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Harmon D. Maher, Ph.D.

Harmon D. Maher, Ph.D.

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email:
harmon_maher@unomaha.edu
office:
  • DSC 266
areas of focus:
  • geology of Svalbard, geology of the Great Plains
  • structural geology, geologic mapping, geologic fracture development, structural diagenesis

Additional Information

Education

B.S. State University of New York–Albany
M.S. University of South Carolina
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

Research expertise

Structural geology, geologic mapping, geologic fracture development, structural diagenesis, geology of Svalbard, geology of the Great Plains.

 

Ongoing research projects

  • Development of Triassic growth basins on Edgeøya, Svalbard (Norway)
  • Architecture of polygonal faults in Niobrara Chalk.
  • Diagenetically driven vein formation in the Pierre Shale.
  • Enigmatic detachment faulting in White River Group strata, Slim Buttes, SD.

Courses most commonly taught

  • Physical Geology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Structural Geology
  • Plate Tectonics

Additional Information

Education

B.S. State University of New York–Albany
M.S. University of South Carolina
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

Research expertise

Structural geology, geologic mapping, geologic fracture development, structural diagenesis, geology of Svalbard, geology of the Great Plains.

 

Ongoing research projects

  • Development of Triassic growth basins on Edgeøya, Svalbard (Norway)
  • Architecture of polygonal faults in Niobrara Chalk.
  • Diagenetically driven vein formation in the Pierre Shale.
  • Enigmatic detachment faulting in White River Group strata, Slim Buttes, SD.

Courses most commonly taught

  • Physical Geology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Structural Geology
  • Plate Tectonics

Additional Information

Education Research expertise Ongoing research projects Courses most commonly taught

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