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Katherine Giles
New Mexico State University
Education:
- 1991
- Ph.D.-University of Arizona, Tucson
- 1985
- M.S. –University of Iowa, Iowa City
- 1981
- B.S. –University of Wisconsin, Madison
Experience:
- 2003
- Present Professor, New Mexico State University
- 1998
- Present Director of the Institute of Tectonic Studies, NMSU
- 1993-2003
- Assistant/Associate Professor New Mexico State University
- 1991-93
- Senior Carbonate Research Scientist, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, USA
Publications and Awards:
Authored or co-authored over 30 scientific papers and over 50 abstracts, 2 book chapters, edited 2 special volumes, and 2 guidebooks.
- Aschoff, J. L. and Giles, K. A., 2005, Salt diapir-influenced, shallow-marine sediment dispersal patterns: Insights from outcrop analogs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 89, p.447-469.
- Giles, K. A., Lawton, T. F., and Rowan, M. G., 2004, Summary of Halokinetic Sequence Characteristics from Outcrop Studies of the La Popa Salt Basin, NE Mexico: in Post, P., et al. eds., Salt-Sediment Interaction and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity: Concepts, Applications, and Case Studies for the 21st Century; 24th Annual GCS-SEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference Proceedings, p. 625-634
- Rowan, M. G., Lawton, T. F., Giles, K. A., and Ratliff, R. A., 2003, Near-salt deformation in La Popa basin, Mexico, and the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A general model for passive diapirism: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 87, p. 733-756.
- Giles, K. A. and Lawton, T. F., 2002, Halokinetic sequence stratigraphy adjacent to El Papalote diapir, La Popa basin, northeastern Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 86, p.823-841.
- Giles, K. A. and Lawton, T. F., 1999, Attributes and Evolution of an Exhumed Salt Weld, La Popa Basin, Northeastern Mexico: Geology, v. 27, p.323-326.
- 2004
- Honorary Member, New Mexico Geological Society
- 1999-2000
- Fulbright Scholar, Mexico City, Mexico
- 1998
- Fellow, Geological Society of America
Professional Interests:
Carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy with particular interest in the stratigraphic response of sediments to tectonic processes