Tandis Bidgoli
Tandis Bidgoli
I earned my doctorate in Geology from the University of Kanas where I studied crustal deformation in the Basin and Range province of southern Nevada and southeastern California. Before joining CSUSB, I held faculty and research scientist appointments with the University of Missouri (2018-2022) and Kansas Geological Survey (2014-2018), respectively. My research focuses on evaluating temporal and spatial patterns of strain, with the goal of understanding the mechanisms and drivers of deformation and landscape evolution. As a Cal State University graduate myself, I am excited to join the CSUSB faculty and give back to the university system that was so critical in developing my interests in Geology and in shaping my own career.
Ph.D. (with Honors), Geology, University of Kansas, 2014
M.S., Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005
B.S., Geoscience, San Francisco State University, 2002
Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geochronology/Thermochronology
My research focuses on evaluating temporal and spatial patterns of strain, with the ultimate goal of understanding the mechanisms and drivers of deformation and landscape evolution. I do this by integrating fieldwork and structural analysis methods with geo- and thermochronology. My current research focuses on the Great Basin in California and Nevada, offshore basins in southern and eastern China (e.g., Peal River Mouth, Bohai Bay, and East China Sea Shelf basins), and the U.S. midcontinent in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. In doing this work, I have a strong commitment to mentoring and training the next generation of scientists. I enjoy involving undergraduate and graduate students in various aspects of my research. Please contact me if you are interested in research opportunities.
(*indicates student advisee; †corresponding author)
*Wang W., Yang, X., †Bidgoli, T.S., Ye, J., and Zeng, Z., in revision, Detrital zircon geochronology of the Paleogene Zhu 2 depression: Implications for provenance and source-to-sink relations between the Cathaysia Block and Pearl River Mouth Basin, China: Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface.
*Wang W., †Bidgoli, T.S., Yang, X., Ye, J., and Zeng, Z., in press, Source-to-sink links between East Asia and Taiwan from detrital zircon geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
†Bidgoli, T.S., *Tyrrell, J.P., Möller, A., Walker, J.D., and Stockli, D.F., 2018, Conodont thermochronology of exhumed footwalls of low-angle normal faults: A pilot study in the Mormon Mountains, Tule Spring Hills, and Beaver Dam Mountains, southeastern Nevada and southwestern Utah: Chemical Geology, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.06.026.
Nolte, A., Tsoflias, G., Bidgoli, T.S., and Watney, W.L., 2017, Direct evidence of pore fluid pressure increases inducing seismicity in the US midcontinent through analysis of shear-wave anisotropy: Science Advances, v. 3, e1700443, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700443.
*Schwab, D.R., †Bidgoli, T.S., and Taylor, M.H., 2017, Characterizing the potential for injection-induced fault reactivation through subsurface structural mapping and stress field analysis, Wellington Field, Sumner County, Kansas: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014071.
*Wang, W., Ye, J., †Bidgoli, T.S., Yang, X., Shi, H., and Shu, Y., 2017, Constraining the depositional response to episodic rifting through detrital zircon provenance of the Paleogene Zhu 1 depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, China: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 18, doi: 10.1002/2017GC007110.
Bidgoli, T.S., Amir, E., Walker, J.D., Stockli, D.F., Andrew, J.E., and Caskey, J.S., 2015, Low-temperature thermochronology of the Black and Panamint mountains, Death Valley, CA: Implications for geodynamic controls on Cenozoic intraplate strain, doi: 10.1130/L406.1.
Bidgoli, T.S., Stockli, D.F., and Walker, J.D., 2015, Low-temperature thermochronologic constraints on the kinematic histories of the Castle Cliffs, Tule Springs, and Mormon Peak detachments, southeastern Nevada and southwestern Utah: Geosphere, doi: 10.1130/GES01083.1.
Andrew, J.E., Rittase, W.M., Monastero, F.M., Bidgoli, T., and Walker, J.D., 2014, Geologic Map of the Northern Lava Mountains and Summit Range, San Bernardino County, California: Geological Society of America Digital Map and Chart Series 19, doi:10.1130/2014.DMCH019.
Walker, J.D., Bidgoli, T.S., Diderickson, B.D., Stockli, D.F., and Andrew, J.F., 2014, Middle Miocene to recent exhumation of the Slate Range, eastern California, and implications for the timing of extension and the transition to transtension: Geosphere, doi:10.1130/GES00947.1.