Geology and Minerals

Carol D. Frost

Carol Denison Frost (born May 23, 1957) is an American isotope geologist, petrologist and professor. Her primary research focuses on the evolution of the continental crust and granite petrogenesis. She has spent over forty years investigating the geologic history of the Wyoming Province and the formation and geochemical classification of granite. Other contributions include isotopic fingerprinting of natural waters, including water associated with energy production. She served as Director of the Earth Sciences Division, National Science Foundation, from December 2014 to January 2018. Frost joined the British Geological Survey Board of Directors in 2023. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of America, and a Geochemistry Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry.

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• ▸Grand Teton National Park
• ▸Chitlapakkam Lake
• ▸Crustal recycling

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