Paul A. Thayer Professor of Geology Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1967 Center for Marine Sciences & Department of Earth Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 Telephone: 910-962-3780 Fax: 910-962-7077 E-mail: thayer@uncw.edu
Teaching: I teach courses in sedimentology and sedimentary rocks with an emphasis on terrigenous clastics. At the undergraduate level I teach Principles of Geology (GLY 101) and General Petrology (GLY 310). I also teach the following graduate courses: Sedimentary Environments (GLY 510), Clastic Petrology (GLY 511), and Methods of Sedimentology (GLY 515).
Research: My chief interest is chemistry, provenance, diagenesis, and petrophysical characteristics of sand and sandstone. Recent work has focused on Mesozoic, Tertiary, and Quaternary strata in the southeastern U.S. and Mexico. I also have an interest in the application of sedimentological data for hydrologic modeling of aquifer and confining units.
Selected Publications: http://www.uncw.edu/people/thayer/Publications/ Selected Abstracts: http://www.uncw.edu/people/thayer/Abstracts/ Graduate Students: http://www.uncw.edu/people/thayer/Graduate Students/ Course Materials: Geology 101 Principles of Geology Geology 125 Natural Disasters Geology 310 General Petrology Geology 394 Piedmont Geology Geology 510 Sedimentary Environments Geology 511 Clastic Petrology Geology 515 Methods of Sedimentology Geology 480/592 Industrial Rocks and Minerals
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