Cody Mason, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Geology
School of Field Investigations and Experimental Sciences Dr. Perry College of Mathematics, Computing, and Sciences

678-839-4062
cmason@west9BFtuIz5X3TUf1DWf60GMA54RLiw8jbMovmRpm5UDautdcdv2RZC2gUvLBaIga.edu

Callaway Building Annex - Room G-53

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Cody Mason, Ph.D.
Biography

Dr. Cody Mason teaches introductory geology classes and upper division sedimentary geology courses for program majors.  

His research interests include mountains, rivers, deserts, and oceans. More specifically, he looks at the sedimentary record of past tectonics, evidence of past terrestrial and marine environments, and effects of changing climate and/or anthropogenic influences on sediment routing system functioning across timescales. 

Dr. Mason has active research projects suitable for undergraduate research or independent study. Please contact him if you are interested in undergraduate research opportunities at UWG.  

Courses Taught
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Publication List

Mason, C.C., Romans, B.W., Patterson, M.O., Stockli, D.F., and Fildani, A., 2022. Cycles of Andean mountain building archived in the Amazon Fan. Nature Communications 13, 6983 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34561-6 [View Publication External Resource]

Chihua Wu, Xiaoming Sun, Guangwei Li, Leqing Huang, Haijing Jiao, Zhiwu Li, Xing Jian, Cody C. Mason, Juan Pedro Rodríguez-López; 2023. Cretaceous mountain building processes triggered the aridification and drainage evolution in east Asia. GSA Bulletin; [View Publication External Resource]

Spotila, J.A., Mason, C.C., Valentino, J.D., Cochran, W.J., 2020. Constraints on rock uplift in the eastern Transverse Ranges and northern Peninsular Ranges and implications for kinematics of the San Andreas fault in the Coachella Valley, California, USA 1 [View Publication External Resource]

Brugger, Keith A., Ruleman, Chester A., Caffee, Mark W., and Mason, C.C., 2019. Climate during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Northern Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA. Quaternary 2. [View Publication External Resource]

Mason, C.C., Romans, B.W., Stockli, D.F., Mapes, R.W., Fildani, A., 2019. Detrital zircons reveal sea-level and hydroclimate controls on Amazon River to deep-sea fan sediment transfer. GEOLOGY, 47, 1–5. doi:10.1130/G45852.1/4678806/g45852.pdf [View Publication (PDF)]

Fildani, A., Hessler, A.M., Mason, C.C., Mckay, M.P., Stockli, D.F., 2018. Late Pleistocene glacial transitions in North America altered major river drainages, as revealed by deep-sea sediment. Sci. Rep. [View Publication External Resource]

Mason, C.C., Romans, B.W., 2018. Climate-driven unsteady denudation and sediment flux in a high-relief unglaciated catchment–fan using 26Al and 10Be: Panamint Valley, California. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. [View Publication External Resource]

Mason, C.C., Spotila, J.A., Axen, G., Dorsey, R.J., Luther, A., Stockli, D.F., 2017. Two-Phase Exhumation of the Santa Rosa Mountains: Low- and High-Angle Normal Faulting During Initiation and Evolution of the Southern San Andreas Fault System. Tectonics [View Publication External Resource]

Mason, C.C., Fildani, A., Gerber, T., Blum, M.D., Clark, J.D., Dykstra, M., 2017. Climatic and anthropogenic influences on sediment mixing in the Mississippi source-to-sink system using detrital zircons: Late Pleistocene to recent. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. [View Publication External Resource]