I have done much work and continue to conduct research in the local Appalachians. We are in the process of acquiring new data on the temporal changes in provenance of detrital white micas in the Upper Paleozoic clastic wedge. The goal of this research is to assess the 3D geometry of potentially seismically active fault zones in Yucca Mountain. My work is being subsidized by the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses , TX under contract with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As a result of my fruitful collaborative work on the kinematics of uplift on the eastern flank of the Beartooth uplift, Wyoming-Montana, I remain interested in pursuing further studies of synorogenic deposits as interpretive tools in structural analysis.
Fluids can simultaneously control and record parameters of deformation.
I have analyzed fluid inclusions in veins of known structural timing in an effort to learn about space-time changes in deformation conditions. Acid mine drainage chemistry and treatment, aqueous iron oxidation kinetics and modeling, municipal solid waste ash. Devonian history in the central Appalachian Basin and other parts of the globe , with particular emphasis on the short-term history of relative sea level. Recent studies have taken place in Pennsylvania, Australia, Ireland, and South Africa. Casaleggio, Stephen E. , Assessment of the First Acid Mine Drainage Treatment System in the Shamokin Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania.