{"id":7,"date":"2016-10-03T18:08:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T23:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:09:15","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/faculty-staff\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>David Brink-Roby<\/h2>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1068 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/brinkroby-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"David Brink-Roby\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/brinkroby-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/brinkroby-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/brinkroby-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fluid-rock-deformation interactions within the Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt, Wyoming. Future directions include determining the timing of major deformation events using U-Pb LA-ISPMS dating of calcite veins related to fluid migrations.<\/li>\n<li>Analog modeling using sandbox or claybox models of structural evolution in a variety of tectonic settings.<\/li>\n<li>Assessing fault and fold-thrust belt evolution using work minimization calculations.<\/li>\n<li>Determining structural controls on subsurface coal fires, with a focus on the Centralia mine as a case study, and using this understanding to develop new coal-fire mitigation techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Field mapping within the West Virginia Valley and Ridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Michael Caudill<\/h2>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-946 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/caudillm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Caudill\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/caudillm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/caudillm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/caudillm.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<ul>\n<li>Pleistocene Proglacial Lacustrine Processes and Deposits \u2013 varve stratigraphy and micro-facies (Lake Tight, Lake Monongahela, ice-dammed lakes in north-flowing Teays Stage stream valleys of Ohio and West Virginia)<\/li>\n<li>Weathering Durability of Mudrocks of the Appalachian Plateau \u2013 mineralogic controls on Slake Loss Index and implications for slope design in Pennsylvanian and Permian strata of WV<\/li>\n<li>Colluvial Stratigraphy of Ancient and Relict Landslides \u2013 development and movement history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Aley El-Shazly<\/h2>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1082 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/elshazly-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aley El-Shazly\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/elshazly-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/elshazly-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/files\/elshazly-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tectonometamorphic evolution of orogenic belts and continental margins.<\/li>\n<li>Fluid &#8211; rock interaction on the role of fluids in metamorphism and ore genesis.<\/li>\n<li>Partial melting in the Earth&#8217;s crust and origin of some granitic magmas.<\/li>\n<li>Retrieval and assessment of mineral thermodynamic data and petrogenetic grid construction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Webpage of Aley El-Shazly\" href=\"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/sites\/elshazly\/\">Aley El-Shazly&#8217;s website<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Brink-Roby Michael Caudill Aley El-Shazly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1088"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}