PHILIP A. CANDELA
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1982

Professor
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
Tel: (301) 405-2783
Fax: (301) 314-9661
candela AT umd.edu

Research Interests
Thermodynamics and mass transfer dynamics of magmatic-hydrothermal systems; the geology and physical chemistry of shale gas and shale oil extraction; experimental studies of geological materials in the Earth’s upper crust; asbestos geology; mineral and resource economics; mineral deposits in the Appalachians; the formation of granites

List of Courses

Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research

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