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Katherine A. Giles

Professor
Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences

Office Building: Geological Sciences Building
Office Room: 201A
Phone: (915) 747-7075
Email: kagiles@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

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Awards and Honors

AAPG SWS Distinguished Educator Award 2024 (05/01/2024-05/31/2024)
AAPG Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award 2022 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
2020 ACS Presidential Symposium Invited Panelist - American Chemical Society (08/01/2020-08/31/2020)
2020 Distinguished Alumni University of Wisconsin, Madison (12/01/2019-12/31/2019)
AAPG Award of Excellence Top 10 Poster Presentation 2015 Annual Meeting - AAPG (06/01/2015-06/30/2015)
Keynote Address - New Mexico Geological Society (04/01/2014-04/30/2014)
Elected Chair - Sedimentary Geology Division, Geological Society of America (10/01/2013-10/31/2013)
AAPG Top 10 Presentation 2012 Annual Meeting - American Association of Petroleum Geologists (05/10/2013)
AAPG Shelton Search and Discovery Award - AAPG (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Lloyd A. Nelson Professorship - The University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2012)

Education

Ph D in Geology, University of Arizona (1991)
MS in Geology, University of Iowa (1985)
BS in Geology, University of Wisconsin (1981)

Publications

Characterization and Evolution of the Professor Valley Salt Body, Paradox Basin, Utah Using Integrated Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical (Gravity) Techniques1 The Mountain Geologist 61 3 (2024), Derek Scott, Mark Baker, Diane Doser, Kate A. Giles.
Different Scales of Salt-Sediment Interaction Flanking Passive Diapirs AAPG Bulletin 107 (2023), Mark G. Rowan, Kate A. Giles.
Burial Wedges -- Evidence for Prolonged Progressive Burial of the Paradox Basin Salt Walls - with a Detailed Example from Gypsum Valley, Colorado Basin Research (2022), Richard P. Langford, Katherine A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Josh McFarland, Liz Heness, David Lankford-Bravo, Jessica Thompson-Jobe, Alondra Soltero, Claire Bailey.
Burial Wedges -- Evidence for Prolonged Progressive Burial of the Paradox Basin Salt Walls - with a Detailed Example from Gypsum Valley, Colorado Basin Research (2022), Richard P. Langford, Katherine A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Josh McFarland, Liz Heness, David Lankford-Bravo, Jessica Thompson-Jobe, Alondra Soltero, Claire Bailey.
Interpreting the Nature of the Aulet and Adons Diapirs, from Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Analysis of Flanking Minibasin Strata, Spanish Pyrenees, Catalunya, Spain Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (2022), C. Evelyn Gannaway, Kate A. Giles, Josep Anton Munoz, Mark G. Rowan.
Different scales of salt-sediment interaction around passive diapirs EGU Assemby 2021 (2021), Mark Rowan, Kate A. Giles.
The Transition from Salt Diapir to Weld and Thrust: Examples from the Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia Basin Research 00 (2021), Oakar Vidal-Royo, Mark G. Rowan, Oriol Ferrer, Mark P. Fischer, J. Carl Fiduk, David P. Canova, Thomas E. Hearon IV, Katherine A. Giles.
Passive Versus Active Diaipirism AAPG Bulletin 105 1 (2021), Mark G. Rowan, Kate A. Giles.
Folding and fracturing of rocks adjacent to salt diapirs Journal of Structural Geology V. 141 (2020), Mark G. Rowan, Josep Anton Munoz, Kate A. Giles, Eduard Roca, Thomas Hearon, Joseph C. Fiduk, Oriol Ferrer, Mark Fischer.
Salt tectonics and controls on halokinetic -sequences development of an exposed deepwater diapir: The Bakio Diapir, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees Marine and Petroleum Geology 123 (2020), Eduard Roca, Oriol Ferrer, Mark G. Rowan, Josep Anton Muñoz, Mireia Butillé, Kate A. Giles, Pau Arbués, Marco de Matteis.
Celebrating 65 Years of ACS PRF Grants Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020), Katherine A. Giles.
Sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and structural evolution of minibasins and a megaflap formed during passive salt diapirism: The Neoproterozoic Witchelina diapir, Willouran Ranges, South Australia Journal of Sedimentary Research 90 (2020), Cora E. Gannaway Dalton, Katherine A. Giles, Mark Rowan, Richard P. Langford, Thomas Hearon, J. C. Fiduc.
ACS Petroleum Research Fund: 65 Years of Sowing Seeds American Chemical Society Chemical & Engineering News 98 21 (2020), Katherine A. Giles.
Sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and structural evolution of minibasins and a megaflap formed during passive salt diapirism: The Neoproterozoic Witchelina diapir, Willouran Ranges, South Australia Journal of Sedimentary Research 90 (2020), C. Evelyn Gannaway Dalton, Katherine Giles, Richard Langford, Mark G. Rowan, Thomas E. Hearon, J.C. Fiduk.
Evolution of Megaflaps, Extensional-Rollover Subbasins, and Salt- Withdrawal Minibasins at Aulet and Adons Diapirs in the Spanish Pyrenees, Catalunya 2019 GCS-SEPM Perkins Conference, SALT TECTONICS, ASSOCIATED PROCESSES AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL: REVISITED: 1989-2019 (2019), C. E. Gannaway Dalton, Kate A. Giles, Josep A. Munoz, Mark G. Rowan.
Salt-Sediment Interaction: Lessons Learned from La Popa Basin, Mexico 2019 GCS-SEPM Perkins Conference; SALT TECTONICS, ASSOCIATED PROCESSES AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL: REVISITED: 1989-2019 (2019), Kate A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Timothy F. Lawton.
Synthesizing Old Questions with New Developments in Caprock Research: Is it Time to Abandon Well-Trodden Paths? 2019 GCS-SEPM Perkins Conference; SALT TECTONICS, ASSOCIATED PROCESSES AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL: REVISITED: 1989-2019 (2019), Benjamin Brunner, Amanda L. Labrado, Gail Arnold, Julia Astromovich, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kate A. Giles.
Synthesizing Old Questions with New Developments in Caprock Research: Is it Time to Abandon Well-Trodden Paths? 2019 GCS-SEPM Perkins Conference; SALT TECTONICS, ASSOCIATED PROCESSES AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL: REVISITED: 1989-2019 (2019), Benjamin Brunner, Amanda L. Labrado, Gail Arnold, Julia Astromovich, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kate A. Giles.
Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Megaflap-Bearing Sinbad Valley salt wall, NE Paradox Basin, Colorado Geosphere (2019) 16 (2019), Jessica Thompson, Katherine A. Giles, Thomas E. Hearon, Mark G. Rowan, Bruce Trudgill, C. Evelyn Gannaway-Dalton, Zane R. Jobe.
CARBONATES ADJACENT TO GYPSUM IN THE PARADOX BASIN - OH CAPROCK, WHEREFORE ART THOU? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (in press), Amanda Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles.
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LATERAL CARBONATE CAPROCK: GYPSUM VALLEY SALT WALL, PARADOX BASIN, COLORADO Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), Piper Poe, Kate A. Giles, Benjamin Brunner, Rachelle Kernen.
CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNDEPOSITIONAL DEFORMATION IN THE PERMIAN CUTLER FORMATION, NORTHERN MARGIN ONION CREEK DIAPIR, PARADOX BASIN, UT Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), DAVID LANKFORD-BRAVO, Kate A. Giles, Richard P. Langford.
FLUVIAL SANDSTONE DISTRIBUTION IN THE JURASSIC SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION AROUND THE GYPSUM VALLEY SALT DIAPIR Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), CLAIRE H. Bailey, Richard P. Langford, Kate A. Giles.
FLUVIAL SANDSTONE DISTRIBUTION IN THE JURASSIC SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION AROUND THE GYPSUM VALLEY SALT DIAPIR Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), CLAIRE H. Bailey, Richard P. Langford, Kate A. Giles.
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LATERAL CARBONATE CAPROCK: GYPSUM VALLEY SALT WALL, PARADOX BASIN, COLORADO Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), PIPER L. Poe, Kate A. Giles, Benjamin Brunner, RAHELLE A. KERNEN.
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LATERAL CARBONATE CAPROCK: GYPSUM VALLEY SALT WALL, PARADOX BASIN, COLORADO Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), PIPER L. Poe, Kate A. Giles, Benjamin Brunner, RACHELLE A. KERNEN.
MEGAFLAPS IN THE PARADOX BASIN Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), Jessica A. Thompson Jobe , Kate A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Thomas E. Hearon.
STRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSE TO THE DIFFERENTIAL RISE OF THE GYPSUM VALLEY SALT WALL, JURASSIC ENTRADA/CARMEL FORMATIONS, PARADOX BASIN, COLORADO Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), RAFAEL A. Delfin, Richard P. Langford, Kate A. Giles.
SUPRA-SALT SYNDEPOSITIONAL FOLDING IN THE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, BIG GYPSUM VALLEY, COLORADO Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), ALONDRA Soltero, Richard P. Langford, Kate A. Giles.
RECOGNITION OF PASSIVE SALT DIAPIRISM IN THE ROCK RECORD AAPG Search and Discovery (2019), Katherine Giles, Mark G. Rowan.
Origin of the Neoproterozoic rim dolomite as lateral carbonate caprock, Patawarta salt sheet, Flinders Ranges, South Australia Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Special Edition (2019), Rachelle A. Kernen, Kate A. Giles, Piper L. Poe, C. Evelyn Gannaway-Dalton, Mark G. Rowan, Thomas E. Hearon, IV, J. C. Fiduk.
A review of allochthonous salt tectonics in the Flinders and Willouran ranges, South Australia Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Special Edition (2019), Mark Rowan, Thomas Hearon, IV, Rachelle Kernen, Katherine Giles, Evelyn Gannaway, Nicholas Williams, J.C. Fiduk, Timothy Lawton, Tyler Hannah, .
Lateral terminations of salt walls and megaflaps: An example from Gypsum Valley Diapir, Paradox Basin, Colorado, USA Basin Research 31 1 (2019), Frederic O. Escosa, Mark G. Rowan, Kate A. Giles, Kyle T. Deatrick, Allison M. Mast, Richard P. Langford, Thomas E. Hearon, Eduard Roca.
Multiple Stages of Syndepositional Halokinetic (?) Deformation in the Permian Cutler Formation, Northern Margin of the Onion Creek Diapir, Paradox Basin, UT (2019), David Lankford-Bravo, Kate A. Giles, Richard P. Langford.
The Paradox Basin Revealed Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019 (2019), Jessica A. Thompson Jobe, Katherine Giles.

Presentations

Revealing The Rare Earth Element (REE) Inventory Of Caprock On Salt Diapirs (2023), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, Antonio Arribas, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles, Evey Gannaway Dalton, Amanda L. Labrado, Gloria Ortiz Gamboa, Charles Igomu, Jose Franco Moraga, Rebecca Navarrette, Paola Salas Rivera, Mya Valenzuela, Madison Woelfel.
The Tale of Two Hydrocarbons – News from Damon Mound, Texas (2020), Amanda Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano Bernasconi, Joern Peckmann, Kate A. Giles.
Some like it hot: formation temperatures of carbonate caprock formation  (2020), Volume Galveston, Texas, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Kate A. Giles.
Identification of microbially mediated formation of Carbonate Caprock at Salt Domes (2020), Volume Galveston, Texas, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles.
Synthesizing old questions with new developments in caprock research: is it time to abandon well-trodden paths? (2019), Volume Houston, Texas, Benjamin Brunner, , Gail Arnold, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kate A. Giles.
Thermochemical or bacterial sulfate reduction: determining the driver of native sulfur formation in the subsurface (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Kate A. Giles.
Geochemical fingerprints of anaerobic native sulfur formation in the subsurface (2019), Volume Seattle, WA, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Kate A. Giles.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	22819
Fall 2024	GEOL 6115 - Adv Topics in Geological Scien	17736
Fall 2024	GEOL 4166 - Directed Study, Geology	17764
Fall 2024	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	11529	Syllabus
Fall 2024	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	12051	Syllabus
Fall 2024	GEOL 5115 - Selected Topics in Geol Scien	17735
Fall 2024	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	12065

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2024	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	22308	Syllabus
Spring 2024	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24812
Spring 2024	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	23173
Fall 2023	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	11800	Syllabus
Fall 2023	GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir	16631	Syllabus
Fall 2023	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	10218
Fall 2023	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	12444
Summer 2023	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	33113
Spring 2023	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	22514	Syllabus
Spring 2023	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	25605
Spring 2023	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	23512
Fall 2022	GEOL 6332 - Carbonate Petrogrph & Dep. Env	18702	Syllabus
Fall 2022	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	14775	Syllabus
Fall 2022	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	15886	Syllabus
Fall 2022	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	10496
Fall 2022	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	14804
Summer 2022	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	32249
Spring 2022	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	23286	Syllabus
Spring 2022	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24724
Spring 2022	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	28331
Spring 2022	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	25033
Fall 2021	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	10356
Fall 2021	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	13098
Fall 2021	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	14783
Summer 2021	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	32242
Spring 2021	GEOL 5362 - Directed Study in Geology	26019
Spring 2021	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	20640
Spring 2021	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	23611	Syllabus
Spring 2021	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	25142
Spring 2021	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	21343
Spring 2021	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	25538
Fall 2020	GEOL 5362 - Directed Study in Geology	18084
Fall 2020	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	13296
Fall 2020	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	17074
Fall 2020	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	15014
Summer 2020	GEOL 5162 - Directed Study in Geology	36590	Syllabus
Summer 2020	GEOL 6105 - Directed Study in Geology	36589	Syllabus
Summer 2020	GEOL 4166 - Directed Study, Geology	36591	Syllabus
Spring 2020	GEOL 6320 - Dissertation	21480
Spring 2020	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	24105	Syllabus
Spring 2020	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24104	Syllabus
Spring 2020	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	26223
Fall 2019	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	10404
Fall 2019	GEOL 6334 - Sedimentary Depositional Env	18754	Syllabus
Fall 2019	GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir	18753	Syllabus
Fall 2019	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	15353
Summer 2019	GEOL 6396 - Doctoral Research in Geol Sci	36402
Spring 2019	GEOL 5162 - Directed Study in Geology	28791	Syllabus
Spring 2019	GEOL 6105 - Directed Study in Geology	28793	Syllabus
Spring 2019	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	20763
Spring 2019	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	24432	Syllabus
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24430
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24431
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	26230
Spring 2019	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	26802
Fall 2018	GEOL 6332 - Carbonate Petrogrph & Dep. Env	18371	Syllabus Additional File
Fall 2018	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	10416
Fall 2018	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	17405	Syllabus Additional File
Fall 2018	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	19579
Fall 2018	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	15769
Summer 2018	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	32804
Spring 2018	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	20796
Spring 2018	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	26764	Syllabus
Spring 2018	GEOL 6336 - Sequence Stratigraphy	28107	Syllabus
Spring 2018	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	21686
Spring 2018	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	27777
Spring 2018	GEOL 4315 - Topics in Geological Sciences	26502	Syllabus
Fall 2017	GEOL 6305 - Directed Study in Geology	19416
Fall 2017	GEOL 6320 - Dissertation	10433
Fall 2017	GEOL 6321 - Dissertation	10423
Fall 2017	GEOL 6396 - Doctoral Research in Geol Sci	10452
Fall 2017	GEOL 6334 - Sedimentary Depositional Env	18230	Syllabus
Fall 2017	GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir	18229	Syllabus
Fall 2017	GEOL 5398 - Thesis	10601
Fall 2017	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	16305
Spring 2017	GEOL 5262 - Directed Study in Geology	27784
Spring 2017	GEOL 6320 - Dissertation	21710
Spring 2017	GEOL 5215 - Selected Topics in Geol Scienc	27410	Syllabus
Spring 2017	GEOL 5399 - Thesis	29240

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2024	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	22308	Evaluation
Spring 2024	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24812	Evaluation
Fall 2023	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	11800	Evaluation
Spring 2023	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	22514	Evaluation
Fall 2022	GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology	14775	Evaluation
Fall 2022	GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci	15886	Evaluation
Spring 2022	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	23286	Evaluation
Spring 2022	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24724	Evaluation
Spring 2021	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	23611	Evaluation
Spring 2021	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	25142	Evaluation
Spring 2020	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	24105	Evaluation
Spring 2020	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24104	Evaluation
Spring 2019	GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol	24432	Evaluation
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24430	Evaluation
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	24431	Evaluation
Spring 2019	GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314	26230	Evaluation

Bio

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Awards and Honors

AAPG SWS Distinguished Educator Award 2024 (05/01/2024-05/31/2024)
AAPG Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award 2022 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
2020 ACS Presidential Symposium Invited Panelist - American Chemical Society (08/01/2020-08/31/2020)
2020 Distinguished Alumni University of Wisconsin, Madison (12/01/2019-12/31/2019)
AAPG Award of Excellence Top 10 Poster Presentation 2015 Annual Meeting - AAPG (06/01/2015-06/30/2015)
Keynote Address - New Mexico Geological Society (04/01/2014-04/30/2014)
Elected Chair - Sedimentary Geology Division, Geological Society of America (10/01/2013-10/31/2013)
AAPG Top 10 Presentation 2012 Annual Meeting - American Association of Petroleum Geologists (05/10/2013)
AAPG Shelton Search and Discovery Award - AAPG (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Lloyd A. Nelson Professorship - The University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2012)

Ph D in Geology, University of Arizona (1991)
MS in Geology, University of Iowa (1985)
BS in Geology, University of Wisconsin (1981)

Publications

Characterization and Evolution of the Professor Valley Salt Body, Paradox Basin, Utah Using Integrated Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical (Gravity) Techniques1 The Mountain Geologist 61 3 (2024), Derek Scott, Mark Baker, Diane Doser, Kate A. Giles.
Different Scales of Salt-Sediment Interaction Flanking Passive Diapirs AAPG Bulletin 107 (2023), Mark G. Rowan, Kate A. Giles.
Burial Wedges -- Evidence for Prolonged Progressive Burial of the Paradox Basin Salt Walls - with a Detailed Example from Gypsum Valley, Colorado Basin Research (2022), Richard P. Langford, Katherine A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Josh McFarland, Liz Heness, David Lankford-Bravo, Jessica Thompson-Jobe, Alondra Soltero, Claire Bailey.
Burial Wedges -- Evidence for Prolonged Progressive Burial of the Paradox Basin Salt Walls - with a Detailed Example from Gypsum Valley, Colorado Basin Research (2022), Richard P. Langford, Katherine A. Giles, Mark G. Rowan, Josh McFarland, Liz Heness, David Lankford-Bravo, Jessica Thompson-Jobe, Alondra Soltero, Claire Bailey.
Interpreting the Nature of the Aulet and Adons Diapirs, from Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Analysis of Flanking Minibasin Strata, Spanish Pyrenees, Catalunya, Spain Journal of Sedimentary Research 92 (2022), C. Evelyn Gannaway, Kate A. Giles, Josep Anton Munoz, Mark G. Rowan.

Presentations

Revealing The Rare Earth Element (REE) Inventory Of Caprock On Salt Diapirs (2023), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, Antonio Arribas, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles, Evey Gannaway Dalton, Amanda L. Labrado, Gloria Ortiz Gamboa, Charles Igomu, Jose Franco Moraga, Rebecca Navarrette, Paola Salas Rivera, Mya Valenzuela, Madison Woelfel.
The Tale of Two Hydrocarbons – News from Damon Mound, Texas (2020), Amanda Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano Bernasconi, Joern Peckmann, Kate A. Giles.
Some like it hot: formation temperatures of carbonate caprock formation  (2020), Volume Galveston, Texas, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Antoine Cremiere, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Kate A. Giles.
Identification of microbially mediated formation of Carbonate Caprock at Salt Domes (2020), Volume Galveston, Texas, Amanda L. Labrado, Benjamin Brunner, Kate A. Giles.
Synthesizing old questions with new developments in caprock research: is it time to abandon well-trodden paths? (2019), Volume Houston, Texas, Benjamin Brunner, , Gail Arnold, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kate A. Giles.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

22819

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 6115 - Adv Topics in Geological Scien

Section

17736

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 4166 - Directed Study, Geology

Section

17764

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

11529

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

12051

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 5115 - Selected Topics in Geol Scien

Section

17735

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

12065

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2024

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

22308

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24812

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

23173

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

11800

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir

Section

16631

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

10218

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

12444

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

33113

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

22514

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

25605

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

23512

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 6332 - Carbonate Petrogrph & Dep. Env

Section

18702

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

14775

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

15886

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

10496

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

14804

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

32249

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

23286

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24724

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

28331

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

25033

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

10356

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

13098

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

14783

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

32242

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 5362 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

26019

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

20640

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

23611

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

25142

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

21343

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

25538

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

GEOL 5362 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

18084

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

13296

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

17074

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

15014

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

GEOL 5162 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

36590

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

GEOL 6105 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

36589

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

GEOL 4166 - Directed Study, Geology

Section

36591

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 6320 - Dissertation

Section

21480

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

24105

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24104

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

26223

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

10404

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

GEOL 6334 - Sedimentary Depositional Env

Section

18754

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir

Section

18753

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

15353

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

GEOL 6396 - Doctoral Research in Geol Sci

Section

36402

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 5162 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

28791

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 6105 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

28793

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

20763

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

24432

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24430

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24431

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

26230

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

26802

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

GEOL 6332 - Carbonate Petrogrph & Dep. Env

Section

18371

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Fall 2018

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

10416

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

17405

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Fall 2018

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

19579

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

15769

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

32804

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

20796

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

26764

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 6336 - Sequence Stratigraphy

Section

28107

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

21686

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

27777

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

GEOL 4315 - Topics in Geological Sciences

Section

26502

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 6305 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

19416

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 6320 - Dissertation

Section

10433

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 6321 - Dissertation

Section

10423

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 6396 - Doctoral Research in Geol Sci

Section

10452

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 6334 - Sedimentary Depositional Env

Section

18230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 5364 - Sedimentary Depositional Envir

Section

18229

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

10601

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

16305

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

GEOL 5262 - Directed Study in Geology

Section

27784

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

GEOL 6320 - Dissertation

Section

21710

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

GEOL 5215 - Selected Topics in Geol Scienc

Section

27410

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

GEOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

29240

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

22308

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24812

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

11800

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

22514

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 1313 - Intro to Physical Geology

Section

14775

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

GEOL 5315 - Selected Topics-Geological Sci

Section

15886

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

23286

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24724

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

23611

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

25142

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

24105

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24104

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1314 - Intro to Historical Geol

Section

24432

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24430

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

24431

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

GEOL 1104 - Lab for GEOL 1314

Section

26230

Evaluation

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