Logan Combs
M.S. student
Email: combsl1@unlv.nevada.edu
Education:
B.S. in geology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2014)
Research interests:
Logan is primarily interested in what the application of igneous petrology and planetary science can tell us about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies in our Solar System. In his current master’s thesis research, Logan applies his knowledge of these fields to the study of a new member of a rare group of martian meteorites, the geochemically enriched poikilitic shergottites. Goals of this project include providing a comprehensive description of this new meteorite, constraining the formation processes of this rare meteorite group, and examining their link to other martian meteorites. He makes use of petrographic microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, and mass spectrometry to meet the goals of this study. Logan’s broader interests include understanding one of the most dynamic bodies in our Solar System, Earth. In the future, he would like to pursue projects that incorporate the subjects of structural geology and metamorphic petrology.
Courses taught:
– Geology 427, Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology (lab)
– Geology 101, Introduction to Geology (lab)
Publications:
Combs L. M., Udry A., Howarth G. H., Lapen T. J., Righter M., Gross J., Day J. M. D., and Rahib R. R.* (2018) Petrology of the enriched poikilitic shergottite Northwest Africa 10169: Insight into the martian interior, 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Abstract # 1727.
Combs, L. M., Udry, A., Day, J. M. D., & Lapen, T. J. (2016) Petrology and mineral chemistry of the martian meteorite Northwest Africa 10169: Constraints on enriched poikilitic shergottite petrogenesis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, n. 7 (Denver, CO; September 2016)
Laczniak D. L., Combs L., Rahib R. R., and Udry A. (2016) Textural Analysis of Enriched Poikilitic Shergottites, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, n. 7, p. 227 (Denver, CO; September 2016)
Combs, L. M., Udry, A., & Day, J. M. D. (2016) Petrography and mineral chemistry of the new enriched lherzolitic shergottite, Northwest Africa 10169. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2804.
Combs, L. M. & Gass, E. A. (2015) A New H4/5 Ordinary Chondrite from North West Saudi Arabia, Al Jawf 001, Pursuit – The Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee: V 6, Article 6.
Combs, L. M., Gass, E. A., McSween H. Y., Jahn, D. W., & Taylor L. A. (2014) Al Jawf 001, a new H-chondrite breccia, 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2481.
Udry Research Group 