UC Geology Profs Present Papers at American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting

Three UC geology faculty presented papers at the 2004 Fall Meeting of the AGU held in San Francisco December 13–17. Lewis Owen presented “Late Pleistocene to Holocene extension along the southern Sierra Nevada frontal fault zone of California.” Thomas Algeo presented “Phanerozoic Sedimentary Ratios and Paleocean Ventilation.” Attila Kilinc presented “Role of KCl-NaCl and CaCl2 Fluids in Igneous and Ore-Forming Processes.”

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