I am a structural geologist interested in tectonic processes during lithospheric deformation. My research combines field work with structural analysis, geochronology, and thermochronology to investigate Earth history.

• Ph D in Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico (2014)
• MS in Geological Sciences, San Diego State University (2010)
• BS in Geological Sciences, San Diego State University (2008)

• Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology reveals pre-Great Unconformity paleotopography in the Grand Canyon region, USA: COMMENT GSA Geology 50 (2022), Karl Karlstrom, William Guenthner, Olivia Thurston, Matthew Heizler, Jason Ricketts, Michael Timmons.
• Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology of Grand Canyon resolves 1250 Ma unroofing at the Great Unconformity and <20 Ma canyon carving Geology (2021), Olivia Thurston, William Guenthner, Karl Karlstrom , Jason Ricketts, Matt Heizler, J. Michael Timmons.
• Tectonic origin of the Great Unconformities of the Rocky Mountain region: the power of combined zircon (U-Th)/He and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology Geology 49 (2021), Jason Ricketts, Jacoup Roiz, Karl Karlstrom , Matt Heizler, William Guenthner, J. Michael Timmons.
• Thermochronologic transect across the Basin and Range/Rio Grande rift transition: Contrasting cooling histories in contiguous extensional provinces Geosphere 17 (2021), Michelle Gavel, Jeff Amato, Jason Ricketts, Shari Kelley, Julian Biddle, Rafael Delfin.
• The origin and tectonic significance of the Basin and Range-Rio Grande rift boundary in southern New Mexico, USA GSA Today 31 (2021), Jason Ricketts, Jeffrey Amato, Michelle Gavel.
• Record of neotectonics and deep crustal fluid circulation along the Santa Fe fault zone in travertine deposits of the Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, USA Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22 (2021), Victor Garcia, Lin Ma, Jason Ricketts, Anthony Dosseto.
• Petrology, geochemistry, stratigraphy, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope compositions of subsurface lithologies in northwestern Mesa Central, Durango, Mexico: Implications for the tectonomagmatic evolution of northwestern Mexico Gondwana Research 93 (2021), Jose A. Garcia, Munazzam Ali Mahar, Philip C. Goodell, Castulo Molina, Jason Ricketts.
• Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic constraints on the long-term thermal history of southern New Mexico and western Texas Lithosphere (2020), Nathan Reade, Julian Biddle, Jason Ricketts, Jeff Amato.
• Record of neotectonics and deep crustal fluid circulation along the Santa Fe fault zone in travertine deposits of the Lucero Uplift, New Mexico, USA Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2020), Victor Garcia, Lin Ma, Jason Ricketts, Anthony Dosseto.
• The Rio Grande Rift (2020), Jason Ricketts.
• Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate Journal of Quaternary Science 34 (2019), Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Amy E. Wagler, Victor H. Garcia.
• Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate Journal of Quaternary Science 34 (2019), Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Amy E. Wagler, Victor H. Garcia.
• Global travertine deposition modulated by changes in global climate Geology (2018), Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Amy E. Wagler, Victor H. Garcia.
• Constraining timing of extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range using apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 69 (2018), Julian Biddle, Jason Ricketts, Jeff M. Amato.

• Combined ZHe and Ar-Ar MDD thermochronometers for understanding the deep-time (>1 Ga) thermal history of the Grand Canyon (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Olivia Thurston, William Guenthner, Karl Karlstrom, Matthew Heizler, Jason Ricketts.
• Kinematic and geochronologic analysis of late Cenozoic fault surfaces from the southern segment of the Rio Grande rift in the Big Bend region of western Texas and northern Chihuahua (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Jessica Kelsch, Jason Ricketts.
• Reconstructing the transition from Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Jason Ricketts, Aaron Conley, Richard P. Langford, Terry L. Pavlis, Matthew Heizler.
• Zircon (U-Th)/He constraints on the exhumation of the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schists and implications for the late Cretaceous to Neogene tectonic development of SW North America (2022), Volume Denver, CO, Alan Chapman, Jason Ricketts.
• Using dissolved (234U/238U) ratios as a watershed tracer for climate, lithology, ad land use: A combined geochemical, geological, and geographic approach in Texas rivers (2022), Lin Ma, Nuria Andreu Garcia, Lourdes Moreu, Grace Goldrich-Middaugh, Paola Soto-Montero, Jason Ricketts, Pamela Sullivan.
• Investigatin the transition from Eocene subduction to Oligocene extension in southern New Mexico, USA (2022), Jeffrey Amato, Emily Johnson, Jason Ricketts, Michael Wyatt, Karissa Vermillion, Michelle Gavel, Vanessa Swenton.
• Developing riverine (234U/238U) ratios as a watershed tracer for climate, lithology, and land use conditions: Initial insights from a combined geochemical, geological, and geographic approach in Texas river basins (2021), Volume New Orleans, Louisiana, Lin Ma, Nuria Andreu Garcia, Lourdes Moreu, Grace Goldrich-Middaugh, Paola Soto-Montero, Jason Ricketts, Sullivan.
• Regional scale analysis of river flow and chemistry shows lithology, climate, and anthropogenic controls on spatial trends in major ion behavior on the Colorado River, TX (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, Grace Goldrich-Middaugh, Lin Ma, Jason Ricketts, Paola Soto-Montero, Mark Engle, Pamela Sullivan.
• Spatial and temporal assessment of the Colorado River basin using GIS to determine the contribution of climate, land-use and lithology to river's water chemistry (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, Paola Soto-Montero, Grace Goldrich-Middaugh, Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Victor Garcia, Pamela Sullivan.
• The origin and tectonic significance of the Basin and Range-Rio Grande rift boundary in southern New Mexico, USA (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, Jason Ricketts, Jeffrey Amato, Michelle Gavel.
• Using trace metals to fingerprint water sources in the Colorado River basin, Texas (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, Lourdes Moreu, Jason Ricketts, Victor Garcia, Lin Ma.
• MESOPROTEROZOIC TO CENOZOIC THERMAL HISTORIES OF GRAND CANYON BASEMENT FROM ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE AND K-SPAR 40AR/39AR THERMOCHRONOLOGY (2020), Olivia Thurston, William Guenthner, Karl Karlstrom, Matt Heizler, Jason Ricketts.
• Different cooling histories in the Basin and Range and Rio Grande rift of southern New Mexico revealed using low temperature thermochronology (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Michelle M. Gavel, Jeffrey M. Amato, Jason Ricketts, Shari A. Kelley.
• Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: Exploring the possibility of fault reactivation (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Georgina Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Jason Ricketts.
• Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Amy E. Wagler, Victor H. Garcia.
• Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Jason Ricketts, Lin Ma, Amy E. Wagler, Victor H. Garcia.
• The thermochronologic record of tectonism and magmatism across the Rio Grande rift–Basin and Range transition (2019), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Jason Ricketts, Jeffrey M. Amato, Michelle M. Gavel, Julian M. Biddle, Nathan Z. Reade.
• Fault kinematics and paleostrain analysis of the southern Rio Grande rift: A comparative study to the central rift (2019), Volume Manhattan, KS, Georgina Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Jason Ricketts.
• Timing of Cenozoic extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and southeastern Basin and Range as determined using low-temperature thermochronology (2018), Volume Washington, D.C., Michelle Gavel, Jeff M. Amato, Jason Ricketts, Shari Kelley.
• (U-Th)/He thermochronologic investigation of the long-term thermal history of Proterozoic rocks in west Texas and southern New Mexico (2018), Volume Indianapolis, Indiana, Nathan Z. Reade, Jason Ricketts, Stanley T. Mubako, Jeff M. Amato, Michelle M. Gavel.
• Post-9.45 Ma deposition and structural history of the Bear Canyon conglomerate, southeastern California, USA (2018), Volume Indianapolis, Indiana, Garrett T. Goff, Jason Ricketts.
• Post-Grenvillian tectonomagmatic evolution of the southwestern Laurentian front (2018), Volume Indianapolis, Indiana, Munazzam Ali Mahar, Anthony M. Alvarez, Jason Ricketts, Philip C. Goodell.
• Fault kinematics and paleostrain analysis of the southern Rio Grande rift (2018), Volume Indianapolis, Indiana, Georgina G. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Jason Ricketts.
• U-series isotopes of travertine deposits near the Santa Fe fault in Laguna, New Mexico: Reconstruction of paleo flow paths and hydrodynamics (2018), Volume Boston, MA, Victor Garcia, Lin Ma, Jason Ricketts, Anthony Dosseto.
• Patterns in Cenozoic extension along the Rio Grande rift - Basin and Range transition in southern New Mexico from apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology (2018), Volume Flagstaff, Arizona, Jason Ricketts, Biddle Julian, Jeff M. Amato.
• Long-term thermal histories of rocks in the Rio Grande rift - Basin and Range transition zone using zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic data (2018), Volume Flagstaff, Arizona, Nathan Z. Reade, Jason Ricketts, Jeff M. Amato.
• Continuing mentorship of underrepresented students in geophysics through the educational internship in physical sciences (EIPS) (2018), Volume Socorro, New Mexico, D De Los Santos, S Pon, F Enriquez, G Alvarez-Rodriguez, S Terrazas, Jason Ricketts, John Olgin.
• Evidence for multiple magmatic sources over time along the southwestern Laurentian margin during the Grenville orogeny (2018), Volume Socorro, NM, Jason Ricketts, Philip C. Goodell, Anthony M. Alvarez, M A. Mahar.
• Fault kinematics of the southern Rio Grande rift: A paleostress analysis (2018), Volume Socorro, New Mexico, Georgina G. Rodriguez Gonzalez, Jason Ricketts.
• GIS analysis and (U-Th)/He thermochronologic investigation of Proterozoic rocks in southern New Mexico (2018), Volume Socorro, NM, Jason Ricketts, Nathan Z. Reade, Julian M. Biddle, Jeff M. Amato.
• The timing of Neogene extension in the southern Rio Grande rift and southeastern Basin and Range Province using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry (2018), Volume Socorro, NM, Michelle Gavel, Jeff M. Amato, Jason Ricketts.

• Development of techniques for 3D mapping at macroscopic scales
• Collaborative Research: Testing two incompatible models for extension in the Rio Grande rift – Basin and Range transition zone of southern New Mexico