Erick Prince

Reasearch assistant (M.Sc. LMU Munich 2020)

Research interests

I am interested in studying deformation and transformation processes in rocks, especially the interplay between metamorphism and deformation in shear zones. More in-depth, I would like to study the mechanisms by which the mineral phases of the rocks change under such processes, the role that fluids play during these interactions, and how structures (macro and micro) are formed. During my masters, I characterized the microfabric development of mylonitic eclogites from Norway. I will be working on a project to identify fossil fault activity along the eastern Periadriatic Fault system in the Alps.

Publications

Prince, E., Tsukamoto, S., Grützner, C., Bülhoff, M. & Ustaszewski, K. (submitted): Deciphering Pleistocene Fault Activity in the Eastern Alps: dating fault gouges with Electron Spin Resonance and Optically Stimulated Luminescence. Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.173046886.66067782/v1External link (preprint).
Tsukamoto, S., Guralnik, B., Prince, E., Oohashi, K., & Otsubo, M. (2024): Recurrent partial resetting of quartz OSL signal by earthquakes: a thermochronological study on fault gouges from the Atotsugawa Fault, Japan. Earth, Planets and Space, 76:117, doi: 10.1186/s40623-024-02061-0External link.
Prince, E., Tsukamoto, S., Grützner, C., Vrabec. M. & Ustaszewski, K. (2024): Not too old to rock: ESR and OSL dating methods reveal Quaternary activity of the Periadriatic Fault. Earth, Planets and Space 76:85, doi: 10.1186/s40623-024-02015-6External link.

Abstracts

Trepmann, C. A., Engvik, A. K., and Prince Gutierrez, E. G.: Deformation and reaction fabrics in eclogites from the Western Gneiss Region (Norway) - evidence of dehydration reactions attributed to episodic deformation, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-2303, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2303External link, 2021.