Current Graduate Students
Six graduate students currently work with me in the geochronology-isotope laboratory and earning their respective degrees at The University of Texas at Austin. They have a variety of topics but share a common theme in integrating field work with isotope work.
Staci Loewy
Tectonic history of the Proterozoic Arequipa-Antofalla Terrane, northern Chile
Field mapping, U-Pb geochronology, isotope geochemistry
Christopher McFarlane
Jointly supervised by W. Carlson
Examing isotopic and major element equilibria in metamorphic mineral systems.
U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology, geothermobarometry
Jamey Jones
Tectonic history of S. Colorado (Wet and Sangre de Cristo mountains),
specifically testing the
existence and implications of an exhumed Proterozoic brittle-ductile
transition.
Field mapping, structure, metamorphism and U-Pb geochronology.
Adam
Krawiec
Investigating the link between the Nagssugotqidian and Rinkian orogens of West
Greenland.
Field mapping, U-Pb geochronology, isotope geochemistry
Roy Fuller
Timing and nature of deformation and metamorphism in the Heimefrontfjella Range,
Antarctica.
U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology, geothermobarometry
Liz
Roller
Petrogenesis of the late- to post-tectonic granites of the Llano Uplift of
central Texas.
Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, common Pb isotope geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology
Past Graduate Students
Christopher Whitefield
Delineation of lithotectonic domains in the Llano Uplift, Texas
Field mapping, Sm-Nd, structural geology (finished December 1996)
Currently employed Midland Valley Services, New Braunfels
Catherine
Christoffel
Thermotectonic history of the Halland region, Sveconorwegian Orogen, southwestern
Sweden
Field mapping, U-Pb geochronology, metamorphic geology (finished December 1997)
Currently employed Cococo, Midland
Jennifer Piontek Matzel
Bimodal magmatism in southwestern Sweden
Field mapping, U-Pb geochronology, Sm-Nd
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at MIT
Michelle Roth
Lithotectonic mapping of a proposed crustal boundary in the Nagssutoqidian
Orogen, West Greenland.
Field mapping, U-Pb geochronology, isotope geochemistry
Currently pursuing a teaching career.
I am currently seeking enthusiastic graduate students interested in
applying isotope geology to any number of geological problems. If the main thesis of the
work includes isotopic work but is outside my own expertise, joint supervision is common
at UTA. If interested contact me
directly and see the Department of Geological
Sciences for general information regarding application and deadlines.
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