Geochemist/ Sedimentologist/ Sedimentary Petrologist
Project: TBD, Topic - Depositional setting of the ~2.7 Ga Soudan Iron Formation
Project: Origin of Neoarchean metasedimentary rocks near Pike Lake, Vermilion District, Northeast, Minnesota.
Project: Origin of Neoarchean metasedimentary rocks near Pike Lake, Vermilion District, Northeast, Minnesota.
Project: Origin of Neoarchean metasedimentary rocks near Pike Lake, Vermilion District, Northeast, Minnesota.
Project: Origin of Neoarchean metasedimentary rocks near Pike Lake, Vermilion District, Northeast, Minnesota.
Project: Broadly constraining Proterozoic ocean pH by determining primary and secondary carbonate mineral reactions in iron formation from the ~1.9 Ga Mesabi Iron Range, MN
Project: A textural and mineralogical investigation of early diagenetic reactions in the ~1.9 Ga Biwabik iron formation, MN
Project: Sample preparation and cutting
Projects: Initial characterization of the Freedom Formation, sample preparation, SEM characterization of samples, microscopy
We primarily work in Precambrian terranes in northern Minnesota and Canada.
We are located close to the Department of Natural Resources drill core library, allowing us to tackle stratigraphy, sedimentology, and alteration projects at the basin-scale.
Our lab houses transmitted and reflected light microscopes, and sample preparation equipment for element and isotope analysis. On campus, we have access to a shared instrument laboratory with SEM, XRD, and XRF capabilities.
We are currently recruiting for summer and fall undergraduate researchers! Interested in sedimentology and geochemistry? Read the article here: https://scse.d.umn.edu/earth-environmental-sciences-department/news/rock-paradox to learn more about our recent research. Interested in petrology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks? Read more…
UMD undergraduate students Anthony Wetzel and Kendall Johnson just completed their 2017-18 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Projects (UROPs) and presented their research at the UROP Showcase. You can read more about their research here in the Read more…
Undergraduate Earth and Environmental Sciences major Stephen Hanson has been working since January 2016 to characterize the mineralogy and textures of several samples of ~1.9 Ga chemical sedimentary rocks called iron formation from the Mesabi Read more…
