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Tel. (919) 515-7242
E-mail: jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

B.A. Honors 1973 Colgate University - Geology

M.SC. 1976 Memorial University of Newfoundland

PhD 1988 Cornell University - Geological Sciences

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

My research focuses on field geology, structural geology and tectonics, particularly in the Appalachian orogen. I offer courses in Regional Geology, Appalachian Geology, Structural and Advanced Structural Geology, Geotectonics, and Natural Hazards.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Hibbard, J., van Staal, C., and Rankin, D., 2007, A comparitive analysis of pre-Silurian crustal 'building blocks' of the northern and southern Appalachians, for American Journal of Science special volume dedicated to John Rodgers, 39 ms. p.

Hibbard, J., van Staal, C., and Miller, B., 2007, Links between Carolinia, Avalonia, and Ganderia in the Appalachian peri-Gondwanan Realm, GSA Special Paper dedicated to the career of Ray Price, 49 ms. p.

Hibbard, J., van Staal, C., Rankin, D., & Williams, H., 2006.  Geology, Lithotectonic Map of the Appalachian Orogen (South), Canada-United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada, Map 02096A, scale 1:1500000.

Hibbard, J., Miller, B., Tracy, R., & Carter, B., 2006.  The Appalachian peri-Gondwanan realm: A paleogeographic perspective from the south.  In Vaughan, A. & Leat, P. (eds.) Terrane Processes at the Pacific Margin of Gondwana.  Geological Society of London Special Volume. 246, 97-112.

Hibbard, J., 2004, The Appalachian Orogen, in van der Pluijm, B. and Marshak, S., 2nd edition, Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, WCB/McGraw Hill, 582-592.