Carrie A. Menold

Dr. Carrie Menold, professor and chair of earth & environment, Albion College

Professor and Department Chair

Office: 126 Palenske Hall
Phone: (517) 629-0312
Email: cmenold@albion.edu

Dr. Carrie Menold is a petrologist who specializes in metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, and regional tectonics. Current research areas include North Qaidam, Qinghai Province, China; Tso Morari, Western Himalaya, India and the Mexican Volcanic Belt.

Courses

Geo101 Introduction to Geology (lecture and lab)
Geo103 Historical Geology (lab)
Geo104 Earth Resources & the Environment (lecture)
Geo203 Mineralogy (lecture and lab)
Geo204 Petrology (lecture and lab)
Geo210 Regional Field Geology
Geo304 Advanced Igneous & Metamorphic Geochemistry
Geo314 Geological Field Methods
LA101 Mountains (first-year seminar)

Education

Ph.D. Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006
B.S. (Honors) Geology, University of Michigan, 1999

Career

2006-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Albion College

Externally Funded Grants

Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2002, $2,500
National Science Foundation grant EAR-0337191, 2003, An Integrated Investigation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism, North Qaidam China (assisted P.I.’s: Yin, A., & Manning, C. E.), $260,297.
Blanchard Faculty Fellowship, 2009, $10,095.

Externally Funded Grants

Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2002, $2,500
National Science Foundation grant EAR-0337191, 2003, An Integrated Investigation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism, North Qaidam China (assisted P.I.’s: Yin, A., & Manning, C. E.), $260,297.
Blanchard Faculty Fellowship, 2009, $10,095.

Selected Recent Publications

Menold, C.A., Walsh, E.O., Manning, C.E., in prep, New evidence for a Cambrian suture associated with the North Qaidam UHPM belt. Geology
Menold, C.A., Grove, M., Manning, C.E., Young, E., Zeigler, K., Yin, A., in prep, Assessing the relationship between excess argon content and recrystallization of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks. Chemical Geology
Menold, C.A., Yin, A., Manning, C.E., Chen, X.-H., Wang, X.-F., in prep, Paleozoic Tectonic Evolution of the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic terrane, Western China. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., Chen, X.-H. Wang, X.-F., in review, Metamorphic evolution, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the North Qaidam metamorphic belt, Western China. Journal of Metamorphic Geology.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E.,Yin, A., Tropper, P., Chen, X.-H., Wang, X.-F., 2009, Metamorphic evolution, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of orthogneiss hosting ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the North Qaidam metamorphic belt, Western China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 35, 273-284.
Mattinson, C. G., Menold, C.A., Zhang, J. X., Bird, D. K., 2007, High- and Ultrahigh-pressure Metamorphism in the North Qaidam and South Altyn Terranes, Western China, International Geology Review, 49, 969-995.
Yin, A., Manning, C. E., Lovera, O., Menold, C. A., Chen, X., Gehrels, G. E., 2007, Early Paleozoic Tectonic and Thermomechanical Evolution of Ultrahigh-Pressure (UHP) Metamorphic Rocks in the Northern Tibetan Plateau, Northwest China, International Geology Review, 49, 681-716.

Selected Recent Meeting Presentations/Abstracts

Menold, C.A., Grove, M., Manning, C.E., 2010, Assessing the relationship between excess argon content and recrystallization of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks. Goldschmidt Conference.
Walsh, E.O., Menold, C.A., 2010, New evidence for a Cambrian suture associated with the North Qaidam UHPM belt. Goldschmidt Conference.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., Chen, X.-H., Wang, X.-F., 2009, Tectonic & Metamorphic Evolution of the North Qaidam Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Terrane, Western China. 9th International Eclogite Conference, Xining China
Menold, C.A., Yin, A., Manning, C.E., Chen, X.-H., Wang, X.-F., 2008, Paleozoic Tectonic Evolution of the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic terrane, Western China. GSA Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., Chen, X.-H. Wang, X.-F., 2007, Metamorphic evolution, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the North Qaidam metamorphic belt, Western China, AGU Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E.,Yin, A., Tropper, P., Chen, X.-H., Wang, X.-F., 2006, Metamorphic evolution, mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of orthogneiss hosting ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the North Qaidam metamorphic belt, Western China, AGU Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Grove, M., Yin, A., 2005, Excess Argon in UHP Gneisses: A Field-based Experiment in North Qaidam, China, AGU Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Yin, A., Manning, C.E., 2005, Tectonic evolution of the North Qaidam UHP terrane. 7th International Eclogite Conference, Graz, Austria.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., 2004, Geology of the North Qaidam HP-UHP terrane, Western China. AGU Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., 2003, P-T evolution of the North Qaidam HP-UHP terrane, Western China. European Mineralogical Union School and Symposium.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., 2003, Metamorphism and exhumation of very high pressure eclogites, North Qaidam, China, AGU Fall Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., Robinson, A.C., Chen, X., 2002, Tectonic evolution of the North Qaidam UHP complex, Western China, AGU Fall Meeting.
Robinson, A.C., Yin, A., Menold, C.A., Chen, X., Wang, X-F., 2002, Tertiary shortening along Eastern Portion of the North Qaidam Thrust System. AGU Fall Meeting.
Manning, C.E., Menold, C.A., Yin, A., 2001, Metamorphism and exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites and gneisses, north Qaidam, China, GSA Annual Meeting.
Menold, C.A., Manning, C.E., Yin, A., 2001, P-T path of eclogites from the Luliang Shan, China, IGCP-420 Workshop, Novoskirk, Abstract.
Yin, A. Manning, C.E., Menold, C.A., 2001, Tectonic erosion, diapiric flow, and emplacement of UHP rocks during oceanic subduction: Origin of North Qaidam UHP gneiss. GSA Annual Meeting.