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VT Sedimentary Systems Research
The Sedimentary Systems Research group in the Dept. of Geosciences at Virginia Tech investigates the evolution and dynamics of sedimentary systems across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales...
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New Semester, New Students
The Fall 2012 semester is now well underway and it’s time for a quick update on what’s going on with the VT Sed Systems Research group. Firstly, three new students have arrived and are settling in to...
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Preliminary Report for IODP Expedition 342
The preliminary report for IODP Expedition 342 that I sailed on this past summer is now published and available here (or click on image below). The report is >250 pages long, including >70...
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Proposal for new research on outcropping turbidite deposits
Collaborators at University of Calgary (Steve Hubbard) and University of Utah (Lisa Stright) and I are proposing a new phase of research on the world-class exposures of deep-marine (turbidite) to...
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Spring 2013 update
It’s been a busy several months for the VT Sed Systems Research group. I have three graduate students that started back in August, working on three separate projects. Neal Auchter (Ph.D. candidate) and...
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Posters and Talks at AAPG 2013 in Pittsburgh
If you are going to the annual AAPG meeting in Pittsburgh next week check out the posters and talks we are giving. We have two poster presentations, both of them on Tuesday (May 21) morning from...
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Summer 2013 Update
This time last summer I was about half-way through two months at sea on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 342. A year later we are now working on the first batches of sediment samples...
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Looking for a Graduate Student to Start Fall 2014
I am looking for a new graduate student to join the Sedimentary Systems Research group at Virginia Tech. This student would start in August 2014 (applications due January 2014). The research project...
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Fall 2013 Update
The fall semester is in full swing and the Sedimentary Systems Research group is busy with research and teaching. Refer to the Research page for general descriptions of the ongoing projects that are...
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VT Sed Systems at AGU Fall Meeting 2013
A few of us from Virginia Tech Sedimentary Systems Research group will be attending and presenting at the 2013 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco in a few weeks. Here’s a run-down of...
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Winter 2014 Update
A quick update on happenings with the VT Sedimentary Systems Research group for winter 2014. Ph.D. candidate Neal Auchter has been working hard the past couple weeks to prepare for the upcoming field...
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Tales From the Field
Much of the research the VT Sedimentary Systems Research group is currently conducting requires going to where the rocks/sediments are. What this mean is: travel, travel, and more travel. Ph.D. student...
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VT Sedimentary Systems Research at AAPG 2014
The annual American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) conference and exhibition is next week (April 6-9) in Houston, Texas, and the Virginia Tech Sedimentary Systems Research group will be...
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New paper out in GSA Bulletin about submarine channel stratigraphy
My collaborators and I have a new paper out in the journal GSA Bulletin about sediment transfer across deep-marine slopes as recorded in the stratigraphy of submarine channel deposits. (It’s worth...
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Congratulations to Patrick Boyle on completing his master’s
Congratulations to Sedimentary Systems Research group member Patrick Boyle on the successful completion of his master’s degree. Pat is the first student to graduate from this new research program and...
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Site Moved to New Link
To those who have subscribed to this site via RSS feed or to anyone who may just see this, please note that we have moved this site to a new URL http://www.vtsedsystems.org/ Thanks!
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