Liberal Arts and Sciences
Foster Lab
Led by David A. Foster · Geological Sciences
What we study
The Foster Lab studies Earth's crust formation using dating techniques and soil improvement with volcanic rocks to capture carbon. They combine fieldwork, lab analysis, and modeling.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Wet lab
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Tectonic Sliver of the 1.84 Ga Elves Chasm Gneiss Assembled During 1.73 Ga Suturing in the Grand Canyon
2026 · UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico)
Maps a 1.73-billion-year-old tectonic boundary in the Grand Canyon.
- Evaluating agronomic performance and environmental benefits of conservation practices in subtropical pasture systems
2026 · Soil Science Society of America Journal
Tests whether conservation practices improve pasture productivity and soil health.
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- Proveniencia de los estratos Eoceno Inferior del cinturón plegado de San Jacinto (Caribe colombiano): implicaciones paleogeográficas y magmáticas
2025 · Boletín de Geología
Uses rock samples to study the origins of rocks in a Colombian mountain range.
- Late Miocene greening of the Peruvian Desert
2025 · Communications Earth & Environment
Finds that the Peruvian Desert had forests 8-6 million years ago, unlike today.
- Evaluating the Buem Ophiolitic Complex as a Potential Feedstock for Enhanced Rock Weathering: Petrographic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Perspectives
2025 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Tests whether rocks from the Buem Ophiolitic Complex in West Africa can be used for climate change solutions.
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