Matthew J. Kulow

Department of Geology
Box 30798
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth,TX 76129
EMAIL: mkulow@delta.is.tcu.edu

I received my B.S. in Geology from Texas Christian University in 1994, and it seems that I just can't stay away. In partial fulfillment of my degree I spent four weeks in California doing field work for a senior thesis. Fortunately I had the opportunity to present some of my results at the Cordilleran G.S.A. conference.

The summer of 1994 took me to Hawaii as a N.A.G.T. intern at the U.S.G.S. Hawaiian Volcanos Observatory. Six weeks of mapping current flow boundaries and observing the active vent Pu'u O'o increased my volcanologic undersanding exponentially. Along with meeting the fire goddess Pele, I met and worked with some of the best volcanologists in the world. Aloha.

My M.S. thesis should be completed by May '96. My thesis field work consisted of two and a half months of mapping Cretaceous plutons in the Northern Sierra Nevada of California. While in the field I worked with some extraordinary geologists from the U.S.G.S. in Menlo Park.My thesis advisor Dr. Richard Hanson kept me motovated all summer.

Ok, that's enough about my student career, now for the stuff that makes me get those little goose bumps. I love to rock climb. My brother, Kevin, taught me how to climb. We rarely get to climb together since he is working and climbing and generally enjoying himself back home in Thermopolis, WY. My parents also live, work, and climb in Wyoming. My dad is into something a little more fast-paced than climbing. A favorite climb of of mine is the Durance route on Devils Tower in eastern Wyoming. You've got to do it! It's only rated 5.6, but then you'll be warmed up for harder climbs the rest of the day (I recomend Solar).

Another intrest of mine is mountain biking. Texas leaves a little to be desired as good trails are concerned, but I guess Wyoming has just spoiled me. I'm looking for a cheap, not-so-used kona or stumpjumper since my bianchi is getting too old. Any leads?

PUBLICATIONS

Kulow, M.J., 1994, The Big Bend shear zone: Early Cretaceous ductile deformation associated with pluton emplacement in the Northern Sierra terrane, California (B.S. thesis): Forth Worth, Texas Christian University, 40p.

Kulow, M.J., Hanson, R.E., Girty, G.H., Girty, M.S., Harwood, D.S., and Schweickert, R.A., 1994, Early Cretaceous ductile deformation associated with pluton emplacement in the Northern Sierra terrane: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p.64.
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