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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 page.
Faculty & Adjuncts
- Andrew Campbell (diagenesis, stable isotopes)
- Steve Cather, NMBGMR (stratigraphy, sedimentology; tectonics and sedimentation)
- Sean Connell, NMBGMR (stratigraphy, sedimentology; field mapping)
- Nelia Dunbar, NMBGMR (diagenesis, K- metasomatism)
- Bruce Hart, NMBGMR (sequence stratigraphy, seismic stratigraphy)
- John Hawley, NMBGMR (stratigraphy)
- David Love, NMBGMR (stratigraphy, sedimentology)
- Peter Mozley (sedimentary petrology, clastic diagenesis, hydrogeology, fault-zone diagenesis)
- Peter Scholle, NMBGMR (carbonate sedimentology & diagenesis, petroleum geology)
- Dana Ulmer-Scholle (carbonate sedimentology & diagenesis, fluid inclusions and thermal histories of basins)
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
ERTH 101: Earth Processes
ERTH 385: Stratigraphy and Paleontology
ERTH 424/ GEOL 524: Sedimentary Petrography
ERTH 450 / GEOL 550: Cave and Karst Systems
GEOC 575: Theory and Practice of Electron Microprobe Analysis
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