Research Overview

Victor Hugo once asked how we know that “the creations of the world were not created by falling grains of sand”, questioning how much of the large scale world is determined at the smallest of scales. When looking at depositional systems, it is easy to see the profoundness in Hugo’s thoughts, that grains of sediment self-organize to form these complex and diverse shapes seen across a environments, through time and space. My research focuses on understanding to what extent these shapes are controlled at the grain scale.

I am interested in the application of physical experiments and models to understand problems in sedimentology, geomorphology, sediment transport, quantitative stratigraphy and restoration practices. The recent focus of my research is on how cohesive sediment (mud) alters depositional behavior.

About

Antoinette Abeyta is an Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of New Mexico Gallup. She received her Ph.D at the University of Minnesota and is interested in river and coastal systems. Antoinette lives in Gallup, NM with her husband Andrew, daughter Ripley, and their animals - Spock, Monty and Pixel. In her spare time, she enjoys knitting, roller skating, hiking, camping, and video games.

Contact

Antoinette Abeyta

Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences

Arts and Sciences Division

University of New Mexico - Gallup

705 Gurley Ave

Gallup, NM 87301

Email: abeytaant@unm.edu

Phone: (505)-863-7539