CSU Dominguez Hills - Earth Science Department

Dr. Brendan McNulty
Professor of Earth Sciences

CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Earth Science
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
Office: NSM B312
Tel (310) 243-3412
E-Mail: bmcnulty@csudh.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994
M.S., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 1990
B.S., Marine Geology, San Diego State University, 1987

COURSES

EAR 100 Physical Geology
EAR 101 Physical Geology Laboratory
EAR 366 Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
EAR 376 Field Methods of Mapping
EAR 386 Structural Geology
EAR 495 Tectonics
SMT 416 Earth Science for Teachers

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Dr. McNulty joined the CSUDH Earth Science Department in 1997, and is currently Professor and Chair of the department. His research interests center on the evolution of continental magmatic arcs, with particular interest in structural geology, tectonics, pluton emplacement, and the evolution of ductile-to-brittle shear zones. This work has been funded by three National Science Foundation grants, the last two of which support work in the Cordillera Blanca (Peruvian Andes). Overall, the work is aimed towards defining a modern analog for ancient "Andean-type" magmatic arcs. Dr. McNulty recently received a new grant from the National Science Foundation that centers on the characterization and assessment of MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) contamination of groundwater. This project, which extends from 2005 to 2007, provides a new research path for McNulty, and is part of a larger effort to establish an Environmental Science program at CSUDH. One of the key aspects of the project is that it gives Earth Science students hands-on experience in a "real world" environmental problem.

PUBLICATIONS

Gilder, S. A., and McNulty, B. A., 1999, Tectonic exhumation and tilting of the Mount Givens pluton, central Sierra Nevada, California, Geology, v. 27, p. 919-922.

McNulty, B.A., 1995, Shear zone development during magmatic arc construction: the Bench Canyon shear zone, central Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 107: 1094-1107.

McNulty, B.A., 1995, Pseudotachylyte developed in the semi-brittle and brittle regimes, Bench Canyon shear zone, central Sierra Nevada, Journal of Structural Geology, 17: 1507- 1521.

McNulty, B.A., Tong, W., and Tobisch, O.T., 1996, Assembly of a dike-fed magma chamber: the Jackass Lakes pluton, central Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 108: 926-940.

McNulty, B.A., Farber, D.L., Wallace, G., Lopez, R., 1998, Role of plate kinematics and plate-slip-vector partitioning in continental magmatic arcs: Evidence from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Geology, v. 26, p. 827-830.

McNulty, B.A., Tobisch O.T., Cruden, A.R., and Gilder, S., 2000, Multi-stage emplacement of the Mt. Givens pluton, central Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 103-119.

McNulty, B. A., and Farber, D. L., 2002, Active detachment faulting above the Peruvian flat slab, Geology, v. 30, p. 567-570.

Rousse, S., Gilder, S., Farber, D., McNulty, B., and Torres, V., 2002, Paleomagnetic evidence for rapid vertical-axis rotation in the Peruvian Cordillera at ca. 8 Ma, Geology, v. 30, p. 75-78.

Rousse, S., Gilder S., Farber, D., McNulty, B., Patriat, P., Torres, V., and Sempere, T., 2003, Paleomagnetic tracking of mountain building in the Peruvian Andes since 10 Ma, Tectonics, v. 20, no. 5.

Tobisch, O.T., McNulty, B.A., and Vernon, R.H., 1997, Microgranitoid enclave swarms in granitic plutons, central Sierra Nevada, California, Lithos, 40: 321-339.

Tobisch, O.T., Saleeby, J.B., Renne, P.R., McNulty, B.A. & Tong, W., 1995, Variations in deformation fields during development of a large volume magmatic arc, central Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 107: 148-166.