Geosciences at Virginia Tech

Faculty and Instructors

Robert P. Lowell
Research Professor of Geophysics

Office:
1058 Derring Hall
+1.540.231.6004 (Phone)
+1.540.231.3386 (FAX)

Mailing Address:
4044 Derring Hall (0420)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Education:
Ph.D., Geophysics, Oregon State University, 1972
M.S., Physics, Oregon State University, 1967
B.S., Physics, Loyola University (Chicago), 1965

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Awards

  • Sigma Xi Best Paper Award for Senior Faculty, Georgia Tech (2002)

Research Interests

  • High-temperature magma-hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges
  • Mathematical and numerical modeling of heat, fluid, and chemical transport in Earth's crust
  • Thermal and chemical controls on the evolution of crustal permeability
  • Multi-phase multi-component transport
  • Biogeochemical reactive transport processes
  • Formation and evolution of methane gas hydrates in marine sediments
  • Carbonate dissolution and precipitation in coastal mixing zones
  • Hydrothermal processes over geologic time and thoughout the solar system

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