
Dr. Evgeniy Kulakov, PhD
Lecturer of Geology
- Ph.D. Geology
Michigan Technological University - M.S. Geology
Michigan Technological University - B.Sc. Applied Geophysics
Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
Teaching Interests
- Plate tectonics and global geophysics
- Applied geophysics
- Structural geology
- Mineralogy and petrology
- Statistics in geosciences
- Field geology/geophysics
- Computational geosciences
- Earth and paleomagnetism
- Unsergraduate research projects
Research Interests
- Earth’s tectonic evolution
- Paleomagnetism
- Deep Earth–Surface process interactions
- Global and regional tectonics, geodynamics, true polar wander.
- Evolution of geomagnetic field and planetary magnetism
- Rock and mineral magnetism; biomagnetism; environmental magnetism
- Structural geology
- Paleogeography & paleoclimate
Selected Publications
- T. Slagstad, K. Tangvik Størdal; M. Felix; E.V. Kulakov; Bjørn Eske Sørensen; Kerstin Saalmann; Magdalena H. Huyskens; Stefanie Lode (2025). Detrital zircon data suggest multiple Cryogenian– Cambrian active margins along northern and western Baltica and close ties with Siberia. Precambrian Research. V, 421. DOI:
- T. Slagstad, Ø. Skår, G. Bjerkan , N. Coint, A. Granseth, C. L. Kirkland, E. V. Kulakov, E. Mansur, A. Orvik, A. Petersson, N. M.W. Roberts g, (2024). Subduction and loss of continental crust during the Mesoproterozoic Sveconorwegian Orogeny. Precambrian Research, V 409. DOI:
- T. Slagstad, E.V. Kulakov, (2024). Rodinia without Baltica? Constraints from Sveconorwegian orogenic style and palaeomagnetic data. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 542 (1), SP542-2022-330. DOI:
- KE Bristol, AV Smirnov, EJ Piispa, MRR Navas, A Kosterov, EV Kulakov (2023). Magnetic characterization of the Daule chondrite (Ecuador's first meteorite fall): The case of elusive tetrataenite? Icarus, V. 404. DOI :
- T. Slagstad, E.V. Kulakov, N.W. Roberts, et al. (2023). Was Baltica part of Rodinia? Terra Nova. V, 35, Issue 3,
- E.V. Kulakov, T. Slagstad, M. Ganerod, T. H. Torsvik (2022). Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Meso-Neoproterozoic rocks from southwest Norway. Implications for magnetic remanence ages and the paleogeography of Baltica in a Rodinia supercontinent context. Precambrian research, 379. DOI:
- E.V. Kulakov, T.H. Torsvik (2022). Comment on Paleomagnetism of the Guanyang Devonian sedimentary successions in Guangxi province, South China” by Wu et al. 2021.Gondwana Research, 107. DOI: DOI: .
- T. Slagstad, I. H. C. Henderson, E.V. Kulakov, et al. (2022). Anorthosite emplacement coupled with the differential tectonic exhumation of UHT rocks in the Sveconorwegian orogeny. Precambrian Research, 376.DOI:
- A. Kosterov, N. Bobrov, E. Gordeev, E. Kulakov, E. Lyskova, I. Mironova Eds. Problems of Geocosmos–2020 Proceedings of the XIII International Conference and School (2021). DOI: http//doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91467-7
- Slagstad, T, Henderson, I.H.C. Nick M. W. Roberts, N.M.W., Kulakov, E.V., (2021). Anorthosite emplacement coupled with differential tectonic exhumation of UHT rocks in the Sveconorwegian orogeny. V 376, DOI:
- E.V. Kulakov, T.H. Torsvik, P.V. Doubrovine, T. Slagstad, M. Ganerod., P. Silkoset. S. C. Werner (2021). Jurassic fast polar shift rejected by a new high-quality paleomagnetic pole from southwest Greenland. Gondwana research, 97, 240-262. DOI:
- T. Slagstad, M. Markers, N.M.W. Roberts, K. Saalman, C.I. Kirkland, E.V. Kulakov et al. (2020). The Sveconorwegian orogeny – Reamalgamation of the fragmented southwestern margin of Fennoscandia. Precambrian Research, 350.
- E.V. Kulakov, C. Sprain, P.V. Doubrovine, A.V. Smirnov, G. A. Paterson, L. Hawkins, L. Fairchild, E.J. Piispa, A.J. Biggin. (2019). Analysis of an updated paleointensity database (QPI-PINT) for 65-200 Ma: Implications for the long-term history of dipole moment through the Mesozoic. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, DOI:
- T. Slagstad; E.V. Kulakov; C.L.Kirkland,; N.N.W. Roberts & M. Ganerød, (2019). Breaking the Grenville–Sveconorwegian link in Rodinia reconstructions. Terra Nova. ISSN 0954-4879. DOI:
- , (2019). Latitude Dependence of Geomagnetic Paleosecular Variation and its Relation to the Frequency of Magnetic Reversals: Observations From the Cretaceous and Jurassic. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20.
- E.V. Kulakov, T.J. Bornhorst, C.D. Deering, (2019). The youngest magmatic activity of the Midcontinent Rift at Bear Lake, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Proceedings of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology, 2018 Annual conference. Iron Mountain, Michigan
- I.V. Gordienko, D.V. Metelkin, L.I. Vetluzhskih, N.E. Mikhaltsov, E.V. Kulakov, (2018). New paleomagnetic data from Argun terrane. Testing its association with Amuria and the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean. GJI. Geophysical Journal International, 213, 1463–1477. DOI:
- T.Slagstad, N.M.W. Roberts, E.V. Kulakov, (2017). Linking orogenesis across a supercontinent; the Grenvillian and Sveconorwegian margins on Rodinia. Gondwana Research, Volume 44, p-p 109–115. DOI:
- A.V.Smirnov, E.V. Kulakov, M.S. Fouchet, and K.E. Bristol, (2017). Intrinsic paleointensity bias and the long-term history of the geodynamo. Science Advances, 3(2). DOI:
- A.V. Smirnov, J.A. Tarduno, E.V. Kulakov, S.McEnroe, and R.K. Bono, (2016), Paleointensity, core thermal conductivity and the unknown age of the inner core. Geophysical Journal International, 205 (2). DOI:
- E.V. Kulakov, A.V. Smirnov, and J.F. Diehl, (2014). Paleomagnetism of the ~1.1 Ga Coldwell Complex (Ontario, Canada): Implications for geomagnetism, geodynamics, and geology. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, DOI:
- E.V. Kulakov (2013). Field Trip 3 Geology of Silver Mountain, Houghton County, Michigan. Institute on Lake Superior Geology. Proceedings Volume 59 Part 2 - Field Trip Guidebook. Publisher: 59th Institute on Lake Superior Geology. Editors: Theodore J. Bornhorst and Robert J. Barron
- E.V. Kulakov (2014). Properties of the Proterozoic geomagnetic field and geological applications of paleomagnetic data from rocks of the North American Midcontinent Rift. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan Technological University. DOI:
- E.V.Kulakov, A.V. Smirnov, and J.F. Diehl (2013), Paleomagnetism of ~1.09 Ga Lake Shore Traps (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan): New results and implications, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI:
- E.V. Kulakov, Smirnov A.V. and Diehl J.F., (2013). Absolute Geomagnetic Paleointensity as Recorded by ~1.09 Ga Lake Shore Traps (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan). Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, V 57, issue 1. DOI:
Selected Abstracts and Talks
- E.V. Kulakov; P.V.Doubrovine, T.H. Torsvik, S.C. Werner & P. Silkoset, (2018). Paleomagnetism of Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous coast-parallel dykes in SW Greenland. 2018 AGU Fall meeting.
- E.V. Kulakov; A.V. Smirnov, A.J. Biggin; L. Hawkins, C. Sprain, G. Paterson, L.Fairchild. (2018)
- The long-term history of the Mesozoic geodynamo: A paleointensity perspective. EGU General Assembly 2018; 2018-04-08 - 2018-04-13
- E.V. Kulakov. and A.V. Smirnov (2016). The multi-specimen absolute paleointensity method: Effects of magnetic domain state and temperature. Abstract GP23A-1323. Presented at 2016 AGU Fall Meeting.
- E.V. Kulakov. (2016). Paleomagnetism of ~1.1 Ga North American Midcontinent rift rocks. Implications for plate tectonic regimes and assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia. INVITED lecture at IPGP (Paris, France).
- E.V. Kulakov. and A.V. Smirnov (2015). Absolute geomagnetic paleointensity in the Precambrian: Where do we stand? Abstract GP23B-130. Presented at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting.
- E.V. Kulakov, (2013). Geology of Silver Mountain, Houghton County, Michigan. Field trip 3. Proceedings Volume 59 Part 2 - Field Trip Guidebook Institute on Lake Superior Geology Editors: Theodore J. Bornhorst and Robert J. Barron.
- E.V. Kulakov., and A.V. Smirnov (2013), Absolute Geomagnetic Paleointensity as Recorded by ~1.09 Ga Lake Shore Traps (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan), Abstract GP52A-04 presented at 2013 Meeting of the Americas, AGU, Cancun, Mexico.
- E.V. Kulakov., and A.V. Smirnov (2013), The effect of low-temperature demagnetization on paleointensity determinations from samples with different domain states, Abstract GP41B-02 presented at 2013 Meeting of the Americas, AGU. (INVITED)
- A.N. Kern, E.V. Kulakov, A.V. Smirnov, J.F. Diehl, and K.Chamberlain. (2012) Paleomagnetism of the Coldwell Complex (Ontario, Canada): New Data and New Insights. GP21A-1131 2012 AGU fall meeting abstract.
- E.V. Kulakov., A.V. Smirnov, T.J. Bornhorst,R. Cundari and P. Hollings. (2012) Paleomagnetism and geochemistry of the Geordie Lake and Silver Mountain basalts: Implications for the Mid-Continent Rift evolution, 2012. GP21A-1130. 2012 AGU fall meeting abstract.
- E.V. Kulakov., A.V. Smirnov, and J.F. Diehl, (2012). Paleomagnetism of the Geordie Lake and Silver Mountain basalts, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology, vol. 1, p. 55.
- E.V. Kulakov., E.J. Piispa, M.S. Laird, A.V. Smirnov, and J.F. Diehl, (2009). Paleomagnetism and paleointensity of Mid-Continental Rift System basalts at Silver Mountain and Sturgeon River Falls (Upper Michigan), Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP11A-0732.
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