The Department of Geology is delightedto announce that Gary Parker will

assume the title of the W. Hilton JohnsonProfessor of Geology beginning with theFall, 2005 term. The JohnsonProfessorship was made possible througha generous endowment provided by Ericand Kathy Johnson, in memory of Eric’sfather Hilt Johnson, who was a muchadmired professor of geomorphology atthe University of Illinois for many years.Prof. Parker describes himself as a“hybrid,” a scientist with research pas-sions in both geomorphology and civilengineering. In recognition, he will holdappointments both in the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering(CEE) and the Department of Geology.He comes to the U of I from theUniversity of Minnesota, where he was aprofessor and the Director of the St.Anthony Falls Laboratory.

This past January, during a breakbetween delivering a Geology/CEE JointColloquium (“Effect of Post-Glacial SeaLevel Rise on Large Rivers”) and visitingDepartment of Geology faculty and staff,Parker explained how he blends geologyand engineering.

“For me, the connection between thetwo disciplines has always been there.On my geology side I’m a geomorpholo-gist. On my engineering side, I’m a riverengineer. Those are just different wordsfor very similar things. In my entirecareer the applied and the basic sideshave always interacted strongly.”

For example, Parker cites the dualrole of engineering and geology in riverrestoration, one of his research special-ties. “I will say that as time has pro-gressed that, at least with surface processgeologists, they used to disdain the idea

of prediction. They were not trained to doit. However, with all the recent interest inriver restoration, where people actuallyhave to predict what would make thingsbetter if we did this or that to a stream, Ifind that geomorphologists in general arebecoming more predictive. So in a sensethe differences between civil engineeringand geology are ameliorating with time.”

Parker’s many research activitiesinclude: the computational study ofdownstream fining and floodplain deposi-tion in large, low-slope sand-bed rivers;density stratification effects due to sus-pended sediment in rivers; and theoreti-cal and experimental research on cyclicstep formation in cohesive and noncohe-sive sediment. His research articles haveappeared in many journals and popularmagazines, including GSA Today, Journalof Glaciology, Science, and Nature.Teaching is also one of Parker’s passions.“I love to teach,” he says. He will beteaching four courses at Illinois.

While contemplating his next careermove Parker said the U of I had exactlywhat he needed. “I do a fair amount ofmy research in a laboratory and one ofthe few universities around the country

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Gary Parker Appointed as W. Hilton Johnson Professor

that has a laboratory that can compete ishere at the U of I with the Ven Te ChowHydrosystems Laboratory. So, I am walk-ing into an environment where certainthings that I value and am already com-fortable with are on the table. “

“Gary’s appointment instantly putsthe University of Illinois on the map bothin fluvial geomorphology and in issuesconcerning sedimentary transport,” saysDepartment of Geology Head SteveMarshak. “He is absolutely one of the topresearchers and teachers in these fields,and we are very proud to have him jointhe faculty as the W. Hilton JohnsonProfessor.”

Civil Engineering Professor andDirector of the Ven Te Chow HydrosystemsLaboratory (VTCHL) Marcelo Garcia, saidJohnson’s appointment is a like a home-coming. “Gary is a worldwide leader in hisfield but most important he is a continu-ous source of ideas and help to youngerpeople. We are extremely fortunate forhaving him in our faculty. There is noquestion that he will provide an interdisci-plinary bridge among our departments andthroughout campus.

“On a different note, in the late1980’s, together with Gary Parker we pub-lished a paper in Science. As it turns out,Sue Kieffer, Walgreen Chair and Professorof Geology, was the person that handledthe review process. At the time she wasworking on hydraulic jumps in the GrandCanyon of the Colorado River and ourpaper had to do with hydraulic jumps butin oceanic turbidity currents in submarinecanyons many of which rival their sub-aer-ial relatives in size. Interestingly, we areall here now: Sue Kieffer, Gary Parker, andme. It does not get much better than this.”

Greetings from the Department ofGeology! As always, many things hap-

pen during the course of a year, and it’shard to keep track of everything. The fac-ulty continues to evolve. This year we willsee the retirement of Prof. Albert Hsuiafter a quarter century of dedicated ser-vice to the Department and its students.Albert has been a kingpin in the geo-physics curriculum, teaching a great rangeof courses ranging from IntroductoryGeology, the Geology of Planets, toExploration Geophysics and Geodynamics,and all the time continuing research onflow in planetary interiors and related top-ics. Albert, you will be missed! We arefortunate to see a new faculty memberarrive. Gary Parker, one of the world'sleading researchers in fluvial geomorphol-ogy and sedimentary transport, will bejoining the Department as the first W.H.

Johnson Professor. Gary will hold a jointappointment with the Department of Civiland Environmental Engineering, and thuswill provide a key link between ourdepartment and the Engineering College.He will be setting up an incredible experi-mental apparatus for studying turbidityflows, among other problems, at theUniversity's Hydrosystems Lab.

Our faculty and students continue tobe recognized. Craig Bethke has beenmade a Fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement ofScience, Steve Altaner has won the twohighest teaching awards on campus, andJoannah Metz is enjoying her year atCambridge as a Gates Scholar.

This year also saw additional steps inthe development of a School of Earth,Society, and Environment at UIUC. This

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Letter From The Head

School, if it comes into existence, will bean alliance between the Departments ofGeology, Geography, and AtmosphericScience on this campus. It will not onlymake Earth-related studies at UIUC (andthus the Geology Department) more visi-ble, but can be an anchor for new interdis-ciplinary studies and majors. 2004 also sawus approach the end of the GeoScience2005 endowment campaign. All signs arepointing to the success of the campaign inachieving its $3 million goal—many thanksto the GeoThrust Committee, under thechairmanship of Bill Soderman, for theirhelp with this endeavor.

I hope you enjoy this "Year inReview." Read on, to find out more aboutresearch, teaching, student activities, andalumni news. Please keep in touch !

Best regards,—Stephen Marshak

that was published in June of 2004 inScience.

Undergraduate students NathanVanHoudnos and Trale Bardell spent thesummer working in the Himalayas and Tibetfor Project Hi-CLIMB, a large-scale geophysi-cal experiment directed by Dr. Wang-PingChen. The Research Experience supportsboth students for Undergraduates of theNational Science Foundation.

The devastating earthquake and associatedtsunami on December 26, 2004, impacted thelives of many at U of I. In response, the cam-pus set up a special web site for this event,with a summary of scientific background onearthquakes and tsunami written by Wang-Ping Chen.

HighlightsGeology Professor Wins University-WideTeaching HonorCongratulations to Associate Professor Stephen P.Altaner who was awarded this past year with theCollege-Level and Campus-Level Awards forExcellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Steve hasbeen teaching popular courses in introductory geolo-gy, natural hazards, and environmental geology.

Rob Finley is New Adjunct ProfessorRob Finley has joined the Department as adjunctprofessor. Rob has been at the Illinois StateGeological Survey (ISGS), Champaign, Illinois, sinceFebruary, 2000, where he is Director of the Energyand Earth Resources Center. He works with stateagency heads as part of the Governor’s EnergyCabinet, developing energy market analyses from theperspective of a consuming state, and works onexpanding ISGS’ energy research programs.

Illinois Geology Students Return to Scotland! For many years, in the 60’s through the early ‘80s,the late Prof. Dennis Wood took students on leg-endary field trips to Scotland. (Rumor has it that itwasn’t just the geology that was legendary.) In 2004,a group of Illinois geology once again journeyed tothe ‘birthplace of geology,” and spent two weeks witha class from the University of Leicester, studying

structure and petrology in Scotland. Highlights includedthe Moine thrust, the Isle of Skye, and rocky coast ofDurness. To prepare for the trip, Prof. Steve Marshakorganized a short seminar on the geology of the UK.

Sarah Brown, a graduate student in structure andtectonics, said, “The trip was wonderful. We saw a lot ofamazing geology in a relatively short time. And workingwith a different set of teachers and students wasenlightening.”

Field Work and International StudiesRecent trips have taken Department of Geology stu-dents and faculty around the world and back again. Forexample, Prof. Bruce Fouke took students to Curaçaowhere they studied carbonate rocks and the geology ofcoral reefs. Prof. Wang-Ping Chen continued his seis-mological research high in Tibet, Prof. Sue Kieffertrekked to New Zealand to examine geothermal sys-tems, Prof. Jay Bass worked at the mineral physics labin Lyons, France, and Prof. Xiaodong Song collaborat-ed with colleagues in China.

Seismology BriefsGraduate student Zhaohui Yang’s work was the topicof a report that appeared in Science Times, a weeklypublication of the Chinese National Academy ofScience in her homeland. The report highlighted herrecent work on rheology of the continental lithosphere

Greetings

Year in Review is published once a year by theDepartment of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to summarize the activities and accomplishments within thedepartment and news from alumni and friends.Department Head: Stephen Marshak

(smarshak@uiuc.edu)Administrative Secretary: Barb Elmore

(belmore@uiuc.edu)Editor: Stephen J. Lyons (sjlyons@uiuc.edu)http://www.geology.uiuc.edu

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Red beans, rice and a plum Shell Oil Co.internship await Kelly Zimmerman this

summer. The first-year graduate studentfrom Camp Point, Illinois, whose area ofstudy is carbonate sedimentology andstratigraphy, will spend 12 weeks this sum-mer in New Orleans as a paid geology-based intern with the giant energy compa-ny. She found ample support throughoutthe interview process from both Shell andfrom the U of I.

“Every step of the interview processwas laid out ahead of time,” Zimmermansaid. “A lot of the interview had very non-traditional interview questions. They want-ed to know about my experience here at Uof I and they asked about my graduatestudies. They also wanted to know person-al accomplishments that I’ve achievedeither through my geology coursework oroutside of academia. I’ve worked at theIllinois State Geological Survey and DotFoods Inc., so they wanted to know aboutsome projects I managed.

“The only unknown I had was whatthe scenario question would be.”

The situational scenario question isan attempt by the company to determinehow well a student can think on her feet.In Zimmerman’s case Shell asked howshe would allocate resources in a collegeif she was a dean facing budget cuts.

“I think the company wants to seehow you think on your feet and if youcan think of all the angles of a problemor if you are simply going to proceeddown only one path.

“They really emphasize that at Shellyou might come in with a geology back-ground but you’re going to be workingwith people with a chemistry backgroundor an engineering background and theywant to see if you can encompass thewhole scope of the science industry.”

Zimmerman also had some ques-tions of her own for Shell. “Even thoughI’m interested in working in the oil indus-try for a while after I graduate, I’d even-

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Graduate Student on Her Way to the Big Easy

tually like to move into renewables.Environmental geology really interestsme. I wanted to know if I would be ableto move through the company andchange positions to end up on itsrenewable side. They have a very strongsolar power area in California.

“I wanted to make sure that if Icame in as a geologist in the oil fieldthat there has been and would be futureopportunities to switch over.”

Shell will expose Zimmerman tomany different aspects of a geologist’srole in the exploration and recovery ofoil. Her time in the bayou country willalso include several days on an oil plat-form in the Gulf of Mexico. But the bestpart is still to come. As she noted themajority of Shell interns are offeredfull-time positions…after they graduate,of course.

Joannah Metz (B.S. ‘04) was one of 31U.S. students to receive the prestigious

Gates Cambridge Scholarship, funded byan endowment from the Bill and MelindaGates Foundation, in 2004. The awardcovers the full cost of studies at CambridgeUniversity in England, as well as of traveland living expenses.

As an undergraduate at Illinois, Metzcompleted three majors (including geolo-gy), and gained research experience work-ing with Prof. Bruce Fouke. As the accom-panying letter shows, she is taking fulladvantage of her year in Cambridge.

Metz will return to the United Statesto pursue a doctorate in planetary scienceand geology at MIT. From there, she hopesto become an astronaut and eventuallyundertake fieldwork on Mars.

Letter from CambridgeBy Joannah Metz

Walking the hallowed streets of Cambridge as a graduate student at the University of Cambridgeis a bit different from strolling along the streets of Champaign-Urbana; for one thing, the ‘new’ buildingsin Cambridge are 500 years old. I love attending a university with so much history, where I can beinspired knowing that I’m attending lectures in rooms Newton and Darwin frequented. Partaking in suchCambridge traditions as rowing, spring balls, and formal halls has helped to give me the flavour of life inCambridge.

In more academic pursuits, I’m pursuing a one-year M.Phil in Polar Studies. My dissertationresearch involves looking at the glacier-influenced continental margins of the polar North Atlantic usingvarious marine geophysical methods; and more specifically, I’m looking at iceberg scouring along thecontinental margins of Greenland, Iceland, and Labrador/Baffin Island. I’ve already learned so muchabout Earth’s polar regions from all of the knowledgeable researchers in my department, and I look for-ward to learning much more before I finish my course in June. I was also fortunate enough to beawarded the Gates Cambridge fellowship, which is funding my studies in Cambridge. There is a greatcommunity of Gates scholars and we have many interesting lectures by ambassadors, scientists, andforeign policy advisors as well as other opportunities such as trips which all help to broaden our experi-ence at Cambridge.

This has been a fantastic year thus far, and one that has given me not only much knowledgeabout the coldest regions on Earth, but also has given me many friends and memories.

Joannah Metz: A Gates Scholar

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James D. Wolfensohn, President ofthe World Bank, said of El-Ashry’stenure at GEF: “The GEF, as we know ittoday, is the product of Mohamed El-Ashry’s vision, leadership, dedication,and hard work. He has made a signifi-cant contribution to the global environ-ment and sustainable development.”

El-Ashry came to the GEF from theWorld Bank, where he was the ChiefEnvironmental Advisor to the Presidentand Director of the EnvironmentDepartment. Prior to joining the WorldBank, he served as Senior Vice Presidentof the World Resources Institute (WRI)and as Director of Environmental Qualitywith the Tennessee Valley Authority. Inrecent years, he has also held appoint-ments as the Senior EnvironmentalAdviser to the UNDP, a Special Adviserto the Secretary General of the 1992 U.N.

Alumni Award

We are very proud toannounce that Dr.

Mohamed El-Ashry, Ph.D. ’66,is the 2004 Department ofGeology Alumni AchievementAward winner. Dr. El-Ashrycame to the University ofIllinois from Cairo University,and completed his dissertationunder the direction of HaroldWanless on the photointerpre-tation of coastal changes.Starting from this foundation,he gained vast experienceover the years in manyaspects of environmental geol-ogy. Specifically, he hasfocused on issues pertainingto water-resources issues andcontamination due to mining. Ultimately,he applied his knowledge to addressingthe environmental impacts of interna-tional development, and has held high-level posts in the diplomatic world. Inthe course of his career, he publishedover 200 articles and 3 books.

Currently, Dr. El-Ashry is a SeniorFellow at the United Nations Foundation.Prior to that appointment, he served asChief Executive Officer of the GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF). Under El-Ashry’s leadership, from 1991 to 2003,GEF grew from a pilot program with lessthan 30 members to the largest singlesource of funding for the global environ-ment with 173 member countries. TheGlobal Environment Facility has allocat-ed over $15 billion for more than 1,000projects in over 140 countries.

Conference on Environment andDevelopment (UNCED), and as a mem-ber of the World Water Commission.Earlier in his career, he held teachingand research positions at CairoUniversity, Pan-Americas-U.A.R. OilCompany, the Illinois GeologicalSurvey, Wilkes University, and theEnvironmental Defense Fund.

El-Ashry is a fellow of theGeological Society of America and theAmerican Association for theAdvancement of Science, and a mem-ber of the Third World and AfricanAcademies of Science. He is listed in“American Men and Women ofScience” and “Men of Achievement,”and his biography has been featured inGeotimes. He is also the recipient ofnumerous international awards andhonors.

Mohamed El-Ashry Receives Alumni Achievement Award

“The GEF, as we know it

today, is the product of

Mohamed El-Ashry’s vision,

leadership, dedication, and

hard work. He has made a

significant contribution to

the global environment and

sustainable development.”

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Albert Hsui Retires

April 21, 2005, was declared “AlbertHsui Day” and the retiring profes-

sor of geology and associate head ofthe department presented a valedic-tory talk on “Geodynamics: Motherof All Geological Processes.” Afterhis talk, Hsui was the guest at a din-ner in his honor, during which hiscontributions since arriving at UIUCin 1980 were toasted. Hsui moved tothe department after completing aPh.D. at Cornell and a post-doc atMIT—when he arrived, theDepartment’s geophysics programwas in transition.

Hsui is modest about hisaccomplishments. “I feel good whenI run into alumni and they tell methat the things I taught them yearsago are very useful and that theyfinally understand why they had tolearn them. Those are the types ofencounters that keep me going. Youhope that you teach things that helpyour students be creative and pro-ductive.”

“I feel good when I run into alumni

and they tell me that the things I

taught them years ago are very useful

and that they finally understand why

they had to learn them. Those are the

types of encounters that keep me

going. You hope that you teach things

that help your students be creative

and productive.”

It was the lure of the supercom-puters that initially brought Hsui toUIUC, because much of his researchrelies on computer simulation. Overthe years, Hsui has made discoveriesconcerning mantle convection and itsrelationship to plate tectonics, theprocess of plate subduction and itsimplications to island-arc magma gen-eration and deep seismicity, the evolu-tion of map-view curves in trenchesand mountain belts, and the thermalevolution of other planets. Hsui hasinvestigated the constancy of the uni-versal gravitational constant, whichhas implications to the possible exis-tence of a fifth force of nature.

Teaching is a passion for Hsui,and increasingly, computers have beenplaying a role in his classes. “Today’sstudents are much more visual, solooking at equations alone is notsomething that they are accustomed todoing. They understand the meaningof an equation much better if you havethem use a computer to simulate whatthe equation shows. For example, inmy ‘Geology of the Planets’ class, wesimulate the Moon orbiting the Earth,and show how the its orbital velocityrelates to its distance from the Earth.”

Two years ago, Hsui developed anew introductory geology course thatfulfills the university’s quantitative rea-soning course requirement. To makethis course possible, Hsui had to writea new lab book that gives students theopportunity to use math in the contextof solving geological problems.Enrollment in this class has beengrowing steadily.

“Retired” just means moving onto the next endeavor, Hsui says. “After25 years I feel that I’ve reached a junc-ture where if I want to do somethingdifferent I better do it now, while I amstill young and energetic.”

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Geology graduate student ChrisMah’s discovery of a new species of

starfish reads like a good-old fash-ioned detective story. The mysterybegan eight years ago off the coast ofPalau in the 400-feet depths of thecentral Pacific, a place only “divenuts” equipped with mixed gas re-breathing units dare to tread. It wasin this murky realm, where, accordingto diver-scientist Patrick Colin, onefinds “a world of white, blue, andblack,“ where “sediment flows off theshallow reefs…like snowfall.” Colinwas collecting marine animals in thehopes of discovering new anticanceragents from nature. His dive permittedonly six hours underwater and, withless than 10 minutes left before his airsupply was exhausted, he surfacedwith an orange and brown starfishthat he later dubbed the “cornbreadstar.”

Enter U of I paleobiologist andstarfish researcher Mah, who studiesthe diversity and evolution of marineinvertebrates. The drawers of his labin the basement of the Natural HistoryBuilding overflow with every imagin-able shape and size of starfish, butnone looked quite like the 40-cmexample sent from Palau. Monthsafter Mah received the sample, he wasvisiting the Bishop Museum inHonolulu and, by chance, just hap-pened to notice a second specimenstored almost as an afterthought in a5-gallon bucket that was holding up afan. This specimen had been collectedat Enewetak Atoll at 420 feet.

Department News

“It was collected 15 years ago,” Mahsays. “Ironically, it was Colin who had col-lected that sample, too, but the opportunityto properly examine the specimen neveremerged.”

Several years later, Mah discovered athird sample of cornbread star on a dustyshelf in a Belgium marine lab. “It had justbeen sitting there for probably a decade,after it was collected from the Indian Oceanin 1982. With a critical mass of starfishmaterial in hand I proceeded with a formaldescription.”

Deep Secret

Serendipity and good science lead to the discovery of a starfish living at the ocean’s depths.

Mah, whose research resultswere published last year in theBulletin of Marine Science, named thestarfish Astrosarkus idipi. Astrosarkusmeans “star-shaped flesh,’ and idipi isin honor of David K. Idipi, Sr., formerdirector of the Palau Bureau ofNatural Resources and Development.The naming was front-page news inthe Tia Belau, the newspaper ofrecord for Palau.

“The species represents some-thing very distinct, and very new, andvery different from previous knownanimals,” Mah says. “It’s a bizarreanimal to put it mildly. It lives in aregion just below conventional scubadive range and in an area too deepand too jagged for trawler nets. Thatprobably explains why it’s never beendiscovered.”

So much remains a mysteryabout Astrosarkus idipi. Mah stilldoesn’t know what it eats or how oldany of the specimens are. “Starfishcan reabsorb calcite. They don’t reallyshow consistent growth patterns.”

Presently there is a global effortat the moment to save and conservebiodiversity. Mah says many unde-scribed species remain to found andeach new species represents hope.“The question that comes out of thisis, ‘If we can still find an animal thatbig—pumpkin-sized—in the populat-ed Tropics, then what else is there tobe discovered?’ You can’t understandwhat’s being lost if you don’t knowwhat’s there in the first place.”

Mah is finishing his Ph.D. in 2005,under the supervision of Prof. EmeritusDan Blake.

Astrosarkus idipi

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gy from Illinois in 1971, had beencamped on a high ridge, about 10 kilo-meters north of the summit of Mount St.Helens. The ridge on which he died,shortly after 8:32 a.m., is now namedJohnston Ridge, and is the site of a per-manent Webcam that broadcasts imagesevery five minutes of the mountain.

“The mountain today can look sopeaceful on a sunny morning, but theknowledge of how violent it turnedmakes it a very uneasy peace, eventhough now it is a relatively safe place,”she said. “I had met David in the March-April work, and we enjoyed a tremen-dous comradeship. David was muchmore experienced with volcanoes thanme, and because of his work with theexplosive and dangerous AugustineVolcano in Alaska, he knew, and respect-ed, the power of St. Helens probablymore wisely than any of the rest of us.”

Today, scientists have a lot moreunderstanding of what happened thatday, and Kieffer currently is part of ateam using supercomputers to furtheranalyze what happened and why.

Twenty-five years ago, Mount St. Helenserupted in Washington state, prompt-

ing U. of I. geology graduate DavidJohnston, of the U.S. Geological Survey,to report “Vancouver, Vancouver, this isit” from inside his monitoring-stationtrailer. Johnston’s body and trailer werenever found; he was among 57 fatalitiesthat day.

Susan W. Kieffer, now the CharlesR. Walgreen Jr. Chair in the U. of I.Geology Department, had been on sitethat March and April as part of a U.S.Geological Survey team studying earlier,smaller eruptions of the long dormantvolcano. On the Sunday morning of May18, 1980, Kieffer was visiting a neighborin Flagstaff, Arizona.

“The neighbor asked what we hadbeen doing recently, and when we replied‘working at Mount St. Helens’ we weretold, ‘Oh, it really blew up this morn-ing!’” she recalled. “After recovering fromthe shock, we packed and headed backto the mountain that afternoon.”

An official observer, Johnston, whohad earned a bachelor’s degree in geolo-

Mount St. Helens: 25 years later

The expanding steam and gases inthe magma during the 1980 Mount St.Helens eruption propelled fragmentedrock and glaciers over 500 square kilome-ters of land, ripping up and destroyingabout 4 billion board feet of timber alongthe way, and causing nearly $1 billion ineconomic damage.

“These eruptions have beendescribed as ‘ash hurricanes,’ ” Kieffersaid.

Kieffer mapped the directions ofblow-down of the trees and reconstructedthe dynamics of the blast using rocket-engine theory. She proposed that the flowwithin the most highly damaged area wasmoving so fast that gravitational forcescouldn’t act to divert the flow of the “ashhurricane” down the valleys.

Kieffer is working with Illinois col-leagues S. (Bala) Balachandar, professorand associate head of the department oftheoretical and applied mechanics, andAndreas Haselbacher, a research scientistat the Center for Simulation of AdvancedRockets, to use supercomputing capabili-ties and the university’s Apple TuringCluster computer to improve the under-standing of the volcano’s eruption.

“At the time of the 1980 eruption, wedidn’t have supercomputers,” Kieffer said.“Now, we have not only the computation-al power for the models, but the visual-ization capabilities of the NCSA (NationalCenter for Supercomputing Applications),and we’re hoping to really understandand visualize these events.”

Susan Kieffer at work in her helicopter flightsuite on Mount St. Helens in 1980.

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“The neighbor asked what we had been

doing recently, and when we replied

‘working at Mount St. Helens’ we were

told, ‘Oh, it really blew up this morning!’”

she recalled. “After recovering from the

shock, we packed and headed back to the

mountain that afternoon.”

“At the time of the 1980 eruption, we did-

n’t have supercomputers,” Kieffer said.

“Now, we have not only the computational

power for the models, but the visualization

capabilities of the NCSA (National Center

for Supercomputing Applications), and

we’re hoping to really understand and

visualize these events.”

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Windows into the Past

by Ralph L. Langenheim

Frank DeWolfe took over as head of theDepartment of Geology and

Geography in 1931, at the height of theGreat Depression. DeWolfe served until1946 and held the Department togetherthrough the Depression, the New Deal,and World War II. He was the onlydepartment head to reach retirement inoffice. When he came to the Universityof Illinois, DeWolfe had a reputation asan outstanding explorationist and admin-istrator. His resume included terms asDirector of the ISGS (1911 to 1923), asChief Geologist for the HumphreysCorporation (1923-1927), and as VicePresident of the Louisiana State LandsCorporation. In Louisiana, he introducedseismic profiling, leading to the discov-ery of many salt domes.

DeWolfe entered a department inwhich intense feuds, some of a personalnature, divided the faculty. In 1936, aninvestigative committee chaired by theDean of LAS reviewed the Department,suggested some staffing changes, andemphasized the need for stronger leader-ship and scholarship. As problems dissi-pated, enrollments grew and the depart-ment granted 53 masters and 21 doctor-ates between 1931 and 1946. World WarII did take its toll—no degrees weregranted in 1943 and 1944.

Staff and students of the mid-20thcentury concentrated overwhelmingly insedimentary geology, and Illinois cameto be known as a leading “soft-rock”department. For example, the recordshows 23 theses in paleontology, 16 in

stratigraphy, 13 in sedimentology, 8 inmarine geology, 5 in petroleum geology,6 in coal geology, and 3 in subsurfacegeology. All other disciplines togetheryielded only 7 theses. The Departmentreached its highest-ever position (11th) inthe American Council of Education’sranking of graduate programs in geology.

In addition to DeWolfe, TerrenceQuirke, Harold Wanless, Harold Scott,Waldorf Howard, Francis Shepard, andArle Sutton formed the core of theGeology Department staff. Continuingactivity on the part of emeritus professorSavage supplemented their efforts, andCarleton Chapman and Robert Sharpjoined the staff before leaving for militaryduty. In addition, G.H. Cady, a distin-guished coal geologist from the ISGS for

which GSA’s Cady Award was named,was appointed as an adjunct professor.

Shepard and Wanless developedwide reputations for research andteaching. Shepard helped found thestudy of submarine geology, and someof the students that he supervised atIllinois went on to achieve fame intheir own right. These included RobertDietz (Ph.D., 1941) and K.O. Emery(Ph.D., 1941). In 1937, though retain-ing his status as an Illinois facultymember, Shepard relocated to theScripps Institution of Oceanography; heresigned from Illinois in 1946. Wanlessbegan a lifetime of research on LatePaleozoic cyclothems and pioneeredthe use of aerial photographs in geolog-ic mapping. He was also an extremelypopular teacher—a course that hedeveloped on the geology of Illinoisbecame so popular, considering thestate’s burgeoning petroleum industry,that its field trips required use of a bus.Quirke continued research in hard rockgeology and began instruction in engi-neering geology, Howard led a researchprogram in carbonate geology, Scotthelped to establish conodont biostratig-raphy as a major correlation tool, andSutton made contributions in sedimen-tary and petroleum geology.

All in all, as the WW II came to aclose, the Illinois geology departmentwas ready to play a leading role in geo-logic research and education during thepost-war period.

Frank DeWolfe

Doom, Boom, and War: Geology at Illinois 1931-1946

The researchers have about fivehours to explore the abyss and collectrock samples from the cliff face beforeAlvin’s power runs low and they mustfloat to the surface.

Although data analysis will takemany months, Hurst said the expedi-tion’s preliminary results are positive.

“We discovered that Pito Deephas a sort of layer cake geology,”Hurst said. “Like frosting on a cake,the top layer consists of horizontallava flows. Beneath that is a layer ofvertical dikes – the conduits throughwhich the lava flowed. Beneath that isthe now solid magma chamber at thebase of the ocean crust. And beneaththat lies the mantle.”

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Late last January, while most peoplewere battling winter’s cold and

snow, structural geologist StephenHurst joined a team of scientists,engineers and technicians who setsail from Easter Island to explore thePito Deep, a rift in Earth’s crust near-ly 6,000 meters deep.

Funded by the National ScienceFoundation, the expedition had as itsgoal to probe the ocean crust, andgain a better understanding of how itwas created.

“Pito Deep is one of the few loca-tions where such investigations canbe made,” Hurst said. “The rift is onthe boundary between the EasterIsland microplate and the Nazcaplate, in an area where tectonicmovement is pulling the crust apart.”

Unlike rifts caused by sea-floorspreading, at Pito Deep there is nofresh magma obscuring the chasm. Asa result, the crust is exposed like asplit watermelon. The naturally occur-ring cross-section offers scientists anopportunity to study the structure ofthe ocean crust and how it formed.

Hurst rendezvoused with the restof the scientific team on Easter Island.While awaiting final preparations, hehad an opportunity to explore thequarry where most of the island’sfamous stone heads, or Moai, werecarved.

“The quarry is spectacular,”Hurst said. “There are approximately300 Moai scattered throughout thequarry area, in various stages of com-pletion. Some are 40 feet long.”

When all was made ready, Hurstand the others boarded the Atlantis(host ship for the deep-sea submersibleAlvin) and began the 24-hour cruise toPito Deep, which is about 350 milesnorth and slightly east of Easter Island.

Having participated in six similarcruises, Hurst was involved with manytechnical operations of the expedition,from preparing bathymetric maps toanalyzing photographs to diving inAlvin.

The floor of Pito Deep lies about1,500 meters deeper than Alvin cansafely dive, but this was not a problemfor the researchers. “The bottoms ofthese canyons are usually filled withsediment and debris from rockslides,”Hurst said. “For our studies, we want-ed to collect rocks from the steepest,not the deepest, part of the chasm.”

The descent takes nearly twohours. The pilot and two “observers”spend the time talking, listening tomusic or rechecking the equipment.During the dive, the water temperaturefalls from about 80 degrees Fahrenheitat the surface to close to freezing atdepth. Separating the sub’s occupantsfrom the cold water is 2 inches of tita-nium hull, which also offers protectionfrom the crushing pressure.

“Because of the enormous pres-sures we experience, it’s not uncom-mon to find Alvin’s hull festoonedwith net bags filled with Styrofoamcups and mannequin heads at thebeginning of a dive,” Hurst said. “Thewater pressure squeezes them to a tinyfraction of their original size, makingneat souvenirs of the dive.”

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Alumni News

1950s

At the 2005 AAPG Convention in Calgary JackThreet AB’51 was one of several AAPG mem-bers who was honored with a DistinguishedService Award recognizing their “singular andbeneficial service to AAPG.” Jack, whose longcareer included service as Vice President ofShell Oil, has received the Department’s alumniachievement award.

Paul Karrow, Ph.D. ’57, was awarded the titleDistinguished Professor Emeritus by theUniversity of Waterloo in 2002. He retired fromUW in 1999. Presently, Paul is an adjunct pro-fessor in the Department of Earth Sciences andcontinues to teach and supervise graduate stu-dents. A day-long symposium was held at theGeological Association of Canada’s annual meet-ing to recognize Paul’s work in quaternary geol-ogy. Most importantly, Paul is now a grandfa-ther of eight.

1960s

John Hawley, Ph.D. ‘62, now directs HawleyGeomatters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He isthe winner of a 2005 New Mexico Earth ScienceAchievement Award. The award recognizes indi-viduals who have made outstanding contribu-tions to advancing geoscience in areas of educa-tion, research, public service, and public policyin New Mexico.

Bill Soderman, M.S. ’60, Ph.D. ’62, receivedthe 2004 U of I College of Liberal Arts andSciences’ “Quadrangle Award” in recognition ofhis many important contributions to the UIUCcampus and for his efforts to help establish theGeoThrust Committee and for guiding it overmany years. The award was presented at a lav-ish banquet hosted by the Dean of the College.

At the 2005 American Association of PetroleumGeologists (AAPG) Convention in CalgaryChristopher C. M. Heath, MS’63, Ph.D.’65, wasone of three recipients of the HonoraryMembership Award. The award goes to those“who have distinguished themselves by theiraccomplishments and through their service tothe petroleum profession.”

For more than 30 years, Douglas Mose, B.S.’65, has been a professor of geochemistry atVirginia’s George Mason University, where hedirects the Center for Basic and Applied Science,a faculty-student research corporation. Douglasis also the president of an environmental (air-water-soil) testing company. He says, “I mostfondly remember Harold Wanless for the goalshe created in my mind when I listened duringand after classes. I was fortunate to be his dri-ver for one year on field trips and, in lateryears, I realized he became a model for me as ateacher and scientist.” Mose earned his Ph.D. atUniversity of Kansas.

1980s

The Geological Society of America electedKathleen Marsaglia, M.S. ’82, a GSA Fellow onApril 25, 2004. Kathy is a professor at CaliforniaState University, Northridge, where she teachesand carries out research in sandstone petrogra-phy and works on paleogeographic and paleo-tectonic reconstructions. She has been ship-board scientist on several ODP legs.

Linda Rowan, B.S. ’86, is now at the AmericanGeological Institute as Director of GovernmentAffairs. She was a senior editor with the journalScience.

1990s

Catherine A. Hier Majumder, B.S. ’97, finishedher Ph.D. in computational geophysics at theUniversity of Minnesota and then worked as apost-doc at Los Alamos National Lab. She isnow beginning a post-doc at Carnegie, inWashington, D.C., where she will be workingon projects pertaining to the NASA mission toMercury.

Doug Tinkham, M.S., ‘97, will become anassistant professor at Laurentian University(Sudbury, Ontario) in the fall of 2005. Doug didhis masters with Steve Marshak before complet-ing a Ph.D. at Alabama and a post-doc atCalgary. Doug, Dee and their daughter CydneyAlicia will be moving at the end of the summer.

Jack Pierce, B.S. ’49, M.S. ’50, retired chairman of the Department of Paleobiology of theSmithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, and professor at GeorgeWashington University, died on February 11, 2004. He was 77 years old. Pierce served in thePacific Theater in WWII. After the war, he attended the U of I, where he received his bache-lor’s and master’s degrees. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He thenmoved to George Washington University as a professor of sedimentology and marine geolo-gy. In 1965, Pierce began his tenure at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of NaturalHistory as a research scientist and curator. He founded the museum’s sedimentology depart-ment. During the course of his career, Pierce conducted research in Argentina, Belize, Italy,Spain, France, and coastal South America. He was a member of the Sigma Xa, and a fellowof AAPG, SEPM, GSA, IAS, and GSW.

Frank Larry Doyle, Ph.D. ’58, passed away on February 26, 2005, in San Antonio, Texas. Aprofessional groundwater hydrologist with an internationally renowned career spanningmore than 50 years, Larry served the U.S. Chapter of the International Association ofHydrologists from 1980 to 1988 as Secretary/Treasurer and Chairman. Larry began his careerwith the USGS in 1960 and worked in Arizona and Colorado. During his career he taught atSt. Mary’s University in San Antonio, the State University of New York, and the University ofConnecticut in Storrs. Larry also had associations with the Geological Survey of Alabama,Dames and Moore, Metcalf and Eddy, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S.Department of the Interior Office of Project Review, and the MITRE Corporation. He carriedout geologic and hydrologic investigations in Panama, Nicaragua, Algeria, and Spain.

Bruce Dollahan, B.S. ’59, passed away February 1, 2005, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bruceretired from Sears in 1989 after 30 years of employment. He then worked for three years atDillard’s in Overland Park, Kansas. Among his survivors is his wife, college sweetheart Nora,who he wed in 1959.

Obituaries

1940s

Rob Roy Macgregor, B.S. ‘40, wrote from hishome in Woodstock, Connecticut after read-ing the late Prof. Harold W. Scott’s book, TheSugar Creek Saga: Chronicles of a PetroleumGeologist. Reminiscing, Rob writes that hetook a job as a “shooter’s helper” with theCarter Oil Company in Oklahoma. The com-pany then transferred him to Mattoon,Illinois, to work as a clerk. “It became appar-ent to me that to get ahead in geology Iwould need a degree in it. Working inMattoon provided me an opportunity to con-tinue to work for Carter part time and toattend the U of I part time, taking enoughgeology courses to acquire a degree.” Robfondly remembers classmate Bernard Curvin(B.S. ’39).

Howard L. Patton, B.S. ‘46, M.S. ‘48, wroteto the Department in which he rememberedhis friend and U of I colleague Jim Pearson(’42), who died in 1944 behind enemy linesduring WWII. Howard writes, “I had the goodfortune to be Jim’s field partner, and ourSpring course headquartered in the RoseHotel in Elizabethtown [IL] on the Ohio hasprovided many pleasant memories. I rode hiscoattails then…Jim was personable, sensitive,meticulous, and thorough, and he alwaysseemed to be in control of his studies whenmost of us were laboring mightily…He was atrue hero and should be remembered as suchby the Department of Geology.”

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Honor Roll of Donors for 2004

Prof. Thomas F. AndersonDr. Robert F. Babb IIMrs. Laura S. BalesMrs. Margaret H. BarghMr. Douglas S. BatesDr. Craig M. BethkeDr. Marion E. BickfordLTC Ronald E. Black (RET)Mr. Joseph E. BoudreauxMr. and Mrs. Allen S.

BraumillerMs. Annette BrewsterMs. Margaret R. BrotenMr. and Mrs. Ross D. BrowerThe Reverend Robert L.

BrownfieldDr. Susan B. BuckleyDr. Glenn R. BuckleyMr. James W. CastleDr. Thomas L. ChamberlinDr. Charles J. ChantellMr. and Mrs. Lester W. ClutterDr. Dennis D. ColemanDr. Lorence G. CollinsDr. Barbara J. CollinsMr. and Mrs. Randolph M.

CollinsDr. Virginia A. Colten-BradleyMrs. Lucinda E. CumminsDr. Norbert E. CyganDr. Richard N. CzerwinskiDr. Ilham DemirMr. M. Peter deVriesMr. Bruce E. Dollahan (DEC)Mr. James D. DonithanDr. Garnett M. DowMs. Stephanie DrainDr. Mohamed T. El-AshryDr. Frank R. EttensohnMr. Joseph P. Fagan Jr.Mr. Kenneth T. FeldmanDr. and Mrs. Ray E. Ferrell Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Finley Jr.Mr. Gary M. FleegerDr. Richard M. ForesterMr. Jack D. FosterMr. Robert E. FoxMr. and Mrs. Edwin H.

FranklinMr. Barry R. GagerMr. James C. GambleMr. and Mrs. John R. GarinoMs. Theresa C. GierlowskiMr. Robert N. GinsburgMs. Erika L. GoerichMr. and Mrs. Charles J.

Gossett

Dr. and Mrs. Stuart GrossmanDr. Albert L. GuberMrs. Catherine L. HarmsDr. Richard L. HayDr. Daniel O. HaybaDr. Mark A. HelperMr. and Mrs. Mark F. HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Glen A. HowardDr. Roscoe G. Jackson IIMr. Steven F. JamriskoMr. Martin V. JeanDr. William D. Johns Jr.Dr. Allen H. JohnsonDr. Kenneth S. JohnsonMr. Robert R. JohnstonMr. Roy A. KaelinDr. Robert E. KarlinDr. and Mrs. Frank R. KarnerMr. and Mrs. Donald A. KeeferDr. John P. KemptonMr. John N. KeysDr. and Mrs. John D. KieferDr. and Mrs. R. James

KirkpatrickMr. Robert F. KrayeMr. Thomas E. KrisaMr. Michael B. LamportDr. Stephen E. LaubachDr. Steven W. LeavittMr. Stephen C. LeeDr. Hannes E. LeetaruDr. Morris W. LeightonDr. Margaret S. LeinenMs. Crystal Lovett-TibbsMr. Bernard W. LynchMr. Rob Roy MacgregorMr. and Mrs. Andrew S.

MaddenMr. John W. MarksProf. and Mrs. Stephen

MarshakMrs. Joyce C. MastDr. Murray R. McComasMrs. W. E. McCommonsMrs. Cheryl B. MillerMr. James A. MillerMs. Linda A. MinorMr. John S. MooreMr. and Mrs. Wayne E. MooreDr. Sharon MosherMr. Joseph C. MuellerMr. Robert E. MurphyDr. and Mrs. Haydn H. MurrayMr. Bruce W. NelsonMr. W. John NelsonMr. and Mrs. Brian D. Noel

Mr. and Mrs. William A.Oesterling

Dr. William A. Oliver Jr.Donald E. OrloppMichael R. OwenDr. Norman J. PageMrs. Corinne PearsonDr. and Mrs. Russel A.

PeppersMr. Charles E. PflumMr. Bruce E. PhillipsMrs. Beverly A. PierceDr. and Mrs. Robert I.

PinneyDr. Paul L. PlusquellecMr. Raymond W. Rall Dr. Elizabeth P. RallMr. Paul J. RegorzMr. William D. RiceMr. Donald O. RimsniderMr. Dean M. RoseMr. and Mrs. Edward L.

RosenthalMr. Jeffrey A. RossDr. Richard P. SandersMr. Michael L. SargentMr. and Mrs. Jay R.

ScheevelDr. and Mrs. Detmar

SchnitkerDr. David C. SchusterDr. and Mrs. Franklin W.

Schwartz

Crystal G. Lovett-Tibbs, B.S. ’97, was hiredlast September as an associate attorney inHusch & Eppenberger, LLC, in the firm’sEnvironmental & Regulatory Practice Group.

Joel Johnson, M.S. ‘98, will become anassistant professor at the University of NewHampshire. Joel did his master’s with SteveMarshak before moving to Oregon State fora Ph.D. and a post-doc at the Monterey BayAquarium. Joel and his wife will be headingfrom the beaches of the West Coast to thoseof the East Coast this summer.

2000s

David Beedy, B.S. ‘00, M.S. ‘02, lives inDenver, Colorado, where he is a 9th gradeadvisor in the Mapleton School District.

Roberto Hernandez, M.S. ’00, was promot-ed to the position of Chief Geologist atEcopetrol, in Colombia. Roberto completed athesis in structural geology while at UIUC.

Michael Brudzinski, Ph.D. ’01, has accept-ed a position of assistant professor at MiamiUniversity of Ohio. He will begin hisappointment in the fall of 2005. Mikeworked with Wang-Ping Chen in seismology.

Qusheng Jin, Ph.D. ‘03, has accepted aposition as an assistant professor at theUniversity of Oregon. He and his wife Rosewill move to Eugene for the Spring 2006term. Jin worked with Craig Bethke inhydrogeology and geomicrobiology at UIUC,before becoming a post-doc at Berkeley.

News from Former Faculty

Emeritus professor George Klein wasappointed Chairman of the Matson AwardCommittee for the 2006 annual meeting ofthe American Association of PetroleumGeologists (AAPG). In addition to his contin-uing work with SED-STRAT GeoscienceConsultants, he has published a novel.

Ms. Yuki J. ShinboriDr. Charles H. SimondsDr. Brian J. SinclairMr. Roger A. SippelDr. J. William SodermanMr. and Mrs. Eric P.

SproulsDr. Ian M. SteeleDr. Ronald D. StieglitzDr. John E. StoneDr. Gary D. StrickerMr. Thomas R. StylesDr. Susan M. TaylorDr. Daniel A. TextorisDr. and Mrs. J. Cotter

TharinMr. and Mrs. Jack C.

ThreetDr. Edwin W. TookerDr. F. Michael WahlMs. Harriet E. WallaceDr. James G. WardDr. W. F. WeeksMr. Jack L. WilberMr. Donald R. WilliamsMs. Jennifer A. WilsonMr. John J. WilsonMr. Matthew W. WoltmanMr. Roland F. WrightDr. Wang-Hong A. YangDr. and Mrs. Valentine E.

Zadnik

We’d love to hear from you

Send us your personal and professionalupdates by emailing us at geology@uiuc.edu or Department of GeologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign245 Natural History Building 1301 W. Green St.Urbana, IL 61801

Please include degree(s) earned and year,along with your current affiliation.

Buckley Lecture Series LaunchedGlen and Susan Buckley have generously endowed a series of lectures in the Department. TheBuckley Lecture Series will bring to our weekly colloquial series engaging speakers who will addressa broad range of issue with an environmental-geology theme. The inaugural talk in the series will beby Glen Buckley, who will speak on water crises in Texas..

The following is a list of friends and alumni of the Department of Geology who have donated to thedepartment during the calendar year 2004.

Corporations

BP Amoco FoundationChevronTexacoConocoPhillips CorporationDominion FoundationDTE Energy FoundationExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.ExxonMobil FoundationExxonMobil Retiree Program Mobil RetireeFidelity Charitable Gift FundHarris Bank FoundationIdaho National Engineering and Environmental

LaboratoryIllini Technologists Working MetalLockheed Martin Corporation FoundationMarathon Ashland PetroleumShell Oil CompanyShell Oil Company Foundation Whiting Petroleum Corporation an Alliant Company

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Annual Report for 2004

FacultyStephen P. Altaner (Associate Professor)Jay D. Bass (Professor)Craig M. Bethke (Professor)Chu-Yung Chen (Associate Professor)Wang-Ping Chen (Professor)Bruce W. Fouke (Associate Professor)Albert T. Hsui (Professor)Thomas M. Johnson (Associate Professor)Susan W. Kieffer (Walgreen Professor)R. James Kirkpatrick (Professor and ExecutiveAssociate Dean)Jie Li (Assistant Professor)Craig C. Lundstrom (Assistant Professor)Stephen Marshak (Professor and Head)Xiaodong Song (Associate Professor)

Department AffiliateFeng-Sheng Hu (Associate Professor)

Academic Staff, Post-Docs,Visiting StaffGeorge Bonheyo (Research Scientist)Jorge Frias-Lopez (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Justin Glessner (Geochemistry Specialist)Richard Hedin (Research Programmer)Holger Hellwig (Research Scientist)Eileen Herrstrom (Teaching Specialist)Xiaoqiang Hou (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Stephen Hurst (Research Programmer)Ingmar Janse (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Roy Johnson (Research Scientist)Andrey Kalinichev (Senior Research Scientist)Michael Lerche (Post-Doctoral Research

Scientist)Ann Long (Teaching Lab Specialist)Xinli Lu (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Stephen Lyons (Newsletter Editor)Padma Padmanabhan (Post-Doctoral

Researcher)Maik Pertermann (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Marc Reinholdt (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Bidhan Roy (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Carmen Sanchez-Valle (Post-Doctoral

Researcher)Rob Sanford (Senior Research Scientist)Stanislav Sinogeikin (Research Scientist)Maoshuang Song (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Michael Stewart (Lecturer)Raj Vanka (Resource and Policy Analyst)Carine Vanpeteghem (Post-Doctoral

Researcher)Jianwei Wang (Post-Doctoral Researcher)Zhaofeng Zhang (Visiting Scholar)Jianming Zhu (Visiting Scholar)

Emeritus FacultyThomas F. AndersonDaniel B. BlakeAlbert V. CarozziDonald L. GrafArthur F. HagnerRichard L. HayDonald M. HendersonGeorge deV. KleinRalph L. LangenheimC. John MannAlberto S. NietoPhilip A. Sandberg

Adjunct FacultyRobert J. FinleyLeon R. FollmerDennis KolataMorris W. LeightonHannes LeetaruWilliam ShiltsWolfgang SturhahnM. Scott Wilkerson

Library StaffLura Joseph (Librarian)Sheila McGowan (Chief Library Clerk)Diana Walter (Library Technical

Specialist)

StaffShelley Campbell (Staff Clerk)Barb Elmore (Administrative Secretary)Eddie Lane (Electronics Engineering

Assistant)Michael Sczerba (Clerk)

Graduate StudentsMin Jeoung BaePeter BergerEmily BernaNicole BettinardiJon BrenizerSarah BrownKurtis BurmeisterBin ChenScott ClarkMelissa FarmerTheodore FlynnLili GaoAlex GlassChris HendersonFang HuangJennifer JacksonMatthew KirkJacquelyn KitchenJames KlausMan Jae Kwon

Dmitry LakshtanovQiang LiYingchun LiChristopher MahJorge MarinoLei MengBrent OlsonJungho ParkGeorge RoadcapTom SchickelXinlei SunJian TianLisa TranelTai-Lin TsengJianwei WangJingyun WangXiang XuZhaohui YangKelly Zimmerman

COURSES TAUGHT IN 2004Geol 100 Planet Earth

Geol 101 Introduction to Physical Geology

Geol 103 Planet Earth (QR II)

Geol 104 Geology of the National Parks and

Monuments

Geol 107 Physical Geology

Geol 108 Historical Geology

Geol 110 Exploring Planet Earth in the Field

Geol 116 Geology of the Planets

Geol 117 The Oceans

Geol 118 Natural Disasters

Geol 143 History of Life

Geol 233 Earth Materials and the

Environment

Geol 250 Geology for Engineers

Geol 280 Environmental Geology

Geol 301 Geomorphology

Geol 411 Structural Geology and Tectonics

Geol 317 Geologic Field Methods, Western

United States (Field Camp)

Geol 432 Mineralogy and Mineral Optics

Geol 336 Petrology and Petrography

Geol 340 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Geol 452 Introduction to Geophysics

Geol 351 Geophysical Methods for Geology,

Engineering, and Environmental

Sciences

Geol 470- Introduction to Groundwater

Geol 360 Geochemistry

Geol 397A1 The Challenge of a Sustainable

Earth System

Geol 397C Paleobotany

Geol 455 Hydrogeology

Geol 481 Modeling Earth and

Environmental Systems

Geol 489 Geotectonics

Geol 531 Structural Mineralogy

Geol 591 Current Research in Geoscience

Geol 493F1 Environmental Microbiology

Geol 493K11 Experimental Simulation of

Earth’s Interior

Geol 493R2 Data Analysis in Geosciences

Geol 593K1 Continental Lithosphere

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Center for Advanced Cement-BasedMaterialsR. James Kirkpatrick—Pore Solution-Solid

Interactions in Cement Paste: MolecularModeling of Fluids in Nanospaces

Department of EnergyJay D. Bass—Consortium for Material

Property Research in the Earth Sciences.

Craig M. Bethke—Field-ConstrainedQuantitative Model of the Origin ofMicrobial and Geochemical Zoning in aConfined Fresh-Water Aquifer.

R. James Kirkpatrick—Computational &Spectroscopic Investigations of Water-Carbon Dioxide Fluids & Surface SorptionProcesses.

Robert A. Sanford—Towards a More CompletePicture: Dissimilatory Metal Reduction byAnaerobacter Species

Michigan State UniversityRobert A. Sanford—Growth of Chlororespiring

Bacteria to High Cell Densities for Use inBioaugmentation

NASASusan W. Kieffer—Multicomponent,

Multiphase H2O-CO2 Thermodynamics andFluid Dynamics on Mars

National Science FoundationJay D. Bass—Development of Laser Heating

for Sound Velocity Measurements at High P& T.

Jay D. Bass—Sound Velocities & ElasticModuli of Minerals Mantle Pressures andTemperatures with Laser Heating.

Jay D. Bass—Workshop on Phase Transitionsand Mantle Discontinuities.

Jay D. Bass—CSEDI: Collaborative Research:Composition and Seismic Structure of theMantle Transition Zone.

Jay D. Bass—Consortium for MaterialProperty Research in the Earth Sciences.

Jay D. Bass—Collaborative Research:Elasticity Grand Challenge of the COMPRESInitiative.

Jay D. Bass—Polymorphism and StructuralTransitions During Glass Formation.

Daniel B. Blake—Global Climate Change &The Evolutionary Ecology of AntarcticMollusks in the Late Eocene.

Wang-Ping Chen—Collaborative Research:Lithospheric-Scale Dynamics of ActiveMountain Building along the Himalayan-Tibetan Collision Zone.

Bruce W. Fouke—Geobiological and theEmergence of Terraced Architecture duringCarbonate Mineralization.

Thomas M. Johnson—Collaborative Research:Field Investigation of SE OxyanionReduction & Se Sources in Wetlands:Application of Se Isotopes.

Thomas M. Johnson—Quantification of CrReduction in Groundwater Using Cr StableIsotopes.

Thomas M. Johnson and Craig C. Lundstrom—Acquisition of Multicollector InductivelyCoupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer.

Thomas M. Johnson and Craig C. Lundstrom—Technical Support for the New MC-ICP-MSLaboratory at University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign

Jie Li—Experimental Investigations of Solid-Liquid Boundary in the Earth Core.

Craig C. Lundstrom—ObservationalConstraints on Melt-Rock Reactions duringMelting of the Upper Mantle.

Craig C. Lundstrom—Collaborative Research:Investigating the Processes and Timescalesof Andesite Differentiation: AComprehensive Petrological andGeochemical Study of Arenal Volcano, CostaRica.

Stephen Marshak—Collaborative Research:Emplacement of the Ferrar Mafic IdneousProvince: A Pilot Study of IntrusiveArchitecture and Flow Directions inSouthern Victoria Land.

Xiaodong Song—Structure and Dynamics ofEarth’s Core and Lowermost Mantle.

Xiaodong Song—CSEDI CollaborativeResearch: Observational and TheoreticalConstraints on the Structure and Rotation ofthe Inner Core.

Xiaodong Song—Probing the Earth’s Core andLowermost Mantle

Office of Naval ResearchBruce W. Fouke—The Role of Shipyard

Pollutants in Structuring Coral ReefMicrobial Communities: MonitoringEnvironmental Change and the PotentialCauses of Coral Disease.

University of Illinois Research BoardWang-Ping Chen—Anatomy of a Continental

Collision Zone: Exploring New Views inSeismic Imaging.

Albert Hsui—Poloidal-Toroidal Energy Partitionand Rotation of Surface Plates on Earth.

R. James Kirkpatrick—A Large Volume NMRSample Probe for Chemical and GeochemicalResearch

Xiaodong Song—Acquisition of PortableBroadband Digital Seismometers

Research Grants Active in 2004

U.S. Department of Interior / U.S. Geological SurveyStephen Marshak – Geologic Mapping of the

Rosendale Natural Cement Region, a Portionof the Northern Applachian Fold-ThrustBelt, Ulster County, New York.

Degrees Conferred in 2004Bachelor of Science Degrees

MayRoger A. BannisterMichelle Ann CoxKellie Lee EakerJoannah Marie MetzCharles R. MitsdarferLeslie Nicole SavageMichael S. SchwartzMichael Patrick WelchKelly Marie Zimmerman

AugustCharles Schlesinger

DecemberBenjamin R. EscutiaDavid J. Kim

Master of Science Degrees

MayBrent V. Olson—(Craig Bethke)

Eric R. Sikora—Fractionation of ChromiumIsotopes by Microbial Cr(VI) Reduction,(Thomas Johnson)

Jingyun Wang—Elastic Properties of HydrousRingwoodite at Ambient and High-Pressure Conditions, (Jay Bass)

AugustMatthew F. Kirk—Bacterial Sulfate Reduction

Limits Arsenic Concentration inGroundwater from a Glacial AquiferSystem, (Craig Bethke)

Xiang Xu—NMR Investigation of Cs+and C1-Complexation with Suwannee RiverNatural Organic Matter, (JamesKirkpatrick)

Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

MayGeorge S. Roadcap—Geochemistry and

Microbiology of Extremely Alkaline(PH>12) Ground Water in the CalumetSlag-Fill Aquifer, (Craig Bethke)

Jianwei Wang—Molecular Structure,Diffusion Dynamics and HydrationEnergetics of Nano-Confined Water andWater at Mineral Surfaces, (R. JamesKirkpatrick)

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Johnson, T.M., 2004, A review of mass-dependent fractionation of seleniumisotopes and implications for otherheavy stable isotopes. ChemicalGeology: 204: 201-214.

Daniel, I., Bass, J.D., Fiquet, G., Cardon,H., Zhang, J.Z., Hanfland, M., 2004,Effect of aluminum on the compress-ibility of silicate perovskite. Geoplys.Res. Lett.: 31: Art. No. L15608.

Cygan, R.T., Liang, J.-J., and Kalinichev,A.G., 2004, Molecular models ofhydroxide, oxyhydroxide, and clayphases and the development of a gen-eral force field. J. Physical Chemistry:B, 108: 1255-1266.

Li, J., Struzhkin, V.V., Mao, H.K., Shu, J.,Hemley, R..J., Fei, Y., Mysen, B., Dera,P., Prakapenka, V., and Shen, G.,2004, Electronic spin state of iron inlower mantle perovskite. P. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA: 101(39): 14027-14030.

Kirk, M.F., Holm, T.R., Park,J., Jin, Q.,Sanford, R.A., Fouke, B.W., andBethke, C.M., 2004, Bacterial sulfatereduction limits natural arsenic conta-mination of groundwater. Geology: 32:953956.

Kim, Y., and Kirkpatrick, R. J., 2004, 31PNMR investigation of phosphateadsorbed on high-surface-area Al-oxy-hydroxide phases. Euro. J. Soil Science:55: 243-251.

Chen, W.-P., 2004, What’s so specialabout the Himalayas? Lets Go Indiaand Nepal: 794.

Dong, F.,D., Riahi, N., & Hsui, A.T.,2004, On similarity waves in compact-ing media. (in) Horizons in WorldPhysics: 244: 45-82, Nova SciencePublishers, Inc., New York.

Stevens, M. M., Andrews, A.H., Cailliet,G.M., Coale, K.H., and Lundstrom,C.C., 2004, Radiometric validation ofage, growth, and longevity for theblackgill rockfish (Sebastes melanosto-mus), Fisheries Bulletin: 102: 711-722.

Nicholas, J., Sinogeikin, S.V., Kieffer, J.,Bass, J.D., 2004, A high pressureBrillouin scattering study of vitreousboron oxide up to 57 GPA. J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 349: 30-34.

Frias-Lopez, J., Klaus, J., Bonheyo, G.T.,and Fouke, B.W., 2004, The bacterialcommunity associated with blackband disease in corals. Applied andEnvironmental Microbiology: 70: 5055-5062.

Keune, W., Ruckert, T., Sahoo, B.,Sturhahn,W., Toellner, T.S., Alp, E.E.,and Rohlsberger, R., 2004, Atomicvibrational density of states in crys-talline and amorphous Tb1x Fex alloythin lms studied by nuclear resonantinelastic x-ray scattering (NRIXS),J.Phys.: Condens. Matter: 16: S397.

Johnson, T.M. and Bullen, T.D., 2004,Mass-dependent fractionation of sele-nium and chromium isotopes in low-temperature environments. (in)Geochemistry of Non-TraditionalStable Isotopes. Rev. Mineral: 55:Mineral. Soc. Amer., Washington,D.C., 289-317.

Foit, F.F., Gavin, D.G., and Hu, F.S.,2004, The tephra stratigraphy of twolakes in south-central BritishColumbia, Canada and its implica-tions for the mid-late Holocene vol-canic activity at Glacier Peak andMount St. Helens, Washington, USA.Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences:41: 1401-1410.

Tinkham, D.K., and Marshak, S., 2004,Precambrian dome-and-keel structurein the Penokean orogen nearRepublic, Upper Peninsula ofMichigan: (in) Gneiss Domes inOrogeny: Geological Society ofAmerica Special Paper: 380: 321-338.

Kieffer, S.W., 2004, From Yellowstone toTitan, with sidetrips to Mars, Io,Mount St. Helens and Triton. (in)Volcanic Worlds, 207-231, Praxis Press,London.

Jackson, J.M., Sinogeikin, S.V.,Carpenter, M.A., Bass, J.D., 2004,Novel phase transition in orthoensta-tite. American Mineralogist: 89: 239-245.

Janse, I., Kardinaal, W.E.A., Meima, M.,Snoek, J., Zwart, G., Fastner, J.,Visser, P., 2004, Toxic and nontoxicMicrocystis colonies in natural popu-lations can be differentiated on thebasis of rRNA-internal transcribedspacer gene diversity. Applied andEnvironmental Microbiology: 70(7):3979-3987.

Chen, W.-P., and Chen, C.-Y., 2004,Seismogenic structures along conti-nental convergent zones: fromoblique subduction to mature colli-sion. Tectonophys.: 385: 105-120.

Wang, J., Kalinichev, A. G., andKirkpatrick, R. J., 2004, Molecularstructure of water confined in brucite.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 68:3351-3365.

Lin J.-F, Struzhkin, V., Mao, H.-K.,Hemley, R. J., Chow, P., Hu, M. Y.,and Li J., 2004, Magnetic transition incompressed Fe3C from x-ray emissionspectroscopy. Physical Review B: 70:212405.

Fei Y., Li J., Hirose, K., Minarik, W., VanOrman, J., Sanloup, C., Westrenen,W.V., Komabayashi, T., andFunakoshi K.A., (2004) Critical evalu-ation of pressure scales at high tem-peratures by in-situ X-ray diffractionmeasurements. Phys. Earth Planet.Int.: 143-144, High Pressure MineralPhysics Special Volume, 515-526.

Sinogeikin, S.V., Lakshtanov, D.L.,Nicolas, J., and Bass. J.D., 2004,Sound velocity measurements onlaser-heated MgO and Al2O3. Phys.Earth Planetary Interiors: 143-44: 575-586.

Fei, Y., Van Orman, J., Li J., Westrenen,W. V., Sanloup, C., Minarik, W.,Hirose, K., Komabayashi, T., Walter,M., and Funakoshi, K., 2004,Experimentally determined postspineltransformation boundary in Mg2SiO4using MgO as an internal pressurestandard and its geophysical implica-tions. J. Geophys. Res:109(B02305),doi:10.1029/2003JB002562.

Harrison, M., Marshak, S., and McBride,J., 2004, The Lackawanna synclinori-um, Pennsylvania: a basement-con-trolled salt-collapse structure, partiallymodified by thin-skinned folding.Geological Society of America Bulletin:116: 1499-1514.

Wang, H., Ambrose, S.H., and Fouke,B.W., 2004, Evidence of long-termseasonal forcing in rhizolith isotopesduring the last glaciation. GeophysicalResearch Letter: 31: L13203, 1-4.

Marshak, S., 2004, Arcs, Oroclines,Salients, and Syntaxes — The originof map-view curvature in fold-thrustbelts: (in) McClay, K.R., (ed.), ThrustTectonics and Petroleum Systems:Am. Assoc. of Petroleum GeologistsMemoir 82: 131-156.

Wright, H.E., Stephanova, I., Tian, J.,Brown, T.A., and Hu, F.S. 2004, Achronological framework for theHolocene vegetational history ofnorthwestern Minnesota: The SteelLake pollen record. QuaternaryScience Reviews: 23: 611-626.

Nicholas, J.D., Sinogeikin, S.V., Kieffer,J., and Bass, J.D, 2004, Spectroscopicevidence of polymorphism in vitreousB2O3. Phys. Rev. Lett.: 92 (21):215701(4).

Harrison, M., Marshak, S., and Onasch,C., 2004, Stratigraphic control of hotfluids on anthracitization,Lackawanna synclinorium,Pennsylvania: Tectonophysics: 378:85-103.

Song, X.D., 2004, A review of Pn tomog-raphy of China, in The advancementof the seismology and the physics ofEarth’s interior in China (Y.T. Chenand C.Y. Wang, Eds.). SeismologyPress, Beijing.

Song, X.D., Li, S.T., Li, Y.C., Zheng,S.H., and Xie, X.N., 2004, Structureof lithospheric mantle and its implica-tions for major basins in China (inChinese). Earth Sci.-J.China Univ.Geosci.: 29(5): 531-538.

Liang, C.T., Song, X.D., Huang, J.L.,2004, Tomographic inversion of Pntravel-times in China, J. Geophys.Res.: 109: B11304.

Sinogeikin, S.V., Zhang, J., and Bass,J.D. , 2004, Elasticity of Single Crystaland Polycrystalline MgSiO3 Perovskiteby Brillouin Spectroscopy. GeophysicalResearch Letter: 31: L06620.

He, Q. and Sanford, R. A., 2004, Acetatethreshold concentrations suggestvarying energy requirements duringanaerobic respiration byAnaeromyxobacter dehalogenans.Appl. Environ. Microbiol,: 70: 6940-6943.

Johnson, T. M. and Bullen, T. D. 2004,Selenium, iron and chromium stableisotope ratio measurements by thedouble isotope spike TIMS Method. in, P. DeGroot, ed., Handbook of StableIsotope Analytical Techniques, ElsevierScience, Amsterdam. 29, 623-651

He, Q. and Sanford, R. A., 2004, Thegeneration of high biomass fromchlororespiring bacteria using a con-tinuous fed-batch bioreactor. Appl.

List of Publications for 2004

Microbiol. and Biotech.: 65: 377-382,2004.X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2.

Nelson, D.M., Hu, F.S., Tian, J.,Stefanova, I., and Brown, T.A.,2004, Response of C3 and C4 plantsto middle-Holocene climatic varia-tion near the forest-prairie ecotonein Minnesota. Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences USA:101: 562-567.

Stewart, M.A., and Spivack, A. J.,2004, The stable-chlorine isotopecompositions of natural and anthro-pogenic materials. Review inMineralogy and Geochemistry: 55:231-254.

Hou, X., Struble, L. J., and Kirkpatrick,R.J., 2004, Formation of ASR gelsand the roles of C-S-H and port-landite. Cement and ConcreteResearch: 34: 1683-1696.

Sturhahn, W., 2004, Nuclear resonantspectroscopy. J. Phys. Condens.Matter: 16: S497.

Tseng, T.-L., and Chen, W.-P., 2004,Contrasts in seismic waves speedsand density across the 660-km dis-continuity beneath the Philippineand the Japan Seas. J. Geophys.Res.: 109: (12 pp.), B04302.

Leu, B.M., Zgierski, M.Z., Wyllie,G.R.M., Scheidt, W.R., Sturhahn,W., Alp, E.E., Durbin, S.M., andSage, J.T., 2004, QuantitativeVibrational Dynamics of Iron inNitrosyl Porphyrins.J.Am.Chem.Soc.: 126: 4211.

Kieffer, S.W., 2004, COMMENT onDebris-fan reworking during low-magnitude floods in the Green Rivercanyons of the eastern UintaMountains, Colorado and Utah.Geology, on-line forum.

Papandrew, A.B., Yue, A.F., Fultz, B.,Halevy, I., Sturhahn, W., Toellner,T.S., Alp, E.E., and Mao, H-K, 2004,Vibrational modes in nanocrys-talline iron under high pressure.Phys.Rev. B: 69, 144301.

Frias-Lopez, J., Bonheyo, G.T., andFouke, B.W., 2004, Identification ofdifferential gene expression in bac-teria associated with coral blackband disease using RNA-arbitrarilyprimed PCR. Applied andEnvironmental Microbiology: 70:3687-3694.

Sturhahn, W., L’abbe, C., and ToellnerT.S., 2004, Exo-interferometricphase determination in nuclear res-onant scattering. Europhys. Lett.: 66:506.

Lynch, J.A., Hollis, J.L., and Hu, F.S.,2004, Climatic and landscape con-trols of the boreal-forest fire regime:Holocene records from Alaska.Journal of Ecology: 92: 477-489.

Lin, J-F., Fei, Y., Sturhahn, W., Zhao,J., Mao, H-K., Hemley, R.J., 2004,Magnetic transition and soundvelocities of Fe3S at high pressure:

implications for Earth and planetarycores. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.: 226:33.

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Andre Pugin, ISGSArchitecture of tunnel-channels and buried valleys in previously glaciated areas, hydrogeological implications

Eric Ferre¢, Southern Illinois UniversityMagnetic anisotropy of mantle peridotites: example of the TwinSisters Dunite, Washington State

Przemek Dera, Carnegie Institution of WashingtonStructural aspects of pressure-induced phase transitions

Steve Van der Hoven, Illinois State UniversityRadiogenic 4 He as a Tracer for Hydrogeologic Processes inBuried Valley Aquifers

Jorge Frias-Lopez, University of IllinoisMicrobiology of coral diseases: The ecology of black band disease(BBD)

Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin, MadisonFabric and flow in the mantle and mountain building

Nicole Gasparini, Yale UniversityModeling Erosion in Mountain Rivers

Linda Bonnell, AAPG Distinguished LecturerSealed, Bridged, or Open – A New Theory of QuartzCementation in Fractures

Linda Ivany, Syracuse UniversityThe ABCs of Paleobiology: Insights from the Geochemistry ofAccretionary Biogenic Carbonates

Dan Blake, University of IllinoisPenguins, Sea Stars, and Moss Animals

Jeff Post, Smithsonian InstitutionManganese Oxide Minerals: Soils to Synchrotrons

Jim Kirkpatrick, University of IllinoisNuclear Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Modeling Studiesof Minerals and Mineral-fluid Interactions

James W. Kirchner, University of California, BerkeleyA Spectral View of Watershed Processes

Thorne Lay, University of California, Santa CruzEarth’s Hidden Boundary Layer: Mysteries at the Base of theMantle

Marc Reinholdt, University of IllinoisClay minerals: synthesis, structural spectroscopic characteriza-tions and clay/polymer nanocomposites elaboration

Suzan van der Lee, Northwestern UniversitySeismic constraints on thickness, rigidity, temperature and

composition of the lithosphere and underlying mantleEric Calais, Purdue University

Continental Deformation in Asia: New Insights from GPS Measurements and Deformation Models

Jim Best, University of LeedsThe geomorphology and sedimentology of a big braided river:flow, form and management issues in the Jamuna River,Bangladesh

Jennifer Roberts, University of KansasGuess who’s coming to dinner – The consequences of nutrient-driven silicate weathering by microbial consortia

Ann Budd, University of IowaSpecies boundaries in reef corals: Insight from the fossil record

Jeremy Fein, University of Notre DameQuantifying bacteria-water-rock adsorption reactions using asurface complexation approach

Feng Sheng Hu, University of IllinoisDrought History of the Midwest

Jeff Catalano, Argonne National LaboratoryProbing Uranium Speciation in Contaminated Sediments and atthe Mineral-Water Interface

Haydn Murray, Indiana UniversityKaolin Occurrences, Genesis and Utilization

Raymond Arvidson, Washington University, St. LouisThe Mars Exploration Rover Mission

Robert W. Howarth, Cornell UniversityHuman Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycle at Regional Scales:Causes, Consequences, and Steps towards Solutions

Struzhkin, V. V., Mao, H-K, Mao, W. L.,Hemley, R. J. Sturhahn, W., Alp, E E.,L’abbe, C., Hu, M. Y., and Errandonea,D., 2004, Phonon Density of States andElastic Properties of Fe-based Materialsunder Compression. Hyper ne Int.: 153.

Wang, J., Kalinichev, A. G., andKirkpatrick, R. J., 2004, Molecular mod-eling of the 10 A phase at subductionzone conditions. Earth and PlanetaryScience Letters: 222: 517-527.

Shen, G., Sturhahn, W., Alp, E.E., Zhao, J.,Toellner, T.S., Prakapenka, V.B., Meng,Y., Mao , H.-K., 2004, Phonon density ofstates in iron at high pressures and hightemperatures, Phys. Chem. Minerals: 31:353.

Zhang, C.L., Fouke, B.W., Bonheyo, G.T.,White, D., Huang, Y., and Romanek,C.S., 2004, Lipid biomarkers and carbonisotopes of modern travertine deposits(Yellowstone National Park, USA):Implications for biogeochemical dynam-ics in hot-spring systems, Geochimica etCosmochimica Acta: 68: 3157-3169.

L’abbe, C., Meersschaut, J., Sturhahn, W.,Jiang, J.S., Toellner, T.S., Alp, E.E.,Bader, S.D., 2004, Nuclear ResonantMagnetometry and its Application toFe/Cr Multilayers. Phys. Rev. Lett.: 93:037201.

Lin, J-F, Sturhahn, W., Zhao, J., Shen, G.,Mao, H-K, and Hemley, R. J., 2004,Absolute temperature measurement in alaser-heated diamond anvil cell.Geophys. Res. Lett.: 31: L14611

Kobayashi, H., Kamimura, T., Alfe, D.,Sturhahn, W., Zhao, J., and Alp, E. E.,2004, Phonon Density of States andCompression Behavior in Iron Sulfideunder Pressure. Phys. Rev. Lett.: 93:195503.

Zhao, J., Sturhahn, W., Lin, J-F Shen, G.,Alp, E. E., and Mao, H-K., 2004, NuclearResonant Scattering at High Pressureand High Temperature. High PressureResearch: 24: 447.

Wilkerson, M.S., Wilson, J.M., Poblet, J.,and Fischer, M.P., 2004, DETACH: anExcel spreadsheet to simulate 2-D crosssections of detachment folds. Computers& Geosciences: 30(9-10): 1069-1077.

Pope, K.O., Kieffer, S.W., and Ames, D.E.,2004, Empirical and theoretical compar-isons of the Chicxulub and Sudburyimpact structures. Meteoritics andPlanetary Science: 39 (1): 97-116.

Kieffer, S.W., 2004, An earth and environ-mental science perspective on creativity.Report to The Higher EducationAcademy’s Imaginative Curriculum pro-ject, co-author with 11 Earth andEnvironmental Science teachers.

Wang, J., Kalinichev, A. G., andKirkpatrick, R. J., 2004, Molecular mod-eling of the 10 A phase at subductionzone conditions. Earth and PlanetaryScience Letters: 222: 517-527.

Janse, I., Bok, J., and Zwart, G., 2004, Asimple remedy against artifactual doublebands in denaturing gradient gel elec-trophoresis. J. Microbiol. Methods: 57:279-281

Tepley F. J. , Lundstrom, C. C., Sims,K., and Hekinian, R., 2004, U-seriesDisequilibria in MORB From theGarrett Transform and Implicationsfor Mantle Melting. Earth andPlanetary Science Letters: 223: 79-97.

Chen, W.-P., and Yang, Z.-H., 2004,Earthquakes beneath the Himalayasand Tibet: Evidence for stronglithospheric mantle, Science: 304:1949-1952.

Kaufman et al., including Hu, F.S.,2004, Holocene thermal maximumin the western Arctic (0 to 180° W).Quaternary Science Reviews: 23:529-560.

Kirkpatrick, R. J., Kalinichev, A.,Wang, J., Hou, X., and Amonette, J,2004, Molecular modeling of thevibrational spectra of surface andinterlayer species of layered doublehydroxides and other layer-structurematerials, in The Application ofVibrational Spectroscopy to ClayMinerals and Layered DoubleHydroxides, CMS WorkshopLectures; Kloprogge, J. T., Ed.; TheClay Minerals Society: Aurora, CO,2004; 13: 239-285.

Brown, D. E., Toellner, T. S., Sturhahn,W., Alp, E.E., Hu, M., Kruk, R.,Rogacki, K. and Can, P.C ., 2004,Partial Phonon Density of States ofDysprosium and its CompoundsMeasured Using Inelastic NuclearResonance Scattering. Hyper ne Int.:153: 17.

Ellis A. S., Johnson T. M., and Bullen,T. D., 2004, Using chromium stableisotope ratios to quantify Cr(VI)reduction: lack of sorption effects.Env. Sci. Technol.: 38: 3604-3607

Jackson, J.M., Zhang, J., and Bass,J.D., 2004, Sound velocities of alu-minous MgSiO3 perovskite:Implications for aluminum hetero-geneity in Earth’s lower mantle.Geophysical Research Letters: 31(10):Art. No. L10614.

Hurst, S. D., Karson, J. A., 2004, Side-scan sonar along the north wall ofthe Hess Deep Rift: Processing, tex-ture analysis, and geologic groundtruth on an oceanic escarpment. J.Geophys. Res.: 109.

Blackman, D. K., Karson, J.A., Kelley,D.S., Cann, J.R., Früh-Green, G.L.,Gee, J.S., Hurst, S.D., John, B.E.,Morgan, J., Nooner, S.L., Ross,D.K., Schroeder, T.J., & Williams,E.A., 2004, Geology of the AtlantisMassif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30ßêN): Implications for the evolution ofan ultramafic oceanic core complex,Marine Geophysical Researches: 23:443-469.

Song, X.D., 2004, A review of Pntomography of China, in Advances(in) Seismology and Physics ofEarth’s Interior in China.Seismological Press, Beijing, 321-345.

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