Cameron M. Mercer, Ph.D.
Cameron Mercer is a Research Geologist working in the Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory at the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center.
I joined the Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory at the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center as a Mendenhall postdoctoral fellow in 2020. I was previously a postdoc in the Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I received my PhD from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University in 2017, and a BA in Geology and Physics from Middlebury College in 2011.
My previous research mostly focused on high spatial resolution and incremental heating 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of lunar impact melt rocks. I also performed thermal-kinematic numerical modeling to assess Ar loss due to the formation of melt veins in polymict impact breccias, and I developed a software tool to promote more robust reuse of previously published K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar datasets. My current research focuses on 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of igneous rocks and alteration minerals associated with a variety of critical mineral deposits in the U.S.
