Warren D. Huff
Professor
Department of Geology
University of Cincinnati
United States of America
Biography
I study both types of minerals to learn about the nature of the source volcanoes, many of which are over 400 million years old, as well as the natural processes by which the volcanic ash layers have been buried in the earth and altered to their present form.
Research Interest
Much of my research deals with the study of K-bentonites, which are the remains of explosively erupted volcanic ash layers. These layers are now altered largely to clay minerals although some original volcanic crystals remain.
Publications
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Su Wen-bo, Li Zhi-ming, Frank R. Ettensohn, Markes E. Johnson, Warren D. Huff, Wang Wei, Ma Chao, Li Lu, Zhang Lei, and Zhao Hui-jing, 2007, Tectonic and eustatic control on the distribution of black-shale source beds in the Wufeng and Longmaxi formations (Ordovician-Silurian), South China: Frontier of Earth Science in China, v. 1, no. 4, p. 470-481.
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Su, Wen-Bo, Li, Zhi-Ming, Ettensohn, F.R., Johnson, M.E., Huff, W.D., Wang, W., Ma, C., Li, L., Zhang, L., And Zhao, H-J., 2007, Distribution of black shale in the Wufeng-Longmaxi formations (Ordovician-Silurian), South China:Major controlling factors and implications: Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, v. 32, no. 6, p. 819-827.
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Huff, W.D, 2008, Ordovician K-bentonites: Issues in interpreting and correlating ancient tephras: Quaternary International, v. 178, p. 276-287.
