Bunds, Michael Patrick
| Department: | Earth Sciences |
| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Office: | EN 115 |
| Email: | bundsmi [at] uvu [dot] edu |
| Phone: | (801)863-6306 |
| Fax: | (801)863-8064 |
| Mail Code: | 179 |
Earth Science
Please see my UVU College of Science Page http://research.uvu.edu/Bunds
- TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
- My primary goal when teaching general education earth science classes is to pass along some of my love and enthusiasm for natural science. I also feel it is crucial to help students learn important fundamentals of the Earth, especially the origin of ocean basins, mountain belts, and common rocks. I place a strong emphasis on the surficial geologic processes that shape the land on which we live as well. I believe that Earth Science majors should be broadly educated in the Earth Sciences and acquire skills that will be useful in their future endeavors. Important common threads in all upper division Earth Science classes should be making reliable observations (especially in the field) and synthesizing observations to answer geologic questions. I also seek to help students develop their quantitative and writing skills, which are critical to a successful future in Earth Science and many other careers as well.
- EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Utah, 2001
- M.S. in Geology from the University of California at Davis, 1994
- B.A. in Geological Sciences from the University of California at Santa Barbara, 1984
- PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
- ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - 2000
- University of Utah - 1994 to 1999
- University of California at Davis - 1990 to 1993
- U.S. Geological Survey - 1986 to 1989
- PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS I AM ASSOCIATED WITH:
- Geological Society of America
- American Geophysical Union
- PUBLICATIONS:
- Bunds, M.P., 2001, Fault strength and transpressional tectonics along the Castle Mountain strike-slip fault, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, n. 7, p. 908-919.,
- Parry, W.T., Bunds, M.P., Bruhn, R.L., Hall, C.M., and Murphy, J.M., 2001, Mineralogy, 40Ar/39Ar dating and apatite fission track dating of rocks along the Castle Mountain fault, Alaska: Tectonophysics, v. 337, p. 149-172.,
- Bruhn, R.L., Parry, W.T., and Bunds, M.P., 2000, Tectonics, fluid migration and fluid pressure in a deformed forearc basin, Cook Inlet, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 550-563.,
- PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
- Bunds, M.P., 1997, Carbonate precipitation and asperity formation in active faults, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 78, n. 46, p. F475.
- Bunds, M.P., Bruhn, R.L., and Parry, W.T., 1996, Comparing nature and experiment at the top of the seismogenic zone: The Castle Mountain fault, Alaska, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 77, n. 46, p. 718.
- Bunds, M.P., Bruhn, R.L., and Parry, W.T., 1995, Investigations of the fluid-flow and deformational history of the Castle Mountain fault, southern Alaska, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 76, n. 46, p. F562.
- Bunds, M. P., and Roeske, S. M., 1994, Evidence for diffusive- mass-transfer as an important deformation mechanism at seismogenic depths in a strike-slip fault. GSA Abstracts with programs, 1994 Annual Meeting, v. 26, n. 5.
- Bunds, M. P. and S. M. Roeske, 1992, Early Tertiary brittle strike-slip faulting and fluid infiltration in the Border Ranges fault system, Eastern Chugach Mountains, Southern Alaska. Eos v. 73, n. 43, p. 534.
- RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Please see my UVU College of Science page http://research.uvu.edu/Bunds
- INTERESTING LINKS:
- Please see my UVU College of Science page http://research.uvu.edu/Bunds