Vanderbilt's Sedimentology Lab

Welcome to Vanderbilt University's laboratory for sedimentology. This lab is a facility dedicated to understanding sedimentary processes and climatic cycling over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. Studying landform evolution is particularly relevant since it can help us predict how coastlines will respond to changes in climate and sea level, and how heavily populated areas, such as many of Asia's developing countries, naturally accumulate arsenic in their groundwater.

Research Group

David Jon Furbish, Hydrology, Geomorphology and Fluid Mechanics
Steven L. Goodbred, Jr., Sedimentology and Quaternary Environments
Susan Meredith Howell, Coastal Geology, Geomorphology and Fluid Mechanics
Sarah Krentz, Sedimentology and Quaternary Environments
Michael Ramirez, Sedimentology and Archaeology
Kimberly G. Rogers, Sedimentology and Quaternary Environments
Mohammad Ulla, Sedimentology and Quaternary Environments
Beth Weinman, Sedimentology, Hydrology, and Environmental Geochemistry

Laboratory Facilities

Core logging with the Geotek core logger
Grain size analysis with the Malvern laser particle size analyzer
Radiometric dating with Orteck gamma detectors
Combustion ovens for percent water, loss-on-ignition, and carbonate content

Malvern particle size analyzer with a HydroMU attachment

Geotek core logger