Bio

Dr. Owen views Rio Chama Canyon, New Mexico, while leading Four Corners Geological Society field trip during June, 2004. Seated on Cubero Sandstone Member of Dakota Sandstone, which forms rimrock of canyon.

General Information:

• Position: Professor
• E-mail: owende@hal.lamar.edu
• Phone: 409 880-8234
• Office: Geology 219

Education:

• Ph.D. in Geology, University of Kansas
• M. S. in Geology, University of Kansas
• B. S. in Geology, magna cum laude, Lamar University

University, Professional, and Community Service:

• Lamar University Faculty Senate
• International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification, Task Group on Sequence Stratigraphy, Member
• North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Member, 1978-present
• Department of Geology, Lamar University, Chairman, 1985-1994

Research Interests:

• Stratigraphy
• Clastic Sedimentology
• Subsurface Geology

Research Description:

Sequence Stratigraphy

I am studying the sequence stratigraphy of the Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, through a database of 8000 well logs, 80 measured sections, and 35 cores.