Mark Cloos

Mark Cloos
Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences

Email: cloos@jsg.utexas.edu
Work: +1 512 471 4170
Office: JGB
Mailcode: C1100

Dr. Cloos' research includes: 1) field, laboratory and theoretical studies of the structure, metamorphism, geochronology, sedimentation and seismicity at convergent plate margins. Field projects in the Franciscan subduction complex exposed in the central and northern Coast Ranges of California. 2a) Tectonics of arc-continent collision zones and 2b) the origin of porphyry-type copper deposits. Field projects in the vicinity of the Ertsberg (Gunung Bijih) Mining district in Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia (west New Guinea).

Areas of Expertise

Structural geology and tectonics


Research Locations



For the past decade, Dr. Cloos has been supervising about six graduate students at any one time. The overall theme of the theses and dissertations is to better understand fundamental geologic processes. Cloos works with MS students to build a project that centers on their primary areas of interest. Cloos expects Ph.D. students to identify and design a research program that addresses a fundamental geoscience research problem that attracts research funding and results in work published in professional journals.


Graduate Students

Eirini Poulaki, Ph.D., 2022 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Joseph Syzdek, M.S., 2021 (Committee Member)
Department of Geosciences

Makis Jacob, M.S., 2020 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Murat Tamer, Ph.D., 2019 (Committee Member)
Department of Geosciences

Reynaldy Fifariz, Ph.D., 2018 (Committee Member)
Department of Geosciences

Stephanie Wafforn, Ph.D., 2017 (Co-supervisor)
Department of Geosciences

Marin Trautman, M.S., 2013 (Supervisor)
Department of Geosciences


YearSemesterCourse
2022Spring GEO 381S Tectonic Problems
2022Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2021Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2021Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2021Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2021Fall GEO 339T Continental Tectonics
2021Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2021Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2020Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology-Wb
2020Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2020Fall GEO 339T Continental Tectonics
2020Fall GEO 339T Continental Tectonics-Wb
2020Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2020Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2020Fall GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
2020Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2020Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I-Wb
2020Spring GEO 381K Tectonic Problems
2020Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2019Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2019Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2019Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2019Fall GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
2019Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2019Summer GEO f320L Introductory Field Geology
2019Spring GEO 381K Tectonic Problems
2019Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2018Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2018Fall GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
2018Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2018Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2018Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2018Spring GEO 381K Tectonic Problems
2018Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2017Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2017Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2017Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2017Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2017Summer GEO f320L Intro Field Geology-Tx
2017Spring GEO 172H Honors Research Methods II
2016Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2016Fall GEO 173H Honors Research Methods III
2016Fall GEO 171H Honors Research Methods I
2016Fall GEO 428 Structural Geology
2016Summer GEO f320L Introductory Field Geology
2016Spring GEO 172H Research Methods II
2016Spring GEO 171H Research Methods I
2016Spring GEO 173H Research Methods III
2016Spring GEO 381K Tectonic Problems
2016Spring GEO 394 Rsch In Tects And Petrology
2015Fall GEO 394 Rsch In Geological Sciences
2015Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2015Fall GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
2015Fall GEO 173H Research Methods III
2015Fall GEO 171H Research Methods I
2015Spring GEO 394 Rsch In Tects And Petrology
2015Spring GEO 172H Research Methods II
2014Fall GEO 394 Rsch In Tects And Petrology
2014Fall GEO 382T Continental Tectonics
2014Fall GEO 380C Advanced Structural Geology
2014Fall GEO 173H Research Methods III
2014Fall GEO 172H Research Methods II
2014Fall GEO 171H Research Methods I
2014Summer GEO f320L Introductory Field Geology
2014Spring GEO 381K Tectonic Problems
2014Spring GEO 172H Research Methods