November 22, 2009
© College at Oneonta, 2004
Dr. Peter D. Muller is an Associate Professor of Geology and served as Department Chair from 1999-2003. Dr. Muller received his B.S. degree from Bucknell University (1971), and Ph.D. from Binghamton University (1980). He teaches courses in Map and Field Geology, Structural Geology, Engineering Geology, Waste Management, Mineral Resources and the Environment, and Introduction to Geology. His research includes tectonic evolution of the eastern Adirondack Mountains, NY, specifically timing and emplacement of the March massif anorthosite, structural and petrological effects of anorthosite emplacement on host gneisses, and post-Grenville brittle faulting in the eastern Adirondacks. He has also been involved in researching the tectonic evolution of the southern Ruby and eastern Blacktail Mountains, southwest MT which focuses on the structure and petrology of Archean gneisses in the core of the Ruby and Blacktail Mountains, laramide faulting along the front of the Blacktail Mountains, and the origin and structure of Cenozoic volcaniclastic rocks of the eastern Blacktail Mountains.
Dr. Muller has a number of on-going projects including bedrock mapping in the Sweetwater Hills area of the Ruby Mountains, MT which is a collaborative effort with colleague from Penn State University and undergraduate SUNY-Oneonta geology majors, bedrock mapping and petrology of volcaniclastic rocks in the Price Creek area of the southeastern Blacktail Mountains, MT with a colleague from Bridgewater State University and several BSU undergraduate geology majors. Dr. Muller also works on bedrock mapping, petrology, and geochemistry of the New Russia Complex, eastern Adirondack Mountains, NY with a colleague from Penn State University and several SUNY-Oneonta undergraduate geology majors.
Dr. Muller is also developing an establishment of a new geology field camp with colleague from University of Montana, Western, focused on developing applied geology skills for students more likely to pursue employment rather than graduate school after graduation. The field camp will be based in Dillon, MT, last no more than 4 weeks, and utilize team-based exercises with “real world” goals.
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