Steve Altaner

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Associate Professor

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Degree

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois

Research Interests

Professor Altaner's principal research interests lie in the fields of the petrology (occurrence, origin, and geological significance), geochemistry, and mineralogy of clay minerals and sedimentary rocks.

Teaching / Courses TAUGHT

  • Geology 100 Planet Earth
  • Geology 110 Exploring Geology in the Field
  • Geology 118 Natural Disasters
  • Geology 333 Earth Materials and the Environment
  • Geology 380 Environmental Geology
  • Geology 532 Mineralogy of Clays
  • Geology 561 Environmental Sedimentary Geochemistry

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