How Did Petroleum Source Rocks Accumulate? Insights from Deep–Sea Sediments
Philip A. Meyers
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:00 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union
Philip A. Meyers is a professor of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. He is an organic geochemist who is interested in the processes that are involved in the origin, delivery, and accumulation of organic matter in sediments and the evidence for global climate changes recorded in the composition of sedimentary organic matter. His research focuses on paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on organic matter in Cretaceous black shales, Mediterranean sapropels, and Holocene lake sediments. The Fall 2007 Sigma Xi Lecture.Cosponsored By:
- Sigma Xi
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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