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Department of Earth Sciences

 

I am a geologist, glaciologist & material scientist, who is charmed with the beauty of minerals' microstructures. From laboratory experiments, I correlate minerals' microstructural development with their mechanical behaviour and build experiment-based flow laws. From numerical modelling, field investigation, and ice-core study, I test and upscale the flow laws to natural conditions to estimate the deformation condition and quantify the rheology of terrestrial ice flow and lower crust / upper mantle. For more information of my study, please visit my research page: https://www.shengfan-geology.com/.

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Key publications: 

Lutz, F., Prior, D. J., Still, H., Bowman, M. H., Boucinhas, B., Craw, L., Fan, S., Kim, D., Mulvaney, R., Thomas, R. E., & Hulbe, C. L. (2022). Ultrasonic and seismic constraints on crystallographic preferred orientations of the Priestley Glacier shear margin, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 16(8), 3313–3329. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3313-2022

Fan, S., Wheeler, J., Prior, D. J., Negrini, M., Cross, A. J., Hager, T. F., Goldsby, D. L., & Wallis, D. (2022). Using Misorientation and Weighted Burgers Vector Statistics to Understand Intragranular Boundary Development and Grain Boundary Formation at High Temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024497

Platt, J. P., Mitchell, T. M., Prior, D. J., Negrini, M., Fan, S., Jefferd, M., & Winnard, B. (2022). Stress sensitivity of high-temperature microstructures in ice, with potential applications to quartz. Journal of Structural Geology, 154(October 2021), 104487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104487

Fan, S., Cross, A. J., Prior, D. J., Goldsby, D. L., Hager, T. F., Negrini, M., & Qi, C. (2021). Crystallographic Preferred Orientation (CPO) Development Governs Strain Weakening in Ice: Insights From HighTemperature Deformation Experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023173

Thomas, R. E., Negrini, M., Prior, D. J., Mulvaney, R., Still, H., Bowman, H., Craw, L., Fan, S., Hubbard, B., Hulbe, C. L., Kim, D., & Lutz, F. (2021). Microstructure and crystallographic preferred orientations of an azimuthally oriented ice core from a lateral shear margin: Priestley Glacier, Antarctica. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9(November), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.702213

Monz, M. E., Hudleston, P. J., Prior, D. J., Michels, Z., Fan, S., Negrini, M., Langhorne, P. J., & Qi, C. (2021). Full crystallographic orientation (c and a axes) of warm, coarse-grained ice in a shear-dominated setting: a case study, Storglaciären, Sweden. The Cryosphere, 15(1), 303–324. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-303-2021

Fan, S., Prior, D. J., Cross, A. J., Goldsby, D. L., Hager, T. F., Negrini, M., & Qi, C. (2021). Using grain boundary irregularity to quantify dynamic recrystallization in ice. Acta Materialia, 209, 116810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116810

Fan, S., Prior, D. J., Hager, T. F., Cross, A. J., Goldsby, D. L., & Negrini, M. (2021). Kinking facilitates grain nucleation and modifies crystallographic preferred orientations during high-stress ice deformation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 572, 117136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117136

Craw, L., Treverrow, A., Fan, S., Peternell, M., Cook, S., McCormack, F., & Roberts, J. (2021). The temperature change shortcut: Effects of mid-experiment temperature changes on the deformation of polycrystalline ice. The Cryosphere, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2235-2021

King, A., Lepine, P., Gorman, A. R., Prior, D. J., Lukács, A., Bowman, M. H., Fan, S., Robertson, A., Lutz, F., Eccles, J. D., Buske, S., Lay, V., Schmitt, D. R., & Schijns, H. (2020). Shallow seismic reflection imaging of the Alpine Fault through late Quaternary sedimentary units at Whataroa, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 64(4), 505–517. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2020.1823433

Lutz, F., Eccles, J., Prior, D. J., Craw, L., Fan, S., Hulbe, C., Forbes, M., Still, H., Pyne, A., & Mandeno, D. (2020). Constraining Ice Shelf Anisotropy Using Shear Wave Splitting Measurements from Active-Source Borehole Seismics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(9), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF005707

Fan, S., Hager, T. F., Prior, D. J., Cross, A. J., Goldsby, D. L., Qi, C., Negrini, M., & Wheeler, J. (2020). Temperature and strain controls on ice deformation mechanisms: insights from the microstructures of samples deformed to progressively higher strains at −10, −20 and −30 °C. The Cryosphere, 14(11), 3875–3905. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3875-2020

Qi, C., Prior, D. J., Craw, L., Fan, S., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Negrini, M., Bons, P. D., & Goldsby, D. L. (2019). Crystallographic preferred orientations of ice deformed in direct-shear experiments at low temperatures. The Cryosphere, 13(1), 351–371. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-351-2019

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