PAUL A. MUELLER

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY
University of Florida
mueller@geology.ufl.edu

Research interests:

Chemical and geodynamic evolution of the crust-mantle system, with an emphasis on the chronologic, isotopic, and elemental systematics of Precambrian rocks.
Geochronology and isotope geology, with an emphasis on the U-Pb, Rb-Sr, Lu-Hf, and Sm-Nd systems.
Tectonics, with an emphasis on terrane accretion in Precambrian orogens.
Analytical geochemistry (elemental and isotopic).

Courses taught:

GLY 5241C: Introduction to Geochemistry
GLY 4310C: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GLY 6268C: Isotope Geology
GLY 6297: Topics in Geochemistry

Selected recent publications:

Age and tectonic implications of Paleoproterozoic metamorphism in the northern Wyoming Province

Mueller, P., Burger, H., Wooden, J., Brady, J., Cheney, J., Harms, T., Heatherington, A., and Mogk, D., 2005, Journal of Geology, v. 111, p. 169-179.

Current understanding of pre-Appalachian tectonic evolution in the southernmost Appalachians, Pine Mountain Window, Alabama and Georgia.

Steltenpohl, M., Heatherington, A., and Mueller, P., 2004, Geological Society of America Memoir 197, p. 633-646.

Age and evolution of the Precambrian crust of the Tobacco Root Mountains

Mueller, P., Wooden, J., Heatherington, A., Burger, H, Mogk, D. and D’Arcy, K., 2004, in Brady, John B., Burger, H. Robert, Cheney, John T., and Harms, Tekla A., eds., Precambrian Geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana: Geological Society of America Special Paper 377, p. 181-202.

Optimization of mixed Pb-Tl solutions for high precision isotopic analysis by MC-ICP-MS.

Kamenov, G. Mueller, P. and Perfit, M., 2004, J. Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 19. p. 1262-67.

Transfer of the Argentine Precordillera terrane from Laurentia: Constraints from detrital zircon geochronology.

Thomas, W., Astini. R., Mueller, P., Gehrels, G., and Wooden, J., 2004, Geology, v. 32, p. 965-968.

Isotopic evidence for the magmatic and tectonic histories of the Carolina terrane: Implications for stratigraphy and terrane affiliation.

<>Ingle, S., Mueller, P., Heatherington, A. and Kozuch, M., 2003, Tectonophysics, v. 371, p. 187-211.

Paleoproterozoic Crust within the Great Falls Tectonic Zone: Implications for the Assembly of Southern Laurentia.

Mueller, P., Heatherington, A., Kelley, D., Wooden, J., and Mogk, D. (2002) Geology. v. 30, p. 127-130.

Evidence for Mesoproterozoic basement in the Carolina slate belt and speculations on its origin.

Mueller, P., Kozuch, M., Heatherington, A., Wooden, J., Offield, T., Koeppen, R., Klein, T., and Nutman, A. (1996) in Nance, R.D. and Thompson, M., eds., Avalonian and Related Peri-Gondwanan Terranes of the Circum-North Atlantic, GSA Special Paper 304, p. 207-218.

Precambrian zircons from the Florida basement: A Gondwanan connection.
P.A. Mueller, A.L. Heatherington, R.. Shuster, J.L. Wooden, A.P. Nutman, and I. Williams. (1994) Geology, 21: 119-122.

Source of the northeastern Idaho batholith: Isotopic evidence for a Paleoproterozoic terrane in the northwestern U.S.
Mueller, P., Shuster, R., D'Arcy, K., Heatherington, A., Nutman, A., and Williams, I. (1995) Journal of Geology 103: 63-72.

Early Archean Crust in the Northern Wyoming Province: Evidence from U-Pb systematics in detrital zircons.
P.A. Mueller, J.L. Wooden, A.P. Nutman, and D. Mogk (1998) Precambrian Research, 91, 295-307.

Contrasts between Sm-Nd and U-Pb Zircon Systematics in the Tobacco Root Batholith, Montana: Implications for the Determination of Crustal Age Provinces
P.A. Mueller, A. Heatherington, K. D'Arcy, J. Wooden, and A. Nutman (1996), 265, 169-179.

Influence of freshwater flux on 87Sr/86Sr chronostratigraphy in marginal marine environments and dating of vertebrate and invetebrate faunas.
Bryant, J., Jones, D., and Mueller, P. (1995) Journal of Paleontology, v. 69, p. 1-6.