Meet the Faculty

Stephanie Maes

Visiting Assistant Professor
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Education

B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 2000
M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006

Courses

Earth Science

Research Interests/Current Projects

My primary interests lie in the fields of structural and economic geology. I am currently working on projects in South Africa, northern Minnesota and New Jersey documenting magmatic structures in mafic-layered intrusions in order to understand their emplacement and evolution. My research combines many different geological tools, such as field mapping, mineral fabric analysis, and electron microprobe analysis with a variety of magnetic techniques to study magma flow patterns, fabric development, and internal structure of mafic intrusions. As well as adding to our understanding of the evolution of mafic intrusions, this interdisciplinary approach may shed light on the formation and location of economic ore deposits commonly associated with these types of intrusions.

Journal Publications

Czeck, D.M., Maes, S.M., Sturm, C.L., and Fein, E.M., accepted. Assessment of the relationship between emplacement of the Algoman Plutons and regional deformation in the Rainy Lake region, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Science.

Maes, S.M., Ferré, E.C., Tikoff, B., Brown, P.E., and Marsh, J., accepted. Rock magnetic stratigraphy of a mafic layered sill: a key to the Karoo volcanics plumbing system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research special issue on Large Igneous Provinces.

Maes, S.M., Tikoff, B., Ferré, E.C., Brown, P.E. and Miller, J., in review. Internal structure and emplacement history of the Sonju Lake Intrusion, northeast Minnesota, inferred from magnetic fabrics. Precambrian Research special issue on the Northern U.S. Midcontinent

Other Publications/Abstracts

Maes, S.M., Miller, J., Tikoff, B., Ferré, E.C., and Brown, P.E., 2006, Magnetic fabric of the Sonju Lake layered intrusion, northeastern Minnesota: Evidence for internal structure and emplacement dynamics: Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. With Prog

Titus, S.J., Maes, S.M., Ferre, E.C., Benford, B. and Tikoff, B., 2006, Strain across a mantle shear zone, Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia. Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. With Prog

Maes, S.M., Tikoff, B., and Ferré, E.C., 2005, HFAMS of mafic/ultramafic rocks: applications to structure, tectonics, and ore mineralization: Structure, Tectonics and Ore Mineralization Processes (STOMP), Townsville, Australia.

Maes, S.M., Brown, P.E., Tikoff, B., and Ferre, E.C., 2004: Magnetic fabric constraints on magmatic flow: Insizwa sill, South Africa and the Sonju Lake intrusion, Minnesota: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, v. 50.

Maes, S.M., Brown, P.E., and Tikoff, B., 2003, Magnetic fabric constraints on magmatic processes: Insizwa layered mafic intrusion, South Africa: Geol. Soc. Am., Abst. with Prog, v. 35.