Full-time Faculty
Professor (Adolphe Gueymard Professor of Geology) (Ph.D. Southern Methodist Univeristy, Dallas, TX, 1985)
Mineralogy and metamorphic petrology. Chemical and mechanical
interaction of fluids and rocks; evolution of metamorphic
terrains through a combination of field, analytical,
experimental and theoretical analyses
Contact Information:
Telephone: (225) 578-2525
Fax: (225) 578-2302
- Geology 1001 - Physical Geology
- Geology 2081 - Mineralogy and Laboratory
- Geology 4043 - Earth Materials and the Environment
- Geology 7044 - Advanced Metamorphic Petrology
- Geology 7900.2 - Scientific Communication
Deciphering the evolution of metamorphic rocks through a combination of field, experimental, theoretical and computational methods is the focus of my research. Specific interests include the thermal, chemical and mechanical effects of fluids on mineral chemistry, phase relations, and P-T-t-X paths. Most recently our work combines computational modeling of heat and mass transfer with irreversible thermodynamic modeling to understand kinetics and textural development of metamorphic rocks. Field areas include the Sawtooth Mtns, Idaho, NW Maine, and various tourmaline-bearing rocks around the world.
- Ph.D., 1985, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- M.S., 1980, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- B.S., 1977, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE
Klein, C. and Dutrow, B., 2008, Manual of Mineral Sciences, 23rd edition, J. Wiley and Sons, 675 pages.
Dutrow, B.L. (2007) Visual Communication: Do You See What I See? Elements, v. 3, pp. 119-126.
Dutrow, B.L. and Foster, C.T., Jr. (2007) The Impact of Fluid Flow on Mineral Development:
Three-dimensional modeling as a predictor of spatial distribution
patterns. Fifth IMA Conference on Modelling Permeable Rocks, 1-4 p.
Dutrow, B.L., Travis, B.J., Gable, C.W., and Henry, D.J., 2001. Coupled heat and silica transport associated with dike intrusion into sedimentary rock: Effects on isotherm location and permeability evolution Geochim Cosmochim Acta, 65:3749-3768.
Norton, D. and Dutrow, B., 2001. Complex Behavior of Magma-Hydrothermal Processes: Role of Supercritical Fluid. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 65:4009-4018.
Dutrow, B.L., and Henry, D.J. 2000. Complexly zoned fibrous tourmaline: A record of evolving magmatic and hydrothermal fluids. Canadian Mineralogist, 38:125-137.
Dutrow, B.L., Foster, C.T., Jr., and Henry, D.J. 1999. Tourmaline-rich pseudomorphs in sillimanite zone metapelites: Demarcation of an infiltration front. American Mineralogist 84:794-805.
Henry, D. and Dutrow, B., 1996. Metamorphic and Sedimentary Tourmaline. in Anovitz, L and Grew, Ed, Editors, Reveiws in Mineralogy. Volume 33, Boron: Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry in the Earth's Crust. p. 503-558. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C.
Dutrow, B. and Norton, D., 1995. The Evolution of Fluid Pressure and Fracturing During Contact Metamorphism. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 13:677-686.
Holdaway, M.J., Dutrow, B.L. and Hinton, R.W., 1988. Devonian and Carboniferous metamorphism in west-central Maine: The muscovite- almandine geobarometer and the staurolite problem revisited. American Mineralogist, 73:20-48.
Dutrow, B.L., Holdaway, M.J. and Hinton, R.W., 1986. Lithium in staurolite and its petrologic significance. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 92:496-506.
Graduate Student
Jennifer Wittington
jwhitt5@lsu.edu
Metamorphic Petrology
Undergraduate Student
Marc Cooper
mcoope3@lsu.edu
Metamorphic Petrology, Computational Petrology
