Andrew Cross
Assistant Scientist, RIDL Principal Investigator
Research interests
- The rheological (flow) behavior of rock and ice
- Plate boundary deformation and strain localization
- Glacier dynamics on Earth and Mars
- Microstructure characterization and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
Select publications
- Seltzer, C., Llorens, M.-G. & Cross, A. J. (accepted). Meltwater orientations modify seismic anisotropy in temperate ice. Geophysical Research Letters
- Fan, S., Cross, A. J., Prior, D. J., Goldsby, D. L., Hager, T. F., Negrini, M. & Qi, C. (2021). Crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) development governs strain weakening in ice: insights from high-temperature deformation experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126
- Cross, A. J., Olree, E., Couvy, H. & Skemer, P. A. (2020). How does viscosity contrast influence phase mixing and strain localization? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8), e2020JB020323
- Cross, A. J. & Skemer, P. (2019), Rates of dynamic recrystallization in geologic materials. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(2), 1324-1342
- Cross, A. J., Hirth. G. & Prior, D. J. (2017), Effects of secondary phases on crystallographic preferred orientations in mylonites. Geology, 45(10), 955-958
- Cross, A. J., Prior D. J., Stipp, M. & Kidder, S. (2017), The recrystallized grain size piezometer for quartz: an EBSD-based calibration. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(13), 6667-6674
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Geophysics and Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand (2015)
- M.E.Sci. Geophysics and Geology, University of Liverpool, UK (2011)
Contact
- across@whoi.edu
- (508) 289-3749
- 266 Woods Hole Road, MS#08, Woods Hole, MA 02543