Megan Mueller

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Arizona. My research focuses on using sedimentary rocks to reconstruct ancient subduction zones and continental collisions. I specialize in sedimentary geology, basin analysis, tectonics, and geo-/thermo-/petrochronology. I have worked in Turkiye, the Appalachians, and Mexico. Some of the fundamental questions I seek to answer are: What processes control the timing and tempo of continental collisions? How do paleogeography, deformation, and uplift/subsidence influence biotic evolution? What processes regulate sediment supply and accumulation in subduction zones? I am also interested in technique development and applications including petrochronology of accessory detrital minerals.

Research Interests: 

Tectonics, sedimentary basin analysis, geochronology