Research Interests:

Application of paleomagnetism and other geophysical methods to the study of tectonic processes. Orogenic history of the Andes and North American Cordillera. Tectonics of the eastern Mediterranean and southern Caribbean region.
 
 

Tel: (360) 650-3597

E-mail: beck@cc.wwu.edu

Selected Publications

Beck, Myrl E., Jr.,  Burmester, Russell F., Kondopoulou, Despina P., and Atzemoglou, Artemios, The paleomagnetism of Lesbos, NE Aegean, and the eastern Mediterranean inclination anomaly, Geophysical Journal International, in press.

Beck, M., Burmester, R. and Kondopoulou, D., The old ways worked, EOS, Trans. AGU, v. 82, pp. 54, 59, 2001.

Beck, M., Jr., Burmester, R., Cembano, J., Drake, R., Garcia, A., Herve, F., and Munizaga, F., Paleomagnetism of the Northern Patagonian batholith, southern Chile. An exercise in shape analysis, Tectonophysics, v. 326, p. 185-202, 2000.

Beck, Myrl E., Jr., On the shape of paleomagnetic data sets,  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p. 25,427-25,441, 1999.

Beck, Myrl E., Jr., Jurassic and Cretaceous apparent polar wander relative to South America: some tectonic implications,  Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p. 5063-5068, 1999.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Burmester, R. F. and Steele, B. C., Paleomagnetism of probably remagnetized late Mesozoic volcanic rocks near Lago Verde, Aisen, Southern Chile, Revista Geologica de Chile, v. 25, p. 153-163, 1998.

Speed, R. C., Burmester, R. F. and Beck, M. E., Jr., Paleomagnetism of Eocene basalts of Mayreau, West Indies: implications for contrasts in tectonic rotation in the southeastern Caribbean, International Geology Review, v. 39, p. 82-95, 1997.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Burmester, R. F. and Furlong, P. O., Paleomagnetism of Miocene volcanic rocks near Mount Rainier and the paleomagnetic record of Cenozoic tectonism in the Washington Cascades, Washington Geology, v. 25, p. 8-14, 1997.

Burmester, R. F., Beck, M. E., Jr., Speed, R. C. and Snoke, A. W., A preliminary paleomagnetic pole for mid-Cretaceous rocks from Tobago: further evidence for large clockwise rotations in the Caribbean-South American plate boundary zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. v. 139, p. 79-90, 1996.

Beck, M. E., Jr., and Schermer, E. R., Aegean paleomagnetic inclination anomalies. Is there a tectonic explanation?: Tectonophysics, v. 231, p. 281-292, 1994.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Burmester, R. E., Drake, R. E., and Riley, P. D., A tale of two continents: Some tectonic contrasts between the central Andes and North American Cordillera, as illustrated by their paleomagnetic signatures: Tectonics, v.13, p. 215-224, 1994.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Rojas, C., and Cembrano, J., On the nature of buttressing in margin-parallel strike-slip fault systems: Geology, v. 21, p. 755-758, 1993.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Some thermal and paleomagnetic consequences of tilting a batholith, Tectonics, v. 11, p. 297-302, 1992.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Case for northward transport of Baja and coastal southern California: Paleomagnetic data, analysis, and alternatives, Geology, v. 19, p. 506-509, 1991.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Coastwise transport reconsidered: Lateral displacements in oblique subduction zones, and tectonic consequences, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 68, p. 1-8, 1991.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Model for late Mesozoic-early Tertiary tectonics of coastal California and western Mexico, and speculations on the origin of the San Andreas fault, Tectonics, v. 5, p. 49-64, 1986.

Beck, M. E., Jr., Paleomagnetic record of plate-margin tectonic processes along the western edge of North America, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 85, p. 7115-7131, 1980.

Beck, M.E., Jr., Discordant paleomagnetic pole positions as evidence of regional shear in the western Cordillera of North America, American Journal of Science, v. 276, p. 694-712, 1976.