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Mars, sedimentary petrology, diagenesis, sedimentology, remote sensing, planetary geology, geochemistry

My research is broadly focused on integrating sedimentary and geochemical information to understand source-to-sink and diagenetic processes on early Mars using images and data from the Mars rovers and orbiters as well as analogous field data from Earth.

Glacial geology, marine geology, sedimentology, coastal geology, sea level, paleoclimate

Carbonate Sedimentology, Paleoclimate, Diagenesis

My research is based on Understanding the demise of upper Cambrian large microbial reefs in Mason County, Texas. I am focusing on interbuild up sediments from the last stages of microbial growth. The idea is to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental history of microbial growth using geochemical techniques (carbonate content variation, clay mineralogy) and thin section studies. I am also working on understanding the origin of stylonodular limestones, a product of burial diagenesis using thin section studies.

geology, geoscience, energy, oil, gas, business, graduate, masters

pyrogenic organic carbon, atmospheric chemistry, biosphere-atmosphere-climate interactions

Geologist, Petrophysicist, Geomechanics, Pore Pressure Prediction, Well Log Analyst, Drilling Parameter Interpretation, Seismic Data Interpretation, Code Development, Texas A&M University

Inverse problems, computational geophysics, software engineering

computational methods for simulation and inverse problems in geophysics, mathematical and numerical analysis of partial differential equations governing wave propagation, software for simulation and optimization.

geophysics, tectonophysics

Manik is a geophysicist, who uses seismology and gravity, to better understand plate tectonics, the evolution of ocean basins and petroleum exploration.

Geophysics, Seismic Interpretation, Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Attribute Analysis