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Robert D. Lawrence

Year hired:
1970
Specialty:
Structural geology, tectonics, field geology
Research interests:
Metamorphic structures and textures, tectonic major faults, regional tectonics of the Pacific Northwest, USA and South Asia (Pakistan)
Recent Publications:
Qayyum, M., Lawrence, R.D. and Niem, A.R., 1997, "Discovery of the palaeo-Indus delta-fan complex," Journal of the Geological Society of London, 154:753-756.

Jaswal, T., Lillie, R.J., and Lawrence, R.D., 1997, "Structure and evolution of the Dhurnal Oil Field, northern Potwar deformed zone, Pakistan," American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, V. 81, p. 308-328.

Wade, P.D., Lawrence R.D., and Morris, R.J., 1996, "Investigating the Earth - A Geosciences Laboratory Manual," Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 157 p.
Recent Graduate Student Titles:

Qayyum, M., PhD 1997, Sedimentation and Tectonics in the Tertiary Katawaz Basin, NW Pakistan: A Basin Analysis Approach.

Milstein, Randall, PhD 1994, The Calvin Impact Crater, Cass County, Michigan: Identification and Analysis of a Subsurface Ordovician Astrobleme.

Jadoon, Ishtiaq Ahamd Khan, PhD, 1991, Thin-Skinned Tectonics on Continent/Ocean Transitional Crut, Sulaiman Range, Pakistan.

Courses taught:
Geo 101 The Solid Earth (4 cr)
Geo 203 Evolution of Planet Earth (4 cr)
Geo 301 Map & Image Interpretation (4 cr)
Geo 340 Structural Geology (4 cr)
Geo 411/511 Development of Geologic Thought (3 cr)
Geo 458/558 Plate Tectonics of Continental Collision (3 cr)
Degrees:
PhD, Stanford University, 1968
B.A., Earlham College, 1965
Office:
14 Dawes / phone (541) 737-1250
Email:
lawrencr@geo.oregonstate.edu

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