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
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
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
