In my research I ask some of the following questions:

-- what are the timescales over which large batholiths are constructed?

-- what controls complex spatio-temporal patterns observed in continental arcs?

-- what is the relationship between episodes of arc growth and deformation in the upper plate of convergent systems?

-- what role does delamination play in modifying arc crust? in driving exhumation and deformation at the surface?

-- how can the chemical and isotopic characteristics of detrital minerals be exploited to best constrain provenance?