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Jay L. Banner

    Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
                      Jackson School of Geosciences
    Director, Environmental Science Institute
    University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
    Phone: 512-471-5016 (Fax 9425)

Research Interests I Projects I Publications I Research Experiences for Undergraduates I Related programs I The Jackson School of Geosciences

Outreach Outreach Lecture Series I GK-12 Program I Caves: A Window into the Edwards Aquifer

Classes New Signature Course: Sustaining a Planet I Environmental Change and SustainabilityI Sedimentary Rocks I Environmental Isotope Geochemistry I Field Methods

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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Banner's research and teaching interests center on Earth surface processes with the goal of understanding the interactions that occur between the atmosphere-land-ocean systems, and how these interactions are preserved in the geologic record. Avenues of investigation include the origin and evolution of carbonate rocks, groundwater, surface water, and the oceans. These subjects are explored using a range of approaches that include field studies, petrography, isotope and trace element geochemistry, geochronology, and modeling. Examples of research projects using these approaches are studies of cave deposits as records of the links between climate change and hydrology, studies of carbonate rocks as records of the chemistry of ancient oceans, and studies of modern aquifers in urbanizing environments. These projects are detailed below.

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS