Office: SL 207M
Office Hours: 9:30-10:30 MWF; 9:00-10:30 TTh
Address: Department of Geosciences
2507 University Circle
Weber State University
Ogden, UT 84408-2507
Phone: 801-626-6225
Fax: 801-626-7445
E-mail: jeaton@weber.edu
Teaching Areas
I teaching centers “soft rock” geology and covers the areas of Earth history, paleontology, sedimentation and stratigraphy, and paleoecology.
Classes Taught
Geo 1020 – Dinosaurs and the Fossil Record (F)
Geo 1110 – The Dynamic Earth (Physical Geology) (F, S)
Geo 1220 – Historical Geology (S)
Geo 3180 – Paleontology (as needed, F)
Geo 3250 – Geology of Utah (F, alternating years)
Geo 3550 – Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (S)
Geo 4010 – Ancient Environments and Paleoecology (F, as needed)
Geo 4510 – Geology field Camp (part) (summer – alternating years)
Research Interests
I have been doing field work in the Cretaceous nonmarine sequence of southern Utah for 27 years. I have focused my research on stratigraphy, correlation, paleoecology and microvertebrate faunas. I have my own field station outside of Bryce Canyon National Park and students participate in the field research every summer and have generated many undergraduate research projects.