Meritxell Colet

BIOGRAPHY:

Meritxell is a 3rd year PhD Candidate working with Dr. Folarin Kolawole at the Crustal Deformation Lab at Columbia University. Her research focuses on multi-scale crustal structure and modes of strain release along evolving continental divergent plate boundaries. Her current projects explore the initiation of microplates, the relationship between long-term evolution of rift border faults on earthquake processes, and active tectono-magmatic processes. Her research approach integrates field structural geology and seismology, and her current research areas include the East African Rift System (Tanzania and Congo), and Axial Seamount (offshore Oregon, US).