Alan Geoffrey Milnes

Research areas

Pennine tectonics, Central Alps (for publications, see Alps)  Structural geology and tectonics of the Pennine nappe complex (Alpine suture) in the Central Alps, Switzerland and Italy.

Alpine Geotraverses (for publications, see Alps)  Tectonic evolution and deep structure of the Central Alps in a series of complete cross-sections (Swiss Geodynamics Project, ILP).

Glacier structures (for publications, see Tectonics)  Structural and strain analysis of deformed ice in Alpine glaciers, in comparison with natural rock deformation. Structure and mechanics of "Sackung".

South Norwegian Caledonides (for publications see Norden)  Structural, petrographic and geochronological studies along the cross-section Valdres-Jotunheimen-Sognefjord-Bergen (the Sognefjord transect), tectonic evolution and deep structure. 

Brittle tectonics in southern Scandinavia (for publications, see Norden)  Fault and fracture analyses at different scales, basement modelling, onshore-offshore correlations, post-Caledonian faulting, Baltic Sea, SE Sweden, SW Norway, northern North Sea.

Comparative tectonics (for publications, see Tectonics)  Field research in the following areas: Canadian shield, Great Lakes area; Darwin Cordillera, Tierra del Fuego; Colorado Plateau, SE Utah;  Gulf of Suez rift, western Sinai. Methods of structural geology and tectonics in different settings.  History of tectonics.

Other themes (for publications, see Environment)  Geological aspects of radioactive waste disposal; environmental geology in general.