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Jolante van Wijk is Professor of Geophysics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her research spans geodynamics, exploration geophysics, basin analysis, petroleum systems, landscape evolution modeling, CO2 sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, crustal magma storage systems, and Western U.S. geology. She utilizes a multidisciplinary approach combining field observations, laboratory data, and computational modeling to understand fundamental earth processes.
Her work on continental rifting mechanisms has revealed new insights into deep carbon cycling during lithospheric extension. Research in the Gulf of California has clarified crustal formation processes during continental breakup. Studies of flat-slab subduction have advanced understanding of lithosphere-mantle interactions.
Professor van Wijk teaches courses that bridge fundamental earth processes and applied geoscience including Earth Processes (ERTH101), Petroleum and Subsurface Geology (ERTH460), and specialized courses on depositional systems, basin analysis, and the Rio Grande rift.
