Climate, Tectonics and Landscape Evolution

Jim Sweeney
Masters Candidate

Research

Paleo-altitude and topographic evolution of Northwesten Nevada using stable isotopes of clays and glasses

Life-cycle assessments of consumer packaged goods for the mitigation of global climate change

Education

M.S. (expected) 2009 Stanford University – Earth and Environmental System Science
B.A. with Honors 1993 Dartmouth College – Geological and Environmental Sciences

Contact Information

Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2115
Phone: 415.314.0866
Fax: 650.725.0979

Publications

Alexis S. Templeton, James Sweeney, Hans Manske, Jennifer Fox Tilghman, Steven C. Calhoun, Adam Violich, and C. Page Chamberlain, Fluids and the Heart Mountain Fault revisited.Geology; October 1995; v. 23; no. 10; p. 929-932.

Presentations and Abstracts

Sweeney, J.F. and Davis, S.J. (2007) Using Market Forces to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Product-Level Life Cycle Analysis and Eco-Labeling. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco

Davis, S.J. and Sweeney, J.F. (2008) Using Market Forces to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Product-Level Life Cycle Analysis and Eco-Labeling. NCSE Climate Change: Science & Solutions Conference, Washington, D.C.