Wayne Powell
Associate Professor and Chair
4221/3137 Ingersoll Hall
718-951-5000 Ext. 2883 or 718-951-5416
wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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Courses for Fall 2007:
GEOL 17.01 and Freshman CC3.32
 
Current Research Interests
  • Petrological and geochemical aspects of Burgess-Shale-type fossil preservation
  • Metamorphism of ore deposits
  • Use of informal learning environments and the internet in teaching earth science
Recent Publications
  • Powell, W.G., Johnston, P.A,., Collom, C.J., and Johnston, K.J., 2006, Middle Cambrian Brine Seeps on the Kicking Horse Rim and their Relationship to Talc and Magnesite Mineralization, and Associated Dolomitization, British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology, v.101, p. 431-451.
  • Powell, W.G. and Leveson, D.J., 2004, The Unique Role of Introductory Geology Courses in Teaching Quantitative Reasoning, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 52, p. 301-305
  • Powell, W.G., Johnston, P.A,., and Collom, C.J., 2003, Geochemical evidence for oxygenated bottom waters during deposition of fossiliferous strata of the Burgess Shale Formation. Palaeontology, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, v. 201, p. 249-268