J. M.. Hodges. K. V.. 1989. Pre-Pliocene Extension around the Gulf of California and the transfer of Baja California to the Pacific Plate. Tectonics. en. 8. 1. 99–115. 10.1029/TC008i001p00099. 1989Tecto...8...99S. 1944-9194.
  14. Courtillot. Vincent. Davaille. Anne. Besse. Jean. Stock. Joann. January 2003. Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth's mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. en. 205. 3–4. 295–308. 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01048-8. 2003E&PSL.205..295C. 0012-821X.
  15. Stock . Joann . Molnar . Peter . Uncertainties and implications of the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary position of North America relative to the Farallon, Kula, and Pacific Plates . Tectonics . 1988 . 7 . 6 . 1339–1384 . 10.1029/TC007i006p01339 . 1988Tecto...7.1339S . en . 1944-9194.
  16. Monastersky. Richard. 1987. Set Adrift by Wandering Hotspots. Science News. 132. 16. 250–252. 10.2307/3971911. 3971911. 0036-8423.
  17. Tarduno. John A.. 2008. HOT SPOTS Unplugged. Scientific American. 298. 1. 88–93. 10.1038/scientificamerican0108-88. 26000380. 18225700. 2008SciAm.298a..88T. 0036-8733.
  18. Book: Rice . William B. . Geologists: From Pythias to Stock . July 2008 . Capstone . 978-0-7565-3966-5 . en.
  19. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Joann M. Stock. 2021-08-15. en-US.
  20. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 9058217 - Presidential Young Investigator Award . www.nsf.gov . 15 August 2021.
  21. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 9296102 - Presidential Young Investigator Award . www.nsf.gov . 15 August 2021.
  22. Web site: GSA Fellowship. 2021-08-15. www.geosociety.org.
  23. Web site: Stock . Honors Program . 15 August 2021.

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