Research Interests
My research is in the area of structural geology focused on studying strain, deformation fabric formation, and rheology in naturally deformed rocks. I primarily study shear zones, tectonites including deformed conglomerates, and granite emplacement fabrics at a variety of scales. Most of my work combines field studies with other techniques like petrographic studies, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD, to measure crystallographic orientations in rocks), FTIR (to measure water content in deformed rocks), mathematical modeling, or magnetic fabric studies. Over the last several years, I’ve had the opportunity to study rocks in Spain (Catalonia, Andalusia), Scotland (NW Highlands, Islay), Canada (Ontario, Nova Scotia), and the USA (Wisconsin, Utah, California, Minnesota). Students are collaborators on most of my research projects.
Selected Publications
Czeck, Dyanna M., Traut, Jolene T., and Hudleston, Peter J.487. London: Geological Society Special Publications "Folding and Fracturing of Rocks: 50 Years of Research since the Seminal Text Book of J. G. Ramsay". (2019): 18.
DÃaz-Azpiroz, Manuel, Barcos, Leticia, Balanyá, C. C., Fernández, Carlos, Expósito, I., and Czeck, Dyanna M.68.Part B (2014): 316-336.
Fernández, Carlos, Czeck, Dyanna M., and DÃaz-Azpiroz, Manuel. 54.9 (2013): 85-102.
Yonkee, W. A., Czeck, Dyanna M., Nachbor, Amelia C., Barszewski, Christine E., Pantone, Spenser, Balgord, Elizabeth, and Johnson, Kimberly R.
“Strain accumulation and fluid-rock interaction in a naturally deformed diamictite, Willard thrust system, Utah (USA): Implications for crustal rheology and strain softening” Journal of Structural Geology50.5 (2013): 91-118.
DeVasto, Michael A., Czeck, Dyanna M., and Bhattacharyya, Prajukti. 49. (2012): 38-45.
Druguet, Elena, Castaño, Lina M., Czeck, Dyanna M., Hudleston, Peter J., and Carreras, Jordi. 40. (2012): 579-582.
Bauer, Robert L., Czeck, Dyanna M., Hudleston, Peter J., and Tikoff, Basil. “Structural geology of the subprovince boundaries in the Archean Superior Province of northern Minnesota and adjacent Ontario” Archean to Anthropocene: Field Guides to the Geology of the Mid-Continent of North America24. Ed. Miller, J. D., Hudak, J. D., Wittkop, C., and McLaughlin, P. I.Geological Society of America Field Guide. (2011): 203–241.
Carreras, Jordi, Czeck, Dyanna M., Druguet, Elena, and Hudleston, Peter J.32.5 (2010): 656-666.
Czeck, Dyanna M., Fissler, Darlene A., Horsman, Eric, and Tikoff, Basil. “Strain analysis and rheology contrasts in polymictic conglomerates: an example from the Seine metaconglomerates, Superior Province, Canada” Journal of Structural Geology31.11 (2009): 1365-1376.
Druguet, E., Czeck, D. M., Carreras, J., and Castano, Lina M.. 163.3-4 (2008): 384-400.