Aislin Reynolds

Email Address:

geoaislin@gmail.com

Education:

2018 - Present: Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Montana State University

2017: B.S. Engineering Geology, University of Kansas

Advisor:

Andrew Laskowski

Research Project:

The Kinematics and Dynamics of Rifting in South-Central Tibet

Project Summary:

My PhD research is part of an NSF funded project and focuses on studying the kinematics and dynamics of rifting in the Tangra Yumco Rift and nearby Gangdese Rifts in South-Central Tibet. My research methods integrate field work, including geologic mapping and collection of structural measurements, igneous U-Pb geochronology, zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology, apatite fission track dating, and thermal history modeling to evaluate proposed kinematic and dynamic models of upper crustal extension. Understanding the kinematics and dynamics of rifting in Tibet will provide new insights into continental rift behavior and evolution in collisional tectonic settings and the impacts of rifting on the evolution of topography in southern Tibet since Miocene time.

Research/Teaching Experience:

2022: Teaching Assistant, Earth Systems Sciences, Montana State University

2021: Teaching Assistant, Arctic Greenland NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

2019: Research Assistant, Self-Driven Field Research in Tibet, Montana State University

2019: Assistant Instructor, Geology Field Camp, Montana State University

2019: Teaching Assistant, Geography of World Regions, Montana State University

2018: Field Assistant, USGS EDMAP (G18AV00143), Montana State University

2016-2017: Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Kansas

Publications:

• Howlett, C., Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A. (2021). Magmatism and extenion in the Anaconda metamorphic core complex of western Montana and relation to regional tectonics: Tectonics; DOI: 10.1029/2020TC006431
• Howlett, C.J., Reynolds, A.N., and Laskowski, A.K., 2020, Geologic map of the northern half of the Pintler Lake 7.5' quadrangle, southwestern Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, EDMAP National Geologic Mapping Program 13, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
• Wei Zhen, Li Xianghui, Laskowski, A., Reynolds, A., & Fan Xiaolong, 2021, Cretaceous forearc basin remnant sediments in the eastern Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, near the eastern Himalaya syntaxis: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; DOI: 10.1010/j.palaeo.2021.110620
• Reynolds, E. A., (2013). The Development of Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals: JCCC Honors Journal Vol. 4 Iss. 1, Article 3; http://scholarspace.jccc.edu/honors_journal/vol4/iss1/3 

Speaking Engagements and Conference Abstracts:

• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2022). Kinematic Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting, 2022 (Dec. 13, 2022)
• Invited talk. Reynolds, A., (2022). Kinematic Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet. USGS GMEG Science Center Seminar, USA (Nov. 10, 2022)
• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2022). Kinematic Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54, No. 5, 2022. doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-380774
• Invited talk. Reynolds, A., (2022). Rifting the Roof of the World: Spatio-Temporal Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, Tibet, University of Southern California (USC) Lithospheric Dynamics Seminar, USA
• Invited talk. Reynolds, A., (2022). Rifting the Roof of the World: Spatio-Temporal Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet, Rift and Rifted Margins Seminar, GFZ Potsdam, DE
• Reynolds, A., (2022). Rifting the Roof of the World: Spatio-Temporal Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, Tibet, Earth Sciences Student Research Colloquium, Montana State University, USA
• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2021). Spatio-temporal evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, south-Central Tibet: Insights from zircon (U-TH)/He thermochronometry. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, 2021 doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370895
• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2021). Exhumation History of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet: Insights from Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronometry. 17th International Conference on Thermochronology, Santa Fe, NM
• Reynolds, A., (2021). Preliminary field results from the Tangra Yumco Rift, Tibet. GeoPRISMS “Rift2Ridge” Virtual Workshop: Extensional Processes Across Tectonic Settings and Time Scales
• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2020). Geologic map of the Tangra Yumco Rift, south-central Tibet. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52, No. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-357746
• Reynolds, A., Laskowski, A., (2019). Extension of the Anaconda Metamorphic Core Complex: low-temperature thermochronology from the footwall of the Anaconda Detachment, southwest Montana. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5 doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-335709
• Reynolds, E.A., Child, Sarah F., Stearns, Leigh A. (2016). Temporal Analysis of Ice Thickness at Byrd Glacier's Grounding Zone, GIS Day@KU. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23350

Awards/Grants:

2023: PhD Completion Award, Montana State University Graduate School

2022: Geological Society of America Geochronology Division Field Trip Sponsorship

2021: Geolgocial Society of America Structural Geology and Tectonics Divison Field Trip Grant

2021: Geological Society of America Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Shlemon Meeting Award

2020: Donald L. Smith Memorial Scholarship, MSU Dept. Earth Sciences

2019: NSF Tectonics Grant #1917685 (P.I. Andrew Laskowski)

2019: GSA Graduate Student Research Grant

2019: Barry C. Bishop Scholarship for Mountain Research, MSU Dept. Earth Sciences

2017: University of Kansas Erasmus Haworth Senior Honors in Geology Award

2017: University of Kansas Research Experience Program Certification

2016: GIS Day @ KU Student Research Poster Competition, First Place

2016: University of Kansas Geology Ralph C. Lamb Jr. Scholarship

2016: University of Kansas Geology Beu Field Camp Scholarship

2015: Johnson County Community College Honros Program Graduate

2013: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Achievement in Literature Award - Honorable Mention

Certifications:

2021: CITI Responsible Conduct of Research

2021: Mental Health First Aid

2021: Wilderness First Responder

2020: CPR, AED, First Aid

2017: University of Kansas Research Experience Program

Affiliations/Memberships:

2021 - Present: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2016 - Present: Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)

2016 - Present: Geological Society of America (GSA)

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