Bruce C. Frederick, PG, PhD

News

Drs. Mike Blum and Bruce Frederick recentlky announced a new partnership with the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and specifically the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project to unravel the pre-salt sediment dispersal pathways for the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The GBDS industry consortium serves as an ongoing comprehensive synthesis of Cenozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary fill of the entire GOM basin. The GBDS project continues to focus on refining sequence stratigraphic correlations between the continental margina and deep basin to better assess regional controls on depositional facies.

2015 was a year of substantial change in my life after more than 20 years in Texas as I graduated with a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Texas-Austin, moved to Lawrence, KS to accept a postdoctoral research position at the University of Kansas under the auspices of Dr. Mike Blum, and finally (literally!) married my high-school sweetheart.

Additional Scientific Links

Additional links from pertinent scientific organizations and data centers:

American Geophysical Union - www.agu.org
Geological Society of America - www.geosociety.org
Society of Exploration Geophysicists - www.seg.org
American Association of Petroleum Geologists - www.aapg.org
Society of Sedimentary Geology - www.sepm.org
National Snow and Ice Data Center - www.nsidc.org
United States Geological Survey - www.usgs.gov
State of Kansas Geological Survey - www.kgs.ku.edu

Gulf of Mexico Marine Survey 2013 - Galveston, Tx

Research Groups

Given the interdiscplinary nature of my research, I continue to have the good fortune to work with several research groups both internal to KU and at my alma mater - University of Texas-Austin. While a post-doctoral fellow at KU, I have teamed up with Dr. Mike Blum and his Sedimentary Geology research group to better assess source-to-sink dispersal mechanisms and identify geochronologic constraints on the stratigraphic record.

My research interests have also provided for collaborative engagements with other KU research groups notably including Geophysics and Glaciology. Additional external research collaborations with the GBDS Consortium and ICECAP projects at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics continue.

Totten Glacier investigation team members (left to right): Jamin Greenbaum, Sean Gulick, Rodrigo Fernandez-Vasquez, Bruce Frederick, David Gwyther

Future Collaboration

Given the multi-disciplinary nature of our research, we always welcome potential collaboration with colleagues who may provide new analysis, modeling, or technical tools to assist in present and future research. Bright, affable graduate students with a strong penchant for adventure and quantitative reasoning are also highly desirable.