Kennet E. Flores
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: 4150N Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x3253
Fax: 718.951.4753
Email:
Kennet E. Flores 's Web site
Kennet E. Flores was born in Costa Rica and grew up in a small village near the historical town of Nicoya in the Nicoya Peninsula. At the age of 14, Flores moved to the city of San Jose (Costa Rica), where he attended high school and college. Moving in the same direction of the emerging country he attended to competitive Technology and Engineering Catholic High School. However, at the end of high school he surprised his family and friends when he decides to shift gears and enrolled in geology program in college. After earning his bachelor's and licentiate degrees , he moved to Europe for a one-year international exchange student program but ended up enrolled in a graduate school program at Université de Lausanne in Switzerland, from which he received his Ph.D. Subsequently, he joined the American Museum of Natural history as a postdoctoral research and educational fellow.
Education:
Ph.D. in Geosciences and Environment, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland - 2010 (Geology, Geochemistry and Geodynamics)
DEA in Earth Sciences, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland - 2006 (Oceanic crustal terranes and arc-derived sediments)
Lic. in Geology, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica - 2003 (Tectono-stratigraphy)
B.Sc. in Geology, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica - 2002 (Geology and Volcanology)
Areas of Expertise:
Kennet is a geologist specializing in plate tectonics and geodynamics of subduction zones. He is a self-proclaimed field regional geologist who applies various techniques, including structural geology, geochemistry, metamorphic petrology, geochronology and sedimentology, to develop geodynamic scenarios and plate tectonic models. His other foci are the evolution and modeling of the plate tectonics of convergent margins and the exhumation of HP/LT mélanges and belts around the world.
Books and Publications
Kakefuda, M., Tsujimori, T., Yamashita, K., Iizuka, Y., Flores, K.E., 2020. Revisiting Pb isotope signatures of Ni-Fe alloy hosted by antigorite serpentinite from the Josephine Ophiolite, USA. J. Miner. Petrol. Sci. 115 (1) https://doi.org/10.2465/jmps.190731a (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2020
Boschman, L.M., van der Wiel, E., Flores, K.E., Langereis, C., van Hinsbergen, D., 2019. The Caribbean and Farallon plates connected: Constraints stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 124 (7), 6243-6266. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016369 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2019
Hara, T., Tsujimori, T., Flores, K.E., Kimura, J-I., 2019. Sr-Pb isotope compositions of lawsonites in a Pacheco Pass metagraywacke, Franciscan Complex, California. J. Miner. Petrol. Sci. 114 (6), 296-301 https://doi.org/10.2465/jmps.190727 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2019
Harlow, G.E., Flores, K.E., Marschall, H.R, 2016. Fluid-mediated mass transfer from a paleosubduction channel to its mantle wedge: Evidence from jadeitite and related rocks from the Guatemala Suture Zone. Lithos 258-259, 15-36 [invited review article] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2016.04.010 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Madrigal, P., Gazel, E., Flores, K.E., Bizimis, M., Jicha, B., 2016. Record of massive upwellings from the Pacific large low shear velocity province. Nature Communications 7, 13309. doi:10.1038/ncomms13309 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Martin, C., Flores, K.E., Harlow, G.E., 2016. Boron isotopes discrimination for subduction-related serpentinites. Geology 44(11), 899-902. doi:10.1130/g38102.1 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Flores, K.E., Skora, S., Martin, C., Harlow, G.E., Rodríguez, D., Baumgartner, P.O., 2015. Metamorphic history of riebeckite- and aegirine-augite-bearing high-pressure?low-temperature blocks within the Siuna Serpentinite Mélange, northeastern Nicaragua. Int. Geol. Rev. 57 (5-8), 943-977. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2015.1027747 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2015
Madrigal, P., Gazel, E., Denyer,P., Smith, I., Jicha, B., Flores, K.E., Coleman, D., Snow, J., 2015. A melt-focusing zone in the lithospheric mantle preserved in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica. Lithos 230, 198-205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.04.015 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2015
Buchs, D.M., Pilet, S., Baumgartner, P.O., Cosca, M., Flores, K.E., Bandini, A.N., 2013. Low-volume intraplate volcanism in the Early/Middle Jurassic Pacific basin documented by accreted sequences in Costa Rica. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 14(5), 1552-1568. DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20084 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Flores, K.E., Martens, U.C., Harlow, G.E., Brueckner, H.K., Pearson, N.J., 2013. Jadeitite formed during subduction: In situ zircon geochronology constraints from two different tectonic events within the Guatemala Suture Zone. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 371-372, 67-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.015 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Nadeau, P.A., Flores, K.E., Ustunisik, G., Zirakparvar, N.A., Grcevich, J., Pagnotta, A., Sessa, J.A., Kinzler, R.J., Macdonald, M., Mathez, E.A., Mac Low, M-M., 2013. Pilot program for teaching Earth Science in New York. EOS 94(23), 205-206. DOI: 10.1002/2013EO230001 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Verard, C., Flores, K., Stampfli, G., 2012. Geodynamic reconstructions of the South America˗ Antarctica plate system. J. Geodyn. 53, 43-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2011.07.007
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Bandini, A.N., Baumgartner, P. O., Flores, K., Dumitrica, P., Hochard, C., Stampfli, G.M, Jackett, S-J., 2011b. Aalenian to Cenomanian Radiolaria of the Bermeja Complex (Puerto Rico) and Pacific origin of radiolarites on the Caribbean Plate. Swiss J Geosci 104, 347-408. DOI: 10.1007/s00015-011-0072-2 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Bandini, A.N., Baumgartner, P. O., Flores, K., Dumitrica, P., Jackett, S-J., 2011a. Early Jurassic to Early Late Cretaceous radiolarians from the Santa Rosa accretionary complex (Northwestern Costa Rica). Ofioliti 36(1), 1-35. doi: 10.4454/OFIOLITI.V36.I1.1 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Buchs, D.M., Baumgartner, P.O., Baumgartner-Mora, C., Flores, K., Bandini, A.N., 2011. Upper Cretaceous to Miocene tectonostratigraphy of the Azuero area (Panama) and the discontinuous accretion and subduction erosion along the Middle American margin. Tectonophysics 512, 31-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.010 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Harlow, G.E., Flores, K., 2011. Jadeite jade: Origin, Sources, Varieties and Exploration. Proceedings of International Symposium on Jade, 13-22. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Bandini, A. N., Flores, K., Baumgartner, P. O., Jackett, S-J. & Denyer, P., 2008. Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Radiolaria from Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: a tectonostratigraphic application. Stratigraphy, 5(1): 3-21. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Baumgartner, P. O., Flores, K., Bandini, A. N., Girault, F., Cruz, D., 2008. Late Triassic to Cretaceous Radiolaria from Nicaragua and Northern Costa Rica -The Mesquito Oceanic terrane. Ofioliti, 33(1): 1-19. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Denyer, P., Montero, W., Flores, K., 2005. Apuntes sobre la geología de las hojas Golfo y Berrugate, Costa Rica. Rev. Geol. América Central, 32, 99-108. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Denyer, P., Montero, W., Flores, K., 2005. Mapa geológico de la hoja Golfo. Rev. Geol. América Central 32, Colección de mapas geológicos (6). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Flores, K., Denyer, P., 2005. Mapa geológico de la hoja Berrugate. Rev. Geol. América Central 32, Colección de mapas geológicos (7). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Denyer, P., Flores, K., 2003. Mapa geológico de la hoja Talolinga. Rev. Geol. América Central, 28, Colección de mapas geológicos (2). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Flores, K., Denyer, P. & Aguilar, T., 2003c. Mapa geológico de la hoja Abangares. Rev. Geol. América Central, 29, Colección de mapas geológicos (4). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Flores, K., Denyer, P., 2003. Mapa geológico de la hoja Matambú. Rev. Geol. América Central 28, Colección de mapas geológicos (1). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Flores, K., Denyer, P., Aguilar, T., 2003a. Nueva propuesta estratigráfica: Geología de las hojas Matambú y Talolinga, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Rev. Geol. América Central, 28, 131-138. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Flores, K., Denyer, P., Aguilar, T., 2003b. Geología y estratigrafía de la hoja Abangares, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Rev. Geol. América Central 29, 127-136. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship "A geological awakening for the city that never sleeps: Application of advanced analytical methods to the understudied geology of NYC" (Grants and Fellowships) 2020
Visiting researcher fellowship at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan (Grants and Fellowships) 2019
National Science Foundation EAR - Major Research Instrumentation - Acquisition of an electron microprobe at the American Museum of Natural History, James D. Webster (PI, AMNH), Kennet E. Flores (Co-PI, CUNY), Terry Plank (Co-PI, LDEO), Adrian Fiege (Co-PI, AMNH), Denton Abel (Co-PI, AMNH). September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021; $980,000.00 (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (CIRG, Round 22) - Thermal and structural evolution of a long-lived accretionary orogen: A detailed thermos-chronological investigation of the Eastern Cordillera, Ecuador. Jeffrey Marsh and Kennet Flores, co-principal investigators, $27,305.68 (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
