Sven Morgan, PhD

Professor of Geology
Sven Morgan
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Natural Sciences
313-593-5624
Science Faculty Center | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128

Teaching Areas:

Environmental Science, Geological Sciences

Research Areas:

Ductile deformation mechanisms, Magma Emplacement into the Crust

Biography and Education

Sven Morgan spent eitheen years as a faculty member and Department Chair at Central Michigan University and two years as a Department Chair at Iowa State University before coming to Dearborn in 2019, where he teaches classes in Geological Sciences, Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geophysics, and Field Methods.

Education

Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Selected Publications

  • Morgan, S.S., 2018, Chapter 6. Pascal’s Principle: A simple model to explain the emplacement of laccoliths and some mid-crustal plutons. in Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems - Understanding magma transport, storage and evolution in the Earth’s crust (S. Burchardt, Ed.). p. 139-166, Elsevier
  • Nabelek, P.I., Stephenson, S., Morgan, S., & Student, J., 2017. Properties of fluids attending variable recrystallization of quartzite during contact metamorphism in the White-Inyo Range, California. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 35, p. 357-369

Awards and Recognition

College Teaching Award, Central Michigan University, 2003