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​We study how modern and ancient sedimentary environments evolve(d) in response to external forces such as climate, tectonics, sea level change, and human impacts.

If you are interested in working with us or learning more, you can reach Matt at: malkowski at jsg dot utexas dot edu

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Highlights from our lab:

2024

We have a new paper out in Earth and Planetary Science Letters about the the role of sea level rise on reversal of sand supply in estuarine environments such as San Francisco Bay. This work was done in collaboration with the USGS and funded by the California State Coastal Conservancy to investigate the sustainability of sand mining is SF Bay. 

PhD candidate Fernando Rey's paper on the detrital isotopic response to tectonic retreat in southern Patagonia is out in Geology.

PhD candidate Mingang Hao's study on the deepwater sedimentary record of the early rise of the Gangdese Arc from southern Tibet is now available in Basin Research.

Glenn Sharman and I have a recent paper out in Geochronology on the role of "cryptic" Pb-loss in LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb geology.

2023

Our study of the Earth's surface response to the erosion of its largest canyons is now available in open access with Geophysical Research Letters

MM awarded an Academic Alliance research grant with Sandia National Labs to investigate the sedimentology of a melting delta on the Alaska North Slope

We received an NSF Award for a collaborative project with Dr. Judith Pardo Perez to investigate basin records in the Patagonian Andes (Chile) that hold clues to the timing of early Cretaceous south Atlantic Ocean oxygenation and its impact on marine fauna.
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