# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
Linkages between the evolution of life and its environment and to reduce impacts of energy extraction on water resources

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States)

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Duke University - (Durham, North Carolina, United States)

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California Institute of Technology - (Pasadena, California, United States)

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Montague Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar

# publications[].label
Evidence for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons detected in sulfates at Jezero crater by the Perseverance rover

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Integrated Rock Classification in the Eagle Ford Shale Formation Using Well Logs and Geological Evaluation

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PIXL: Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry

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Iron fertilization of primary productivity by volcanic ash in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Western Interior Seaway

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Tubular compression fossils from the Ediacaran Nama group, Namibia

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Solid and Soluble Products of Engineered Water/Rock Interactions in Eagle Ford Group Chemofacies

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Anoxic, Storm Dominated Inner Carbonate Ramp Deposition of Lower Eagle Ford Formation, West Texas

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A Laboratory Study of the Impact of Reinjecting Flowback Fluids on Formation Damage in the Marcellus Shale

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Microbialite Biosignature Analysis by Mesoscale X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Mapping.

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Stable isotope and Rare Earth Element evidence for recent ironstone pods within the Archean Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

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An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Hydrogen-based carbon fixation in the earliest known photosynthetic organisms

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Open-system Behavior during PlutonWall-rock Interaction as Constrained from a Study of Endoskarns in the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California

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Investigating Microbial Biosignatures in Aeolian Environments Using Micro-X-Ray: Simulation of PIXL Instrument Analyses at Jezero Crater Onboard the Perseverance Mars 2020 Rover.

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THE ACID-BASE PROPERTIES OF CLAY MINERALS AS A POTENTIAL BUFFER FOR SEDIMENT PORE WATER PH AND CARBONATE SATURATION DURING MICROBIAL IRON REDUCTION

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Photosynthetic microbial mats in the 3,416-Myr-old ocean.

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Ore-Grade Nickel Hosted in Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks, Jezero Crater, Mars

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Solid and soluble products of engineered water/rock interactions in Eagle Ford Group chemofacies

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Surface to Subsurface Correlation of Eagle Ford Equivalent Strata From West to South Texas

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Fe-phosphates in Jezero Crater as evidence for an ancient habitable environment on Mars.

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Hydromechanical Effects of Micro-Organisms on Fine-Grained Sediments During Early Burial

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Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)

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Environmental controls on photosynthetic microbial mat distribution and morphogenesis on a 3.42 Ga clastic-starved platform.

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Promotion and nucleation of carbonate precipitation during microbial iron reduction.

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Oxygen and hydrogen isotope evidence for a temperate climate 3.42 billion years ago.

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Deep Lithospheric Thickening and Refertilization beneath Continental Arcs: Case Study of the P, T and Compositional Evolution of Peridotite Xenoliths from the Sierra Nevada, California

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Electron Transfer Strategies Regulate Carbonate Mineral and Micropore Formation.

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Photogeologic Map of the Perseverance Rover Field Site in Jezero Crater Constructed by the Mars 2020 Science Team.

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Rock classification in the Eagle Ford Formation through integration of petrophysical, geological, geochemical, and geomechanical characterization

# publications[].publisher
American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG/Datapages

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Clay minerals modulate early carbonate diagenesis

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EAGLE FORD GROUP DEPOSITION AND CORRELATION IN SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS, INSIGHTS FROM OUTCROPS AND CORES

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The Impact of Re-Injecting Flowback Fluids on Formation Damage. Case Study: Marcellus Shale

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MICROBIAL PROMOTION OF CARBONATE MINERAL PRECIPITATION IN MICROBIALITES: A CASE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF IRON REDUCTION

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Igneous and sedimentary origins of Jezero crater units from X-ray crystal mapping on Mars

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In situ evidence for serpentinization within the Maz formation, Jezero crater, Mars.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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The origin of carbonaceous matter in pre-3.0Ga greenstone terrains: A review and new evidence from the 3.42Ga Buck Reef Chert

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Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars.

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Thermal history of the 3.53.2 Ga Onverwacht and Fig Tree Groups, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, inferred by Raman microspectroscopy of carbonaceous material

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Mineralogically Diverse and Salt-Rich Regolith in Jezero Crater Characterized Using X-Ray Spectroscopy

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In situ crystallographic mapping constrains sulfate precipitation and timing in Jezero crater, Mars.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Tectonic controls on atmospheric, climatic, and biological evolution 3.52.4Ga

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PIXL: Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry (vol 216, 134, 2020)

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Alteration history of Stah formation rocks inferred by PIXL x-ray fluorescence, x-ray diffraction, and multispectral imaging on Mars.

# publications[].publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Geologic evidence for Archean atmospheric and climatic evolution: Fluctuating levels of CO2, CH4, and O2 with an overriding tectonic control

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THE INFLUENCE OF CLAY MINERALS ON THE EVOLUTION OF MUDSTONE PORE FLUIDS DURING MICROBIAL IRON REDUCTION

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Siltstone Geochemical Compositions: Applications for Event Size and Correlation

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Fe-phosphates in Jezero Crater: Chemical, Structural, and Spectral Evidence for an Ancient Habitable Environment on Mars

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Tubular Compression Fossils from the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia

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Diverse and highly differentiated lava suite in Jezero crater, Mars: Constraints on intracrustal magmatism revealed by Mars 2020 PIXL.

# publications[].publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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THE BRAC OLIVINE CUMULATE ROCK (JEZERO CRATER, MARS) COMPARED TO MARTIAN METEORITES.

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DEEP-WATER INCISED VALLEY DEPOSITS AT THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN NAMIBIA CONTAIN ABUNDANT TREPTICHNUS PEDUM

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Hydraulic evolution of high-density turbidity currents from the Brushy Canyon Formation, Eddy County, New Mexico inferred by comparison to settling and sorting experiments

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Palaeontology: modern life in ancient mats.

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Multiple Episodes of Fluid Alteration in Jezero Crater Indicated by MIST Mineral Identifications in PIXL XRF Data From the First 1100 Sols of the Mars 2020 Mission

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Continental arc-island arc fluctuations, growth of crustal carbonates, and long-term climate change

# researcherOn[].label
X-Ray Florescence (XRF) Technologies For Biosignature Screening In Aeolian Environments

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Oxidizing Oases in the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Geology; 3115 TAMU

# organizations[]
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# schools[]
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# etdChairOf[].label
Sneed, Jonathan (2014-12). Ubiquitous Growth of Paleoarchean Biofilms Recorded in White Chert Bands of the Buck Reef Chert. Master's Thesis.

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Kruse, Kendra (2014-12). Paleoenvrironmental Controls on Diagenesis of Organich-Rich Shales in the Eagle Ford Group. Master's Thesis.

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Zeng, Zhirui (2014-12). Microbial Physiology and Biosignature Production: Mineralogical, Morphological and Geochemical Examples. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Gunderson, Spencer (2011-08). Early Channel Evolution in the Middle Permian Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas, USA. Master's Thesis.

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Gong, Jian (2015-12). Formation of Physical Sedimentary Structure in the Presence of Microbial Communities. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Neyin, Rosemary Ogheneochuko (2013-05). Manganese Oxidation In A Natural Marine Environment- San Antonio Bay. Master's Thesis.

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Maulana, Ivan (2016-05). Basin Geochemical Evolution of the Eagle Ford and Effects on Trace Element Release. Master's Thesis.

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Hudson, Ann (2014-12). Stratigraphy and Depositional Controls on Source Rock Formation within the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Cemomanian) Maness Shale, Central Texas. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Hancock, Travis A (2014-05). Sedimentary and Diagenetic Controls on Petroleum System Characteristics of the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group, South Texas. Master's Thesis.

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Motanated, Kannipa (2014-08). Mechanisms of Sedimentation Inferred from Quantitative Characteristics of Heavy and Light Minerals Sorting and Abundance. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Quezergue, Kimbra Rose (2014-12). Mesoscale X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Mapping Reveals Growth Processes for Stromatolites from the Nsuze Group. Master's Thesis.