Research
Departmental Faculty in Related Disciplines
Jay L. Banner, Ph.D., 1986, SUNY Stony Brook: Fluid-rock interaction as applied to the evolution of carbonate sediments, groundwater and seawater; aqueous and isotope geochemistry; sedimentary petrology.
Philip C. Bennett, Ph.D., 1989, Syracuse University: Low-temperature aqueous chemistry; silicate surface chemistry; contaminant organic geochemistry, geomicrobiology.
Richard Buffler, Ph.D., 1967, University of California, Berkeley: Marine geology and geophysics; seismic stratigraphy.
William D. Carlson, Ph.D., 1980, University of California, Los Angeles: Metamorphic and experimental petrology; mechanisms and kinetics of solid-state and aqueous mineral reactions; quantitative analysis of metamorphic textures; field and analytical studies of metamorphic rocks, especially in the Llano Uplift of central Texas; high-resolution X-ray computed tomography.
James S. Famiglietti, Ph.D., 1992, Princeton University: Scaling and aggregation of hydrological processes; role of hydrological cycle in earth system.
William L. Fisher, Ph.D., 1961, University of Kansas: Depositional systems and seismic stratigraphy.
William E. Galloway, Ph.D., 1971, University of Texas, Austin: Sedimentary economic geology; basin analysis; clastic depositional systems.
Gary Kocurek, Ph.D., 1980, University of Wisconsin: Sedimentology, sedimentary processes and structures, eolian systems.
J. Richard Kyle, Ph.D., 1977, Western Ontario University: Strata-bound sulfide deposits; salt-dome cap rocks; carbonate diagenesis; fluid-inclusion studies; industrial minerals; mineral exploration.
Randall Marrett, Ph.D., 1990, Cornell University : Structural geology; folding and faulting, cross-section construction, fractured reservoirs.
Earle F. McBride, Ph.D., 1960, Johns Hopkins University: Sedimentary petrology; sandstone diagenesis and reservoir quality.
John M. Sharp, Ph.D., 1974, University of Illinois: Hydrogeology of sedimentary basins; alluvial aquifer analyses; flow in fractured rocks; hydrogeology of sedimentary basins; environmental geology; regional studies.
James Sprinkle, Ph.D., 1971, Harvard University: Primitive echinoderms, blastoids; Cambrian and Ordovician marine communities and depositional environments in the Arbuckles and Rocky Mountains.
Libby Stern, Ph.D., 1996, Dartmouth: stable isotope geochemistry, terrestrial paleoclimatology, soil processes, clay mineralogy.
