Matthew J. Evans
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Geology
Office: 333 Science Center
Phone: (508) 286-3967
Fax: (508) 286-8278
Email: evans_matt@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., M.S., Cornell University
B.A., Middlebury College
Research Interests
I am a geochemist interested in understanding the interaction between water and rocks at the surface and near-surface of the Earth. Using major and trace elements, as well as stable and radiogenic isotopes, I examine weathering and the release and fate of solutes in large and small river basins. In particular, I have investigated the impact that the relatively small-scale hydrothermal system in central Nepal has on weathering budgets and carbon dioxide uptake. I am also interested in the overall physical and chemical impact that humans have on the natural hydrologic system.
Teaching Interests
Geochemistry, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Hydrology, Environmental Geology.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
M. J. Evans, L. A. Derry, C. France-Lanord, Degassing of metamorphic carbon dioxide from the Nepal Himalaya, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q04021, doi:10.1029/2007GC001796, 2008.
*Science Perspectives, 27 June 2008: vol. 320 #5884 1727-1728.
M. J. Evans, L. A. Derry, C. France-Lanord, Geothermal fluxes of alkalinity in the Narayani river system of central Nepal, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 5, #Q08011, 2004.
C. France-Lanord, Evans M., J.E. Hurtrez, J. Riotte, Annual dissolved fluxes from Central Nepal rivers: budget of chemical erosion in the Himalayas, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 335 (16): pp 1131√1140, 2003.