SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

AT NEW MEXICO TECH

 

INTRODUCTION

A number of Geology/Geochemistry faculty and adjunct faculty work on projects related to stratigraphy, sedimentology, and diagenesis. Information about specific research interests can be found on the appropriate faculty home pages.

FACULTY & ADJUNCTS

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • Laramide Structure, Basin Evolution, and Regional Tectonics
  • Basin Evolution, Structure, Hydrogeology, and Regional Tectonics of the Rio Grande Rift
  • Late Paleozoic Basins, Structure, and Tectonics in SW U.S.
  • Geology and ydrogeology of the Albuquerque-Rio Rancho Metropolitan Area, Bernalillo and Sandoval County, New Mexico
  • Stratigraphy and Hydrogeology of the Santa Fe Group, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
  • Quaternary Stratigraphy of post-Santa Fe Group deposits, Albuquerque Basin
  • Lithologic Logging of Nested Piezometers Completed within the Santa Fe Group, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
  • Potassium Metasomatism in the Socorro Area
  • Arsenic as an indicator of groundwater flow
  • Permian Stratigraphy of the Delaware Basin
  • Cretaceous stratigraphy of the San Juan Basin
  • Rock property prediction from 3-D seismic data
  • Secondary Porosity in Soils with Carbonate Clasts (miniature tower-karst pebblescapes), Isleta Reservation
  • Shallow Subsurface Reduction of Fracture Porosity in Carbonates, Isleta Reservation
  • Concretion Formation and Paleo-Groundwater Flow
  • Carbonate Cementation, Fluid Flow, and Permeability Heterogeneity in Alluvial Units and Fault Zones in the Rio Grande Rift
  • Chalk Diagenesis in North Sea Carbonates
  • Diagensis of Permian Carbonates in New Mexico
  • CD-ROM Course on Carbonate Petrography
  • Diagenesis and Stable Isotopic Modeling of Mississippian Carbonates in New Mexico
  • Fluid Inclusion Studies of North Sea and Middle East Carbonates
  • Diagenesis of Permian Carbonates in East Greenland

 

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE HOMEPAGES

GEOLOGY 101: EARTH PROCESSES

GEOLOGY 102: EARTH HISTORY

GEOLOGY 318: SEDIMENTARY ROCKS & PROCESSES

GEOLOGY 333: INTRODUCTION TO STARTIGRAPHY

GEOLOGY 337: INTRODUCTION TOSTRATIGRPHY & PALEONTOLOGY

GEOLOGY 424/524: SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY

GEOLOGY/HYDROLOGY 589: DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS & BASIN ANALYSIS

GEOCHEMISTRY 589: THEORY & PRACTICE OF ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS

FIELD TRIPS

  • Proposed for Spring Break 2000: Geology of the Permian Reef Complex, West Texas & New Mexico
  • Proposed for Spring/Summer 2001: Geology of the Cayman Islands

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