Folk, Robert L
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences
PH.D. Geology, Pennsylvania State College, 1952
Email: rlfolk@mail.utexas.edu
Work: (512) 471-5294
Fax: (512) 471-9425
Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Geological Sciences
1 University Station C1100
Austin, TX 78712-0254
UT Mailcode: C1100
Office: JGB 4.140
Bio
Publications (0.01MB PDF)
Areas of Expertise:
Sedimentary Petrology. studying mineralogy and nannobiology of hot springs in Italy, the role of nannobacteria in creating carbonate rocks. work on cherts, opals, sulfides of iron and other metals, and metal oxides, nannobacteria in martian meteorites and weathering of igneous rocks by nannobacteria under a variety of conditions in Tahiti, West Texas, and Lombardia, Italy.