Dr. Kurt Sundell

Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences

Kurt Sundell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences. Kurt is a geologist interested in tectonic processes, interrogated through the lens of the sedimentary record. His research is typically field-focused, with projects in the South American central Andes, southern Tibet, northern India, and most recently in the Intermountain West. Kurt complements field-based observations with a variety of analytical techniques including U-Th-Pb geochronology, Lu-Hf and trace element geochemistry, stable isotopic analysis (O and H), and (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Kurt likes to take a quantitative approach to geologic problems, which has led him down the fun path of developing quantitative sediment provenance methods as software for the greater research community and applying these tools to his own work.