Contact: Dr. Jay L. Banner

Research and Teaching Interests: Jay 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. These subjects are explored using a range of approaches that include field studies, petrography, isotope geochemistry, and modeling. Examples of research projects using these approaches are studies of cave deposits (speleothems) 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. For more information, see http://www.geo.utexas.edu/faculty/banner

Classes:

• Environmental Change
• Environmental Isotope Geochemistry
• Field Methods

Water Research:

• Edwards Aquifer, Texas
• Pleistocene Aquifer, Barbados
• Midcontinent, U.S.A.
• Trans-Pecos Texas
• Element Cycling in Ecosystems

Publications

Isotope Geochemistry Program

Analytical Facilities:

• Isotope Clean Lab
• Departmental Facilities for Geochemistry: Mass Spectrometers