Potential Research Projects
Research Opportunites at Texas Tech Unversity Department of Geosciences
2023-2024
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Dr. Katie Ardill |
•Geologic mapping of volcanic and plutonic arc sections. Fieldwork, map digitization, and analytical work (e.g., petrography, geochronology, geochemistry).
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Dr. Abinashi Bhattachan |
•Studying the effect of ambient and fugitive dust on crop and vegetation productivity |
Dr. Harold Gurrola |
•Upper mantle transition zone (410 to 660 km depths) and the lithosphere using P-to-S converted waves (receiver functions) or PP underside reflections.
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Dr. Jen Henderson |
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Dr. Callum Hetherington |
•Tracking textures and trace element signatures in strategic minerals.
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Dr. Juske Horita |
•Molecular and intramolecular stable isotope geochemistry of natural gases from petroleum-producing basins (Permian, Anadarko and others)
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Dr. Neo McAdams |
•Integrated carbon isotope chemostratigraphy, conodont biostratigraphy, and trace element geochemical characterization of Middle (Taghanic) and Middle-Upper (Frasnes) Devonian biogeochemical events (isotope excursions, extinctions, seawater redox state).
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Dr. Seiichi Nagihara |
•Characterization of surface geology and thermal environment for selecting sites to land spacecraft on the Moon (mainly analysis of remote sensing data)
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Dr. Jeffrey Nittrouer |
•Influence of tectonics on sediment dispersal and stratigraphy of the Selenga River delta, Lake Baikal, Russian Federation
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Dr. Sandip Pal |
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Dr. Moira Ridley |
•Evaluating the structure and dynamics of interfacial water at manganese-oxide surfaces
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Dr. Branimir Segvic |
•Shale diagenesis in Pennsylvanian strata of the Anadarko Basin, OK
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Dr. Jay Tung |
•Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment and its relation to sea-level rise investigated through augmented-reality data visualization
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Dr. Dustin Sweet |
•Provenance of the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation of the southern High Plains, TX
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Dr. Paul Sylvester |
•U-Pb geochronology and gold mineralization of calcite veins, Denali Fault, Alaska
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Dr. Chris Weiss |
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Dr. Aaron Yoshinobu |
•Testing models of marginal basin formation & destruction in the Late Jurassic North American Cordillera – involving field work, structure/strain analysis, and detrital zircon analysis in collaboration with Dr. Kathy Surpless. Field work in Jan. & June 2022. NSF funded through 2024.
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Department of Geosciences
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