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GEOLOGY Faculty |
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Nichole Elkins, Lecturer – GeoJourney, Geoscience Education, Geoarchaeology / Anthropology. Development of innovative field-based curricula, quantitative / qualitative assessment in geoscience education, archaeology and anthropology of indigenous cultures of North America. |
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James
E. Evans, Professor- Sedimentary geology and surficial processes, including modern and ancient depositional environments, facies analysis, sedimentary evidence for external controls (tectonics, paleoclimate, and sea level), environmental geology (coastal processes and restoration of natural flows from dam removals), and public policy. |
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John
R. Farver, Associate
Professor- Mineralogy, petrology/Materials science. Synthesis
and characterization of natural and synthetic mineral and
ceramic aggregates. |
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Joseph
P. Frizado, Associate
Professor- Diagenesis of sediments, computer applications
in geology, geographical information systems, groundwater
geochemistry. |
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Enrique Gomezdelcampo,
Assistant Professor- Ecohydrology, use of information technology
in environmental projects (including modeling, visualization,
GIS, and remote sensing), fluvial geomorphology, ecological
complexity, climate and land-use change at various scales.
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Peter V. Gorsevski, Assistant Professor - Geospatial Sciences focusing on applications of GIScience & Remote Sensing techniques for quantitative modeling at different spatio-temporal scales. |
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Charles
M. Onasch, Professor- Structural
Geology and Geophysics including strain and microstructures in sandstones,
role of fluids in low temperature deformation, Appalachian geology,
recurrent tectonics in the craton, engineering geology and shallow
geophysics. |
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Kurt S. Panter,
Associate Professor- Igneous petrology and geochemistry including
volcanism associated with continental rift zones and pluton-hosted
ore deposits. |
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Sheila
J. Roberts, Associate
Professor- Aqueous and environmental geochemistry, (chemical analyses of soils, sediments, sediment pore water, and fluid samples to detect contamination) and groundwater modeling. |
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Jeffrey
Snyder, Associate Professor-
Quaternary and glacial geology, geomorphology, paleolimnology, diatom
analysis. |
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Don
C. Steinker, Professor-
Paleobiology and Micropaleontology including biology, ecology,
and paleoecology of foraminifera, Neogene micropaleontology,
stratigraphy. |
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Paula J. Steinker, Instructor – Mammalian evolution and paleontology; interpretations of geologic phenomena through human history; deep-ocean mapping; geoscience education. |
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Robert
K. Vincent, Professor- Remote sensing including applications of remote sensing in petroleum and mineral exploration (especially gold deposits), environmental monitoring (sewage sludge on farm fields and cyanobacteria in lakes). |
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Margaret
M. Yacobucci, Associate
Professor-Paleontology and paleobiology including evolution
of fossil cephalopods, diversification events and environmental
change, phylogenetic reconstruction, and morphometrics. |
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