Kip Hodges
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Expertise: Planetary field geology, isotope geochronology, continental tectonics
Affiliation: Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Certification/Education: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Link(s): http://tectonics.asu.edu
FINESSE Research Objectives
Developing best-practices for geologic mapping and sample collecting on planetary surfaces; high-resolution 40Ar/39Ar and (U-Th)/He geochronology and thermochronology of the West Clearwater Lake impact event.
Biography
Much of Kip Hodges’ research focuses on the pace and tempo of geologic processes. Of particular importance to this project are his studies of the timing of major meteorite impact events on Earth, the Moon, and other meteorite parent bodies. He has done extensive fieldwork in places as far afield as the Andes, the Himalaya and Tibet, and polar East Greenland.