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Miller, Brent Professor
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- Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Geology and Geophysics, College of Arts and Sciences
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Publications
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academic article
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Heintz, M. L., Yancey, T. E., Miller, B. V., & Heizler, M. T.
(2015).
Tephrochronology and geochemistry of Eocene and Oligocene volcanic ashes of east and central Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
127(5-6), 770-780.
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Hughes, K. S., Hibbard, J. P., Miller, B. V., Pollock, J. C., Terblanche, A. A., Nance, D. M., & Lewis, D. J
(2014).
Does the Chopawamsic fault represent the main Iapetan suture in the southern Appalachians? Geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the western Piedmont of northern Virginia. 35, 41-61.
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Park, A. F., Treat, R. L., Barr, S. M., White, C. E., Miller, B. V., Reynolds, P. H., & Hamilton, M. A.
(2014).
Structural setting and age of the Partridge Island block, southern New Brunswick, Canada: a link to the Cobequid Highlands of northern mainland Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
51(1), 1-24.
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Hughes, K. S., Hibbard, J. P., Pollock, J. C., Lewis, D. J., & Miller, B. V.
(2014).
Detrital Zircon Geochronology Across the Chopawamsic Fault, Western Piedmont of North-Central Virginia: Implications for the Main Iapetan Suture in the Southern Appalachian Orogen. Geoscience Canada.
41(4), 503-522.
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Steltenpohl, M. G., Schwartz, J. J., & Miller, B. V.
(2013).
Late to post-Appalachian strain partitioning and extension in the Blue Ridge of Alabama and Georgia. Geosphere.
9(3), 647-666.
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Hughes, K. S., Hibbard, J. P., & Miller, B. V.
(2013).
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ELLISVILLE PLUTON AND CHOPAWAMSIC FAULT: ESTABLISHMENT OF SIGNIFICANT LATE ORDOVICIAN FAULTING IN THE APPALACHIAN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal.
313(6), 584-612.
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Woodard, S. C., Thomas, D. J., Grossman, E. L., Olszewski, T. D., Yancey, T. E., Miller, B. V., & Raymond, A.
(2013).
Radiogenic isotope composition of Carboniferous seawater from North American epicontinental seas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
370, 51-63.
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Hibbard, J. P., Miller, B. V., Hames, W. E., Standard, I. D., Allen, J. S., Lavallee, S. B., & Boland, I. B.
(2012).
Kinematics, U-Pb geochronology, and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Gold Hill shear zone, North Carolina: The Cherokee orogeny in Carolinia, Southern Appalachians. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
124(5-6), 643-656.
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hart, M. B., Yancey, T. E., Leighton, A. D., Miller, B. V., Liu, C., Smart, C. W., & Twitchett, R. J
(2012).
The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary on the Brazos River, Texas: New Stratigraphic Sections and Revised Interpretations. 1, 69-80.
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Ratschbacher, L., Krumrei, I., Blumenwitz, M., Staiger, M., Gloaguen, R., Miller, B. V., ... Appel, E.
(2011).
Rifting and strike-slip shear in central Tibet and the geometry, age and kinematics of upper crustal extension in Tibet. Geological Society Special Publication.
353(1), 127-163.
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Macdonald, A. S., Barr, S. M., Miller, B. V., Reynolds, P. H., Rhodes, B. P., & Yokart, B.
(2010).
P-T-t constraints on the development of the Doi Inthanon metamorphic core complex domain and implications for the evolution of the western gneiss belt, northern Thailand. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.
37(1), 82-104.
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Miller, B. V., Stewart, K. G., & Whitney, D. L.
(2010).
Three tectonothermal pulses recorded in eclogite and amphibolite of the Eastern Blue Ridge, Southern Appalachians. Memoirs.
206, 701-724.
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Duncan Keppie, J., Nance, R. D., Murphy, J. B., Miller, B. V., Dostal, J., & Ortega-Rivera, A.
(2009).
Pressure-temperature-time evolution of high-pressure rocks of the Acatlan Complex (southern Mexico): Implications for the evolution of the Iapetus and Rheic Oceans: Comment. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
121(9-10), 1456-1459.
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Nance, R. D., Duncan Keppie, J., Miller, B. V., Murphy, J. B., & Dostal, J.
(2009).
Palaeozoic palaeogeography of Mexico: constraints from detrital zircon age data. Geological Society Special Publication.
327(1), 239-269.
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MacDonald, J., Harper, G. D., Miller, R. B., Miller, J. S., Mlinarevic, A. N., & Miller, B. V.
(2008).
Geochemistry and geology of the Iron Mountain unit, Ingalls ophiolite complex, Washington: Evidence for the polygenetic nature of the Ingalls complex. Special Papers.
438, 161-173.
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Duncan Keppie, J., Dostal, J., Miller, B. V., Ramos-Arias, M. A., Morales-Gamez, M., Nance, R. D., ... Cooper, P.
(2008).
Ordovician-earliest Silurian rift tholeiites in the Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Evidence of rifting on the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean. Tectonophysics.
461(1-4), 130-156.
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Miller, B. V., Barr, S. M., & Black, R. S.
(2007).
Neoproterozoic and cambrian u-pb (zircon) ages from grand manan island, new brunswick: implications for stratigraphy and northern Appalachian terrane correlations. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
44(7), 911-923.
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Hibbard, J. P., van Staal, C. R., & Miller, B. V.
(2007).
Links among Carolinia, Avalonia, and Ganderia in the Appalachian peri-Gondwanan realm. Special Papers.
433, 291-311.
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Wolczanski, H. A., Barr, S. M., & Miller, B. V.
(2007).
Petrology, age, and tectonic setting of The Wolves Pluton: Implications for Appalachian terranes in the western Bay of Fundy region. Atlantic Geology.
43, 57-73.
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Nance, R. D., Miller, B. V., Keppie, J. D., Murphy, J. B., & Dosta, J.
(2006).
Acatlan complex, Southern Mexico: Record spanning the assembly and breakup of Pangea. Geology (Boulder).
34(10), 857-860.
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Nance, R. D., Miller, B. V., Keppie, J. D., Murphy, J. B., & Dostal, J.
(2006).
Comment on "U-Pb geochronology of the Acatlan Complex and implications for the Paleozoic paleogeography and tectonic evolution of southern Mexico" by O. Talavera-Mendoza, J. Ruiz, G.E. Gehrels, D.M. Meza-Figueroa, R. Vega-Granillo and M.F. Campa-Uranga [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 235 (2005) 682-699]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
245(1-2), 471-475.
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Dostal, J., Keppie, D. J., Jutras, P., Miller, B. V., & Murphy, B. J.
(2006).
Evidence for the granulite-granite connection: Penecontemporaneous high-grade metamorphism, granitic magmatism and core complex development in the Liscomb Complex, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lithos.
86(1-2), 77-90.
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Murphy, J. B., Keppie, J. D., Nance, R. D., Miller, B. V., Dostal, J., Middleton, M., ... Storey, C. D.
(2006).
Geochemistry and U-Pb protolith ages of eclogitic rocks of the Asis Lithodeme, Piaxtla Suite, Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: tectonothermal activity along the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean. Journal of the Geological Society.
163(4), 683-695.
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Keppie, J. D., Dostal, J., Miller, B. V., Ortega-Rivera, A., Roldn-Quintana, J., & Lee, J.
(2006).
Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Francisco Gneiss: Triassic Continental Rift Tholeiites on the Mexican Margin of Pangea Metamorphosed and Exhumed in a Tertiary Core Complex. International Geology Review.
48(1), 1-16.
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Suayah, I. B., Miller, J. S., Miller, B. V., Bayer, T. M., & Rogers, J.
(2006).
Tectonic significance of Late Neoproterozoic granites from the Tibesti massif in southern Libya inferred from Sr and Nd isotopes and UPb zircon data. Journal of African Earth Sciences.
44(4-5), 561-570.
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Miller, B. V., Fetter, A. H., & Stewart, K. G.
(2006).
Plutonism in three orogenic pulses, Eastern Blue Ridge Province, southern Appalachians. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
118(1-2), 171-184.
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Hibbard, J. P., Miller, B. V., Tracy, R. J., & Carter, B. T.
(2005).
The Appalachian peri-Gondwanan realm: a palaeogeographical perspective from the south. Geological Society Special Publication.
246(1), 97-111.
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Samson, S. D., D'Lemos, R. S., Miller, B. V., & Hamilton, M. A.
(2005).
Neoproterozoic palaeogeography of the Cadomia and Avalon terranes: constraints from detrital zircon UPb ages. Journal of the Geological Society.
162(1), 65-71.
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Inglis, J. D., Samson, S. D., D'Lemos, R. S., & Miller, B. V.
(2005).
Timing of Cadomian deformation and magmatism within La Hague, NW France. Journal of the Geological Society.
162(2), 389-400.
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Keppie, J. D., Sandberg, C. A., Miller, B. V., Snchez-Zavala, J. L., Nance, R. D., & Poole, F. G.
(2004).
Implications of Latest Pennsylvanian to Middle Permian Paleontological and U-Pb SHRIMP Data from the Tecomate Formation to Re-dating Tectonothermal Events in the Acatln Complex, Southern Mexico. International Geology Review.
46(8), 745-753.
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Miller, B. V., & Barr, S. M.
(2004).
Metamorphosed gabbroic dikes related to opening of Iapetus Ocean at the St. Lawrence promontory: Blair River inlier, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Journal of Geology.
112(3), 277-288.
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Keppie, J. D., Nance, R. D., Dostal, J., Ortega-Rivera, A., Miller, B. V., Fox, D., ... Lee, J.
(2004).
Mid-Jurassic tectonothermal event superposed on a Paleozoic geological record in the Acatln Complex of southern Mexico: Hotspot activity during the breakup of Pangea. Gondwana Research.
7(1), 238-260.
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Barr, S. M., White, C. E., & Miller, B. V.
(2003).
Age and geochemistry of late neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian igneous rocks in southern New Brunswick: Similarities and contrasts. Atlantic Geology.
39(1), 55-73.
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Trupe, C. H., Stewart, K. G., Adams, M. G., Waters, C. L., Miller, B. V., & Hewitt, L. K.
(2003).
The Burnsville fault: Evidence for the timing and kinematics of southern Appalachian Acadian dextral transform tectonics. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
115(11), 1365-1376.
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Feely, M., Coleman, D., Baxter, S., & Miller, B.
(2003).
U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland: Implications for the timing of late Caledonian tectonic and magmatic events and for correlations with Acadian plutonism in New England. Atlantic Geology.
39(2), 175-184.
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Barr, S. M., White, C. E., & Miller, B. V.
(2002).
The Kingston terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada: Evidence for an Early Silurian volcanic arc. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
114(8), 964-982.
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Ratajeski, K., Glazner, A. F., & Miller, B. V.
(2002).
Geology and geochemistry of mafic to felsic plutonic rocks in the Cretaceous intrusive suite of Yosemite Valley, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
114(7), 921-921.
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Miller, B. V., & Fyffe, L. R.
(2002).
Geochronology of the Letete and Waweig formations, Mascarene Group, southwestern New Brunswick. Atlantic Geology.
38(1), 29-36.
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White, C. E., Barr, S. M., Miller, B. V., & Hamilton, M. A.
(2002).
Granitoid plutons of the Brookville terrane, southern New Brunswick: Petrology, age, and tectonic setting. Atlantic Geology.
38(1), 53-74.
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Clarke, D. B., McCuish, K. L., Vernon, R. H., Maksaev, V., & Miller, B. V.
(2002).
The Port Mouton Shear Zone: intersection of a regional fault with a crystallizing granitoid pluton. Lithos.
61(3-4), 141-159.
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Ratajeski, K., Glazner, A. F., & Miller, B. V.
(2001).
Geology and geochemistry of mafic to felsic plutonic rocks in the Cretaceous intrusive suite of Yosemite Valley, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
113(11), 1486-1502.
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D'Lemos, R. S., Miller, B. V., & Samson, S. D.
(2001).
Precise U-Pb zircon ages from Alderney, Channel Islands: Growing evidence for discrete Neoproterozoic magmatic episodes in Northern Cadomia. Geological Magazine.
138(6), 719-726.
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MILLER, B. V., SAMSON, S. D., & DLEMOS, R. S.
(2001).
UPb geochronological constraints on the timing of plutonism, volcanism, and sedimentation, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. Journal of the Geological Society.
158(2), 243-251.
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Miller, B. V., & Barr, S. M.
(2000).
Petrology and isotopic composition of a Grenvillian basement fragment in the Northern Appalachian Orogen: Blair River Inlier, Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Petrology.
41(12), 1777-1804.
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Miller, B. V., Samson, S. D., & D'Lemos, R. S.
(1999).
Time span of plutonism, fabric development, and cooling in a Neoproterozoic magmatic arc segment: UPb age constraints from syn-tectonic plutons, Sark, Channel Islands, UK. Tectonophysics.
312(1), 79-95.
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Miller, B. V., Dunning, G. R., Barr, S. M., Raeside, R. P., Jamieson, R. A., & Reynolds, P. H.
(1996).
Magmatism and metamorphism in a Grenvillian fragment: U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Blair River Complex, northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
108(2), 127-140.
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Miller, B. V., Nance, R. D., & Murphy, J. B.
(1995).
Kinematics of the Rockland Brook Fault, Nova Scotia: Implications for the interaction of the Meguma and Avalon terranes. Journal of Geodynamics.
19(3-4), 253-270.
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Heintz, M. L., Yancey, T. E., Miller, B. V., & Heizler, M. T.
(2015).
Tephrochronology and geochemistry of Eocene and Oligocene volcanic ashes of east and central Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
127(5-6), 770-780.
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conference paper
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Miller, B. V., Dostal, J., Duncan Keppie, J., Nance, R. D., Ortega-Rivera, A., & Lee, J.
(2007).
Ordovician calc-alkaline granitoids in the Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Geochemical and geochronologic data and implications for the tectonics of the Gondwanan margin of the Rheic Ocean. Special Papers.
465-475.
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Middleton, M., Keppie, J. D., Murphy, J. B., Miller, B. V., Nance, R. D., Ortega-Rivera, A., & Lee, J.
(2007).
P-T-t constraints on exhumation following subduction in the Rheic Ocean from eclogitic rocks in the Acatlan Complex of southern Mexico. Special Papers.
489-509.
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Nance, R. D., Miller, B. V., Duncan Keppie, J., Murphy, J. B., & Dostal, J.
(2007).
Vestige of the Rheic Ocean in North America: The Acatlan Complex of southern Mexico. Special Papers.
437-452.
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Keppie, J. D., Dostal, J., Nance, R. D., Miller, B. V., Ortega-Rivera, A., & Lee, J.
(2006).
Circa 546 Ma plume-related dykes in the similar to 1 Ga Novillo Gneiss (east-central Mexico): Evidence for the initial separation of Avalonia. Precambrian Research.
342-353.
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Miller, B. V., Dostal, J., Duncan Keppie, J., Nance, R. D., Ortega-Rivera, A., & Lee, J.
(2007).
Ordovician calc-alkaline granitoids in the Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Geochemical and geochronologic data and implications for the tectonics of the Gondwanan margin of the Rheic Ocean. Special Papers.
465-475.
Research
principal investigator on
co-principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- GEOL101 Principles Of Geology Instructor
- GEOL203 Mineralogy Instructor
- GEOL300 Field Geology: In-absentia Instructor
- GEOL302 Intro To Petrology Instructor
- GEOL350 Summer Field Geology Instructor
- GEOL450 Geology Senior Project Instructor
- GEOL489 Sptp: Geochronology Instructor
- GEOL491 Research Instructor
- GEOL645 Geochronology Instructor
- GEOL647 Radiogenic Isotope Geology Instructor
- GEOL685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOL691 Research Instructor
- GEOL691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Chapman, Shay Michael (2013-08). Thermal and Structural Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution of the Idaho-Wyoming-Utah Thrust Belt.
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Deluca, Michael James (2016-06). Ash Bed Analysis of the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale Using ID-TIMS U/Pb Methods: Implications for Biostratigraphic Refinement and Correlations Within the Western Interior Seaway.
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Heintz, Mindi (2013-12). Tephrochronology and Stratigraphy of Eocene and Oligocene Volcanic Ashes of East and Central Texas.
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Hill, Joseph Roger (2014-11). Isotope Ratio Triangulation: A Method for Determining Uranium Isotope Ratios and Application to the Search for Uranium Isotope Anomalies in the Mineral Titanite.
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Lewis, David John (2015-12). Detrital Zircon Trace Element Characterization of Middle to Late Ordovician Quartz Arenites along the Transcontinental Arch.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geology, Dalhousie University - (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 1997
- M.Sc. in Geology, Ohio University - (Athens, Ohio, United States) 1991
- B.Sc. in Geology, Ohio University - (Athens, Ohio, United States) 1987
- Syracuse University - (Syracuse, New York, United States) , Postdoctoral Training 1999
Contact
first name
- Brent
has last name
- Miller
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Geology
3115 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3115
USA
Other
- bvmiller@tamu.edu