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Assistant Professor of Geology
Appalachian State University
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608

Office: 114 Rankin Science South
Phone: 828-262-8471
email: carmichaelsk@appstate.edu
 



Research Interests

My interests involve reactive fluid flow in all levels of the earth's crust, in both ancient and modern environments - through regional and contact metamorphism, metasomatism at mid-ocean ridges, and through weathering reactions at the earth's surface.


As fluids travel through permeable pathways in rocks, they change the surrounding mineralogy, leaving a record of their interaction. In turn, the chemistry of these fluids changes according to the duration of reaction. I apply the concepts of equilibrium thermodynamics and mass transport to these reactive fluid flow systems in order to more fully understand fluid-rock interactions under a variety of environmental conditions.