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Dr Fawna KorhonenBA(Carleton), PhD(Minnesota)Tel: +61 (0)8 9266 2446 Fax: +61 (0)8 9266 3153 Room: 312-208A F.Korhonen@curtin.edu.au |
Academic Background
Fawna completed a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, investigating the tectonometamorphic evolution of an oxidized granulite terrane in Labrador, Canada. Fawna was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 2004-2005 to undertake research with the Geological Survey of Finland (Kuopio) focusing on Archean crustal evolution and superimposed hydrothermal processes using geophysical, paleomagnetic, metamorphic and structural analysis. Following completion of her Ph.D. in 2006 she began a three-year postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland; two years of this appointment were funded through a postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. This study was part of a project aiming to understand the metamorphic and anatectic evolution of a migmatite-granite complex in West Antarctica. She began her current postdoctoral fellowship at Curtin in August 2009.
Research Interests
Fawna's research interests are focused in three broad areas: (1) unraveling polyphase high-grade metamorphism and anatexis in regional metamorphic terranes; (2) processes of mass transfer within the crust leading to intracrustal differentiation during orogenesis; and (3) high temperature silicate-oxide phase equilibria. She is particularly interested in the chemical and physical effects of melting and melt loss during protracted crustal evolution. Current areas of research include the Fosdick migmatite-granite complex in West Antarctica and the Eastern Ghats Province in India.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Geology 102
- Field Geology Techniques 291
