James L. Carter

Professor of Geosciences

Department of Geosciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Box 830688
Richardson TX 75083-0688
Phone: 972-883-2455
Fax: 972-883-2537
e-mail: jcarter@utdallas.edu

Education

Research Interests

Geochemical exploration; ore genesis; mineralogy and chemistry of Earth's mantle; lunar studies; extraterrestrial resources; environmental geochemistry

Courses

Industrial Interactions

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Recent dissertations (Ph. D.) and theses (M. Sc.) supervised:

Hong Ma, 1996. Aspects of tungsten-gold Association in the Tungsten District, Bounder County, Colorado. Ph. D.

Thomas E. Jenkins, 1996. Tellurium and other elements as geochemical guides to gold, silver, and telluride deposits, Gold hill Mining district, Boulder County, Colorado. Ph. D.

Gilbert Matthew Burleigh, 1996. A detailed geochemical study of soil lead at a former lead-acid battery recycling site. M. S.

Marcelo Lavado, 1995. Geology and geochemistry of the Morococho Mining District, Peru. Ph. D.

Norai M. Ibrahim, 1993. Geochemical and bio-geochemical study of lead in West Dallas soils. M. S.

Recent Representative Publications:

James L. Carter and Marcelo Lavado. "Genesis of Polymetallic Mineral Deposits Along the Mitu-Picura Contact in the Yauli Dome Region of Central Peru," G. S. A. Abstract, 1997.

James L. Carter, David S. McKay, Walter W. Boles, Carlton C. Allen, and Judith H. Allton, in "Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space IV: Proceedings of Space 94," ed. by Rodney G. Galloway and Stanley Lokaj, Amer. Soc. Civil Engr., NY, pp. 856-857, 1994.

Honors:

1992 South Central Federation of Mineral Societies' Honorary Award winner for the AFMS Scholarship Foundation ($10,000 scholarships for students)

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