Dr. Juergen Schieber is a specialist on shales. Published extensively (117 papers, 20
guidebook chapters, 2 books, 251 conference abstracts) he is also an invited
lecturer at universities in the US,
Canada, Europe, and Asia; at research organizations, industry short courses,
and symposia. His research interests include: Basin Analysis and Sedimentology,
Sedimentology of Shales, the Genesis of Black Shales and Sediment hosted
Mineral Deposits, Evolution of the Belt Basin and the Devonian basins of the
eastern US, Geochemistry of Sediments, Planetary Geology and sedimentary
geology of Mars. He is a member of the science team that currently explores the
geology of Gale Crater on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity rover.
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) in Geology, 1978, University of Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. in Geology, 1985, University
of Oregon, Dissertation: The Relationship between Basin Evolution and
Genesis of stratiform Sulfide Horizons in Mid-Proterozoic Sediments of Central
Montana (Belt Supergroup), 811pp.
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Published extensively (117 papers, 20 guidebook
chapters, 2 books, 251 conference abstracts) he is also an invited lecturer at
universities in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia;
at research organizations, industry short courses, and symposia.