Dr. Callum Hetherington
Assistant Professor
Mineralogy, Petrology & Geochemistry of Crustal Rocks
Ph.D. 2001, University of Basel
Office: SCI-127
Phone: 806-742-3110
Email:
callum.hetherington@ttu.edu
Dr. Hetherington is interested in the application of mineralogy to the petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of crustal rocks. He has a particular interest in accessory and exotic phase minerals, and studies their compositions, fabrics and textures in sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous and hydrothermal rocks. Much of the work is based on field observations and he has worked in a diversity of geologic environments including Archean granites in southern Africa, Proterozoic metamorphic complexes in Norway and Canada, Cambro-Silurian sediments in the Oslo Rift and hydrothermal mineralised veins formed during exhumation of the European Central Alps. Hetherington also maintains a number of national and international collaborations, which provide opportunities for conducting a wide diversity of experimental and analytical studies.
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NEWS
April 2012 - Undergraduate Research Activities in Full Swing
The end of the academic year is always accompanied by bringing a variety of undergraduate research activities to completion. This year, two students (Trudy Watkins and Laura Moore) presented at the TTU Undergraduate Research Conference 2012; they will also travel to Arlington (TX) to present their work at the AAPG section meeting in late May.
March 2012 - Visit to UCSB with Graduate Students
During the week of 5th-9th March graduate students Anthony Romanoski and Stanley Hensley visited the Plasma Source Facility at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to collect U-Pb and Hf isotope data on zircon from the Ruby Mountains, Nevada. The data will form the foundation of Anthony's MS thesis, while the experience will be valuable to Stanley as he prepares to return to Santa Barbara next year to collect data related to his research.
February 2012 - Manuscript Submission
MS student Anthony Romanoski, currently in his 4th semester of graduate study, submitted a manuscript to Chemical Geology. The manuscript compares the results of an in situ micro-analytical study of chemically abraded versus non-abraded zircon from the Red Bluff Granite, Franklin Mountains (TX).
January 2012 - Two publications in Norwegian Journal of Geology
Late last year I was involved with two publications: one dating back to my post-doc days in Oslo (Hetherington et al), and the other the result of some collaboration with a recent MS graduate from Texas Tech (Oalmann et al).
Hetherington, C.J., Nakrem, H.A. and Potel, S. (2011): Note on the composition and mineralogy of Wenlock Silurian bentonites from the Ringerike District: Implications for local and regional stratigraphic correlation and sedimentary environments. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 91, 181-192.
*Oalmann, J.A.G., Barnes, C.G. and Hetherington, C.J. (2011): Geology of the island of Ylvingen, Nordland, Norway and evidence for pre-Scandian (~475 Ma) exhumation in the Helgeland Nappe Complex. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 91, 77-99.