Kitty L Milliken
Mailcode: E0630
My research interests center on integrating petrographic and geochemical methods to decipher histories of chemical and mechanical modification in sedimentary rocks. Past projects have examined chert, sandstone, serpentinite, dolomite, limestone, and quartzite, but today I work mainly on mudrocks. In addition to conventional transmitted and reflected light microscopy I take a strong interest in electron microbeam methods including X-ray mapping, cathdoluminescence imaging, and electron probe microanalysis.
Areas of Expertise
Petrography and geochemistry of siliciclastic rocks; diagenesis; electron microbeam methods: X-ray mapping, cathodoluminescence imaging; micro-scale reservoir characterization
Research Locations
Current Research Programs & Projects
Shell-UT Unconventionals Research (SUTUR): Characterization of Mudrocks by Quantitative Analysis of High-resolution SEM Images
Shell-UT Unconventionals Research (SUTUR): Investigation of Oil Storage and Migration in the Eagle Ford Formation by Integrated Geochemistry and Petrography
Chevron: X-ray mapping and CL imaging of gas shales for characterization
see vita for listing - several (1985 - 2012)
Graduate Students
Junwen Peng
, Ph.D., expected 2021
(Committee Member)
1. Shale sedimentology: transportation and deposition processes and mechanisms of the mudrock system.
2. Shale petrography: textural variation, mineral composition, grain assemblages composition, pore types, and diagenetic features.
3. Sedimentary geochemistry: trace metals used as proxies for paleoenvironmental and paleomarine system reconstructions (e.g., hydrographic circulation, seawater chemistry, productivity, and redox conditions).
4. Unconventional hydrocarbon resources: mechanisms of organic...
Kelsi R Ustipak
, M.S., expected 2015
(Committee Member)
Clastic sedimentology, deepwater depositional systems, turbidites, transitional flow deposits, siliciclastic petrology, experimental sedimentology, energy resources, karst hydrogeology
Suzan M Ergene , M.S., expected 2014 (Supervisor)
Joel Lunsford , M.S., expected 2014 (Supervisor)
Maxwell Pommer , M.S., expected 2014 (Supervisor)
David Hull, M.S., 2011 (Supervisor)
Aysen Ozkan, M.S., 2010 (Supervisor)
see vita for complete list,
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Fall | GEO 391 | Siliciclastic Petrology |
| 2015 | Fall | GEO 391 | Siliciclastic Petrology |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 391 | Siliciclastic Petrology |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Siliciclastic Rocks |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Siliciclastic Rocks |