David Sterns

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1970, Texas A & M University
M.S, 1995, South Dakota School of mines
B.S., 1953, University of Notre Dame

Office: SEC 854
Phone: 405-325-3373
Fax: 405-325-3140
E-mail: mtdwstearns@aol.com

Areas of Interest

Structural Geology and Tectonophysics

Research

My research interests have been in the application of rock mechanics principles (experimental and theoretical) to field problems in the structural geology of layered crustal rocks, including the classical mechanisms of faulting and folding as well as structural alteration of fluids in reservoirs, macroscopic flow laws, experimental modeling of natural structures, and stress and/or strain analysis of natural deformation features.

Dr. Stearns retired from OU in 1997 but still has an office in, and teaches field courses for, the School of Geology and Geophysics. He can be contacted through the School or by email at: mtdwstearns@aol.com

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