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Teresa Jordan
Sedimentary geologist
Teresa (Terry) Jordan is a sedimentary geologist known for her research on the geology and hydrology of the Atacama Desert and the use of water and geothermal heat from sedimentary rocks.
Tresa jordan biography
Education and career
Jordan has a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () and earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University ().[3] Following her Ph.D. she moved to Cornell University initially in a research position, and then she joined the faculty in where she was named the J.
Preston Levis Professor of Engineering in [4]
In , Jordan was named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and the citation was "for integration of geodynamic principles and stratigraphic data that has led to understanding of the coupling of continental basins to mountain belts."[5]
Research
Jordan's research spans geology and engineering.
In Chile, she works on the climate and hydrology of the Atacama Desert,[6][7] wit