While the School of Geology and Geophysics maintains a strong program in petroleum-related research, it emphasizes fields such as shallow crustal geophysics, structural geology, and organic geochemistry, which are appropriate to the rapidly emerging fields of environmental geology and hydrogeology. The School has grown significantly and diversified with the recent addition of new faculty and research equipment. This expansion gives the School considerable breadth in graduate education and provides opportunities for research on a variety of significant problems in the earth sciences. Consequently, the School strives to provide the intellectual environment where students can develop into successful modern geoscientists able to understand, manage, predict, and in some cases control, the dynamic processes of planet Earth. This ability includes wise harvesting of resources, as well as disposal of wastes, for the betterment of humankind.

Full-Time Faculty

Younane Abousleiman Reservoir Characterization and Mechanics of Porous Media yabousle@ou.edu	R. Douglas Elmore Director Sedimentology, Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks, and Diagenesis delmore@ou.edu	Megan E. Elwood Madden Earth and Planetary Geochemistry melwood@ou.edu
Michael H. Engel Organic / Stable Isotope Geochemistry ab1635@ou.edu	James M. Forgotson, Jr. Petroleum Geology and Basin Analysis jforgot@ou.edu	G. Randy Keller Geophysics, Structure and Evolution of the Lithosphere from basins to the upper mantle, and Geoinformatics grkeller@ou.edu
Katie Keranen Geophysics, Structure and Evolution of the Lithosphere, Seismic Hazards, Continental Extension, and Seismology keranen@ou.edu	David London Experimental Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, and Geology of Metals dlondon@ou.edu	Richard Lupia Paleobotany and Micropaleontology rlupia@ou.edu
Andrew S. Madden Low-temperature and Environmental Geochemistry amadden@ou.edu	Kurt J. Marfurt Seismic Processing, Seismic Interpretation, and Reservoir Characterization kmarfurt@ou.edu	Shankar Mitra Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology, and Fractured and Faulted Reservoirs smitra@ou.edu
R. Paul Philp Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry pphilp@ou.edu	John D. Pigott Basin Analysis and Seismic Stratigraphy jpigott@ou.edu	Ze'ev Reches Structural Geology, Earthquakes, and Rock Mechanics reches@ou.edu
Gerilyn S. Soreghan Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimatology lsoreg@ou.edu	Michael J. Soreghan Sedimentology msoreg@ou.edu	Roger M. Slatt Reservoir Characterization with Emphasis on Eeepwater (Turbidite) Petroleum Systems rslatt@ou.edu
Barry L. Weaver Trace Element Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks bweaver@ou.edu	Steve Westrop Invertebrate Paleontology swestrop@ou.edu	Roger A. Young Geotechnical Geophysics and Exploration Geophysics ryoung@ou.edu

Cooperating and Emeritus Faculty

Judson L. Ahern Geomechanics, Gravity and Magnetics, and Environmental Geophysics jahern@ou.edu	Richard Cifelli Vertebrate Paleontology rlc@ou.edu	M. Charles Gilbert Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Systems mcgilbert@ou.edu
Charles W. Harper, Jr. Paleontology charper@gcn.ou.edu	G.B Morgan, VI Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis, Igneous Petrology, Experimental Geochemistry, and Materials Science gmorgan@ou.edu	David W. Stearns Structural Geology and Tectonophysics mtdwstearns@aol.com
Neil Suneson Stratigraphy, Education, Ouachita Moutains, and Guidebooks nsuneson@ou.edu

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