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Earth and Space Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Emma Morris

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General Information

  • Position at Â鶹AV: Assistant Professor
  • E-mail address: emorris6@lamar.edu
  • Phone number: 409-880-8234
  • Office number: Geology Building Rm 217

Education

  • Ph. D., Geology - The University of Liverpool, UK
  • BSc. (Hons) Geoscience - The University of St Andrews, UK

Research Interests  

  • I am a sedimentary geologist who works in a variety of different depositional environments, including deepwater depositional systems, deltaic and shallow marine depositional systems, specifically the deformation and growth faulting associated with these systems.
  • I am currently working on a Department of Energy funded project (Core-CM) examining the potential of coal as a source of rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals, to help plug the gap in US domestic supplies of REEs and Critical Minerals.
  • I also research the impacts of humans on natural depositional systems, specifically the impact of dams and reservoirs on the sedimentation of river systems, such as the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.
  • I use a mix of traditional fieldwork, drone photogrammetry, virtual outcrop models and geochemical analysis for my research.

Selected Publications 

Wroblewski A.F.-J., Steel, R.J., Morris E.A., Schueth J., 2024, A tale of two end members: Tidal Deposits in a semi-arid, low subsidence, open coastal setting vs. high runoff, high subsidence, restricted environment, The Depositional Record, vol. 10, p. 720-747, DOI: 10.1002/dep2.284.

Taylor, W.J., Hodgson, D.M., Peakall, J., Kane, I.A., Morris, E.A., and Flint, S.S., 2024, Unidirectional and combined transitional flow bedforms: Controls on process and distribution in submarine slope settings, Sedimentology, vol. 71, p. 1329-1362, DOI: 10.1111/sed.13177.

Atlas, C. E., Morris, E. A.*, Johnson, C. L., & Wroblewski, A. F.-J., 2023, New approaches to the architectural analysis of deltaic outcrops: Implications for subsurface reservoir characterization and paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Sedimentologika, 1(1), 1-26. DOI: 10.57035/journals/sdk.2023.e11.1051. *Corresponding author.

Hussain, A., Morris, E.A., Al-Ramadan, K., Shannon, P.M., Haughton, P.D.W., 2023, Hybrid event beds (HEBs) and the ‘greywacke problem’ revisited, Earth Science Reviews, vol. 237, no. 104297, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104297.

Wroblewski, A.F.-J and Morris, E.A., 2023, Unconformity Generation and the Shift from Storm- to Tide-Dominated Processes in a Jurassic Retroarc Foreland Basin: Insights from Ichnology, The Depositional Record, DOI: 10.1002/dep2.215.

Hussain, A., Haughton, P.D.W., Shannon, P.M., Morris, E.A., Pierce, C.S. and Omma., J.E., 2021, Mud-forced turbulence dampening facilitates rapid burial and enhanced preservation of terrestrial organic matter in deep-sea environments, Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 130, 105101

Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S., Brunt, R.L., Luthi, S.M. and Kolenberg, Y., 2016, Integrating outcrop and subsurface data to assess the temporal evolution of a submarine channel-levee system, AAPG Bulletin, vol. 100, no. 11, p. 1663-1691.

Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S.S., Brunt, R.L., Butterworth, P.J. and Verhaeghe, J., 2014, Sedimentology and architecture of submarine frontal lobe complexes from outcrop and subsurface datasets, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 84, no. 9, p.763-780.

Morris, E.A., Hodgson, D.M., Brunt, R.L and Flint, S.S., 2014, Origin, evolution and anatomy of silt-prone submarine external levees, Sedimentology, vol. 61, p. 1734-1763.