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Rachel E. Bernard
Assistant Professor, Amherst College
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Constraining the viscosity structure of actively foundering lithosphere using naturally deformed crustal and mantle xenoliths
LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE SYSTEM: MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS II ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2024
Cailey B. Condit, Rachel E. Bernard, Sophia Johnso...
The gravitational removal of lithosphere through its foundering is hypothesized to modify the bulk composition of the continental crust and exert firs...
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Revisiting who gets geoscience degrees
THE DOROTHY LALONDE STOUT EDUCATION LECTURE
education | 11 december 2024
Rachel E. Bernard
Geoscience is one of the least diverse of all STEM fields in the U.S., and racial disparities in graduate school and beyond are particularly striking....
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Seismic Anisotropy of Mafic Blueschists during Subduction: the role of mineralogy and deformation in generating anisotropy at microscales
EXPLORING INNOVATIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN SEISMIC ANISOTROPY AND ATTENUATION: OBSERVATIONS, MODELS, AND EXPERIMENTS I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 10 december 2024
Jason N. Ott, Cailey B. Condit, Matej Pec, Rachel ...
Seismic anisotropy measurements are a useful tool for imaging subduction zone structure along the plate interface. Mafic blueschists are nearly ubiqui...
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Felsic intrusions facilitate mantle exhumation along detachment faults at a continent-ocean transition drilled in the Tyrrhenian Sea
TECTONIC, MAGMATIC, AND GEODYNAMIC STUDIES OF RIFTS, RIFTED MARGINS, AND RIDGES III ORAL
tectonophysics | 10 december 2024
Eirini M. Poulaki, Manon Bickert, Paola Vannucchi,...
Serpentinization and magmatism can weaken the lithosphere and facilitate mantle exhumation during late-stage magma-poor rifting and seafloor spreading...
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Seismic Anisotropy of Mafic Blueschists: EBSD‐Based Constraints From the Exhumed Rock Record
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
15 february 2024
Jason N. Ott, Cailey B. Condit, Vera Schulte-Pelku...

Seismic anisotropy constitutes a useful tool for imaging the structure along the plate interface in subduction zones, but the seismic properties of...

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Reflections on The Second National Conference: Justice in Geoscience and the Urgent Need for Diversity Initiatives in Polar Science
SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE POLAR AND ALPINE SCIENCES I ORAL
education | 15 december 2023
Claire Jensen, Rachel E. Bernard, Benjamin A. Keis...
The geosciences have a diversity problem, and polar science is no exception. Recent studies and commentaries have argued that a lack of inclusivity is...
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Demographic Data Deep Dive: New Insights and Approaches to Understanding Diversity in the Geosciences
THE EARTH ENCOMPASSES ALL: TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ELIGHTNING
study of earth's deep interior | 14 december 2023
Rachel E. Bernard, Emily H. Cooperdock, Neil W. Wh...
Demographic data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) revealed that racial and ethnic diversity had not notably improved in the U.S. geoscience ...
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Sharing geoscience’s distinct legacy of broadening participation at the Second National Conference
SUPPORTING DIVERSITY IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT I ORAL
education | 15 december 2022
Benjamin A. Keisling, Raquel Bryant, Rachel E. Ber...
In the summer of 1972, Dr. Randolph Bromery convened the First National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Science and Mineral Engineering....
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