C. Tom Foster

Professor

Metamorphic
Petrology

 

 

 

Research Projects

Adula Bimodal Garnet

Rangeley Polymetamorphic Textures

St. Joe Polymetamorphic Textures

Colorado Proterozoic

Regional Contact Metamorphism

Metamorphic Processes

 

 

Education

Ph.D., The John Hopkins University
M.A., The John Hopkins University
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

  Contact info

Office: B21A TH
Phone: 319-335-1801
Fax: 319-335-1821
E-mail: tom-foster@uiowa.edu

 

Research Interests

Metamorphic petrology, igneous petrology, aqueous geochemistry, metamorphosed ore deposits, structural geology, field mapping, shape analysis, application of mathematical models and computer techniques to geology, high temperature reaction kinetics and material transport.

Courses

Fall 2009

12:114 Energy and the Environment 

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Spring 2010

12:052 Petrology

12:257 Petrology & Tectonics Seminar

 

Links

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Students