Dr. Lee Phillips

Assistant Professor of Geology

Department of Geology and Geography

211 Old Main

Tele: 910.522.5787

email: lee.phillips@uncp.edu

Courses I teach:

Earth Science

Earth Science Laboratory

Environmental Geology

Minerals and Rocks

Geology Fieldtrip

Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Educational Background:

Ph. D., The University of Iowa, 2004

Advisors: Brenner and Gonzalez

M.S., UNC Wilmington, 1996

Advisors: Dockal and Hall

B.S., UNC Wilmington, 1993

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

My research interests include describing the influences of sea level changes, climatic conditions, and the variability of groundwater compositions on the depositional characteristics of ancient nonmarine and marine sedimentary packages and the diagenetic pathways that follow. Primarily, I am interested in elucidating the potential of early diagenetic carbonate cements within transitional marine strata to record changes in paleogroundwater flow in response to base level fluctuations. My approach to research integrates fieldwork, petrographic examination, stable isotopic analyses, and elemental geochemistry.

I am also interested in understanding the effects of meteoric precipitation fluxes on recharge of modern confined aquifer systems.