https://www.joelesaylor.com/home daily 1.0 2020-02-12 https://www.joelesaylor.com/contactandcv daily 0.75 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581520069369-9ZY8FX6C5EL3CHE4QKAJ/Saylor_profile_picture.jpg Contact & CV https://www.joelesaylor.com/research daily 0.75 2021-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581522372954-OSH2Y75P6QQATG3B1ZNO/Figure+8.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581530316656-9E40CXEIXZNTDTDHSBFN/Figure%2B4%2Bexample%2Bmodel%2Boutputs.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581530990587-SKPJAJB6NJFIEKT01ATO/Fig.+9+depoenvironments.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581524809640-D2IHMYBM97YTPTLOX84R/Figure+1+10S_Complex_sources+and+reconstructed_KDE_STACKED.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581527805090-8P1UB6POLJ1MUV68YR7K/Fig.+4+regional+correlations-elevation_Zhada_only.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581530038427-R09CPB6AVL4S0PY3R2EB/Fig.+3+Hydrology_v1_for_website.jpg Research https://www.joelesaylor.com/team daily 0.75 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/4e8831e7-c1f1-40e8-a39c-8bf53517f7f6/received_409130871053040.jpeg Team - Make it stand out Muhammad Rafeeza Muhammad is studying the Late Cretaceous to early Neogene sediment provenance of the southern Bolivian Andes and its implication on the basin geometry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/199c3f7e-0af0-49ba-b048-7090c6f66f2a/20220707_152305.jpg Team - Make it stand out Helen Kopystecki Helen is comparing δD volcanic glass paleoaltimetry to δ18O carbonate paleoaltimetry in the Corque Syncline in the Central Bolivian Altiplano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/f984c6af-8494-4cdc-9475-3003d279c61d/20220711_112140_cropped3.jpg Team - Make it stand out Samuel Martin Sam (Ph. D student) is investigating the region progression of basin subsidence and surface uplift in the Altiplano, with U-Pb geochronology, stable isotopes, and field work in western Bolivia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/4acfa3aa-5329-4e2b-8102-d1d0b3046d2c/oceane2.jpg Team - Make it stand out Oceane Horvath Oceane is applying machine learning via laser-induced-breakdown-spectroscopy (LIBS) to characterize paleosols based on modern soil data in the Central Andes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/80227c8c-3e6b-42e3-96ff-82792b05ff54/20230707_121328.jpg Team - Make it stand out Jimena Restrepo Jimena (M.Sc. student) studies zircon geochemistry in river sediments as a tool for Cu porphyry exploration in Southern Peru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/49a373ab-7405-44a7-870a-f374f3cbe3a8/Paola_Cumbre+Mikaya.jpg Team - Make it stand out Paola Alvarez Paola (M. Sc. student) is studying the Andean tectonics and basin formation of the Altiplano between Peru and Bolivia. Her research analyzes the dynamic relations between tectonics and surface processes, through a combined geochronometric and thermochronometric double dating of zircons (U-Pb, U-Th/He thermochronology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/554ec403-302d-4df9-b83b-a3ca55f53900/20220712_092102.jpg Team - Make it stand out Samuel Shekut Sam (Ph. D student) uses sedimentary geology to study the tectonic and climatic history of sedimentary basins. His current research is focused on unravelling the climate impact of mountain building in the Central Andes of Bolivia and Peru over the past 70 million years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/e4fde3ff-4598-44c6-bf64-96a6587c5b98/cem.jpg Team - Make it stand out Cem Ozyalcin Cem is investigating the change in sedimentation rates in Menderes Massif and to understand the relationship between the detachment faulting and the detachment basin using U-Pb geochronology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581539521192-3QGU9C8K26OHSJVHM5A4/Eichler_headShot.jpg Team Carla Eichler (Former P.D.F) Carla tracked subsidence and sediment dispersal pathways in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Basin to discriminate geodynamic mechanisms of subsidence related to flat subduction. She now works at the Oklahoma Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1582993703913-5PPHSDZX4YH3RZZR3OD8/image.jpg Team Crystal M. Saadeh (M.Sc. 2018) Crystal constructed stable isotope and grain size time series from Miocene-Pleistocene strata from the Zhada Basin, SW Tibetan Plateau and showed that environmental changes and the strength of the Indian Summer Monsoon is controlled by northern hemisphere insolation on Milankovitch timescales. See the results of her research here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581701568461-NF22SBGU09BRN4O8IGI6/soty-odoh.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581562823006-HCXV6MXSKFPIEM8KZLO4/50325108_00801_0144_XLarge.jpg Team Sarah Meyer (B.S. 2019) Sarah conducted U-Pb geochronology on a suite of Late Cretaceous samples from the Pine Ridge and Tea Pot formations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1582238067357-7B3MUGMJ983GPLB6OXNP/IMG_4996.jpg Team Payton McCain (B.S. 2019) Payton conducted field-based basin analysis, detrital geochronology, and determined the chronology of deposition for strata in Peru and Bolivia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581701464550-LXHOIOT6OTDCK90E1CL4/20160513_083015%2B-%2BCopy.jpg Team Nicolas Bartschi (M.Sc. 2017) Nick carried out extensive field work, (U-Th)/He thermochronology, and U-Pb geochronology of the classic Book Cliffs in Utah and used the results to characterize basin response to flat subduction. See the results of his research here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1582403335281-W5XEJ7YSBTBG3O7LXEWW/IMG_20180715_151600.jpg Team Mario Ballinas (B.S. 2019) Mario used clay mineralogy to document climate change in the Zhada Basin in the SW Tibetan Plateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1611289742642-9TL652QSQGIHE17IYNL2/image.jpg Team Brook Runyon Brook is documenting the depositional chronology of Paleogene Altiplano Basin strata in Bolivia using a combination of U-Pb geochronology and field work. Brook’s work is current in review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/e8318461-cf6a-45f4-96ef-33d0dd667a03/unnamed.jpg Team - Make it stand out Julia Pires Leandro (B.Sc 2023) Julia used detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology to reconstruct Maastrichtian—modern sediment delivery to the forearc Georgia Basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581563181729-059J8FBQP2CYQOB31PTV/IMG-4287.jpg Team Jeff B. Hensley (M.Sc. 2019) Jeff studied basin evolution, stratigraphic chronology, and detrital geochronology in the Peruvian Altiplano. See the results of his research here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1582166788191-XMKLELVFCAH3MNM9B8AK/IMG-4345.jpg Team Noah Karsky (B.S. 2018) Noah’s research compared the record of provenance between different grain-size fractions and using multiple proxies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1611289531277-VEJX0NSWA96H4Q4S2P4R/IMGP1504.jpg Team Tyson Smith (P.D.F. 2020, Ph.D. 2019) Tyson is characterizing the effects of intraplate deformation on transcontinental rivers using a combination of detrital geochronology, petrochronology, and field work. Some of his work is available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4375f9c03fc37de7977fd7/1581563265324-2Z08NTBM25NIQYCPJQ5A/IMGP2389.jpg Team Kurt E. Sundell (Ph.D. 2017) Kurt characterized the paleoelevation and basin evolution of the Peruvian Altiplano. 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