Dr. Min Ren

Assistant Professor

Email: mren@xmu.edu.cn

Research Area: Carbonate Sedimentology, Marine Sedimentology

Brief CV

• Assistant Professor, Xiamen University (2018-)

• Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada (2017)

• M.S., China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (2013)

Research Interests

My research interests focus on carbonate sedimentology, and diagenetic alternation in carbonate rock in a range of marine and terrestrial settings. My research combines fieldwork with petrographic and geochemical studies. Recently I am especially interested in dolomite/dolostone and understanding their origin and evolution. I have broad and continuing interests in marine biogenetic sediment, water-rock interaction and application of geology to hydrocarbon exploration.

Selected Publications

• Ren, M., Jones, B., 2018, Genesis of island dolostones. Sedimentology. doi: 10.1111/sed.12455.

• Ren, M., Jones, B., 2017. Spatial variations in the stoichiometry and geochemistry of Miocene dolomite from Grand Cayman: implications for the origin of island dolostone. Sedimentary Geology 348, 69–93.

• Ren, M., Jones, B., 2016. Diagenesis in limestone-dolostone successions after 1 million years of rapid sea-level fluctuations: a case study from Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Sedimentary Geology 342, 15–30.