Geography & Geology

Education

• Ph.D. (2022) Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• M.S. (2016) Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
• B.S. (2012) Geology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

Interests and Expertise

Dr. Hannah Blatchford is a metamorphic geologist who uses tools from metamorphic petrology, structural geology, geochronology, and geochemistry to investigate the relationships between deformation and metamorphism in rocks within deeply eroded mountain belts. Dr. Blatchford completed her B.S. in Geology at Beloit College before earning her M.S. in Geology from the University of Vermont and then her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Blatchford’s research experience includes geologic mapping in the Southern Alps of New Zealand to recover the Cretaceous deformation history of rocks sourced from the middle and lower crust; and extensive work in a large area of coastal Norway where she has investigated meters-scale structures to determine how such relatively small features can record the Devonian pressure-temperature-time-deformation history of a large (>10,000 km 2) region.

Courses

• ESSC 228 Mineralogy
• ESSC 328 Structural Geology
• ESSC 329 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
• ESSC 355 Geologic Field Methods Lab

Advising

Geology majors and minors

Publications and Presentations

See current curriculum vitae available at Dr. Blatchford's Research Website