Calvin Mako, Ph.D.    Research Scientist

Education
•    B.S., 2012, Earth Science, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
•    M.S., 2014, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
•    Ph.D., 2019 Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Current and Recent Projects
•    Bedrock mapping
•    Data preservation
•    Understanding the effects of intracrystalline deformation on accessory phase geochronology

Research Interests
•    Proterozoic tectonics of the southwest U.S.
•    High temperature deformation and metamorphic processes
•    Thermal and structural evolution of orogenic belts
•    Developing petrochronology techniques to better understand the timing and rates of tectonic processes

Selected Publications
•    Mako, C.A., Law, R.D., Caddick, M.J., Kylander-Clark, A., Thigpen, J.R., Ashley, K.T., Mazza, S.E. Cottle, J., 2021. Growth and fluid-assisted alteration of accessory phases before, during and after Rodinia breakup: U-Pb geochronology from the Moine Supergroup rocks of northern Scotland. Precambrian Research, v. 355, 106089.

•    Mako, C.A., Law, R.D., Caddick, M.J., Thigpen, J.R., Ashley, K.T., Cottle, J., Kylander-Clark, A., 2019. Thermal evolution of the Scandian hinterland, Naver nappe, northern Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, v. 176, p. 669-688.

•    Mako, C.A. and Caddick, M.J., 2018. Quantifying magnitudes of shear heating in metamorphic systems. Tectonophysics, v. 744, p. 499-517.

•    Mako, C.A., Williams, M.L., Karlstrom, K.E., Doe, M.F., Holland, M.E., Powicki, D., Gehrels, G., Pecha, M., 2015. Polyphase Proterozoic deformation in the Four Peaks area, central Arizona with relevance for the Mazatzal and Picuris Orogenies. Geosphere, v. 11, p. 10-32.

Bio
I am a structural and metamorphic geologist joining the bedrock mapping team at AZGS. I have experience working as a researcher and field geologist in Arizona, the Appalachians, Scotland and Antarctica. Most recently, I taught field geology, structural geology and GIS at Virginia Tech, Bates College and Tufts University. I also have experience working as a data manager and field geologist in the minerals exploration industry. As a broadly interested geologist, I am eager to explore everything Arizona has to offer.