Overview

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chris grew up in the foothills of the southern Rockies. He earned his B.S. in Geology from the University of New Mexico and his PhD from Princeton University. In addition to his research, Chris is focused on increasing minority participation in the sciences.

Research Focus

Andronicos' research is focused on understanding the formation and evolution of the crust. He uses techniques of structural geology, metamorphic petrology and geophysics to understand how the deep crust deforms and evolves petrologically. Understanding how melt production in the upper mantle and deep crust influences metamorphism and deformation as mountains are built is the major theme of his research. His work has focused on the Canadian Cordillera, the Precambrian orogenic belt of the southwestern United States, the Rio Grande Rift, the Laramide orogen, and the Himalayan-Tibet orogenic system. Current research project - NSF Collaborative Research: Batholiths: Generation and Evolution of crust in continental magmatic arcs.

Instruction Focus

Structural Geology

Additional Links

• Professor Andronicos`s web page

Honors, Awards and Appointments

• "Excellence in Teaching " award, College of Engineering - 2007
• Zellman Warhaft Commitment to Diversity Award - 2007
• Associate Editor, Tectonics - 2004 - present
• National Science Foundation, Tectonics Panel Member - 2001

Professional Activities

• Organized and Chaired Session "Frontiers in the Geosciences " for SACNAS National Conference - 2003
• Poster Judge for SACNAS National Conference - 2002
• Session Chair, Geological Society of America South Central-Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting - 2001

Selected Publications

• Andronicos, C. L., Phipps Morgan, J. , Chang-Hamblock, J. M.*, and Wolf, D. E.*, (2008), Melt-filled hybrid fractures in the oceanic mantle: Melt enhanced deformation during along-axis flow beneath a propagating spreading ridge axis, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.035.
• Andronicos, C.L., Hollister, L.S., Davidson, C., and Chardon, D., (1999), Kinematics and tectonic significance of transpressive structures within the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Jour. Struct. Geol., 21, p. 229-243.
• Depine, G. V.*, Andronicos, C. L., and Phipps Morgan, J., (2008), Near-isothermal conditions in the middle and lower crust induced by melt migration, Nature, 425, doi:10.1038/nature06689.
• Hamblock, J. M.*, Andronicos, C. L., Miller, K. C., Barnes, C. G., Ren, M-H., Averill, M. G., and Anthony, E. Y., (2007), A composite geologic and seismic profile beneath the southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico, based on xenolith mineralogy, temperature, and pressure, Tectonophysics, 442, 14-48.
• Miller, K. C., Carrick, T. M., Mart?nez-Sussmann, C., Levine, R., Andronicos, C. L., and Langford, R. P., (2007). Effectiveness of a Summer Experience for Inspiring Interest in Geoscience Among Hispanic-American High School Students, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 55, p. 596-603.
• Andronicos, C. L., Velasco, A. A., and Hurtado, J.M., 2007, Crustal Deformation in the India-Asia Collision Constrained by Earthquakes, Terra Nova, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00714.x.
• Hollister, L. S., and Andronicos, C. L., (2006), Formation of new continental crust in Western British Columbia during transpression and transtension, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249, 29-38.
• Quezada, O. A.*, G. R. Keller, and Andronicos, C. L., (2005), A seismic reflection, gravity and remote sensing study of the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 154, 482 pages, hardbound, 2005, ISBN 0-87590-419-X.
• Keller, G. R., Karlstrom, K. E., Williams, M. L., Miller, K. C., Andronicos, C. L., Lavander, A., Snelson, C.*, and Prodehl, C., (2005), The Dynamic Nature of the Continental Moho: Crustal Evolution in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region as an Example, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 154, 482 pages, hardbound, 2005, ISBN 0-87590-419-X.
• Tervino, L., Keller, G. R., and Andronicos, C. L., (2004), Rootless Mountains and Gravity Lows in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Southern Colorado-Northern New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 55th Field Conference.
• Quezada, O. A.*, G. R. Keller, and Andronicos, C. L., (2005), A seismic reflection, gravity and remote sensing study of the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 154, 482 pages, hardbound, 2005, ISBN 0-87590-419-X.
• Andronicos, C. L., Chardon, D., Gehrels, G., Hollister, L.S., and Woodsworth, G.J., (2003), Strain partitioning in an obliquely convergent orogen, plutonism, and synorgenic collapse: the Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, Canada, Tectonics, 22, doi:10.1029/2001TC001312.
• Hollister, L. S. and Andronicos, C. L., (2000), The Central Gneiss Complex, Coast Mountains, British Columbia: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 343, pp.45-59.
• Chardon, D. H., and Andronicos, C. L., and Hollister, L. S., (1999), Large-scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Tectonics, 18, 278-292.
• Hollister, L.S. and Andronicos, C. L., (1997), A Candidate for the Baja British Columbia Fault System in the Coast Plutonic Complex, GSA Today, 7, 1-7.
• Kirby, E. K., Karlstrom, K.E., Andronicos, C. L., Dallmeyer, R.D., (1995), Tectonic Setting of the Sandia Pluton: An orogenic 1.4 Ga granite in New Mexico, Tectonics, 14, no. 1, p. 185-201.
• Kirby, E. K., Karlstrom, K. E., and Andronicos, C. L., (1995), Structural and thermal setting during emplacement of the Sandia Pluton, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 46th Field Conference, p. 219-225.

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