Iowa State University

Iowa State University

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

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Contact us at 515-294-4477 (geology) or 515-294-4758 (meteorology)
geology@iastate.edu
Meteorology Undergrad Program
Meteorology Graduate Program

Carl Jacobson
Chair
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
253 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011

FAX: 515-294-6049

William Gallus
Professor-in-Charge
Meteorology Program
3010 Agronomy Hall
515-294-2270



Paul Spry Research Projects


  • The origin and exploration significance of zinc- (gahnite, staurolite, ilmenite, biotite) and manganese-bearing minerals (garnet, pyrophanite) with Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in the Olary Domain of South Australia (with Adriana Heimann) and the Broken Hill Domain in New South Wales, Australia (with Graham Teale, Teale and Associates; Ian Plimer, University of Melbourne; and Mark Fanning, Australian National University)
  • Fluid inclusion and sulfur isotope systematics of epithermal gold deposits (Efemcukuru, Kisladag, and Mayislar), Turkey (with Zeki Billor, Auburn University; Selahattin Yildrim, Mineral, Research and Exploration (MTA), Turkey
  • The mineralogy and geochemistry (fluid inclusions and stable isotopes) of epithermal and mesothermal gold deposits and porphyry style copper and/or molybdenum deposits, Greece (with Panos Voudouris, University of Athens; Vasilios Melfos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
  • The genetic relationship of alkaline magmatism to the formation of gold telluride mineralization in the central Montana alkalic belt
  • The effects of metamorphism on the metamorphosed Angas Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, South Australia (with Ross Both, University of Adelaide)
  • Mineralogy and crystallography of sulfides, sulfosalts, and tellurides (with Luca Bindi, University of Florence)