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Dr. R. LaRell Nielson
Dr. R. LaRell Nielson was born and raised in Utah. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. His major interests while at Brigham Young University were geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology, and stratigraphy. Thesis work involved modeling of volcanic landforms and study of geomorphic evolution of the Crater Hill Volcanic field of Zion National Park, Utah. He received a Ph.D. from University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah where he specialized in stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology and geomorphology. Dissertation work involved a stratigraphic analysis of the Kaibab and Toroweap Formations on the western Colorado Plateau. Before coming to SFA he taught at Texas Christian University for two years. Dr. Nielson's hobbies include shooting, hiking, backpacking, hunting, and fishing. Current research interests are late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau, and Rocky Mountains, and Eocene stratigraphy of East Texas. He teaches General Geology I, General Geology II, Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Advanced Historical Geology, Paleontology, Field Camp, Sequence Stratigraphy, Depositional Systems, and Basin Analysis. Dr. Nielson is the faculty advisor for the Geologic Student Association and American Association of Petroleum Geologists Student Chapter at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Dr. Nielson's family web page .
Geology Student Association web page.
Stephen F. Austin State University Student Chapter of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Dr. Nielson and the Geology Club at the Stanley Fold on the Arkansas Mineral Collecting Trip, October 1998 Dr. Nielson, Dr. Barker and the Geology Club at the hot springs in Hot Spring National Park on the Geology Club Mineral Collecting Trip, October 1998. Basin Analysis (Geology 566 Fall 1998) Field Trip to the Fort Worth Basin with Dr. Nielson. return
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