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    Department of Geology and Geophysics

  

 

Full-time Faculty

Ajoy Baksi, Professor

Full Professor (Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1970)
Geochronology, Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry

Contact Information:

Office: E-315 Howe-Russell
(225) 578-3422
Fax: (225) 578-2302
Courses Taught
  • Geology 1001-General Physical Geology
Current Research Interests
Education
  • Ph.D., 1970, University of Toronto
Selected Recent Publications

A quantiative tool for detecting alteration in undisturbed rocks and minerals - I; water, chemical
weathering and atmospheric argon. In Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, 2007, p. 285-303.

A quantitative tool for detecting alteration in undisturbed rocks and minerals - II; application to argon ages related to hotspots. In Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, 2007, p. 305-333.

A 40Ar/39Ar and U/Pb isotopic study of the Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland: Implications for the 40K decay constant and duration of magmatic activity in a peralkaline complex - Comment. In Chemical Geology, v. 244, 2007, p. 344-346.

The origin of the Columbia River Basalts - Discussion. In Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, 2007, p. 660-661.

Evaluation of different models for the origin of the Siberian Traps - Discussion. In
Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, 2007, p. 689.

Students