Research Interests
Microfracture scaling in sedimentary rocks
Using cathodoluminescence to study the provenance and deformation history of quartz grains
Carbonate platform failure mechanisms
 
 
Education

M.S. Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2004

B.A. Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2000

 
Selected Publications

Hooker, J. N., and Laubach, S. E., 2007, The geologic history of quartz grains, as revealed by color SEM-CL: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 57, p. 375-386.

Hooker, J. N., Laubach, S. E., Gale, Julia F. W., and Reed, R. M., 2006, Microfractures in sandstone (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 15, p. 49.

Hooker, John N., Marrett, Randall, and Laubach, S. E., 2002, Timing of faults and extension fractures in the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 421–428.

Reed, R. M., Laubach, S. E., Clift, S. J., Hooker, J. N., and Makowitz, Astrid, 2002, Macrofractures, microfractures, and fracture-cement relations in Permian sandstones from the Val Verde Basin, West Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 3, p. A11.

 
Contact

John Hooker
Research Scientist Associate II
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
E-mail:
Telephone: 512-232-2254

 
Professional Summary (Word)
May 2005