Evolutionary Geobiology Lab
Exploring the deep roots of microbial diversity
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The entire lab is participating in a graduate research methods class (GEOL 689) in which an interdisciplinary research problem is pursued from conception to publication. This year, we are examining processes of organic sedimentation and diagenesis during deposition of the Middle Permian Brushy Canyon Formation. As part of that class, we spent six days mapping, measuring section, and collecting samples in the Guadalupe Mountains during late September. Continuing work includes x-ray fluorescence mapping and petrographic examination of collected samples. In this picture, Amanda (left) and Kan (right) are describing the laminated gray silty sandstone that makes up the bulk of the deepwater slope sediments preserved in the Brushy Canyon Formation. Thesis work by Kan seeks to identify the processes by which these rocks were deposited and to establish a high-resolution tool for correlating within this facies. | |