
Andrew V. Zuza
Assistant Professor
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Business telephone: (775) 784-1446
Fax: (775) 784-1709
E-mail: azuza@unr.edu
Education
• Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
• B.S. Cornell University, 2011
Areas of Expertise
• Structural geology and tectonics
• Continental deformation
• Geologic mapping
Professional Work Experience
• August 2016–present: Assistant Professor, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• Summer 2016: Instructor, Black Hills Natural Science Field Station, South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology
• August 2011–June 2016: Research/Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles
Curriculum Vitae
Website
Selected Publications
Zuza, A. V., Cao, W., Hinz, N. H., DesOrmeau, J. W., Odlum, M., and Stockli, D. F., 2019, Footwall
rotation in a regional detachment fault system: Evidence for horizontal‐axis rotational flow in the
Miocene Searchlight pluton, NV: Tectonics, v. 38, no. 7, p. 2506–2539.
Cao, W., Lee, C.T., Yang, J., and Zuza, A. V., 2019, Hydrothermal circulation cools continental crust
under exhumation: EPSL, v. 515, p. 248–259.
Wu, C., Zhou, Z., Zuza, A. V., Wang, G., Liu, C., and Jiang, T., 2018, A 1.9‐Ga Mélange Along the
Northern Margin of the North China Craton: Implications for the Assembly of Columbia
Supercontinent: Tectonics, 37, no. 10, p 3610–3646.
Zuza, A. V., Wu. C., Reith R. C., Yin, A., Li, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Wu, L., and Liu, W., 2018,
Tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan: A Paleozoic orogen reactivated in the Cenozoic: Geological
Society of America Bulletin, v. 130, no. 5–6, p. 881–925.
Zuza, A. V., Yin, A., Lin, J., Sun, M., 2017, Spacing and strength of active continental strike-slip
faults: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 457, p. 49–62.
Zuza, A. V., Cheng, X., Yin, A., 2016, Testing models of Tibetan Plateau formation with Cenozoic
shortening estimates across the Qilian Shan-Nan Shan thrust belt: Geosphere, v. 12, no. 2,
p. 501–532.