Juan Carlos Laya
TAMU Carbonate research group
About me
I am an assistant professor in carbonate sedimentology. My research interests are broadly in the field of carbonate sedimentology with a strong focus on the evolution of carbonate platforms. Carbonate diagenesis and dolomitization are also key focuses of my research; using a broad array of methods including field studies and laboratory experiments. I have worked on carbonate facies analysis and paleogeographic reconstructions of Permian carbonates, especially in South America and the Permian Basin. Recently, I am looking into fundamental problems in carbonate sedimentation and diagenesis using multi-scale approaches in the Middle East, Caribbean, and West Texas. I am also interested in Miocene carbonate platform evolution using ocean drilling material (IODP cores data).
Contact Information
Juan Carlos Laya
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University
MS 3115 College Station, TX 77840
Office 263 email: layajc@geos.tamu.edu
Phone: 9798457279
TAMU Carbonate Research Group News
New articles:
The effects of magnesium concentration in high-magnesium calcite allochems on dolomitization: Insights from high-temperature dolomite synthesis experiments. Journal of Sedimentary Research.
The effects of dolomite geobodies within carbonate clinoforms on fluid flow and connectivity: Insights from an outcrop analogue on Bonaire, The Netherlands (South Caribbean) Marine and petroleum Geology
Depositional environments and controls on the stratigraphic architecture of the Cenomanian Buda Limestone in west Texas, USA. Marine and petroleum Geology
Dissolution of ooids in seawater‐derived fluids–an example from Lower Permian re‐sedimented carbonates, West Texas, USA. Sedimentology
May 2021 - Chia Pei (James) Teoh defended successfully his Ph.D. thesis entitled “ Dolomite and High Magnesium Calcite: Case Studies From Laboratory, Field, and Computer Simulation Studies"
New article entitle: Dolomitization of a Miocene-Pliocene progradational carbonate platform by mesohaline brines: Re-examination of the reflux model on Bonaire Island Marine and Petroleum Geology.
EGU GD blog post, highlighting Black voices in geoscience including our own Kieron Prince >> https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2020/06/10/black-in-geosciences/