{"596103":{"#nid":"596103","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ken Ferrier Receives Grant from the American Chemical Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ken Ferrier, Assistant Professor in Earth \u0026amp; Atmospheric Sciences has received a two year grant from the American Chemical Society. \u0026nbsp;The research project being sponsored is titled: Sensitivity of Sea Level to Sediment Erosion and Deposition in Massive Sedimentary Systems\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the abstract:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EAs sea level rises and falls, the shorelines where rivers meet the ocean migrate landward and\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Eseaward. This influences the locations of sedimentary deposits and organic carbon burial, as\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Ewell as the grain size of the deposited sediment. In this manner, changes in sea level regulate the\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Edevelopment of hydrocarbon reservoirs within marine sedimentary deposits. Understanding the\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Edevelopment of hydrocarbon reservoirs therefore requires a comprehensive understanding of the\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Eprocesses that drive sea-level change.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EThe goal of the proposed research is to quantify sea-level responses to massive fluvial\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Esediment fluxes.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiography:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EDr. Ken Ferrier is an assistant professor of geology in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. He holds an AB in Physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of California, Berkeley. At Georgia Tech, he teaches undergraduate and graduate students and also conducts research on a number of processes that shape the Earth\u0026rsquo;s surface. \u0026nbsp;At present, his group\u0026rsquo;s research is centered on two broad themes: 1) The topographic and chemical evolution of the Earth\u0026rsquo;s surface; and 2) sea level dynamics.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ken Ferrier Receives Grant from the American Chemical Society"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2017-09-18 19:00:08","changed_gmt":"2017-09-18 19:00:08","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlison Morain\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amorain@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}