PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Grand Valley State University, Affiliate Professor (2025-present)
• Albion College, Associate Professor (2019-present)
• Albion College, Assistant Professor (2014-2019)
• Albion College, Geology Summer Field Camp Director (2009-2025)
• Grand Valley State University, Visiting Assistant Professor (2010-2011)
• Albion College, Visiting Assistant Professor (2008-2014)
• Condor Earth Technologies, Inc., Environmental Specialist / Staff Geologist (2001-2003)

The Seymour K. & Esther R. Padnos Hall of Science # 148
One Campus Drive Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
Office Telephone: (616)331-8632
Office Fax: (616)-331-3740
Electronic Mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

• B.S. Earth Science, University of California San Diego (2001)
• Ph.D. Geology, University of California Los Angeles (2011)

COURSES

• GEO 100: Environmental Geology
• GEO 111: Exploring the Earth

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Integrated studies of regional tectonics utilizing field-based observation, structural analysis, geo-/thermo-/petro-chronology, remotely-sensed data, geographic information systems (GIS); the evolution of large collisional orogenic systems; deformation and rheology of continental lithosphere; local and regional interaction between tectonics and surface morphology; geological and environmental applications of GIS and remote sensing

RECENT PROJECTS

• Reconstructing the subduction-collision-exhumation tectonic evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides
• Tectonic evolution of the northern and central Tibetan Plateau

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• McRivette, M.W., Yin, A., Chen, X., and Gehrels, G.E, 2019. Cenozoic basin evolution of the central Tibetan plateau as constrained by U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology, sandstone petrology, and fission-track thermochronology. Tectonophysics, v. 751, p. 150-179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.015.
• Wu, C., Zuza, A.V., Zhou, Z., Yin, A., McRivette, M.W., Chen, X., Lin, D., and Geng, J., 2019. Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, central Tibet, and implications for basin evolution during the Indo-Asian collision. Lithosphere, v. 11, p. 524-550, https://doi.org/10.1130/L1065.1
• Yin, A., Dang, Y.-Q., Wang, L.-C., Jiang, W.-M., Zhou, S.-P., Chen, X.-H., Gehrels, G.E., and McRivette, M.W., 2008. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (Part 1): The southern Qilian Shan-Nan Shan thrust belt and northern Qaidam basin. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 813-846, https://doi.org/10.1130/B26180.1.
• Yin, A., Dang, Y.-Q., Zhang, M., Chen, X-H., and McRivette, M.W., 2008. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (part 3): Structural geology, sedimentation, and regional tectonic reconstruction. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 847-876, https://doi.org/10.1130/B26232.1.
• Yin, A., Dang, Y., Zhang, M., McRivette, M.W., Burgess, W.P., and Chen, X., 2007. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (part 2): Wedge tectonics in southern Qaidam basin and the Eastern Kunlun Range. In Sears, J.W., Harms, T.A., and Evenchick, C.A., eds., Whence the Mountains? Inquiries into the Evolution of Orogenic Systems: A Volume in Honor of Raymond A. Price. Geological Society of America Special Paper 433, p. 369-390, https://doi.org/10.1130/2007.2433(18).

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Macris, C.A., Bramson, A.M., Cruz, M.F., Druschel, G.K., Gilhooly III, W., Jessee, A., Johnson, B.C., Lee-Cullin, J., Licht, K., Marrs, I., McRivette, M., Menold, C.A., Thompson, M.S., and Wang, L., 2021. An URGE pod remix: Benefits, challenges, and next steps from a multi-institution pod. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021, abstract U35A-2263.
• Henning, K., Menold, C.A., McRivette, M.W., and Macris, C.A., 2021. Textural and chemical analysis of white mica from the Tso Morari UHP gneiss. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370397
• Menold, C., Macris, C.A., Bramson, A., Cruz, M., Druschel, G., Gilhooly III, W., Johnson, B.C., Lee-Cullin, J., Licht, K., Marrs, I., McRivette, M., Thompson, M., and Wang, L., 2021. MEGA Pod: Benefits and lessons learned from a multi-institution URGE pod. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-369951
• Walsh, E.O., McRivette, M.W., Casarez, M., Shew, J., Hoinville, A., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Klug, P.P., and McDaniel, S., 2020. New ages constrain timing of Caledonian metamorphism across Västerbotten, Seve Nappe Complex, Sweden. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-358602.
• McRivette, M., Walsh, E., Menold, C., Casarez, M., Hoinville, A., and Shew, J., 2019. Zircon growth during shear deformation in the Seve Nappe Complex, Sweden. Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2019.
• Garrett-Anes, N.M., McRivette, M.W., and Bartels, W.S., 2018. Mapping a small Devonian world: A GIS analysis of the distribution of epizoans on brachiopod shells. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324082.
• Nelson, J., Hoinville, A., McRivette, M.W., and Menold, C.A., 2017. Combining remote sensing and petrology data in the North Qaidam UHP terrane, China. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301992.
• McRivette, M., and Harnish, A., 2017. Places of Rest: Mapping Lives and Deaths in Riverside Cemetery. 2017 Esri Education GIS Conference, http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/educ17/.
• McRivette, M.W., Pawelec, L., and Menold, C.A., 2017. Using remote sensing to connect outcrop-scale UHP petrology to an orogen-scale tectonic problem. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49 (2), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-291665.