Bush, Madison

Student SIO - Masters

I am a Master's student at UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography with an interest in thermochronology, structural geology, and tectonics. My research focuses on using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and zircon and apatite U-Pb geochronology to constrain the timing of cooling and exhumation along the San Jacinto and Elsinore faults in Southern California. My project aims to reconstruct the long-term tectonic and thermal history along these fault zones.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Low temperature thermochronology
  • Tectonic evolution of SW North America and Southern California
  • Geochronology
  • Structural geology 

DEGREES

  • B.S. in Geoscience, University of California San Diego, 2025