The Southern Rift Institute promotes field-based, student research on rift-related geology, with a focus on the southern Rio Grande Rift.
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The SRI was established in order to enhance ongoing and emerging field-based student research in southern New Mexico. Rift settings have complete histories of erosion, sedimentation, volcanism and faulting; the combined efforts of the faculty in the SRI will address these interlinked processes. Faculty in the SRI include:
Dr. Brian Hampton (Sedimentology and Stratigraphy)
Dr. Jeff Amato, Director (Structural Geology, Geochronology)
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Brian Hampton, SRI Director575-646-2997
Left: SRI faculty Jeff Amato and Brian Hampton.
The faculty in the SRI are working on cross-disciplinary research projects in the southern Rio Grande rift, with funding and support from both alumni and external and internal (NMSU) grants. Students working on SRI projects are benefitting from the collaboration and involvement of other SRI students and faculty, thus gaining a greater breadth of knowledge of rifting processes
Students supported by SRI:
- Nick Richard (MS 2019), Advisor: Jeff Amato
- Michelle Gavel (MS 2019), Advisor: Jeff Amato
- Shay Ridl (MS 2019), Advisor: Brian Hampton
- Dani Vitarelli (MS 2020), Advisor: Emily Johnson
- Ronny Sholdt (MS candidate), Advisor: Reed Burgette
- Ethan Schneider (MS candidate), Advisor: Brian Hampton
- Lee Hughes (MS Candidate), Advisor: Jeff Amato
Donations to the SRI are appreciated, and can be made by following the link below:
