DR. JOHN S. ARMSTRONG-ALTRIN
INVESTIGADOR TITULAR A
Unidad Académica: Procesos Oceánicos y Costeros
Tel. 56 23 02 22 ext 45372
armstrong@cmarl.unam.mx

Información Adicional (Laboratorio de Geoquímica)

FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL

Licenciatura en Geología (B.Sc.) V.O.C. College, Madurai Kamaraj University, India.
Maestría en Geología (M.Sc): V.O.C. College, Madurai Kamaraj University, India.
Doctorado en Geología (Ph.D): Department of Geology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

LÍNEAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

• Sedimentologia, Geoquímica de sedimentos costeros, procedencia y ambientes tectónicos, Microtextures, Carbon and oxygen isotope geochemistry of carbonate rocks (Laboratorio de Geoquímica).

Ultimas Publicaciones

• Armstrong-Altrin, J.S. (2009). Provenance of sands from Cazones, Acapulco, and Bahía Kino beaches, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 26 (3), 764-782.
• Armstrong-Altrin, J.S., Madhavaraju, J., Sial, A.N., Kasper-Zubillaga, J.J., Nagarajan, R., Flores-Castro, K. and Rodríguez, J.L. (2011). Petrography and stable isotope geochemistry of the Cretaceous El Abra limestones (Actopan), Mexico: Implication on diagenesis. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 77, 349-359.
• Nagarajan, R., Madhavaraju, J., Armstrong-Altrin, J.S. and Nagendra, R. (2011). Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic limestones of the Shahabad Formation, Bhima basin, Karnataka, Southern India. Geosciences Journal, 15(1), 9-25.
• Etemad-Saeed, N., Hosseini-Barzi, M.,Armstrong-Altrin, J.S. (2011). Petrography and geochemistry of clastic sedimentary rocks as evidence for provenance of the Lower Cambrian Lalun Formation, Posht-e-badam block, Central Iran. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 61, 142-159.
• Armstrong-Altrin, J.S.,Lee, Y.I., Kasper-Zubillaga, J.J., Carranza-Edwards, A., Garcia, D., Eby, N., Balaram, V. and Cruz-Ortiz, N.L. (2012). Geochemistry of beach sands from the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico. Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry, 72, 345-362.
• Chakrabarti, G., Shome, D., Kumar, S., Armstrong-Altrin, J.S., Sial, A.N. (2013). Chemostratigraphy of carbonate succession of the Vempalle Formation, Cuddapah basin, India: a stratigraphic record of terminal Palaeoproterozoic ocean-atmosphere-biosphere system. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8 (1), 71-80.
• Nagarajan, R., Armstrong-Altrin, J.S.,Sial, A.N., Nagendra, R. Ellam, R.M. (2013). Carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotope geochemistry of the Proterozoic carbonate rocks, Bhima Basin, South India: implication for diagenesis. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8 (2), 25-38.
• Armstrong-Altrin, J.S.,Nagarajan, R., Madhavaraju, J., Rosalez-Hoz, L., Lee, Y.I., Balaram, V., Cruz-Martinez, A., Avila-Ramirez, G. (2013). Geochemistry of the Jurassic and upper Cretaceous shales from the Molango Region, Hidalgo, eastern Mexico: Implications for source-area weathering, provenance, and tectonic setting. Comptes Rendus Geoscience(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2013.03.004).