Photos

This image above is from the Xigaze forearc basin in Tibet and shows a textbook example of filling an ocean basin (the rocks are tilted about 45 degrees). On the far right is a dark greenish rock called an ophiolite (ocean crust), which is overlain by a short section of red radiolarian chert, which is then overlain by a very thick section of brown-yellow turbidites.

Field and lab photos

Patagonia

Exploring the Rocas Verdes Basin with PhD student Fernando Rey, MS student Nick Gross Almonte (Stanford), and Dr. Judith Pardo Perez's team in Chile

UT in UT - Book Cliffs

Action shots from a portion of UT-Austin's experiential field course (660A) in the iconic Book Cliffs of Utah!

California

Deep-water stratigraphic architecture of Forearc Basins with students Jackie Epperson, Anurag Kulkarni, and Nick Gross-Almonte.

Sustainable Sand

Sustainability of sand mining in San Francisco Bay with UT postdoctoral scholar Dr. Zach Sickmann and USGS scientist Dr. Bruce Jaffe

From the Lab

Field work and sample collection is just the beginning.

Alaska: Bering Sea and Yukon River Basin

Geologic evolution of the Bering Sea and it's margins; Source-to-sink routing of the Yukon River; Uplift of the Alaska Range; with PhD student Colin White