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Sedimentary Geology is a particular strength of the University of Kansas.
The program is highly ranked and well respected. In a recent
national poll by US News and World Reports,
the University of Kansas Department of
Geology achieved top 10 rankings in its two
soft-rock research areas (Sedimentology/
Stratigraphy and Paleontology), placing it
among an elite three schools nationwide to
have achieved such recognition. In the last ten years, members of KU's program
have received more than fourteen awards, medals, or honorable mentions to
acknowledge the impact of their research accomplishments.
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The group at the University is diverse, covering specialties in
CARBONATE GEOLOGY, CLASTICS, PETROLEUM GEOLOGY,
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, TECTONICS and SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES and GEOCHEMISTRY and
DIAGENESIS. Well integrated with the
researchers in sedimentary geology is a large group of researchers in
PALEONTOLOGY, also an essential part of the program.
What graduate level courses are available in Sedimentary Geology?
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- Basin Analysis
- Carbonate Depositional Systems
- Petroleum Geology
- Carbonate Petrology
- Seminar in Sequence Stratigraphy
- Seminar on Coral reefs
- Fluid Inclusion Geochemistry
- Subsurface Reservoir Characterization
- Well Logging
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- Guadalupe-Sacramentos Field trip
- Florida-Bahamas Field Trip
- Puerto Rico Field Trip
- Book Cliffs Field Trip
- Mexico Field Trip
- Carbonate diagenesis
- Micropaleontology
- Paleoecology
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What are the current sources of funding?
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NSF
DOE
ACS-PRF
Conoco
Chevron
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Kerr-Mcgee
Marathon
State of Kansas
K. T. E. C.
Anadarko Petroleum
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BP Amoco
USGS
GSA
AAPG
Kinney Oil Co.
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Exxon-Mobil
PhillipsPetroleum
Mull Drilling
Murfin Drilling Co.
Pioneer Petroleum
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Current graduate student support available
FELLOWSHIPS - Fellowships are currently available to students.
Sources of fellowships include one from Chevron Texaco, others from the Patterson Fund,
Ginnell Fund, and other oil companies.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS - Yearly, there are various teaching
assistantships available through the Department of Geology.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS - Yearly, there are various research
assistantships available through the Department of Geology and the Kansas
Geological Survey
Faculty involved in Sedimentary Geology
Bob Goldstein (Professor-Dept. of Geol., gold@ku.edu)
Bob Buddemeier (Courtesy Professor-Dept. of Geog., Senior Scientist-Kansas Geol. Surv.)
Dan Stockli (Assistant Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Diane Kamola (Visiting Associate Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Doug Walkerr (Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Evan Franseen (Professor-Dept. of Geol., Senior Scientist-KGS)
Gwen Macpherson (Associate Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Paul Enos (Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Randy Van Schmus (Professor-Dept of Geol.)
Jennifer Roberts (Assistant Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
John Doveton (Courtesy Professor-Dept. of Geol., Senior Scientist-Kansas Geol. Surv.)
Luis Gonzalez (Associate Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Lee Gerhard (Courtesy Professor-Dept. of Geol., Principal Geologist-Kansas Geol. Surv.)
Lynn Watney (Courtesy Professor-Dept. of Geol., Senior Scientist-Kansas Geol. Surv.)
Tim Carr (Courtesy Professor-Dept of Geol., Senior Scientist-Kansas Geol. Surv.)
Tony Walton (Associate Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Steve Hasiotis (Assistant Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Bruce Lieberman (Associate Professor-Dept. of Geol.)
Examples of recent and current graduate students and their projects
Abdulrahman M.I. Allisa - Electrofacies model and sequence stratigraphic framework of lower Morrow rocks, case study, Arroyo and Gentzler oil fields, Hugoton embayment Southwestern Kansas
Alexander Martinez - An integrated Geophysical/Geological Study of the Tonganoxie Sandstone Member of the Stranger Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian) in Northeast Kansas
Alycia L. Rode - Invasive Species and Mass Extinction: a Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Study of the Subclass Phyllocarida (Class Crustacea) during the Late Devonian Biodiversity Crisis
Anita E Csoma - Calcium Carbonate Cementation in the Meteoric-Marine Mixing Zone: Process and Criteria for Recognition
Govert Buijs - Reconstruction of Fluid-Flow History and Diagenesis in the Hugoton Embayment, Western Kansas
Christopher L. Johnson - The Effects of Relative Sea-Level and Paleotopography on Lithofacies Distribution and Geometries in Heterozoan Carbonates, Southeastern Spain
Daniel I. Hembree - Paleontology and Ichnology of and Ephemeral Pond Deposit within the Middle Speiser Shale (Lower Permian) near Eskridge, Kansas
Peter Dillet - Paleotopographic and Sea-Level Controls on Sequence Stratigraphy of Heterozoan Carbonate Facies: Pliocene Carboneras Basin, Southeast Spain
Erik Hiemstra - Diagenesis and Fluid Migration in the Indian Basin Oil Field
Hembree Daniel - The Occurrence, Morphology, and Paleoecological Significance of Recent and Tertiary Amphisbaenian (Reptile: Squamata) Burrows
Jason Cansler - Paleogeomorphology of the Pre-Pennsylvanian Unconformity on the Arbuckle Group
Jason R. Mckirahan - The Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Distribution of Lithologies Suitable for Class 1 Aggregate in the Farley Limestone
Troy Johnson - Stratigraphy and Coalbed Methane Potential of Pennsylvnian CoalsÑBourbon Arch Region, Eastern Kansas
Kristie Luchtel - Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Analysis of Incised Valleys from the upper Kearny Formation (Morrowan Stage, Lower Pennsylvanian System) within three Kansas fields
Jonathan Lange - Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Coalbed Methane Resources of Cherokee Group Coals (Middle Pennsylvanian)- Southeastern Kansas
Andrew Madoff - Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy of Sego Sandstone Nelson Formation
Marcello Minzoni - Triassic Yangtze Platform Margin, Guizhou Province, China
Nathan Wilke - Sequence Stratigraphy of the Bethany Falls Depositional Sequence in Northeastern Kansas and Western Missouri
Niall Toomey - Controls on Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper Miocene (Messinian/Tortonian) Carbonates in the Cerro de Ricardillo- San Pedro area of Southeastern Spain
Pei Donghong - The Geology of the Early Triassic Chongzou Isolated Platform in Nanpanjiang Basin of South China
Brian Platt - A New Sauropod Tracksite From the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: Implications for Sauropod Foot Morphology, Locomotion Dynamics, and Substrate Deformation
Rebecca Scheppy - A Three Dimensional Analysis of the Internal Architecture of an Incised Valley: Desert Member, Blackhawk Formation, Books Cliffs, Utah
Matthew Ritter - Sequence Stratigraphy and Diagenesis of the Short Creek Oolite Member, Keokuk Limestone. Western Missouri
Julienne Ruth Emery - Controls on TopographyÑBuilding Phases in Cyclothemic Carbonates: Argentine Limestone, Kansas
Galo Salcedo-Mariduena - Regional Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Lower Pennsylvanian Reservoir Sandstones, Southwestern Kansas
Scott Heath - Taphofacies Analysis of Upper Pennsylvanian Microfossils (Hughes Creek Shale East Central Kansas)
Sean T. Brennan - Fluid Migration History of an Exhumed Petroleum Reservoir, the Abra Limestone(mid-Cretaceous) Sierra el Abra, NE Mexico
Stephen Franklin - Stratigraphy of the Ozawkie Limestone Member (Deer Creek Formation) from Eastern Kansas to Southeastern Nebraska
Edward Washburn - Controls on Facies Developments and Variation in Plattsburg Limestone Reservoir Analog Strata Integrating Outcrop Study and Ground-Penetrating Radar
Zater Mustapha - Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Emery Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, Utah
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