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Earth Materials

Earth Materials

The School of Geosciences has ongoing fundamental and applied research on both high-temperature and low-temperature mineral formation and mineral-fluid interactions. The scales or our research range from nano-particles to planetary bodies. Faculty also study the behavior or rocks through experimental, field and numerical model studies. The formation and composition of carbonates and sandstones and diagenetic overprinting is also studied.

A professor and student working on a computer for research.

Research Areas

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
  • Geochronology and Thermochronology
  • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • Mineralology
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Sedimentary Petrology

People

Below are some of the specific sub-disciplines we are focused on. Please visit the faculty pages for specific projects and contact them for more information.

Brett Carpenter.

Brett Carpenter

brett.carpenter@ou.edu
Brett Carpenter's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Rock Mechanics
Shannon Dulin.

Shannon Dulin

sdulin@ou.edu
Shannon Dulin's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
Andrew Elwood Madden.

Andrew Elwood Madden

amadden@ou.edu
Andrew Elwood Madden's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
  • Mineralogy
Megan Elwood Madden.

Megan Elwood Madden

melwood@ou.edu
Megan Elwood Madden's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
Michael Engel.

Michael H. Engel

ab1635@ou.edu
Michael Engel's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
Sarah George.

Sarah W.M. George

sarahgeorge@ou.edu
Sarah George's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochronology and Thermochronology
  • Sedimentary Petrology
Caitlin Hodges.

Caitlin Hodges

chodges@ou.edu
Caitlin Hodges' Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochemistry of Minerals and Fluids
Gilby Jepson.

Gilby Jepson

gjepson@ou.edu
Gilby Jepson's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Geochronology and Thermochronology
Junle Jiang.

Junle Jiang

jiang@ou.edu
Junle Jiang's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Rock Mechanics
Hector Lamadrid.

Hector Lamadrid

lamadrid@ou.edu
Hector Lamadrid's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Lynn Soreghan.

Gerilyn S. Soreghan

lsoreg@ou.edu
Gerilyn Soreghan's Bio


Research Areas:

  • Sedimentary Petrology