Jamey Jones
Jamey Jones
Professional Information
Title: Assistant Professor
Educational Background
- BS, 1997, University of the South
- MS, 1999, University of Wyoming
- PhD, 2005, University of Texas at Austin
Contact Information
- Office Location: FH 313
- Office Phone: 501-683-7743
- E-Mail: jvjones@ualr.edu
Bio
I arrived at UALR in Fall 2008 after teaching for three years at the University of Minnesota Morris. I currently teach Mineralogy and Petrology, and I expect to become involved in some way with Structural Geology, Tectonics, and Field Methods in the future. My research is broadly focused on understanding how continents are built and modified through time. I am not only interested in the tectonic processes that govern the growth and stabilization of continental lithosphere, but I am also concerned with the tempo of these processes as well as spatial and temporal variations in the tectonic history of different regions. My studies are primarily located in the uplifted and eroded cores of ancient mountain belts. These deep crustal exposures not only present unique insights into a region’s tectonic history, but they also afford us the opportunity to study and constrain tectonic processes at crustal levels not accessible in recent and modern orogenic systems. I typically approach tectonic problems by integrating regional and detailed field mapping, observation, and petrologic and structural analysis with geochronologic, isotopic, geochemical, metamorphic, and thermochronologic data. This type of multidisciplinary approach encourages collaboration with other researchers and institutions and is also well suited for undergraduate and/or graduate student involvement.
Check out the research part of my personal webpage (link below) for more information on specific research projects including lists of collaborators, recent presentations, and publications.
Jamey and Lucy the field dog heading out for another day of geological mapping and sample collection, Collegiate Peaks, Colorado