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Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Geology

2008-2009 Calendar Years

Dear Alumni and Friends, Much has happened in the two years since we last connected with you. Last fall, we completed an internal and external review of all of our programs. This is something all departments on campus must go through every eight years. The review teams examined a self-study document, toured the department, met the faculty in small group meetings and interviewed the staff as well as representatives of the undergraduate and graduate students. Both review teams had a very positive impression of the department. The internal review team noted “that the department provided a strong and positive environment for research, scholarship and service.” The external review team found “a robust, engaged faculty, who are collegial and producing scholarship of the highest level.” Later they noted that “…the scholastic accomplishments within the department are substantial by any measure” and that “…the productivity of the faculty is superior, both in terms of quality and quantity.” On May 8, 2009 the campus was hit by a bizarre storm, which the National Weather Service called a derecho. Wind speeds over large areas exceeded 100 miles per hour, and this along with the very wet soil lead to an extensive number of uprooted trees, damaged roofs, and frightened students and faculty. We went to the basement once we heard the sirens and waited for some time. This was finals week, and students from one class were sitting on the floor in the basement trying to complete their exam. The power went out and did not return to the campus for several days. Graduation was scheduled the next day and normally the College of Science holds its ceremonies in Shryock Auditorium. Instead we gathered in McAndrew stadium on a dreary, intermittently wet day, with temperamental generators humming in the distance. The College of Science awarded Jim Lightner, one of our graduates, its outstanding alumnus award at the ceremony. He spoke to all of the College graduates and his commencement speech is reproduced in its entirety in this newsletter. We have been searching for a new coal geologist ever since Jack Crelling retired some time ago. After a couple of failed searches for an assistant professor, the University gave us permission to seek an established coal geologist and we were able to lure Professor Sue Rimmer from her position in the Department of Geology, University of Kentucky. Sue joined the faculty in January, 2009 and has established new x-ray and rock preparation laboratories. She has also revitalized our Petroleum Geology course. I do have some sad news to report. Dr. John Utgaard passed away early morning on September 8, 2009. John served the Department for nearly 40 years as a dedicated teacher, distinguished paleontologist, and respected chair. Most of us knew him as a dear friend and colleague. John’s family has suggested gifts to the Dutcher-Utgaard Field Course fund as a memorial. Jay Zimmerman has prepared a summary of John’s career and this newsletter also provides a listing of his publications. Sharon Simons, a longtime member of the office staff retired in 2009. That was a bit earlier than she planned. Sharon had a serious fall and could not work for an extended period of time. She also lost her sight and could not resume her job once she recovered from the fall. We miss her. We welcomed Katheryn Fifarek as part of the office staff in the fall, 2009. Things are again running smoothly in the main office.

Dr. Sue Rimmer mid vitrinite reflectance analysis.

Homecoming this coming year is the weekend of October 9th and 10th. Again we will have our annual picnic on Sunday (10/10/10). Please try to join us and reconnect with the faculty and staff. My best to everyone.

Steven P. Esling Associate Professor and Chair

Faculty

Ken Anderson, Professor; James Conder, Assistant Professor; John C. Crelling, Research Professor; Joe Devera, Adjunct Instructor, Russell Dutcher, Emeritus; Steven Esling, Associate Professor and Chair; Eric Ferré, Professor; Richard H. Fifarek, Associate Professor; Charles O. Frank, Emeritus; Stanley Harris, Emeritus; Scott E. Ishman, Professor; Liliana Lefticariu, Assistant Professor; John E. Marzolf, Associate Professor; Nicholas Pinter, Professor; Susann Pinter, Lecturer; Sue Rimmer, Professor; Dale Ritter, Emeritus; Paul D. Robinson, Emeritus; John L. Sexton, Professor; James R. Staub, Emeritus; Jay Zimmerman, Emeritus.

Staff

Richard Black, Office Manager; Harvey Henson, Research Project Specialist; William Huggett, Researcher; Katheryn Fifarek, Office Systems Specialist.

A rather grainy old photograph, taken at John Utgaard’s retirement party. From

left: Jay Zimmerman, Stan Harris, John Utgaard, and Russell Dutcher.

John Utgaard and the Summer Field Course John Edward Utgaard was born in Annamoose, North Dakota, on January 22, 1936. Having grown to maturity in the agricultural environment of the northern plains, he completed his education, married, helped raise and provide for a family, and established a distinguished career in his chosen field of Geology. He passed away on September 8, 2009 in Carbondale, Illinois, his home of forty-four years. John attended the University of North Dakota, graduating in 1958 with the degree of B.S. in Geology and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. At Indiana University, supported in part by fellowships from Standard Oil of Texas and the National Science Foundation, he completed requirements for the A.M. degree in 1961 and continued preparation for his Ph. D. in Geology with a specialty in invertebrate paleontology and major emphasis on bryozoology. Following marriage to Mary Susan Baker, of Bloomington, Indiana in August 1961 and the birth of first son Erik in the fall of 1962, John was awarded the Ph. D. degree in 1963. The family then moved to Washington, D. C., where John spent two years as Research Associate at the U. S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. In the Spring of 1965 John, Susan, Erik, and recently-arrived son Sigurd (Sig) moved to Carbondale, Illinois, where John continued his professional career at Southern Illinois University at the rank of Assistant Professor. Soon after his arrival at SIU, John assumed responsibility for the department’s summer field course, GEOL 454. Initially, he changed its location from southern Illinois to Cardwell, Montana, site of the Indiana University field course in which he had previously served as Teaching Associate. The headquarters of the SIU course were shifted from Cardwell to the Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association (YBRA) facility at Red Lodge, Montana, following Russ Dutcher’s 1971 appointment as chairman of the SIU Department of Geology. This move established the longstanding close relationship between YBRA and our department. During the first years at the new location, John completely revamped the field course with the help of Dale Ritter and Russ Dutcher, combining some field exercise sites used by YBRA with others familiar from the IU course and adding new ones. John also saw the educational and morale advantages of interrupting sequences of local exercises with trips to other parts of the region, some as distant as Craters of the Moon National Monument and Glacier National Park. I had the good luck to join the field course as instructor in the summer of 1975. I found that John and the others had put together a well-conceived but demanding variety of mapping exercises that were graduated in both geological and physical difficulty. The intent was to pitch the material to senior-level students who had

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completed all other course work for the BS degree but who were essentially beginners in the field. In fact, although many or most of our students took GEOL 454 as the last BS degree requirement before graduation, we also permitted third-year students to take the course on a case by case basis. While SIU geology students were always first in line, John understood the advantage of including as many students from other institutions as feasible. This policy enriched the experiences of all of us who participated and probably enabled the continuation of the course after departmental enrollment decreased dramatically in the mid-1980s. There are aspects of John’s work in the field course that stand out in my memory. First of all, he was a talented field geologist. He could map well (a skill that we emphasized in GEOL 454) and had a solid understanding of northern Rocky Mountain geology. Of course as an invertebrate paleontologist he had the fossils down cold, but with his other areas of strength in carbonate sedimentology and petrology, he could unravel the paleoenvironmental subtleties of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic carbonate units that we encountered on a near-daily basis and set them firmly into the regional evolutionary framework. Not limited to carbonates alone, on the outcrop John could make nearshore clastic facies sing. John was a strong believer in a working trip from Carbondale to Red Lodge where the real summer fun was to begin. Why should all of that great geology between Illinois and Montana go to waste? In the late 1970s our route led west across Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado to the Rocky Mountain front at Walsenburg, south of Denver. After a day at the Spanish Peaks we headed north through Golden to Rocky Mountain National Park. We next turned west past the Florissant Fossil Beds to Dinosaur National Monument in Utah for a day. Finally, the caravan struck northward through Wyoming (Flaming Gorge, Green River lake beds, Bighorn Basin) to Montana and YBRA. At the end of this nine-day march, a group of forty or so students and instructors, most of whom had begun as near or total strangers, had been welded into a collegial group prepared for the real work of the summer. Or so the theory went. In fact the theory worked pretty well, but after three or so years of this, we decided that a shorter, more direct approach in a course limited in length to six weeks was warranted, possibly because the senior instructional staff was now well established in middle age. So the standard “trip out” which most former students will remember was conceived. This route pointed across Missouri to Kansas City, north to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then west to Wall Drug, the Badlands and the Black Hills. After two days of geological reconnaissance in that area and a night at Devils Tower we arrived at YBRA ready for dinner and a “cold one “ after a mere five days in the carryalls. On the road, John was impressive. Sure, he knew the geology and where to go to see it, but he had also zeroed in on every scenic camping place, every small-town café with a monstrous breakfast, every restaurant that specialized in super-steaks, and every buffet that served pickled herring in cream, in at least five states. For several years I piloted the last carryall in the string through heat, rain, mud, and clouds of dust, over good roads and awful roads, following John from outcrop to outcrop and from one camping place to the next. The students and I always hoped that he knew where he was going and had some purpose in mind. On many mornings during those first few years I could wake up in my tent, having crawled into the sleeping bag long after dark the night before, with absolutely no recollection of where I was: maybe somewhere in western Montana, maybe not. Even if the students didn’t know, and I didn’t know, John had it figured. And I can’t remember that he ever took the wrong road. Among the constant factors of our trips to Red Lodge and our days in YBRA was the entire Utgaard family. Where John went, so went Susan and the boys. Following Erik and Sig were the arrivals, through the years, of Peter (Pete), and finally, John (Johnny). When the boys were old enough to travel, out to Montana they went. As a result, the Utgaard boys joined the offspring of other faculty members in spending summer weeks on the edge of the Beartooth Mountains. Not a bad place to start growing up. And then there was Sparky Utgaard, the single-minded, gopher-hunting dachshund. Sparky had many notable adventures at the YBRA camp – but those are other tales for other days. John’s leadership of the SIU summer field course was only one aspect of a distinguished career. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1968 and to Professor in 1973. Throughout his tenure at the Department of Geology he maintained a standard of quality research and refereed publication. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1972 and became a recognized authority on paleobryozoology with his authorship of definitive chapters on Cystoporate bryozoa in the revised Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1983) and other research contributions. His performance in the classroom mirrored his contributions in research. John taught across the entire curriculum from entry-level geology to advanced graduate courses and supervised the research of some thirty graduate students. He was voted College of Science Outstanding Teacher in 1978. John was awarded numerous research and teaching grants. He served on a long list of College and University Committees, was a member of fourteen professional and honorary societies and an officer in several. He was a member of the YBRA Council for multiple terms and served as its President from 1989 to 1991. In 1984 John assumed the chairmanship of the Department of Geology, succeeding Russ Dutcher, and remained in that position until 1993. During that span of years he ceded the leadership of the summer field course to me. I inherited a smoothly running course with a solid reputation for organization and quality of instruction but can attest that the view from the leading vehicle in the caravan is different from that of the last in line and not entirely because the dust is thinner in front. During those summers John was usually at YBRA to lend a hand with teaching and with good advice when needed. Rich Fifarek rode shotgun in those days, and Jim Staub, John Marzolf, and John Weber taught from time to time.

John retired from his position at the University in 1998. His official send-off was celebrated by students, former students, friends, and colleagues at what I believe to be the last Buffalo Tro to be sponsored by the department. It was a big evening, but all of us survived, and John almost immediately turned up at his old office in Parkinson Laboratory with a new title: Visiting Professor of Geology and Professor Emeritus. Not only did he continue publishing for several years but also advised students and fulfilled the occasional teaching assignment. During this period, John and Susan spent most summers in Red Lodge, renting a house on the beach near the golf course and hosting the Utgaard boys and their respective wives and children. Throughout all this, John pursued his interest in painting and captured any number of local scenes (typically field course mapping sites) on canvas.

Bill Huggett, researcher in the coal laboratory, receives recognition for 25 years of

service. From left: Steven Esling, Bill Huggett, Ken Anderson, and John Mead, Director of the Coal Research Center .

As much as he loved the Montana mountains, John also deeply appreciated the countryside of southern Illinois. On many occasions I’ve met him and Susan by chance on the roads of Giant City Park or Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. We’d stop and trade observations about the weather or birds or wildflowers before driving on. In early 2009, John was notified that he had been selected the recipient of the Arthur Gray Leonard Award, presented to distinguished alumni by the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He was to receive the Leonard Medal at a banquet in October. John passed away in Carbondale on September 8, 2009, at the age of 73. Dr. Steven Hageman, in his memorial published in the Bulletin of the International Bryozoology Association, put it this way: “To everyone who knew him personally, John will be remembered as a genuine friend and a notably nice guy.” Jay Zimmerman

John Utgaard Publications Published Papers Hattin, Donald E., Edmund Nosow, R.D. Perkins, E.C. Stumm, M.D. Mound, and John Utgaard, 1961, Field excursion to the Falls of the Ohio: Guidebook for Field Trips, Cincinnati Meeting, Geological Society of America, p. 295-350. Boardman, R.S., and John Utgaard, 1964, Modification of study methods for Paleozoic Bryozoa: Journal of Paleontology, v. 38, p. 768-770. Utgaard, John, and R.S. Boardman, 1965, Heterotrypa Nicholson, 1879, and Peronopora Nicholson, 1881 (Bryozoa, Trepostomata); Proposed designation of a type-species in conformity with generally accepted usage: Bull. of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 22, p. 112-118, 1 table. Boardman, R.S., and John Utgaard, 1966, A revision of the Ordovician bryozoan genera Monticulipora, Peronopora, Heterotrypa, and Dekayia: Journal of Paleontology, v. 40, no. 5, p. 1082-1108, pls. 138-142, 9 text-figs. Utgaard, John, 1968, A revision of North American genera of ceramoporoid bryozoans (Ectoprocta): Part I; Anolotichiidae: Journal of Paleontology, v. 42, no. 4, p. 1053-1041, pls. 129-132. Utgaard, John, 1968, A revision of North American genera of ceramoporoid bryozoans (Ectoprocta): Part II, the Ceramoporidae Crepipora, Ceramoporella, Acanthoceramoporella, and Ceramophylla: Journal of Paleontology, v. 42, no. 6, p. 1444-1455, pls. 181-184. Utgaard, John, 1969, A revision of North American genera of ceramoporoid bryozoans (Ectoprocta): Part III; the Ceramoporidae Ceramopora, Papillalunaria, Favositella, and Haplotrypa: Journal of Paleontology, v. 43, no. 2, p. 289-297, pls. 51-54. Fraunfelter, George, and John Utgaard, 1970, Middle Pennsylvanian edrioasteroid from southern Illinois: Journal of Paleontology, v. 44, no. 2, p. 297-303, pls. 59-60, 12 text-figs.

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Utgaard, John, and Terry Givens, 1973, Middle Pennsylvanian depositional environments; Delta Mine, Williamson County, Illinois: Thirty-Seventh Annual Tri-State Field Conference, p. 90-106, 1 table, 3 figures. Fraunfelter, George H., John Utgaard, Charles F. Mansfield, John T. Popp, Stanley E. Harris, Jr., Russell J. Jacobson and Richard D. Harvey, 1979, Depositional and Structural History of the Pennsylvanian System of the Illinois Basin, Part I, Road Log and Descriptions of Stops: Guidebook for Field Trip No. 9, Ninth International Congress on Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey Guidebook Series, p. 82-112. Utgaard, John, 1979, Paleoecology and depositional history of rock strata associated with the Herrin (No. 6) Coal, Delta Mine, Williamson County, Illinois: Depositional and Structural History of the Pennsylvanian System of the Illinois Basin, Part 2, Invited Papers: Guidebook for Field Trip No. 9, Ninth International Congress on Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey Guidebook Series, p. 86-92, 2 figs., 1 table. Healy, Neil D., and John Utgaard, 1979, Ultrastructure of the skeleton of the cystoporate bryozoans Ceramophylla, Crassaluna. and Cystodictya: in Larwood, G.P., and Abbott, M.B., eds., Advances in Bryozoology, The Systematics Association Special Volume No. 13, Academic Press, London, p. 179-194, 2 plates. Utgaard, John, 1981, Lunferamita, a new genus of Constellariidae (Bryozoa) with strong cystoporate affinities: Journal of Paleontology, v. 55, p. 1058-1070, 10 tables, 3 plates. Jaeger, Paul, and John Utgaard, 1983, Facies, depositional environments, diagenesis, and porosity and permeability of the Salem Limestone in Southwestern and Southern Illinois: in Frank, C.O., editor, Field Guide for the Eastern Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Carbondale - 1983, p. 2-29 - 2-41, 9 figs. Dutcher, Linda A.F., Dutcher, Russell R., and John E. Utgaard, 1983, Geology of the No. 5 and No. 6 Coals of southern Illinois: in Frank, C.O., editor, Field Guide for the Eastern Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Carbondale - 1983, p. 1-52, 17 figs. Utgaard, John E., 1985, The origin of variations in the thickness and character of roof strata important in mines in the Herrin (No. 6) Coal in southern Illinois: in Chugh,Y.P. editor, Proceedings: Second Conference on Ground Control Problems in the Illinois Coal Basin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, p. 28-30. DeJarnette, Mark L., and John E. Utgaard, 1986, Facies and depositional environments of a mixed carbonate-clastic sequence in the Sundance Formation (Jurassic), northeastern Bighorn Basin, Montana and Wyoming: in Geology of the Beartooth Uplift and adjacent basins: Montana Geological Society and Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association Joint Field Conference and Symposium, p. 27-31, 3 figs.,1 plate. Wescott, William A., and John E. Utgaard, 1987, An Upper Mississippian trace fossil assemblage from the Tar Springs Sandstone, southern Illinois: Journal of Paleontology, v. 61, no. 2, p. 231-241, 6 figs. Burk, Mitchell K., Deshowitz, Marc P. and John E. Utgaard, 1987, Facies and depositional environments of the Energy Shale Member (Pennsylvanian) and their relationship to low-sulfur coal deposits in southern Illinois: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 57, no. 6, p. 1060-1067, 1 table, 6 figs. Vice, Mari A. and John E. Utgaard, 1989, Depositional Environments in the Mission Canyon Limestone (Madison Group, Mississippian), Northern Bighorn Basin Region, Montana and Wyoming: in Geologic Resources of Montana, vol. 1: Montana Geological Society, Centennial Field Conference Guidebook, p. 55-64, 10 figs. Vice, Mari A, and John E. Utgaard, 1996. Sedimentation and Early Diagenesis on the Mississippian Mission Canyon Platform in the Northern Bighorn Basin Region: in Resources of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, p. 145 - 157, 22 figs., 3 tables, 1 plate. Vice, M. A., R. H. Fifarek, and J. E. Utgaard, 2000, Diagenesis of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, northern Bighorn Basin region, south-central Montana and northern Wyoming: in R. A. Schalla and E. H. Johnson, eds. Montana Geological Society, 50th Anniversary Symposium, Montana/Alberta Thrust Belt and Adjacent Foreland, Vol. 1, p. 83 - 96. Published Abstracts Utgaard, John, and T.G. Perry, 1960, Fenestrate bryozoans from the Glen Dean Limestone (Middle Chester) of southern Indiana: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 71, no. 12, pt. 2, p. 2027. Utgaard, John, and T.G. Perry, 1963, Trepostomatous bryozoan fauna of the upper part of the Whitewater Formation (Cincinnatian) of eastern Indiana and western Ohio: Geological Society of America, Special Paper no. 67, p. 171. Utgaard, John, 1971, An undescribed genus of Constellariidae with strong cystoporate affinities: Second International Conference on Bryozoa, International Bryozoological Association, Programme, Abstract No. 48, Durham, England. Utgaard, John, 1973, Mode of colony growth, autozooids and polymorphism in the bryozoan Order Cystoporata: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 5, no. 4, p. 359-360. Utgaard, John, and Neil D. Healey, 1977, Ultrastructure of the skeleton of the cystoporate bryozoans Ceramophylla, Crassaluna, and Cystodictya: Program of Fourth International Conference on Bryozoa, International Bryozoological Association, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., 1977, p. 46.

Utgaard, John 1979, Paleobiological significance of preserved organic remnants in Paleozoic cystoporate bryozoans: Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, Illinois State Academy of Science, p. 34. Deshowitz, M.P., and John Utgaard, 1979, Paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Energy Shale (Middle Pennsylvanian) in southern Illinois. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, Illinois State Academy of Science, p. 34. Utgaard, John, 1979, Review of Carboniferous cystoporate bryozoan genera: Abstracts of Papers, Ninth International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, p. 219. Dutcher, Russell, R., and John E. Utgaard, 1979, Geology of the Illinois Coal Basin: Abstracts of Papers, First Conference on Ground Control Problems in the Illinois Coal Basin, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Deshowitz, Marc P., and John Utgaard, 1980, Facies, paleoecology, and depositional environments of the Energy Shale Member (Middle Pennsylvanian) and their relation to low-sulfur coal deposits, southern Illinois: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 64, no. 8, p. 1283. Deshowitz, Marc P., and Utgaard, John, 1981, Facies, paleoecology, and depositional environments of Energy Shale Member (Pennsylvanian) and their relation to low-sulfur coal deposits in southern Illinois: 2nd Annual Program of Coal Review, Coal Extraction and Utilization Research Center, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Utgaard, John, 1981, Depositional environments of the Brereton Limestone: A possible aid to predicting roof stability in underground mines in the Herrin (No. 6) Coal: Illinois Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, p. A-32 - A-33. Burk, Mitchell K., and John Utgaard, 1983, Facies and depositional environments of Energy Shale Member (Carbondale Formation, Pennsylvanian), southwestern Jefferson County, Illinois: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 67, no. 9, p. 1454. Guzan, Michael J., and John Utgaard, 1983, Petrography and thickness variations of Brereton Limestone Member (Carbondale Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian) – an important roof-rock in part of the Illinois basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 67, no. 9, p. 1455. O'Connell, Dennis B., and John Utgaard, 1983, Biofacies and habitats of Brereton Limestone Member (Carbondale Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian), southwestern Illinois: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 67, no. 9, p. 1458. Utgaard, John E., Cleaveland, Thomas H., Bird, Shane R., and Dennis B. O'Connell, 1983, Depositional environments and variability of the Brereton Limestone Member (Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian), an important coal mine roof rock, in southwestern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 710. Utgaard, John E., 1984, Sedimentation on an abandoned delta-plain peat swamp: The Middle Pennsylvanian Herrin (No. 6) Coal, Energy Shale, Anna Shale and Brereton Limestone Members in southern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 203. DeJarnette, M.L., and John Utgaard, 1984, Shoal, lagoonal and tidal flat carbonates and sandstones in the Hulett Sandstone Member of the Sundance Formation (Jurassic): northeastern Bighorn Basin, Montana and Wyoming: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 1984, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 485-486. Mansholt, M.S., Utgaard, J.E., and R.L. Langenheim, 1985, Paleoecology and depositional environments of Wolfcampian carbonates in Arrow Canyon, Clark County, Nevada: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Midyear Meeting Abstract Volume. Utgaard, J.E., O'Connell, D.B., Cleaveland, T.H., and Bird, S.R., 1988, Paleoecology applied to coal geology: the relationship of the distribution of biofacies in the Brereton Limestone Member (Carbondale Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian) to variability in coal-mine roof strata in southwestern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 1988, vol. 20, no. 5, p. 393. (Invited paper). Vice, Mari A., and John E. Utgaard, 1989, Depositional environments in the Mission Canyon Limestone (Madison Group, Mississippian), northern Bighorn basin region, Montana and Wyoming: Montana Geological Society, 1989 Field Conference Guidebook, vol. II, p. xvii. Vice, Mari A., and John E. Utgaard, 1990, Microfacies and diagenesis in the Mission Canyon Limestone, south-central Montana and northern Wyoming: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 1990, vol. 22, no. 7, p. A89. Vice, Mari A., and John E. Utgaard, 1991, Local facies variability in the Mission Canyon Limestone, west flank, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, V. 75, no. 6, p. 1143. Vice, Mari A. and John E. Utgaard, 1992, Carbonate sedimentation on the Mississippian Mission Canyon platform: response to tectonism and sea level changes: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, no. 7, p. A109. Vice, Mari A., Bensley, David F., and John E. Utgaard, 1992, Fluorescence spectroscopy: a promising tool for carbonate petrology: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, no. 7, p. A230.

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Vice, Mari A and John E. Utgaard, 1993, Sedimentation and early diagenesis on the Mississippian Mission Canyon Platform: response to tectonism and sea level fluctuations: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Global Sedimentary Geology Program, Program and Abstracts for Carboniferous to Jurassic Pangea Conference, p. 321. Utgaard, John E., and David F. Bensley, 1995, Using computer-enhanced, scanned images of polished rock surfaces to study lamina thickness variations in thinly laminated tidal deposits: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 7, p. A-450. Murphy, Steppen, Staub, James R., Utgaard, John E., and Gastaldo, Robert A., 1996, Distribution and ecology of Holocene foraminifera within the Lassa distributary of the Rajang River delta, Sarawak, East Malaysia: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28, no. 7, p. A-485. Kruge, M. A., J. E. Utgaard and W. Ferry, 1999, A biogeochemical comparison of fossil (Carboniferous) and modern crustose red algae: European Association of Organic Geochemists 19th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Tubitak Marmara Research Center, Earth Sciences Research Institute, Abstracts, Part 2, p.695-696. Cope, K. H., J. E. Utgaard, and J. M. Masters, 1999, The fauna of the Clayton Formation (Paleocene, Danian) of southern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 31, No 7, p. A-464. Vice, M. A., Fifarek, R. H. and J. E. Utgaard, 2000, Diagenesis of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, northern Bighorn Basin region, south-central Montana and northern Wyoming: in R. A. Schalla and E. H. Johnson, eds., Montana Geological Society, 50th Anniversary Symposium, Montana/Alberta Thrust Belt and Adjacent Foreland, Vol. 2, p. 32. Cuffey, R. J., R. A. Davis, and J. E. Utgaard, 2001, The Cincinnati Paleobryozoologists. International Bryozoology Association & The Society for the History of Natural History, From John Ellis to Bryostatins: The History of Study of Fossil and Living Bryozoans, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Abstracts, p. 8. Published Books Utgaard, John and T.G. Perry, 1960, Fenestrate bryozoans from the Glen Dean Limestone (Middle Chester) of southern Indiana: Indiana Department of Conservation, Geol. Survey Bulletin 19, 31 pp., 6 pls., 12 text-figs. Utgaard, John and T.G. Perry, 1964, Trepostomatous bryozoan fauna of the upper part of the Whitewater Formation (Cincinnatian) of Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio: Indiana Department of Conservation, Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 111 pp., 23 pls., 1 text-fig., 62 tables. Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., Blake, D.B., Utgaard, J.E., Karklims, O.L., Cook, P.L., Sandberg, P.A., Lutand, G., and T.S. Wood, 1983, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part G, Bryozoa, Revised, vol 1: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, 625 pp., 295 figs. Chapters in Published Books Utgaard, John, 1973, Mode of colony growth, autozooids, and polymorphism in the bryozoan Order Cystoporata: in Animal Colonies, Development and Function through time: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc., p. 317-360, 74 figures. Cuffey, Roger J., and John E. Utgaard, 1999, Bryozoans: in R. Singer, ed., Encyclopedia of Paleontology, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Vol. 1, p. 204 - 216. Chapters in Treatise Utgaard, John, 1983, Paleobiology and taxonomy of the Order Cystoporata: in Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., Blake, D.B., Utgaard, J.E., Karklims, O.L., Cook, P.L., Sandberg, P.A., Lutand, G., and T.S. Wood, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part G, Bryozoa, Revised, vol. 1, Geological Society of America and University of Kansas, p. 327-357, figs. 142-155. Utgaard, John, 1983, Systematic descriptions for the Order Cystoporata: in Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., Blake, D.B., Utgaard, J.E., Karklims, O.L., Cook, P.L., Sandberg, P.A., Lutand, G., and T.S. Wood, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part G, Bryozoa, Revised, vol. 1, Geological Society of America and University of Kansas, p. 358-439, figs. 156-215. Laboratory Manuals Utgaard, John, and George Fraunfelter, 1970, Introduction to paleontology: laboratory exercise for GSA 321: Schultz Publishing Co., Evansville, Indiana, 75 p. Book Reviews Utgaard, John 1968, Review of "Bryozoan Tabulipora carbonaria in Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian) of Kansas", by Roger J. Cuffey, 1964, The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Bryozoa, Article 1, 96 p. 9 pls.: Journal of Paleontology, v. 42, no. 2, pp. 601-603. Utgaard, John, 1974, Review of "Rhabdomesid bryozoans of Wreford Megacyclothem (Wolfcampian, Permian) of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma", by Geoffrey B. Newton, 1971, The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Article 56 (Bryozoa, Article 2), 71 p., 2 pls., 10 tables, 19 text-figs.: Journal of Paleontology, v. 48, no. 3, p. 612-613. Editorships Ethridge, Frank G., George Fraunfelter, and John Utgaard, editors, 1973, Depositional environments of selected Lower Pennsylvanian Upper Mississippian

sequences of southern Illinois: Thirty-Seventh Annual Tri-State Field Conference, 158 pp., 30 figs.

College of Science Outstanding Alumnus

The College of Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale awarded James Lightner its outstanding alumnus award in 2009. Jim earned his Bachelor’s degree in Geology here in 1974, and a Master’s degree in Geology as a Fulbright Fellow from the Australian National University. Jim has over 25 years of oil and petroleum industry experience, including holding internships with AMOCO Oil, serving as non-Executive Chairman of Forest Oil, Inc., as Vice President and General Manager and Exploration Manager of the Denver Division of EOG Resources, Inc., and as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tom Brown, Inc. He was also CEO of Orion Energy Partners and is a founding partner in Beacon E&P, LLC. Jim has served as a director of IPAMS and COGA, and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, AAPG, SEG and IPAA. Jim serves on various Boards, and as a proud alumnus of Southern Illinois University, established the Dutcher-Utgaard Geology Field Course Endowment as a means of supporting a summer field experience he credits with allowing him to receive hands-on learning in the field of Geology.

James Lightner May, 2009 Commencement Speech

Good morning graduates, friends and family members, faculty and administration. I am very happy to be here and need to thank the students and the university, because this is my first college commencement. I was in your exact same position 34 years ago except that I didn’t have the pleasure of attending a commencement ceremony. I didn’t discover geology until the first semester my junior year so it took me an extra half year to graduate. After leaving here I got married (which was and still is the best thing that has ever happened to me), spent 2 ½ years obtaining my Masters Degree in Australia, followed by 32 years working in the private sector finding and producing domestic “home-grown” energy for this great country of ours. My wife and I have lived in Canberra Australia, Houston Texas, Billings Montana, and Denver Colorado. We have two sons – one who just graduated from college and one who just finished his sophomore year in college. What I would like to do this morning is share some thoughts and observations about life after college that I have accumulated over the last 34 years. I would like to touch on science first. When I arrived on campus 39 years ago in 1970, the so-called enlightened hippy movement was beginning to wind down and we celebrated the very first Earth Day event. The organized focus on our environment was well-intentioned and very beneficial – I have no doubt that we all want to treat our environment responsibly. But let me share some predictions made on that historic occasion 39 years ago.

We have about 5 more years at the outside to do something! (famous ecologist)

Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken

against problems facing mankind. (Harvard biologist)

Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supply we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100 to 200 million people per year will be starving to death in the next 10 years. (Stanford biologist)

And you may not remember but we had experienced a significant 30-year cooling spell from 1940 to 1970. We were being told the earth was going into another ice age and that human activity was to blame. I would like to humbly suggest that all of the above “alarmist” statements were not scientifically based but stemmed from a passionate belief system that seems to consistently find fault with mankind. Today we are facing dire predictions of run-away global warming primarily due to human CO2 emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency has recently issued an endangerment finding for CO2 emissions and it is now considered a pollutant. A pollutant? Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and lead are pollutants everyone can agree on. But CO2? A naturally occurring trace gas that is essential to plant life on earth. More CO2 means more plant life and therefore more animals? An essential building block of life as we know it? Without its natural greenhouse gas effect our earth would be a frozen ice-covered planet. So why do I think we should all be concerned with this issue? Because something that is so natural and obviously beneficial to our ecosystems is now labeled a pollutant solely due to a theory and extremely complex computer models that predict runaway global warming caused by increasing levels of man-made emissions of CO2. These computer model predictions can’t be tested or verified. And these conclusions are being reached without an open honest scientific debate. Does that make any sense to you? If we had a debate we would find out that there is a rapidly growing number of highly respected scientists who question the current so-called consensus. That they believe the data shows that more than half of the last 10,000 years were warmer than we are now. Most recently that it was warmer in the Medieval Warm Period from around 700-1100 years before present (when Greenland was settled for grazing – have you ever wondered why they called it Greenland?) That 1936 was the warmest year in the last century? What about the current concern for polar bears? The Department of Interior in May of 2008 listed them as “threatened” under

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the Endangered Species Act. The World Wildlife Fund has warned that polar bears might stop reproducing by 2012 and become functionally extinct in less than a decade. But polar bears survived much warmer periods than we have now and their global population has increased dramatically from about 5,000 bears in the 1960’s to about 25,000 today. Did you know that our beloved planet has not warmed since 1998 and in fact has cooled over the last 6-7 years? Have any of us heard that in the nightly news? None of the complex climate models predicted this. In fact none of the models have been able to even replicate past climate change. Have you ever read that the historical climate record shows no causal correlation between CO2 and temperature? This statement is true on every time scale – millennia, centuries or decades. In fact the data shows CO2 levels increase about 400 to 800 years after warming periods begin – not before. What we do know and can verify is that there is a close correlation between solar and orbital variability and climate change. This data documents a proven causal correlation with climate change and, in fact, predicted the current cooling.

May, 2009 commencement, from the left: Dr. Jay Means, Dean of the College of

Science; James Lightner, Outstanding Alumnus; Steven Esling, Chair, Department of Geology

There are 6.2BB people on our planet and 1.6BB of those unlucky souls do not have and have never had electricity. In the third world access to fossil fuels is critical. Two and a half billion people use biomass such as wood, waste and dung to cook and keep warm. This obviously causes serious environmental degradation and deforestation. About 1.3MM people – mostly women and children – die each year from heavy indoor air pollution. A switch from biomass to fossil fuels would dramatically and immediately improve 2.5BB lives. It is a fact that fossil fuels provide 85% of global energy needs. The global economy and your quality of life are fueled by reliable affordable energy. If the economy is not healthy the environment suffers. This presents an interesting paradox: A healthy environment requires a healthy economy; that economy requires energy and today that energy is largely fossil fuels. As we all sit here today expelling our newly designated pollutant every 3 seconds or so we should at least demand an open scientific debate before strangling the world’s energy supplies. Are you a believer or a denier? Friends, these are not scientific terms. I have my own opinions but I’ll be the first to admit I have no idea what the real answer is. You have all been provided a wonderful science education from this fine institution of higher learning. As you go through life I urge you to use that training and the time tested scientific method to demand open debates and to do your own research which will enable you to make up your own mind, rather than listening to the media or politicians. Get involved. I guarantee you will have plenty of opportunities to do so. So now, armed with a highly educated, open, inquiring mind, you leave this campus in search of what is next. You are heading out into the thick of a painful recession. Nice timing! Let me share some observations from 32 years in private industry. Most of you probably have no idea what you want to do or what you want to be. That is very normal – get used to it. Most people your age haven’t discovered what their true passions are yet. My advice is to find your passion and follow it. You want to enjoy what you are going to be doing for a large part of the rest of your life. It may take numerous jobs or occupations to determine this but these learning experiences are invaluable. There really is no substitute. I would implore you not to count on the government or anyone else to take care of you. You want to be in charge of your own future. Please be aware that no one owes you a job – you have to earn it and you better be darn good at what you do. You will always be competing against other job seekers and you will want every competitive edge you can get. Please do not be close-minded about where you want to live as you search for these jobs. Go live in Hell’s Half Acre if you have to, to get that first job – who knows, you may actually find that you like it there! If not, you now have the all-important experience factor and after 3 years or so you can start focusing on finding a job where you want to live. What kind of employees are employers constantly searching for? I suggest that you imagine starting your very own business. Wow, straight out of college and you are the boss running the whole show. You are responsible for keeping the business healthy and sustainable. Now ask yourself what type of employee would you want to help you achieve this success? I would want hard-working, committed, problem-solving, value-creating people with strong morals and winning attitudes. People that never lose their desire to learn. Why would you want anything different? These individuals would give us the best shot at building a profitable competitive on-going

business. I humbly suggest you strive to be that type of employee. But what if, after being on the job for a year or two, you discover that you really don’t like your job? Fine – that’s life. You have no contract keeping you there. But don’t quit – never quit without having another job lined up. Go ahead and get serious about finding your next position. But know full well that your chances for landing a new quality job are significantly better if you currently hold a job. That tells the prospective employer a lot about you. Keep all your options open – quitting early does not do that for you. Once you have this first job out of college how do you obtain the freedom and ease of mind that come with truly being independent? You must live within your means. Supposedly over 50% of college graduates get into a precarious financial situation within several years of leaving college. That first new job and resultant steady income prompt many folks to go on a buying binge. Don’t let it happen to you. One of the many reasons our economy is in the tank is that way too many of us were living beyond our means – living with large amounts of debt. If you remember one thing from this grey-haired geologist please remember that debt is truly a four letter word. Sure you will probably need a car loan and a house mortgage someday but only buy what you can afford to pay off. No one really needs a new car – not much in life is certain but you can be 100% certain that your shiny new car will be a significant money-loser. Credit cards are highly overrated and very dangerous. I suggest you only have one and use it only for emergencies. Do you really want to borrow money at 12 to 24% interest? Don’t fall into these common traps. Commit to learn as much as you can about personal finance and responsible financial habits. If you get savvy about personal financial responsibility now, it will be one of the most important tools you use for the rest of your life. Just remember our buying decisions should be about what we need, not what we want. There is a big difference, and confusing the two is how we get into trouble. I have come to the conclusion that, all other things being equal, a person with a decent savings account will be more content, more independent, and more able to weather life’s ups and downs than a person without any savings. You will be receiving a well-earned diploma today. There is no doubt you worked hard for it. Even though the current job market is tough, remember that you have a great advantage over those unable to attend college. So immediately after receiving your diploma go straight to Mom and Dad (or whoever aided you financially), give them a big hug, look them in the eye and say Thanks! Do it from the bottom of your heart. You will find out 20-25 years from now that putting your kids through college is a huge financial sacrifice. They do it because they love you, because they want the best for you and because they want you to have the opportunity to use your abilities to the fullest. But make no mistake, it is a sacrifice – please don’t ever take it for granted. I would like to address one other topic before I turn you loose to your diploma and well-deserved celebration. I would like to challenge you to decide what kind of life you want to lead. I am going to borrow some words here from Tony Dungy who led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory in February 2007. I don’t know the man (but wish I did) but from what I know of him, he is one of my role models. Tony Dungy believed that his primary job as an NFL coach was to build men worthy of being role models to a nation of boys who look up to them. Men of character, integrity and courage. Men with both confidence and humility. Men who know the value of family and faith as well as career. “The life you lead is totally up to you. It is not affected whatsoever by income, position or service. What kind of person do you want to be? Today, I have friends of all ages, races and economic backgrounds. But my closest friends are people of high character – I don’t hang around with people I can’t trust. Character is tested, revealed and further developed by the decisions we make in the most challenging times.” What kind of character will you be proud of? Do you want to be a person of humility and integrity? “The great thing about integrity is that it has nothing to do with position, wealth, race or gender. It is not determined by shifting circumstances, cultural dynamics or what you’ve achieved. From the moment you are born, you and you alone determine whether you will be a person of integrity. Integrity does not come in degrees – low, medium or high. You either have it or you don’t.” Do you want to be the best friend anyone could have in the whole world, the best spouse, the best parent? Think about what your mentors and your role models meant to you and imagine what a huge positive influence you could have on others. “Each one of us is born with unique gifts, abilities and passions. How well we use those qualities to have an impact on the world around us determines how ‘successful’ we really are.” “The messages pounded into us daily by modern society are a cop-out – messages of sexual conquest, financial achievement, of fame or victory in general!!” “If we get caught up in chasing what the world defines as success we can use our time, talent and energy to do some great things. We might even become famous. But in the end what will it mean?” “What will people remember us for? Are other people’s lives better because we lived? Did we make a difference? Did we use to the fullest the gifts and abilities God gave us? Did we give our best effort and did we do it for the right reasons? Definition of success is really one of ‘significance” – the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others. The significance doesn’t show up in your net worth or your titles or your list of publications or long resume. It is found in the hearts and lives of the people who you have come across in your life who are better in some way because of the impact you had in their life.” So graduates, it is up to you to decide what kind of life you want to lead– and you will continue to make those decisions every day for the rest of your lives. Congratulations on your wonderful achievement. You have unlimited potential and no idea where the future will lead you. Think of how exciting that is! You are the future of our beloved country. As you embark on the next journey of your life I urge you to live a life of true significance – that is how you will make a real difference. Godspeed and God bless. Thank you.

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Summer Field Course

We thought you might like to read a poem by Christine Black, one of our undergraduate students, recited on the last day of the field course in 2009:

Lament of the Field Camp Student We used to think classroom learning was a bore; We wanted to go to the field and explore! Now the thought leaves us crying on the floor; We are field camp students. Our feet have all been torn to shreds, Our boots are slowly losing their treads, But the largest pains are in our heads; We are field camp students. We wanted to spend time under the stars, Instead we spend it all in the cars. Well, that and getting in fights in bars; We are field camp students. At the start Bruntons we were lent, Now we're all completely spent, And on the Bruntons nary a dent, We are field camp students.

Geology Graduates 2008

John Boyd, May, 2008, BS

Sarah Garner, May, 2008, BS Adam Shaw, May, 2008, BS

Thomas Reeves, May, 2008, BA Christopher DeBoer, August, 2008, BS Elizabeth Evanoff, August, 2008, BS

Jennifer Klopfenstein, August, 2008, BS Timothy Pool, August, 2008, BS

Thomas Fullingim, December, 2008, BS Justin Skord, December, 2008, BS

Jennifer Kelley, May, 2008, MS Neil Shannon, May, 2008, MS

Alicia Stanfill Dye, August, 2008, MS Brendan Lutz, August, 2008, MS

Elizabeth Geiger, December, 2008, MS Kristen Krug, December, 2008, MS

Dominic Smith, December, 2008, MS Rob Venczel, December, 2008, MS

Geology Graduates 2009

Joseph Batir, May, 2009, BS Kiel Keller, May, 2009, BS

Jennafer Purdy, May, 2009, BS Kenny Basnett, August, 2009, BS

Gary Vancil, August, 2009, BS Christine Black, December, 2009, BS

Tony Tobenski, August, 2009, BS

Layne Britton, May, 2009, MS Andrew Flor, May, 2009, MS Teresa Russin, May, 2009, MS

Chris York, May, 2009, MS Drew Downs, August, 2009, MS

Laura Bordelon, December, 2009, MS

Christopher Williams, December, 2009, PhD

New Theses in Geology Jennifer L. Kelley – Glassy Tephra of Yasur Volcano, Vanuatu: A Magnetic, Petrographic, and Crystallographic Study of Implications for Devitrification Neil Shannon – Mississippian (Chesterian) Brachiopods of the Illinois Basin: A Paleoecologic and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Clore Formation in the Illinois Basin Alicia Stanfill Dye – Geophysical Investigation of the Subsurface Structure of the Pennsylvanian and Younger Strata associated with the Inman East Fault, Gallatin County, IL Elizabeth Geiger – Paleoecology of Pleistocene Gastropods in Glacial Lake Deposits in Southern Illinois/Missouri Brendan Lutz – Late Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera of the Cibao Valley (Dominican Republic), Biostratigraphy and Paleoceanography Rob Venczel – Historical and Seasonal Patterns in the Conveyance Capacity of the Tisza River, Hungary

Layne Britton – Depositional History of a Low Sulfur Coal in a Typically High Sulfur Basin Andrew Flor – Evaluating Levee Failure Susceptibility on the Mississippi River Using Logistic Regression Analysis and GPS Surveying Teresa Zimmerman Russin – Origin of the Auriferous Barite-Base Metal and Goethite Stages of the Summitville High Sulfidation Gold Deposit, Colorado, USA Christopher York – Combustion Property of Density Separated Inertinite Macerals in the Herrin #6 and Murphysboro Coal Seams Drew Downs – In Search of the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary: Palynostratigraphy and Carbon-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Lower Dinosaur Canyon Member on the Colorado Plateau (Kanab, Utah) Laura Bordelon – Austral Autumn and Winter Seasonal Affectson Benthic Foraminiferal Communities: Bransfield and Northern Gerlache Straits Luis Parra-Avila – Rediscovering Southeast Missouri Mississippi Valley-Type Pb-Zn Deposits: The Co-Ni Enriched Higdon Deposit, Madison and Perry Counties

Joe Batir, one of the outstanding seniors for 2009 at the May, commencement.

Kenny Basnett is behind him.

New Dissertations with Geology Faculty Advisors

Christopher Williams – Recent natural and anthropogenic ecosystem change to the marine environments of Biscayne Bay, Florida Jonathan Remo – Utilizing Archival Data to Assess Historic Changes in Flood Flow Conveyance of the Mississippi River John Keller – Creation of Highly Accurate Radial Numerical Models for the Analysis of Aquifer Tests

Scholarships and Awards 2008

Bill D. Allen Geology Memorial Scholarship Elizabeth Evanoff Ira E. Odom Memorial Scholarship John D. Boyd Matthew McIndoo John Larson Kiel Keller Thomas Fullingim Adam Shaw Gary Vancil John L. Jobling Memorial Geology Fellowship Brendan Lutz Joe Porter Geology Memorial Fellowship Ryan Scroggins David Beals Memorial Scholarship Joseph Batir

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Stan and Jane Harris Scholarship Christopher DeBoer Outstanding Senior Elizabeth Evanoff

Scholarships and Awards 2009

Bill D. Allen Geology Memorial Scholarship John Larson Ira E. Odom Memorial Scholarship Ashton Terry Michael Harris Kenny Basnett Christine Black Tony Tobenski Matt Hebbard Melissa Mesmer John L. Jobling Memorial Geology Fellowship Elizabeth Evanoff Ed Cox Memorial Scholarship Kiel Keller Jerry Aler Memorial Scholarship Joseph F. Batir Outstanding Senior Joseph F. Batir and Kiel Keller Joseph Batir was not only an outstanding student in the Department of Geology, he excelled as a student in the University, earning a prestigious McArthur Fellowship. He was also selected to the All-USA College Academic Team by USA Today and was named a Fulbright Scholar for his graduate studies.

Faculty and Staff News Many of the faculty prepared statements summarizing events in their lives over the last two years: James Conder I am delighted to have joined the department as an assistant professor of geophysics in 2008. Conveniently, the move wasn’t far, as I am coming from Washington University in St. Louis, where I was a researcher in the seismology group. It has been a great experience getting to know the faculty, students, and other members of the department. Some quick background on me: I grew up in Salt Lake City and received an undergraduate degree in Geology with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Utah. After graduation, I worked for a short time at Kennecott Exploration, a precious metals mining company, before continuing with graduate studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. My research focuses on seismology and geodynamics, with an emphasis on subduction zones. Much of my recent work has been closely tied to the NSF MARGINS program which aims to present an integrated understanding of the many geological processes occurring at both oceanic-continental and oceanic-oceanic boundaries. In addition to moving house and setting up my office and research lab, I spent my first semester, Fall 08, teaching and developing the class Solid Earth Geophysics, comprising both graduate and undergraduate students, and representing SIU on the Illinois State Seismic Hazards Task Force Committee. In September, I presented a poster titled Arc and backarc melt production and interaction of the Mariana system from geodynamical modeling at the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition & Dynamics (5th International Lherzolite Conference) at Mt. Shasta, CA. This work explores the structure (seismic, thermal, and petrologic) and behavior of mantle beneath the volcanoes making up the Mariana island chain. This chain is associated with robust backarc spreading, with marked along-strike changes in morphology, petrology, and arc-spreading center distance. This work helps put each of these changes in a geodynamic context where arc-spreading center distance is a primary factor in melt retention and mixing in the Mariana mantle and likely at other arc-backarc systems. I look forward to continuing researching and teaching as part of the SIU geoscience community. Steven P. Esling In the opening letter to the newsletter, I told you about the May, 2009 storm. It hit my family hard. Some of you may recall that I live in a geodesic dome and you may also recall the ancient oak that grew just to the northwest of my home. Well that tree came down on the house crashing through the roof at one point and knocking my bed about six feet across the room. Numerous other trees were down blocking most entrances to the house and we were without power for about a week. Structural damage has been repaired, but I still need a new roof as well as cosmetic repairs to the house. John Keller and I submitted another paper together this year to Ground Water on an Excel file that serves as an interface to the Kansas Geological Survey slug test program. This is a useful tool for practicing professionals that would like to apply state-of-the-art methods in the determination of hydraulic conductivity. John completed his dissertation in the summer, 2009 and has recently accepted a teaching position in Nevada. Doug Kolb completed his thesis on the Quaternary deposits of a quadrangle in southern Illinois. He is now in Utah, gainfully employed. My family is doing well, but I am going to make some of you feel very old. Ellen graduated high school and will start at Southern this coming fall. Do any of you remember babysitting her? Molly is about to complete her freshman year in high school. Time moves much much too fast. All the best in the coming year.

Eric C. Ferré The main news item concern my 6 months sabbatical leave in France where I was able to perfect my already extensive analysis of French cheeses. I visited three areas to collect smelly samples, in the South (where I spent 3 months at the University of Montpellier), in the North (1 month at the University of Cergy-Pontoise) and in the West (at the University of Nantes). Since the cheeses were equally good in all places, I had to keep myself busy with other activities, the French TV being as boring as the US counterpart. In Montpellier, I worked on two mantle-related projects since this is their area of expertise. Xenomag Project – This new project started from a brainstorming session between Ferré and his colleague Martin-Hernandez (Madrid) aimed at identifying new high visibility projects in rock magnetism. The two scientists are aware that despite publication of their results in good journals their respective citations indices are not as high as in other disciplines such as geochemistry for example. One of the strategies considered to improve is to embark on new projects that would attract significant interest from one of the leading communities in geosciences that focuses on mantle processes. To this effect, the two investigators decided to start a new project on the magnetic properties of the lithospheric mantle based on analysis of mantle xenoliths. Samples for this project have been taken from collections in Montpellier and St Etienne. This project resulted in a grant proposal submitted in December 2009. Humboldt Corridor Project – Ferré has collected samples of a unique subhorizontal shear zone in the ophiolite of New Caledonia in 2007. These samples have been analyzed in Montpellier in collaboration with a post-doctoral researcher. A publication on these results is in preparation for the journal Tectonophysics. While in Montpellier, I also developed two new projects related to pseudotachylytes (rocks formed by frictional melting during earthquakes).

Mt Shasta, September, 2008

Pseudotachylyte Tomography Project – This new project stemmed from an original idea of Ferré based on a flaw in the resolution of the determination of seismic slip direction and seismic slip sense of pseudotachylytes in a recent paper published in Nature. A solution to the problem is currently investigated and is based on samples collected in the Italian Alps and processed as serially cut slabs across large veins of pseudotachylyte. The geometric solution requires a freeware image stitching software used to create a 3-D rendering from which the vein asymmetry can be determined. Pseudotachylyte Fabric Project – The issue of determining seismic slip direction and slip sense can also be addressed by using the internal fabric of pseudotachylyte veins. To avoid ambiguity regarding the origin of the fabric Ferré has selected a unique example of paramagnetic pseudotachylyte in which the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility is controlled by small oriented flakes of phyllosilicates. New measurements of the crystallographic orientation of these very small crystals have been performed on the European instrument CrystalProbe installed in Montpellier in the Spring 2009. The material of this study is the core of a manuscript in preparation for the journal Nature. The sabbatical month in Cergy-Pontoise was dedicated to pseudotachylyte projects. New samples were collected during two field missions in the southern part of Massif Central, near the small town of Chirac (which has nothing to do with a former French president) and in the classic area of Val Gilba in the Italian Alps. Doing field work in Italy is always a challenge because food is good that you can barely crawl to the outcrops. Nevertheless, my three French colleagues and I were able to find new localities and geometric criteria for fault propagation direction. Nantes is in the part of France where my father is from, so it was a kind of return to ancestral roots and talking about roots Nantes on the month of April had their floral garden competition. It was really amazing to see the floating gardens on the canals. Nantes has been nicknamed the Venice of the West. My work in Nantes consisted in wrapping up an old long overdue project on the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. I had worked on this with Patrick Launeau back in 1999. The manuscript is now in good shape and will be submitted soon. I also had opportunities to talk about Mars with their planetary group and learned a lot about hyperspectral imagery with Launeau. Back to Carbondale in June, I took off immediately to teach our field camp in Montana. Everything went smoothly at YBRA and we have now added Grand Tetons to the list of National Parks that we visit. I find GTNP a lot more friendly than Yellowstone. The main event of the Fall 2009 was our field mission to South Africa during which we collected samples from the Karoo dolerites. The goal of this project is to figure out if the magma flow pattern was determined by the underlying mantle plume or if

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it was locally controlled by the dike network. The results have already been presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting by Aneesa Lehman, one of the SIU undergraduate students who participated in the South Africa adventure. During that trip we also visited localities such as the Kimberley diamond mine and the Vredefort asteroid impact craters. Richard H. Fifarek My professional highlight of 2008 was the opportunity to consult for a privately funded company conducting "grass roots" exploration for gold deposits in a highly favorable area of northern Nevada. It was the first time since graduate school (back in the Neoproterozoic?) that I had engaged in such summer activities. Even though no major discoveries were found, the experience was very challenging and enjoyable. As late as August, 2008 metal prices were high and it was difficult for exploration companies to find geologists or drill rigs. Of course, this was prior to the worldwide plunge in demand for commodities and the sharp downturn in the industry that prompted even the gold companies to lay off employees and pull back on exploration and other expenditures. In the latter part of 2009 there were hopeful signs of recovery in the mining industry. In 2009, Terri Russin completed her MS degree based on research emphasizing the origin of the late, gold-bearing, barite-base metal and goethite (weathering) stages of the Summitville, Colorado gold deposit. The stable isotope and fluid inclusion characteristics of barite, along with some 40Ar/39Ar dates on alunite and jarosite, allowed her to constrain the T-P-X conditions and timing of gold precipitation. Luis Parra completed his MS research involving the Ni-Co mineralogy of the Higdon Pb-Zn deposit in SE Missouri. His research methodology included extensive core logging as an intern for The Doe Run Co. and detailed petrographic and microprobe studies. On the personal side, Katheryn was hired as a secretary in the Department of Geology on a 10 month appointment that will allow her to travel with me to the YBRA camp and other points farther west during the summer. We have enjoyed visiting our children and grand daughter in 2008 and 2009 and count the days to the next family gathering. Have a golden year and please stay in touch.

Radar map showing the May, 2009 storm that devastated Carbondale.

Scott Ishman Hi All. Another year has come and gone. This past year was a busy one for me in preparation for my next big Antarctic excursion, LARISSA (LArsen Ice Shelf System Antarctica). This is an International Polar Year (IPY) project funded by NSF to investigate the collapse of the Larsen Ice Shelf and its ecological and oceanographic impact as a small-scale model. This project includes participation from Belgium, UK, Chile and Argentina and will entail ice coring, GPS and Seismicity studies, glacial geology, marine biology and marine geology; truly a multi-national and interdisciplinary project. I left for southern Chile December 27 to catch the ship so you will have to wait and read the 2010 news to find out what happened! Preparations for the cruise included meetings in DC AND Dunk Training. This is where they fasten you into a cage resembling the fuselage of a helicopter, submerge you in a pool, flip you upside down and expect you to extract yourself before drowning. Well, obviously I passed and fortunately didn’t have to practice the skills acquired. In addition to cruise preparations I bode my time teaching in the Spring, Micropaleontology and Carbonate Petrology with Joe Devera, and Fall covering Invertebrate Paleontology and Dinosaurs and the Age of Reptiles. Joe and I took the Carbonate group to the Florida Keys, stopping on the way down in Tennessee, doing some modern environment study in the Keys (this required a boat and snorkeling gear) and a great quarry in Florida on the way back. Laura Bordelon finished up her thesis and moved on to a PhD program in Germany. Molly Patterson and Rachel Berger are writing away hoping to finish this summer. We welcomed two new MS students into the lab, Gary Vancil and Tony Tobenski. All is well at home. Zach is now a Senior at SIUC looking forward to field camp this summer. Ali is a Senior at CCHS and will be a Marketing major at SIUC starting in the Fall. Amy continues to be the anchor (I like using nautical terms) of the household, both in my absence and when I am at home. Again I encourage ALL the alumni to participate in as many functions as possible. We welcome your e-mails, visits etc. As you all know these are particularly hard financial times but the department has a great advocate in the Dean of the College of

Science so please support him and the Department in whatever way you see fit. Come and visit and see what we are up to! Liliana Lefticariu Greetings! The biggest news from the Biogeochemistry group is that National Science Foundation has approved funding for a brand new Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS). The instrument has arrived on campus and will be probably installed over the summer and fully functional by fall. The IRMS will allow us to measure isotope ratios of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in a wide range of geological samples (e.g., water, inorganic and biological carbonates, coal, sulfates, oxides, and biological materials). The instrument will provide much needed analytical support for research, education, and training not only for the students from the Geology Department but also for students from other departments. I do cordially invite everybody interested in stable isotope research to contact me for current and future projects. In addition to stable isotopes, I am working on other projects involving energy & environmental topics. Together with Yosief Segid (Geology Department) and Dr. Kelly Bender (Microbiology Department), I finished a preliminary biogeochemical evaluation of a coal-generated acid mine drainage system in Southern Illinois. Yosief has included most of the geochemical data in this thesis which he successfully defended this April. I am currently working at securing additional funding support for continuing the fieldwork at the site with my student Paul Behum (Environmental Resources and Policy Program). The acid drainage is a serious environmental problem in Southern Illinois. In addition, I have two project related to energy issues. Rajesh Sigh (Geology Department) is working at deciphering sulfur distribution in Illinois coal. He has obtained unique results that will be part of his MS thesis. Wahid Rahman (Environmental Resources and Policy Program) is in the process of collecting and interpreting data on the trace elements of environmental concerns in Illinois coal. The last two projects are in collaboration with Dr. Paul Chugh (Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering). In summary, my research group is developing into a diverse and interdisciplinary research group to address the fundamental biogeochemical processes in the environment. Besides research, I continue to enjoy teaching a mix of undergraduate and graduate classes. My teaching portfolio included new classes. The Planets (GEOL 330) has been a sold-out event for the last two spring semesters. In this class we explore many interesting topics related to the space exploration and life on other planets. During the lab session, the students search for and build a planet with the necessary characteristics for life and/or human habitation. The class is really fun for students regarding of their background or major. In addition, I developed and taught a new hybrid classroom and online course “Earth and Space Science for Teachers” for teachers (GEOL 585), which was quite a success. The students, who are middle and high school teachers, enjoyed learning about rocks & minerals, energy resources, and planets. The field trip that I co-organized with Joe Devera (ISGS) was very enlightening since most of the participants had no idea how interesting the geological history of Southern Illinois is. I also thought two graduate classes in Isotope Geochemistry and Geochemistry of Natural Waters. Of course the very good, hard working students made teaching challenging and enjoyable. As always, if you are interested in what the Biogeochemistry group is doing fell free to stop by office, give me a call, or just sent me an email. My students and I are always happy to show the lab and the projects we are doing. Until next time, best regards.

Sue Rimmer collecting samples of intruded coal underground with Ry Stone of the Bowie Mine (Colorado) in 2008 as part of Lois Yoksoulian’s research (University of Kentucky Ph.D. student … she took the photo). Sue Rimmer I guess I am considered the “new guy” this year, although perhaps I could be considered the “player to be named later” in the trade… let me explain. I joined the faculty at SIUC this past January after teaching at the University of Kentucky for 25 years. Just a year before that Kentucky hired away one of SIUC’s faculty members, Tiku Ravat. It was a great hire for Kentucky and I was fortunate to call Tiku a colleague for a year or so. But, SIUC had an opening for a “senior” person in coal research and I was fortunate to be hired … thus, the trade. This has

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been a great move for me and for my family, husband Steve and 10-year old Evan, and we love being part of such a vibrant department. My oldest son, James, is a veterinarian in Indianapolis so he’s not too far away. It’s really great to be back here in Carbondale. I received my B.S. degree here in 1975, after which I went on to the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) for my M.S. degree, and then on to Penn State for my Ph.D. (1985). I’d been at U.K. ever since, as both a faculty member and an administrator. My research involves the study of coals and oil and gas source rocks. Currently, I am focusing on four main areas: 1) coal maturation and the role of heating rate (contact metamorphism vs. burial maturation); 2) biogeochemical cycles in organic-rich sediments; 3) controls on stable isotope composition of organic matter and interpretation of C and N isotope records in organic-rich sediments and coals; and 4) linkages between organic matter and past atmospheric composition. I will be using my start-up funds to build on the coal and source rock capabilities here. This is obviously a great place to do coal research and I look forward to collaborating with others here. I was fortunate to have one of my U.K. M.S. students move here with me, Maggie McPherson who is working on Antarctic coals, along with her fiancé Jesse Sanders who is now also a graduate student in the geology program. But I will still be logging a fair bit of time along I-64 this year going back and forth to Lexington as I get the rest of my graduate students (4 more) wrapped up there. Our group here also includes senior Jen Stephenson who is an undergraduate research assistant working in coal petrology, and M.S. student Seare Ocubalidet who started at U.K. this past January and is working on the New Albany Shale. For the first couple of years, I will be focusing on graduate classes. I team-taught petroleum geology (to 18 students) this past spring and I am teaching coal petrology (to 16 students) this fall. It’s great to have such healthy enrollments in our graduate classes here!

Department Research and Professional Service

2008-2009 The faculty of the Department of Geology authored or co-authored 32 peer reviewed journal articles, six book chapters, one long contribution to a proceedings, and one book during the 2008 and 2009 calendar years. Faculty and students also participated in 57 presentations at international meetings and 21 presentations at National meetings. Total external funding increased substantially, with $1,348,830 in new grants that involve faculty and staff in the Department in 2008 and $3,075,656 that involve faculty and staff in the Department in 2009. The awards come from prestigious National sources, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as well as important state agencies such as the Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Clean Coal Institute, and Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Eight of the ten faculty in the Department either have active grants or submitted at least one grant application over the last two years. The Department keeps a presence in the Environmental Resources and Policy Doctoral Program, with two students from that program advised by Department of Geology faculty. Faculty in the Department remained highly visible Nationally and internationally. Ken Anderson served as a Member of the Council for the Division of Geochemistry for the American Chemical Society. He also served on the Committee on Committees for that same organization. James Conder was the co-chief scientist on the active source ocean bottom seismograph L-SCAN experiment. Jack Crelling won the Ralph Gray Award for Outstanding Book on Coal and Coal Petrography from the Society of Organic Petrology. Sue Rimmer served as the 2nd Vice Chair for the GSA Coal Geology Division. Richard Fifarek was the President of the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association. The faculty contributed professionally as editors or associate editors of important journals such as Acta Crystallographica (Paul Robinson); Geological Society of America Bulletin (Eric Ferré); Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (Eric Ferré); Geochemical Transactions (Ken Anderson); Geomorphology (Nicholas Pinter); Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (Nicholas Pinter); Journal of Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology, and Meiobenthology (Scott Ishman); and the Annals of University of Craiova: Chemistry Series (Lefticariu). Eric Ferré was a guest editor of a special issue of Lithos. The faculty also provided service to their disciplines, reviewing papers for important journals such as the International Journal of Coal Geology; Chemical Geology; Geophysical Journal International; Geophysical Research Letters; Organic Geochemistry; Global and Planetary Change; Marine Micropaleontology; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences; Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth; Journal of Structural Geology; Journal of Volcanology & Geothermal Research; Tectonics; Tectonophysics; Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Computational Geosciences; Micropaleontology; Palaeo Palaeo Palaeo; Journal of Quaternary Science; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Bulletin, Geological Society of America; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Eric Ferré was elected top reviewer of the year by the editors of Tectonophysics in 2008. Faculty reviewed proposals funded through National and international agencies, such as NSF, the American Chemical Society Petroleum Reseach Fund, Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, NASA Peer Review Panel for the Outer Planets Program, the Québec FQNRT Research Foundation, the German Research Foundation, the Georgia National Science Foundation, and the Azerbaijan-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program. Nicholas Pinter served as a panelist for the U.S. National Academy of Science, Committee on Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues. James Conder served on the Illinois State Seismic Safety Task Force and served as a judge for student papers submitted to the Natural Hazards Section of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Eric Ferré convened a Special Session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and Liliana Lefticariu organized

and co-chaired a symposium on Innovative Applications of Isotope Geochemistry in Environmental Geology at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting in 2008. Liliana Lefticariu also co-organized a symposium on the Geochemical and Isotopic Studies of Rocks, Minerals and Fluids at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting in 2009. She also contributed to three NASA white papers and participated in the Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI), funded by NSF. Ken Anderson played a significant role in the Professional Science Masters Steering Committee to help develop the Professional Science Masters in Advanced Energy and Fuels Management on campus. He also committed time to the Coal Fuels Alliance Technical Steering Committee, a group that has been successful in securing considerable funding for energy-related research on campus. John Marzolf was an invited participant to the ExxonMobil Bighorn Basin field seminar. John Sexton received a data grant from Royal Drilling and software grants from both Geomodeling Technology and HCI. Nicholas Pinter won the College of Science Outstanding Scholar Award and received a prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF) from the European Commission. Ken Anderson traveled to Australia as invited visiting scholar to Monash University, giving multiple presentations to university and Australian brown coal industry representatives concerning coal research, development and deployment activities at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He also participated in a State of Illinois trade delegation to the European Union/UK as technical expert at the request of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Parkinson gets a new roof, courtesy of the May storm.

Students mentored by faculty were recognized and a significant number of them have presented their research at professional meetings. Luis Parra was awarded a grant from the Society of Economic Geologists in support of thesis research and obtained an internship from the Doe Run Company. P. Sargent Bray, along with Ken Anderson, won the Best Paper Award for their presentation at the Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference in Adelaide, Australia. John Boyd, an undergraduate student, won the Sigma Xi Award for his poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Forum on campus in 2008. Two of our graduate students (Mohammad Rahman, and Margaret McPherson) won the Antoinette Lierman Medlin Scholarship from the Geological Society of America Coal Geology Division. McPherson also won the Spackman Research Award from the Society for Organic Petrology. Michael Marsh earned a grant from the Institute for Rock Magnetism, University of Minnesota. Two undergraduate students (Aneesa Lehman and Jennifer Stephenson) received undergraduate assistantships. Lehman also was awarded a travel grant from the American Geophysical Union. Eric Ferré took three students on an NSF funded research mission to South Africa, providing them with a rich and unique research experience. Scott Ishman again brought an undergraduate student and graduate student with him on an NSF research vessel off the coast of Antarctica. Two of our recent graduate students, P. Sargent Bray and Drew Downs have begun studies at Universities in the southern hemisphere in the last two years. Drew is at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and Sarge is at Macquarie University in Australia. Geology continues to maintain its strong outreach program. Scott Ishman made presentations to students in Giant City School and Dongola High School, instructing them on dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, and minerals. Ken Anderson and James Conder organized and led a field trip for 5th grade science classes at Unity Point School (Millstone Bluff and Fossil collecting from Mississippian strata near Vienna, IL). Ken Anderson, James Conder, and Scott Ishman organized and led a field trip for the 7-8th grade IMSA science enrichment program (Giant City State Park). Harvey Henson manages most outreach activities. He is a co-principal investigator on a project to develop inquiry-based ecological and environmental education, funded through NSF, and a principal investigator on a project to develop an earthquake awareness program funded by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. He also co-directs the Science, Mathematics, and Action Research for Teachers (SMART) program funded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. He participated in two other activities in 2009, to name just a few, including the Young Earth Scientist and Basics in Geology programs.

Publications by Faculty and Students 2008

Articles

Bray, P. Sargent and Anderson, Ken B., (2008). The nature and fate of natural resins in the geosphere XIII: a probable pinaceous resin from the early Cretaceous (Barremian), Isle of Wight. Geochemical Transactions, 9(3).

Esling, S.P., Keller, J.E., and Miller, K.J., (2008). Reducing capture zone uncertainty with a systematic sensitivity analysis. Ground Water, 46(4), 570-578.

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Jemberie, A.A., Pinter N., and Remo, J.W.F., (2008). Hydrologic history of the Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers based upon a refined specific-gage approach. Hydrologic Processes, 22, 7736-4447, doi:10.1002/hyp.7046.

Lambert, Joseph B., Santiago-Blay, Jorge A and Anderson, Ken B., (2008). Chemical signatures of fossilized resins and recent plant exudates. Angewandte Chemie, 47(50), 9608-9616.

Lutz, B.P., Ishman, S.E., McNeill, D.F., Klaus, J.S., and Budd, A.F., (2008). Late Neogene planktonic foraminifera of the Cibao Valley (northern Dominican Republic): Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography. Marine Micropaleontology, 69, 282-296.

Maes, S., Ferré, E.C., Tikoff, B., Brown, P. and Marsh J.M., (2008). Magneto-stratigraphy of a mafic layered sill; a key to the Karoo volcanics plumbing system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 172, 75-92.

Pinter, N., and Ishman, S.E., (2008). Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims. GSA Today, 18(1), 37-38.

Pinter, N., and Ishman, S.E., (2008). Reply to comments on “Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims.” GSA Today, 18(6), e14.

Pinter, N., Jemberie A.A., Remo J.W.F., Heine, R.A., and Ickes, B.S., (2008). Flood trends and river engineering on the Mississippi River system. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L23404, doi:10.1029/2008GL035987.

Polteau, S., Ferré, E.C., Planke, S., Neumann, E.-R. and Chevallier, L., (2008). How are saucer-shaped sills emplaced? Constraints from the Golden Valley Sill, South Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 113, B12104, doi:10.1029/2008JB005620.

Remo, J.W.F., Pinter N., Ickes, B., and Heine, R., (2008). New databases reveal 200 years of change on the Mississippi River System. Eos, 89(14), 134-135.

Samal, A.R., Mohanty, M.K., & Fifarek, R.H., (2008). Backward elimination procedure for a predictive model of gold concentration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 97, 69-82.

Szilagyi, J., Pinter, N., and Venczel, R., (2008). Application of a routing model for detecting channel flow changes with minimal data. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13, 521-526.

Wiens, D. A., Conder, J.A. and Faul, U., (2008). The seismic structure and dynamics of the mantle wedge. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 36, 421-55, doi: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122633.

Xie, S., O'Hearn, C.R., and Robinson, P.D., (2008). Racemic 4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2,6-dimethylcyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid. Acta Cryst, E64, o554-o554. Book Chapters

Crelling, J.C., (2008). Coal Carbonization in Applied Coal Petrology. In I. Suarez-Ruiz and J.C. Crelling (Eds.), Applied Coal Petrology (pp. 173-192), Elsevier, New York.

Crelling, J.C. and Suarez-Ruiz, I., (2008). Other Applications of Coal Petrology in Applied Coal Petrology. In I. Suarez-Ruiz and J.C. Crelling (Eds.), Applied Coal Petrology (pp. 1289-1301), Elsevier, New York.

Pinter, N., (in press). Non-stationary Flood Occurrence on the Upper Mississippi-Lower Missouri River system: Review and Current Status. In R. Criss (Ed.), Proceedings of Flooding Symposium, Nov. 11, 2008, St. Louis University.

Suarez -Ruiz, I. and Crelling, J.C., (2008). Coal-Derived Carbon Materials in Applied Coal Petrology. In I. Suarez-Ruiz and J.C. Crelling (Eds.), Applied Coal Petrology (pp. 173-192), Elsevier, New York. Books

Suarez -Ruiz, Isabel and Crelling, John C., Eds., (2008). Applied Coal Petrology. Elsevier, New York, 388 p.

Publications by Faculty and Students 2009

Articles

Anderson, R. S., S. Starratt, R. B. Jass, and N. Pinter. 2009. Fire and vegetation history on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands: Long-term environmental change in southern California. Journal of Quaternary Science. doi: 10.1002/jqs.

Belley, F., E. C. Ferré, F. Martín-Hernández, M. J. Jackson, M. D. Dyar, and E. J.Catlos. 2009. The magnetic properties of natural and synthetic (Fex, Mg1-x)2 SiO4 olivines. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.016.

Burmeister, K. C., M. J. Harrison, S. Marshak, E. C. Ferré, R. A. Bannister, and K. P. Kodama. 2009. Relationship of AMS and normalized Fry measurements to tectonic fabric in low-strain sandstones of the Appalachian fold-thrust belt. Journal of Structural Geology. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2009.03.010.

Esling, S.P., and J. E. Keller. 2009. A user interface for the Kansas Geological Slug test model. Ground Water 47(4): 587-590.

Ferré, E.C., and B. D. Marsh. 2009. Special Issue: Physical and chemical processes in layered mafic intrusions. Lithos 111:1-2, vii-viii. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.004.

Ferré, E.C., S. M. Maes, and K.C. Butak. 2009. The magnetic stratification of layered mafic intrusions: natural examples and numerical models. Lithos 111:1-2, 83-94. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.042.

Fischer, M. P., C. I. Higuera-Diaz, M. E. Evans, E. C. Perry, and L. Lefticariu. 2009. Fracture-controlled paleohydrology in a map-scale detachment fold: insights from the analysis of fluid inclusions in calcite and quartz veins. Journal of Structural Geology 31(12):1490-1510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2009.09.004

Gröcke, D. R., S. M. Rimmer, L. E. Yoksoulian, B. Cairncross, , H. Tsikos, and J. van Hunen. 2009. No evidence for thermogenic methane release in coal from the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277:204-212.

Huang, F., C. C. Lundstrom, J. Glessner, A. Ianno, A. Boudreau, J. Li, E.C. Ferré, S. Marshak, and J. DeFrates. 2009. Chemical and isotopic fractionation of wet andesite in a temperature gradient: Experiments and models suggesting a new mechanism of magma differentiation. Cosmochimica Geochimica Acta 73:729-749. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.012.

Knight, T. K., P. S. Bingham, D. A. Grimaldi, K. B. Anderson, R. D. Lewis, and C. E. Savrda. 2010. A new Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) amber deposit from the Eutaw Formation of Eastern Alabama, USA. Cretaceous Research 31:85–93.

Marchesi, C., C. J. Garrido, M. Godard, F. Belley, and E. C. Ferré. 2009. Migration and accumulation of ultra-depleted boninitic melts in the Massif du Sud ophiolite (New Caledonia). Chemical Geology 266:180-195.

Pinter, N., A. A. Jemberie, J.W. F. Remo, R. A. Heine, and B.A. Ickes. 2009. Empirical modeling of hydrologic response to river engineering, Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers. River Research and Applications. doi: 10.1002/rra.

Pozgay, S. H., D.A. Wiens, J. A. Conder, H. Shiobara, and H. Sugioka. 2009. Seismic attenuation tomography of the Mariana subduction system: Implications for thermal structure, volatile distribution, and slow spreading dynamics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10:Q04X05. doi:10.1029/2008GC002313, 2009

Remo, J. W. F., N. Pinter, and R. A. Heine. 2009. The use of retro- and scenario- modeling to assess effects of 100+ years river engineering and land cover change on Middle and Lower Mississippi River flood stages. Journal of Hydrology 376:403–416.

Rimmer, S. M., L. E. Yoksoulian, and J. C. Hower. 2009. Anatomy of an intruded coal, I: effect of contact metamorphism on whole-coal geochemistry, Springfield (No. 5) (Pennsylvanian) coal, Illinois Basin, International Journal of Coal Geology 79:74-82.

Rowe, H., S. Ruppel, S. M. Rimmer, and R. Loucks. 2009. Core-based chemostratigraphy of the Barnett Shale, Permian Basin, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 59: 675-686.

Sargent, B. P. and K. B. Anderson. 2009. Identification of carboniferous (320 million years old) Class Ic amber. Science 326 (5949):132-134.

Faculty often donate their time in outreach activities. This shot shows students from the Unity Point School on a field trip to Giant City State Park. The last two on the right are James Conder and Scott Ishman. Book Chapters

Lefticariu, L. 2009. Oxidation of sulfide minerals: from acid mine drainage to life on Mars. In: Special Publication dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor Dr. Emil Constantinescu, Mineralogy and Geodiversity, 8 pp.

Pinter, N. 2009. Non-stationary flood occurrence on the Upper Mississippi-Lower Missouri River system: Review and current status. In: R. E. Criss and Timothy M. Kusky (Eds.) Finding the Balance Between Floods, Flood Protection, and River Navigation (pp. 34-40). Saint Louis University, Center for Environmental Sciences.

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Proceedings

Lefticariu, L., M. W. Rahman, R. Singh. 2009. Distribution and mode of occurrence of mercury and sulfur in Illinois coal. In: Proceedings to the 26th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. 10 pp.

Oral Presentations 2008 International

Belley, F., Ferré, E.C., Martín-Hernández, F., Jackson, M.J., M. Dyar, D. and Catlos, E.J., (2008). Fe-Ti oxide inclusions in natural and synthetic (Fex, Mg1-x)2 SiO4 olivines. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract GP31B-0800

Bormann, H., Pinter N., Elfert, S., (2008). Hydrological signatures of flood magnification on German rivers. European Geophysical Union. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10: EGU2008-A-01428

Bray, P.S., and Anderson, K. B., (2008). Carboniferous (~320 Ma) Amber and Resinite Recovered from an Illinois Coal Analyzed by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference, Adelaide, Australia, September

Conder, J.A., (2008). Arc and backarc melt production and interaction of the Mariana system from geodynamical modeling. Abstracts AGU Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition & Dynamics 5th International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference, Mt. Shasta, CA

Conder, J.A., Wiens, D.A., and Heath, S., (2008). Microseismicity in the Lau Basin from T-phases recorded by the LABATTS ocean bottom seismograph experiment. Abstracts, R2K community-wide science meeting, The Mantle to Microbe: Integrated Studies at Oceanic Spreading Centers meeting, Portland, Oregon

Domack, E.W., Ishman, S.E., and McCormick, M. L., (2008). Geobiological Association of Cold (Methane) Seeps and Ancient to Modern Glacial Marine Sequences. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract PP21B-1422

Eugene Domack, E., Leventer, A., Brachfeld, S., Ishman, S., Wellner, J., and Balco, G., (2008). Interdisciplinary Investigation of the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA): A New IPY Program. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstracts with Program, 40(6), Abstract 235-13

Ferré, E.C., Galland, O., Kalakay, T. and Montanari, D., (2008). Granite emplacement in thrust flats and ramps. 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway

Ferré, E.C., Geissman, J.W., Zechmeister, M.S. and Hill, M.J., (2008). Coseismic and postseismic magnetization events recorded in fault pseudotachylytes: thermal, AF and microwave methods. International Conference on Rock Magnetism and its Earth Science Applications, Cargèse, France

Ferré, E.C., Ranaweera, C.K., Marsh, M., Maes, S.M. and Geissman, J.W., (2008). Magma flow sense in mafic dikes: is grain-size dependence an alternative to the “imbrication fabric” model? Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract GP21D-0797

Ishman, S., Johnson, K., Sprovieri, M., and Lirer, F., (2008). Foraminiferal Record From Drillcore AND-2A, Southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract C21B-0525

Ishman, S., Rathburn, A.E., and Martin, J., (2008). Seasonal Ecological Analysis of Seafloor Organic Nutrient Supplies (SEASONS) on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Margin. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstracts with Program, 40(6), Abstract 235-14

Kruckenberg, S.C., Teyssier, C., Whitney, D.L., Ferré, E.C., Chapman, A. and Vanderhaeghe, O., (2008). Compatibility of deformation between upper crust and flowing partially molten crust in "hot" orogens. European Geoscience Union, Geophysical Research, 10, A-11363, Vienna, Austria, Invited

Lefticariu, L., (2008). What can we learn from studying sulfate minerals on Earth about surface processes on Mars? Simpozion Naţional de Geologie si Geofizica GEO 2008, May 23-24, Bucharest, Romania, http://www.unibuc.ro/uploads_ro/44056/Program_G2008.pdf

Lefticariu, L., Pratt, L. M., Onstott, T.C., (2008). Sulfate Formation on Mars by Radiolytic Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals. 18th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, July 13-18, Vancouver, Canada, http://www.goldschmidt2008.org/abstracts/L.pdf

Lutz, B.P., Ishman, S.E., Dowsett, H.J., (2008). Late Miocene to early Pliocene planktonic foraminiferal sea surface temperature estimates from DSDP Site 103 (northern Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge) based upon the Modern Analog Technique. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract PP21B-1431

Lutz, B.P., Ishman, S.E., McNeill, D.F., Klaus, J.S., and Budd, A.F., (2008). Late Neogene planktonic foraminifera of the Cibao Valley: biostratigraphy and paleoceanography. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstracts with Program, 40(6), 19

Maes, S.M., Ferré, E.C., and Geissman, J.W., (2008). Magnetic stratification and the internal structure of layered intrusions. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract GP21-0800

Marzolf, J.E., Steiner, M.B., Cornet, B, Downs, D, (2008). The Dinosaur Canyon Tectonosequence: The Non-Marine Triassic – Jurassic Boundary, North American

Apparent Polar Wander, and Camp Emplacement. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstracts with Program, 40(6), 253

Michelsen, K.J., Keller, K.G., Boyd, J.D., Ferré, E.C., Cañón-Tapia, E. and Ernst, W.G., (2008). Origin of the variations in magnetic susceptibility with depth in the Barcroft granodiorite pluton, White Mountains, California. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract GP21D-0798

Rathburn, A.E., Martin, J.B., Ishman, S.E., Miner, M.R., Perez, M.E., and Bailey, Z., (2008). Antarctic Seasonality and Living Benthic Foraminiferal Carbon Isotopes: Applications for Assessments of Paleoenvironmental Change. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), PP51D-02

Raymond, R., Sigman, D., Mislowack, B., Onstott, T.C., Pratt, L. M., Lefticariu, L., (2008). Radiolytic destruction of NH3 as a subsurface source of NO3 and ultimately N2. Astrobiology Science Conference 2008, SETI Institute, Santa Clara, California, April 14-17, 2008, http://abscicon.seti.org/

Skord, J., Belley, F., Ferré, E.C., Martín-Hernández, F. and Garrido, C.J., (2008). Tectonic significance of magnetic fabrics in the serpentinized lherzolite of the Ronda Massif, Spain. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract T43C-2036

Titus, S. Davis, J.R., Ferré, E.C. and Tikoff, B., (2008). Quantifying strain across a paleotransform fault using incremental deformation, Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Houston, Abstracts with Program, 40(6), Abstract 3-288-16

Titus, S.J., Davis, J., Ferré, E.C., and Tikoff, B., (2008). Quantifying strain across a paleotransform fault in the mantle using incremental models of deformation, New Caledonia. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53), Abstract GP43E-04 National

Chatterjee, Shibaji and Sexton, John L., (2008). Seismic Reflection and Drillhole Study of the Herold-Phillipstown Fault in the Wabash Valley, AAPG/SEG Student Expo, Program with Abstracts, October 8-9, Houston, TX, 21

Flor, A., and Pinter, N., (2008). Identifying the potential factors contributing to levee failures on the Mississippi River. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40(5)

Lefticariu, L., Crelling, J.C., Atudorei V., (2008). Carbon and sulfur isotope geochemistry of Illinois 5 coal. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40 (5), http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/Northc/08mtg/index.htm

Marzolf, J.E. and Steiner, M.B., (2008). Correlation of Triassic and Jurassic tetonosequences of the Colorado Plateau and the North American Apparent Polar Wander Path. Geological Society of America, Cordilleran meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Abstracts with Program, 40(1), 88

Podoll, A., O'Leary, S., Henson, H., Mumba, F. and Pinter, N., (2008). NSF GK-12 partnership for effective earth science education. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40(5)

Remo, J.W.F., and Pinter, N., (2008). Retro-modeling the Middle and Lower Mississippi Rivers to assess the effects of river engineering and land-cover changes on flood stages. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40(5)

Smith, Dominic and Sexton, John L., (2008). Magnetics and Electromagnetics on Monks Mound at the Cahokia World Heritage Site near St. Louis, Missouri. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40(5), 86

Smith, Dominic and Sexton, John L., (2008). Magnetics and Electromagnetics on Monks Mound at the Cahokia World Heritage Site near St. Louis, Missouri. AAPG/SEG Student Expo, Program with Abstracts, October 8-9, Houston, TX, 22

Steiner, M.B. and Marzolf, J.E., (2008). Of camp and cusp: The coincidence of the emplacement of the Camp Lip and the abrupt westward motion of North America that terminated at the J-1 Cusp of the NA APW Path. Geological Society of America, Cordilleran meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Abstracts with Program, 40(1), 87

Venczel, R., and Pinter, N., (2008). Historical and seasonal trends in flood conveyance, Tisza River, Hungary. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Evansville, IN, Abstracts with Program, 40(5) Other

Anderson, K.A., (2008). Geochemistry of Amber, Presented at Monash University, Australia, September 2008, (Invited speaker)

Conder, J., (2008). Observations and Geodynamics of the Tonga-Lau Arc-Backarc System, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Conder, J., (2008). Subduction zone geodynamics seen through the lens of the Lau Basin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Conder, J., (2008). Seismic structure and dynamics of the Tonga-Lau Arc-Backarc System, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Ferré, E.C., (2008). Invited Talk, Council for Geosciences, South Africa.

Ferré, E.C., (2008). Invited Talk, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Ferré, E.C., (2008). Invited Talk, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Lefticariu, L., (2008). Radiolytic oxidation of pyrite: a possible source of sulfate on Mars? Geology and Geophysics Department, Bucharest University, Romania.

Lefticariu, L., (2008). What can we learn from studying sulfate minerals on Earth about surface processes on Mars. SIUC Celebrating Scholarship By and About Women Panel, Southern Illinois University.

Oral Presentations 2009 International

Allison, C. M., R. Dunn, K. Brooks, J. A. Conder, F. Martinez, and M. M. Conley. December 2009. The L-SCAN Experiment: Mapping the Axial Magma Chamber Beneath the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Carlson, M. L., J. Remo, and N. Pinter. October 2009. Assessing levee impacts on flood hazard with flood-loss modeling and retro-modeling. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Conder, J. A., R. A. Dunn, and K. Godfrey. December 2009. Preliminary examination of microearthquake activity along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center and the southern Lau basin. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Dierauer, J. R., J. W. Remo, and N. Pinter. October 2009. Modeling effectiveness of levee set-backs using combined 1D hydraulic modeling and flood-loss simulations. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Evanoff, E., J. W. Remo, N. Pinter, and G. Balint. October 2009. Assessment of causal mechanisms on flood conveyance along the Tisza River, Hungary using one-dimensional retro- and scenario-modeling. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Feiner, K., V. Bianchi, S. M. Maes, E. C. Ferré, B. A. Lehman, and J.W. Geissman, December 2009. Regional stress and basement structure controls on dike orientation in the Karoo Basin. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Fifarek, R. H. October 2009. Evidence for the brittle-ductile transition at the Summitville high-sulfidation Au deposit, Co based on petrographic, thermometric and LA-ICP-MS analysis of fluid inclusions. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting , Portland, OR.

Friedman, S. A., E. C. Ferré, F. Martín-Hernández, A. Tommasi, and, F. Belley. December 2009. Magnetism of mantle xenoliths: Potential clues on tectonic setting and extraction processes. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Garrido, C. J., C. Marchesi, M. Godard, F. Belley and E. C. Ferré. June 2009. Migration and accumulation of ultra-depleted subduction-related melts in the Massif du Sud ophiolite (New Caledonia). 19th Annual Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, Switzerland.

Knight, T. K., P. S. Bingham, D. A. Grimaldi, K. B. Anderson, R. D. Lewis, and C. E. Savrda. October 2009. Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Amber from the Ingersoll Shale (Eutaw Formation), Eastern Alabama: Modes of Occurrence, Character, Fossil Inclusions, and Paleobotanical Affinity. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Lant, C., N. Pinter, L. Chevalier, M. Whiles, and S. Baer. November 2009. NSF IGERT at Southern Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy. American Water Resources Association Annual Water Resources Conference, Seattle, WA,

Lefticariu, L. October 2009. Oxidation of sulfide minerals: from acid mine drainage to life on Mars. Scientific session “Mineralogy and Geodiversity” dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor Dr. Emil Constantinescu, Bucharest, Romania.

Lefticariu, L., P. T. Behum, Jr., and Y. P. Chugh. June 2009. Geochemical Evaluation of Coal Processing Facility Drainage: Preliminary Results of Kinetic Testing. 19th Annual Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, Switzerland.

Lehman, B. A., E. C. Ferré, J. W. Geissman, J. S. Marsh, M. C. Marsh, L. Maré, C. K. Ranaweera, and S. M. Maes. December 2009. Magma flow pattern in a giant dolerite sill and implications for the Karoo mantle plume hypothesis. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Maré, L. P., C. K. Ranaweera, E. C. Ferré, M. C. Marsh, and J. S. Marsh. December 2009. Magnetic evaluation of the thermal history of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Marsh, M. C., E. C. Ferré, B. A. Lehman, C. K. Ranaweera, L. Maré, S. M. Maes, and J. W. Geissman. December 2009. Fabrics, internal zonation and magma flow in small gabbroic sills, Karoo, South Africa. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Martín-Hernández, F., E. C. Ferré, F. Belley, V. C. Ruiz-Martinez, C. J. Garrido, and M. L. Osete. December 2009. Magnetic signature and fabric of serpentinized mantle rocks in the Betic-Rif Arc and tectonic implications. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Miner, D., J. B. Martin, A. E. Rathburn, and S. Ishman. October 2009. Seasonal and spatial variations in porewater chemistry in the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits, Antarctica. Geological Society of Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Parra, L. A., G. A. Childers, and R. H. Fifarek. October 2009. Rediscovering southeast Missouri Mississippi Valley-Type Pb-Zn deposits: The cobalt-nickel

enriched Higdon deposit, Madison and Perry Counties. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Pinter, N., S. Baer, L. Chevalier, C. Lant, and M. Whiles. October 2009. Watershed Science and Policy IGERT program at SIUC. Binghamton University Geomorphology Symposium, Binghamton, NY.

Pinter, N., S. Baer, L. Chevalier, C. Lant, and M. Whiles. October 2009. Watershed Science and Policy IGERT program at SIUC. Binghamton University Geomorphology Symposium, Binghamton, NY.

Pinter, N., A. Podoll, A. C. Scott, and D. Ebel. October 2009. Extraterrestrial and terrestrial signatures at the onset of the Younger Dryas. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Rahman, M. W., R. Singh, L. Lefticariu. October 2009. Concentration and distribution of trace elements in coals from Illinois Basin. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Ranaweera, C. K., E. C. Ferré, S. Polteau, M. C. Marsh, L. Maré, J. M. Marsh, S. M. Maes, and J. W. Geissman. December 2009. Magma flow pattern inferred from magnetic fabrics in a 100 km-long dolerite dike, Karoo LIP, South Africa. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Remo, J. W. F., and N. Pinter, October 2009. River training structures: Effects on flow dynamics, channel morphology, and flood levels. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Rimmer, S. M. and L. E. Yoksoulian. October2009. The effect of heating rate on organic maturation: contact metamorphism versus burial maturation. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Rowe, H., S. Ruppel, S. M. Rimmer and R. Loucks. September 2009. Core-based chemostratigraphy of the Barnett Shale, Permian Basin, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 59th Annual Convention, Shreveport, LA.

Russin, T. Z. and R. H. Fifarek. October 2009. Origin of the late auriferous barite-base metal sulfide and goethite-hematite stages at the Summitville high-sulfidation Cu-Au-Ag deposit, Colorado. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Singh R., M. W. Rahman, L. Lefticariu. October 2009. Sulfur Illinois Coal. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Taylor, R., J. D. Waggoner, Z. Bailey, A. E. Rathburn, M. E. Perez, D. Miner, J. B. Martin, and S. Ishman. October 2009. Seasonal comparisons of rose Bengal stained benthic foraminifera inhabiting the Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Yoksoulian, L. E., and S. M. Rimmer. October 2009. Contact metamorphosed coal and global warming: is there evidence for a large-scale release of methane? October 2009. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

York, C., K. B. Anderson, and J. C. Crelling. October 2009. Properties of Inertinite Macerals. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. National

Behum, P. T. Jr., Y. P. Chugh, Y. Teklehaimanot, and L. Lefticariu. April 2009. Geochemistry of Coal Mine Drainage in Response to Improved Material Handling: Preliminary Results of Kinetic Testing. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL.

Carlson, M., J. Remo, and N. Pinter. April 2009. Using HAZUS-MH as a floodplain management tool: Two southern Illinois case studies. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL.

Conder, J. A. October 2009. Lau Basin mantle dynamics using geodynamic modeling in conjunction with seismic observations. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes, St. Louis, MO.

Dunn, R., J. Conder, and F. Martinez. October 2009. The L-SCAN seismic experiment. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes. St. Louis, MO

Dunn, R., C. M. Allison, R. Austin, K. Brooks, J. A. Conder, M. M. Conley, E. Emry, F. Martinez, and J. D. Sleeper. The L-SCAN Seismic Tomography and Geophysical Mapping Experiment. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes. St. Louis, MO.

Evanoff, E., J. W. F. Remo, N. Pinter, and G. Balint. April 2009. One-dimensional retro- and scenario modeling for two time steps across the middle Tisza River, Hungary. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL.

Lefticariu, L., M. W. Rahman, R. Singh. September 2009. Distribution and mode of occurrence of mercury and sulfur in Illinois coal. 26th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lefticariu, L., P. T. Behum, Jr., K. S. Bender, A. S. Burns, and C. W. Pugh. April 2009. Biogeochemical Evaluation of The Tab Simco Mine Drainage Treatment System. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL.

Marzolf, J. E., March 2009. (Invited Speaker). Sequence stratigraphy of the Aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve, Salem interval of the Illinois Basin. Illinois Oil and Gas Association Annual Meeting, Evansville, IN.

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Remo, J. W., and N. Pinter. April 2009. The development of best practices for the use of HAZUS-MH to estimate earthquake losses in southern Illinois. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL.

Singh, R. and L. Lefticariu. April 2009. Distribution and Mode of Occurrences of Sulfur and Trace Elements in Illinois Coal. Geological Society of America, North-Central meeting, Rockford, IL. Other

Conder, J. A., February 2009. (Invited Speaker) Volcanic Arcs and Subduction Zones, National Science Foundation R/V Marcus G. Langseth.

Conder, J. A., March 2009. (Invited Speaker) Microseismicity of the central and northern Lau basin, National Science Foundation R/V Marcus G. Langseth.

Conder, J. A., November 2009. (Invited Speaker) Microseismicity and other acoustic signals of the central and northern Lau basin. St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO.

Ferré, E. C., March 2009. (Invited Speaker) The magnetic properties of fault pseudotachylytes & implications for magnetization processes. University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Ferré, E. C., April 2009. (Invited Speaker) The Magnetic Stratification of Mafic Magma Chambers: Natural Examples and Numerical Models. University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Ferré, E. C., May 2009. (Invited Speaker) Peridotitic laterites: a new analog for the Martian regolith? University of Nantes, Nantes, France.

Ferré, E. C., April 2009. (Invited Speaker) The magnetic properties of fault pseudotachylytes & implications for magnetization processes. University of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France.

Ferré, E. C., May 2009. (Invited Speaker) Petrology and dynamics of the continental crust. University of St-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.

Lefticariu, L., November 2009. (Invited Speaker). Introduction to Water Resources. Southern Illinois University Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Carbondale, IL.

Grants and Contract proposals which included faculty and staff of the Department of Geology during calendar year 2008.

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Requested Support

M. Whiles; N. Pinter; K. Williard; J. Garvey; H. Henson

National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Integration of Small Moveable Bed River Models into Undergraduate Science and Technology Curricula

$271,039

L. Lefticariu; G. Kinsel; G. Whitledge

National Science Foundation Acquisition of an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer for Geochemical, Biological, and Petrologic Research, Education, and Training at SIUC

$407,335

S. Ishman; B. Lutz Evolving Earth Late Neogene Foraminiferal Paleoecology of Shallow and Deep Water Environments of the Carribean and Eastern Equatorial Pacific Related to the Uplift of Panama

$3,000

J. Means; M. Wright; F. Mumba; H. Henson

National Science Foundation SIUC Math-Science Partnership: Start Partnership for Improved Math and Science Education in Southern Illinois

$299,161

N. Pinter; C. Lant; M. Whiles; L. Chevalier; M. Davenport

National Science Foundation IGERT: Multidisciplinary, Team-Based Training in Watershed Science and Policy

$3,200,000

K. Anderson; J. Crelling Illinois Clean Coal Institute Structure of Virtinite

$112,347

S. Ishman University of Nebraska Reconstructing Miocene Glaciomarine Environments of SMS Using Foraminifera

$94,940

Y. Chugh; S. Esling; L. Lefticariu Illinois Clean Coal Institute Field Demonstration of Alternate Coal Processing Waste Disposal Technology for Sulfate Discharge Control

$105,853

L. Lefticariu Illinois Clean Coal Institute Integrated Study of Mercury and Other Trace Elements Distribution in Illinois Coal

$84,995

J. Crelling; K. Anderson Illinois Clean Coal Institute Reactivity of Inertinite Macerals

$99,840

N. Pinter; J. Garvey National Science Foundation River Training Structures: Effects on Flow Dynamics, Flood Levels, and Habitat

$286,481

F. Mumba; H. Henson; M. Wright Illinois State Board of Education Science, Mathematics and Action Research for Teachers (SMART)

$199,758

K. Anderson; T. Wiltowski; K. Mondal

Illinois Clean Coal Institute Wet Scrubber for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas

$28,600

K. Renzaglia; J. Spears; H. Henson National Science Foundation Green Scholarships: Training the Next Generation of Environmental Experts

$600,000

J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Assessment of T-Wave Processes and Hydroacoustic Monitoring Capabilities in Lau Basin

$86,624

N. Pinter; C. Lant; M. Whiles; L. Chevalier; M. Davenport

National Science Foundation IGERT: Multidisciplinary, Team-Based Training in Watershed Science and Policy

$3,179,181

H. Henson; F. Mumba; M. Wright Illinois State Board of Education ISBE-MSP-Science Mathematics & Action Research for Teachers

$249,900

Total $9,309,054

 

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Grants and Contracts awarded to faculty and staff in the Department of Geology during calendar year 2008.

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Total Support

E. Ferré National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Magma Dynamics in Sill-Dike Systems - Constraints from Magnetic Fabrics and Paleomagnetism in the Karoo Large Igneous Province

$145,651

N. Pinter Illinois Emergency Management Agency Southern Illinois Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Initiative

$323,201

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Testing a Hypothesis of Latest Pleistocene Paleo-Environmental Collapse, Northern Channel Islands, California

$155,824

K. Renzaglia; S. Sipes; D. Gibson; H. Henson; F. Mumba

National Science Foundation Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Education at SIUC

$422,292

J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Assessment of T-Wave Processes and Hydroacoustic Monitoring Capabilities in Lau Basin

$42,761

K. Anderson; T. Wiltowski; K. Mondal

Illinois Clean Coal Institute Wet Scrubber for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas

$28,600

L. Lefticariu Illinois Clean Coal Institute Integrated Study of Mercury and Other Trace Elements Distribution in Illinois Coal

$84,995

F. Mumba; H. Henson; M. Wright Illinois State Board of Education Science, Mathematics and Action Research for Teachers (SMART)

$42,355

S. Ishman University of Nebraska Reconstructing Miocene Glaciomarine Environments of SMS Using Foraminifera

$78,930

J. Conder Washington University Collaborative Research: Crusted Accretion and Mantle Processes Along the Subduction-Influenced Eastern Lau Spreading Center

$19,221

R. Fifarek Various Donors Economic Geology Research

$5,000

Total $1,348,830

Grants and Contracts funded during previous years, but still active during calendar year 2008.

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Current Year

SupportS. Ishman National Science Foundation

Collaborative Research: Paleohistory of the Larsen Ice Shelf System, Phase II $185,696

N. Pinter; C. Casanova National Science Foundation Morphotectonic Evolution of the Mejillones Peninsula, Northern Chile Using Precise GPS Measurement of Uplifted Coastal Terraces

$15,000

K. Anderson Honeywell Analytical Services - Various

$2,670

H. Henson U.S. Department of the Interior; NPS Remote Sensing Investigation at Campground Church Cemetery near Anna, Illinois

$15,000

K. Anderson; J. Crelling Illinois Clean Coal Institute Oxidative Hydrothermal Dissolution of Illinois Coal

$113,869

D. Ravat US-Egypt Spectral Analysis of Aeromagnetic Data for Geothermal Reconnaissance of West of the Red Sea Region in Egypt

$30,000

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Multivariate Geospatial Modeling of Levee Impacts on Flood Heights, Lower Mississippi River

$45,749

N. Pinter United States Geological Survey Development of a Hydrologic and Geospatial Data Repository for the Mississippi River System

$27,000

K. Renzaglia; S. Sipes; D. Gibson; H. Henson; F. Mumba

National Science Foundation Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Education at SIUC

$261,764

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Multivariate Geospatial Modeling of Levee Impacts on Flood Heights, Lower Mississippi River

$29,779

S. Ishman National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Testing the Impact of Seasonality on Benthic Foraminifera as Paleoenvironmental Indicators

$85,369

E. Ferre National Science Foundation Acquisition of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer for the Rock Magnetism Laboratory at Southern Illinois University

$5,200

S. Ishman National Science Foundation Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences

$178,867

S. Ishman University of Nebraska Using Foraminifera to Resolve the Neogene History of Southern McMurdo Sound

$49,713

K. Anderson; J. Crelling Illinois Clean Coal Institute Environmentally Benign Production of High Value Chemicals from Illinois Coal

$174,991

T. Wiltowski; K. Mondal; K. Anderson

Illinois Clean Coal Institute I-Lab: Coal to Liquid Fuels Research Facility

$1,419,979

L. Lefticariu Illinois Clean Coal Institute Distribution and Model of Occurrence of Sulfur and Trace Elements in Illinois Coal

$39,986

F. Mumba; H. Henson; M. Wright Illinois State Board of Education Science, Mathematics and Action Research for Teachers (SMART)

$167,675

K. Anderson Pulsewave, LLC Application of Pulsewave Disintegration to Comminution, Drying, and Cleaning of Illinois Coal

$54,717

Total $2,903,024

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Grants and Contract proposals which included faculty and staff of the Department of Geology during calendar year 2009.

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Requested Support

J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Crusted Accretion and Mantel Processes Along the Subduction-Influenced Eastern Lau Spreading Center

$51,723

M. Whiles; J. Garvey; L. Chevalier; H. Henson; N. Pinter; F. Mumba

National Science Foundation Integration of Small Moveable Bed River Models into Undergraudate Science and Technology Curricula

$493,484

K. Anderson; J. Crelling Illinois Clean Coal Institute Structure and Maturation of Vitrinite

$58,369

N. Pinter; J. Remo National Science Foundation RAPID: Effects of River Training Structures on Flow Dynamics and Flood Levels

$120,789

K. Renzaglia; H. Henson; J. Spears Chicago State University SIUC Bridge to the Doctorate

$979,500

J. Crelling; K. Anderson Illinois Clean Coal Institute Combustion Properties of Inertinite Macerals in Illinois Coal

$98,231

L. Lefticariu Illinois Clean Coal Institute Occurrence, Distribution, and Geochemical Correlations of Trace Elements in Illinois Coal

$108,657

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Testing a Hypothesis of Latest Pleistocene Paleo-Environmental Collapse, Northern Channel Islands

$47,721

M. Wright; H. Henson; F. Mumba Illinois State Board of Education ISBE-IMSP-Science Math & Action Research for Teachers (SMART) Implementation Continuation

$249,106

K. Renzaglia; H. Henson; L. Achenbach

Illinois State Board of Education DNA Summer Institute: Building the Model from the Molecule

$248,645

K. Anderson; J. Crelling; S. Rimmer

Illinois Clean Coal Institute Characterization of Product Streams from the OHD Coal Conversion Process

$310,586

E. Ferré; J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Seismic Anisotropy of the Continental Crust in the Superior Province, Minnesota & Tectonic Signific

$377,177

J. Sexton Illinois Petroleum Resources Board Computer System for Geophysical Research and Teaching

$17,250

M. Wright; K. Renzaglia; H. Henson; J. Means

National Science Foundation Southern Illinois Partnership for Achievement in Middle School Math and Science

$8,618,413

E. Ferré National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Magma Dynamics in Sill-Dike Systems - Constraints from Magnetic Fabrics and Paleomagnetism in the K

$16,200

S. Secchi; G. Wilkerson; J. Remo National Science Foundation Stacking Ecosystem Services in Reconnected Floodplains: Liking Socioeconomic and Biophysical Analysis to Improve Floodplain

$1,294,514

K. Anderson; T. Wiltowski; S. Kraft; I. Altman

National Science Foundation Science Masters Program: Professional Science Master's (PSM) in Advanced Energy and Fuels Management

$694,304

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Testing Paleo-Environmental Fingerprints on Landscape in Scandinavia

$31,091

J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Wabash Valley Geophysical Experiment in Illinois

$199,417

E. Ferré National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Towards a New Magnetic Model for the Lithospheric Mantle

$324,627

Total $14,339,804

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Grants and Contracts awarded to faculty and staff in the Department of Geology during calendar year 2009.

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Total Support

K. Renzaglia; S. Sipes; D. Gibson; H. Henson; F. Mumba

National Science Foundation Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Education at SIUC

$443,581

M. Wright; H. Henson; F. Mumba Illinois State Board of Education ISBE-MSP-Science Mathematics and Action Research for Teachers

$166,529

L. Lefticariu; G. Kinsel; G. Whitledge

National Science Foundation Acquisition of an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer for Geochemical, Biological, and Petrologic Research, Education, and Training at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

$407,335

S. Ishman National Science Foundation Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences

$67,362

K. Renzaglia; J. Spears; H. Henson National Science Foundation Green Scholarships: Training the Next Generation of Environmental Experts

$70,270

K. Renzaglia; S. Sipes; D. Gibson; H. Henson; F. Mumba

National Science Foundation Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Education at SIUC

$444,906

K. Anderson; J. Crelling; S. Rimmer

Illinois Clean Coal Institute Characterization of Product Streams from the OHD Coal Conversion Process

$310,586

J. Conder National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Assessment of T-Wave Processes and Hydroacoustic Monitoring Capabilities in Lau Basin

$52,856

J. Sexton Illinois Petroleum Resources Board Computer System for Geophysical Research and Teaching

$17,200

H. Henson Illinois Emergency Management Agency Earthquake Hazard Mitigation and Education Video

$45,444

N. Pinter; C. Lant; M. Whiles; L. Chevalier; S. Baer

National Science Foundation IGERT: Multidisciplinary, Team-Based Training in Watershed Science and Policy

$599,999

M. Wright; H. Henson; F. Mumba Illinois State Board of Education ISBE-IMSP-Science Math & Action Research for Teachers (SMART) Implementation Continuation

$249,106

J. Conder Washington University Collaborative Research: Crusted Accretion and Mantle Processes Along the Subduction-Influenced Eastern Lau Spreading Center

$20,032

E. Ferré National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Magma Dynamics in Sill-Dike Systems - Constraints from Magnetic Fabrics and Paleomagnetism in the Karoo Large Igneous Province

$16,200

N. Pinter Kendall Sheriff Illinois Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Initiative, Kendall County

$54,750

N. Pinter Schuyler County Illinois Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Initiative, Schuyler County

$54,750

N. Pinter Menard County Illinois Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Initiative, Menard County

$54,750

Total $3,075,656

Investigator(s) Agency/Title Current Year

SupportS. Ishman National Science Foundation

Collaborative Research: Paleohistory of the Larsen Ice Shelf System, Phase II $185,696

N. Pinter; C. Casanova National Science Foundation Morphotectonic Evolution of the Mejillones Peninsula, Northern Chile Using Precise GPS Measurement of Uplifted Coastal Terraces

$15,000

K. Anderson Honeywell Analytical Services - Various

$2,670

H. Henson U.S. Department of the Interior; NPS Remote Sensing Investigation at Campground Church Cemetery near Anna, Illinois

$15,000

N. Pinter National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Multivariate Geospatial Modeling of Levee Impacts on Flood Heights, Lower Mississippi River

$29,779

S. Ishman National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Testing the Impact of Seasonality on Benthic Foraminifera as Paleoenvironmental Indicators

$85,369

S. Ishman National Science Foundation Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences

$178,867

S. Ishman University of Nebraska Using Foraminifera to Resolve the Neogene History of Southern McMurdo Sound

$49,713

K. Anderson; J. Crelling Illinois Clean Coal Institute Environmentally Benign Production of High Value Chemicals from Illinois Coal

$174,991

T. Wiltowski; K. Mondal; K. Anderson

Illinois Clean Coal Institute I-Lab: Coal to Liquid Fuels Research Facility

$1,419,979

Total $2,157,064

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