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GEOLOGY & Environmental Science

FACULTY

Faculty Member

LANCE E. KEARNS

Professional Information

• Title: Professor, Mineral Museum Curator, and SEM Regional Facility Director
  
  
• Educational Background:
  • BS Waynesburg College, (Geology) 1971
  • MS University of Delaware, (Coastal and Marine Processes) 1973
  • PhD University of Delaware, (Mineralogy) 1977
• Selected Publications

Contact Information

• Office: Memorial Hall 7105D
• Office Phone: 540.568.6421
• E-Mail: kearnsle_at_jmu.edu (replace _at_ with @)
• Website: http://www.jmu.edu/geology/people/kearnsle.html

Teaching

GEOL280: Mineralogy

Research Interests

Mineral chemistry, species paragenesis and mineralogy of specific localities, with particular interest in Virginia mineral localities.