Education
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) in geology, 1978, University of Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. in geology, 1985, University of Oregon
Dissertation: The Relationship between Basin Evolution and Genesis of stratiform Sulfide Horizons in Mid-Proterozoic Sediments of Central Montana (Belt Supergroup), 811pp.
Academic Appointments
University of Oregon
1982-1984, Research Assistant, Department of Geology
1984-1985, Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology
1986, Research Associate, Department of Geology
The University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Geology
1986-1992, Assistant Professor
1992-present, Associate Professor
Memberships
International Association of Sedimentologists
Deutsche Geologische Vereinigung
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Deutscher Hochschulverband
Geological Society of America
Professional Experience
1977-1979, southwest Germany and northern Italy, Mapping
1979, Bavaria, Mineral Exploration, Saarberg Interplan, Uranium Exploration and Mining
1980-1984, northern Idaho and western Montana, Mineral Exploration and Research, Anaconda Minerals Co., Base Metal Exploration
1982, Australia, Anaconda Minerals Co., Base Metal Exploration
1985, northern Taiwan, Research
1987-1990, western Montana, northern Idaho, Research
1991, SW Germany, Research
1990-1999, eastern US and Great Basin Region, Research
Research Interests
Basin Analysis and Sedimentology, Sedimentology of Shales, the Genesis of Black Shales and Sediment hosted Mineral Deposits, Evolution of the Belt Basin and the Appalachian Basin, Geochemistry of Sediments.
© Jürgen Schieber, UTA Department of Geology
Last updated: March 25, 2000.