Cameron Joseph Manche

Biography

Educational Background

• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI - Ph.D., Geosciences (Carbonate Petrology) 01/2015 – 05/2021 Dissertation title: “Dolomite Stoichiometry as a Proxy for Evolving Fluid Chemistry” Advisor: Stephen E. Kaczmarek
• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI - M.Sc., Geosciences (Remote Sensing) 09/2012 – 12/2014 Thesis title: “A Remote Sensing Based Early Warning System for Algal Blooms in Kuwait Bay and Coastal Waters” Advisor: Mohamed I. Sultan
• University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI - B.Sc. Environmental Sciences & Planning 09/2008 – 12/2011 Minor: Physical Geography

Awards & Honors

• Texas A&M University, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, 1^st Place Presentation - 09/2021

• Western Michigan University, All-University Teaching Effectiveness Award - 03/2017

Selected Publications

• Khanfer, S., Djaiz, F., Sanjuan, Silveira Antonietto, L., Lamouri, B., Cherif, A., El Asmi, H., Manche, C.J., Early Miocene Lacustrine Deposits from the Oued Tilatou Formation (Aurès Massif, Eastern Algeria): Sedimentology, Micropaleontology, and Paleoenvironmental Implications. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, In Press.
• Prince, K., Laya, J.C., Budd, D., Manche, C.J., and Jacquemyn, C., 2024, Dolomite occurrence within drift deposits, Maldives Archipelago.  Journal of Sedimentary Geology, v. 470, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2024.106711
• Manche, C.J., Ryan, B.H., and S.E., Kaczmarek, 2023, The State of Dolomite Research: The Forgotten Art of Integration, in Playton, T., and Harris, P.M., eds., Advances in the Understanding of Carbonates: SEPM Short Course 57, p. 118–121. https://doi.org/10.2110/sepmcn.057.30
• Manche, C.J., Laya, J.C., and C., Jacquemyn, 2023, Early diagenetic processes on Resedimented Carbonates at the sea floor—lessons learned from the Maldives and Midland Basin, in Playton, T., and Harris, P.M., eds., Advances in the Understanding of Carbonates: SEPM Short Course 57, p. 161–163. https://doi.org/10.2110/sepmcn.057.41
• Manche, C.J. and Kaczmarek, S.E., 2023 Dolomite Stoichiometry as a Proxy Record for Fluctuations in Lake Level: A Case Study from the Eocene Uteland Butte Member of the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 93 (7), p. 431–452. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.060
• Ryan, B.H., Kaczmarek, S.E., Rivers, J.M., and Manche C.J., 2022, Extensive recrystallization of Cenozoic dolomite during shallow burial: A case study from the Paleocene-Eocene Umm er Radhuma Fm. and a global meta-analysis: Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12982
• Rivers, J.M., Ryan, B.H., Manche C.J., and Kaczmarek, S.E., 2021, Phanerozoic variation in dolomite abundance linked to oceanic anoxia- Reply: Geology, v. 49 (9) e534–e534. https://doi.org/10.1130/G49326C.1
• Manche, C.J., and Kaczmarek, S.E., 2021, Global Trends in Dolomite Stoichiometry and Cation Ordering of Ancient Dolomites: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 91 (5), p. 520–546. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.204
• Laya, J.C., Teoh, C.P., Whitaker, F., Manche, C.J., Kaczmarek, S.E., Tucker, M., Gabellone, T., 2021, Dolomitization of a Miocene-Pliocene progradational carbonate platform: revising reflux model on Bonaire Island. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104895
• Manche, C.J., and Kaczmarek, S.E., 2019, Evaluating reflux dolomitization using a novel high-resolution record of dolomite stoichiometry: A case study from the Cretaceous of central Texas, USA: Geology, v. 47, p. 1–5. DOI: 10.1130/G46218.1
• Elkadiri, R., Manche, C., Sultan, M., Al-Dousari, A., Uddin, S., Chouinard, K., & Abotalib, A. Z., 2016, Development of a coupled spatiotemporal algal bloom model for coastal areas: A remote sensing and data mining-based approach. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(11), 5159-5171. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2555898