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Students Explore Coral Reefs, Shear CliffsDuring Overseas Field Trips

In the middle of a stark Illinois winter,Professor Bruce Fouke and 35 students

hopped a plane and headed for thesouthernmost part of the Caribbean.Another example of “timing is every-thing.” The trip was the culmination of asemester’s worth of lectures and labora-tory preparations in Geology 415/515,Field Geology, co-taught in 2007 byFouke and Ed Morford, assistant directorof campus recreation for aquatics.Students were also required to attendclass sessions at Freer Pool where theydemonstrated their swimming capabili-ties, learned first aid, and practicedsnorkel-based research techniques thatthey then applied on the coral reefs.

From January 4 to January 11, 2007,students studied modern and ancientcoral reefs surrounding the island ofCuraçao, located in the Caribbean Seanear the northern coast of Venezuela.Approximately half of the course wastaught in the shallow, near shore envi-ronments using snorkel techniques,while the other half was based on land.

The students experienced a highlyintegrative educational experience, whichincluded dynamic sedimentary processes,geomicrobiology, large-scale tectonicsand groundwater hydrology. “Curaçao isa unique natural laboratory in which toteach students the complex interactionsbetween life and earth, and allow themto tangibly track these physical, chemi-cal, and biological feedback interactionsthrough geological time,” said Fouke.

Tom Schickel (MS ’06), a recentgraduate of the Fouke research group atIllinois who now works full-time as anexploration geologist at Shell, joined the

trip to help Fouke teach techniques fun-damental to hydrocarbon exploration, aswell as meet students and furtherstrengthen long-standing recruiting tieswith the Department.

In May 2008, Professor Jim Best willbe teaching Field Geology on the westcoast of Ireland. Best will be accompa-nied by a mixture of undergraduate andgraduate students—39 in all—and fivefaculty and staff who will visit the mag-nificent cliffs of County Clare. They willstay in the small country village ofKilfenora. Best explains that the cliffs area spectacular example of a range ofancient sedimentary environments, some

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In the course of an introductorygeology class, students can fly to

the Amazon rainforest, the desertsof Namibia, or the tundra of Siberiacourtesy of the latest edition ofEarth: Portrait of a Planet, a text-book written by GeologyDepartment Head and ProfessorSteve Marshak.

The third edition of Earth:Portrait of a Planet, published inlate 2007, includes over 200 virtualfield trips called “Geotours.” EachGeotour utilizes Google Earth to flystudents to spectacular examples ofgeologic features. Google Earth, afree computer tool that provides anavigable mosaic of satelliteimagery, allows students to examinestructures and landscapes in amaz-ing detail.

“Instead of just seeing a staticimage of Mount St. Helens, studentscan fly around the volcano, canzoom in and zoom out of the crater,and can tour the damage that

New Textbook UsesGoogle Earth

Sand dunes in Namibia as seen fromGoogle Earth.

Just after snorkeling at the Water Plant dive siteon Curaçao, Fouke shows the students how aspiny sea urchin moves its spines using internalwater pressure, called a hydrostatic skeleton.

While we con-gratulate Jay

Bass and CraigBethke as newRalph E. GrimProfessors ofGeology (with for-

mal investitures held on February 28,2008), R. James Kirkpatrick, a Ralph E.Grim Professor of Geology and formerhead of the department, has resigned hispost of senior executive associate deanof the College of Liberal Arts andSciences to become the dean of theCollege of Natural Science at theMichigan State University. We wish youall the best, Jim and Carol.

Meanwhile, we welcome MarilynWhalen, the new administrative secre-tary to the Department as Barb Elmore,who served in this position for decades,has retired. I have no doubt she willkeep busy in her retirement! Throughoutthis issue of the newsletter, you will findrelated reports on these important mile-stones in the Department and more.Speaking of which, you’ll notice that wehave a new editor, Kim Schmidt, whohas instigated some new features in thisissue.

The fact that I am writing this lettermeans Steve Marshak, who has servedthe Department as head for almost adecade, is taking a well-deserved sabbat-ical for the entire 2007-08 academic year.

In addition to research time at theWoods Hole Institution of Oceanographyin Massachusetts, Steve is traveling toBrazil and France to collaborate with col-leagues and conduct fieldwork. So farSteve has managed to stay away fromadministrative matters that may distracthim from the privileges of being on sab-batical.

Over the past summer, theDepartment officially became a memberof the School of Earth, Society, andEnvironment. Don Wuebbles, a professorof Atmospheric Sciences, is serving asexecutive coordinator of the School whilean international search for a permanentdirector is underway. In the short timesince I served as acting head, it is quiteapparent that the long tradition of strongsupport from our alumni distinguishes usfrom Atmospheric Sciences andGeography, the other two Departmentsin the School.

To this end, the newly formedGeoThrust Graduate Fellowship exempli-fies the spirit and the tradition of givingback, bringing our total number of grad-uate fellowships to six (others includethe Bluestem, the Evergreen, theTexas/Louisiana Geology Alumni, theHarold R. Wanless, and the Harold W.Scott Fellowships). Over the years, theGeoThrust Committee, comprised of allalumni volunteers, has worked diligentlyand creatively with all of you to supportthe Department in many ways. The story(p. 7) behind the new Fellowship isintriguing and we are so proud of thededication and the entrepreneurship ofour alumni and friends! Indeed, theinsight to recognize opportunities, theability to assemble resources and theperseverance to achieve goals are whatmakes our students, alumni, friends, andfaculty shine in so many differentendeavors.

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Letter From The Head

On this note, you have probablynoticed that the job market for geoscien-tists has been booming. The growth isnot just in the energy sector. Mining,land management, environmental, andgeotechnical consulting all have large,unmet demands for qualified geoscien-tists. This trend is expected to continuein the near future. This backgroundplays into the long-term planning of theDepartment and will be the subject ofcareful consideration in 2008 andbeyond. Meanwhile, some of our majorsare working with graduate students toorganize the very first student chapter ofthe American Association of PetroleumGeologists on this campus.

With research and teaching goingstrong across the board in theDepartment, I have focused my energyas acting head in seeking direct supportfrom industry. In recent years, with theexception of support for individual pro-grams or field trips, support of theDepartment from industry is largely inthe form of matching funds. We are inthe process of developing a close work-ing relationship with some major petro-leum companies, seeking their supportin the form of graduate fellowships andundergraduate scholarships in Geology.So stay tuned.

Indeed, we love to hear from all ofyou—about your activities, your ideas,your vision and above all, your passion;your passion for the future of theDepartment, the University, the geo-sciences, and the society at large. Pleaseenjoy reading this issue and stay intouch.

Best wishes,Wang-Ping Chen

Greetings

Year in Review is published once a year by theDepartment of Geology, University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign, to highlight the activitiesand accomplishments within our department andfeature news from our alumni and friends.Acting Department Head: Wang-Ping Chen

(wpchen@uiuc.edu)Administrative Secretary: Marilyn Whalen

(mkt@uiuc.edu)Editor: Kim Schmidt (kimsch@uiuc.edu)www.geology.uiuc.edu

If the only constant in life is change, then 2007 is truly a year of constant change…

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resulted from the cataclysmic 1980explosion. Students can also measuredistances and elevations right onscreen. I think that such activeimagery achieves a much better jobof conveying the context of geology,than can any static image,” saidMarshak.

To help instructors use Geotoursfor classes, M. Scott Wilkerson (PhD’91), now chair of the geologydepartment at DePauw University,and Marshak produced a new work-book, as an ancillary to Earth:Portrait of a Planet. The workbookprovides questions about the Geotoursites that students can answer only ifthey visit the site themselves, on thecomputer. Wilkerson, who intro-duced Marshak to Google Earth, hasalso prepared a computer file thatallows students to reach Geotoursites at the click of a button.

The use of Google Earth as ateaching tool is a relatively newidea—in fact Earth is the first geolo-gy textbook to integrate the tool. Thebook’s publisher, W.W. Norton & Co.,reports that the Geotours, and thenew workbook, are being incorporat-ed in courses around the country.

Disclaimer: The Department of Geology holdsno business interest with either Google or W.W. Norton & Co.

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of the best in the world. “These sedi-ments are 325 million years old andshow past surface environments, fromshallow water corals and reefs, deltaswith vegetation and swamps, throughshallow seas with a whole range of dif-ferent beasts swimming around in them,to the dark, deep seas. So what we cando is go and look at essentially a slicethrough all these environments andwork out how this area formed geologi-cally,” Best said.

Many of the sediments the studentswill be studying are similar to thosefound subsurface in Illinois andPennsylvania. In fact, much of the earlypioneering work on how these types ofsediments accumulated was done byHarold Wanless during his long tenure atIllinois.

While on the trip, students willspend a majority of their time workingin groups to collect, analyze, and presentdata, using what they’ve learned in thepast semester to create a picture of thegeological history of this paleo-environ-ment. In the last three days of the trip,they will travel to asite that they have notyet seen and will beasked to create a geo-logical map of thearea, complete withan interpretation ofthe area’s geologicalhistory.

Best has invitedseveral guest speakersto join them in thefield in Ireland. Thefirst, Dr. Mike Simmsfrom the NationalMuseums of NorthernIreland, will help thegroup look at recent glacial geology,including the landforms as they haveevolved over the last 20,000 to 30,000years. The second is Dr. Carleton Jones,

an archeologist from the NationalUniversity of Ireland at Galway, who willtake the group to some of Ireland’s mostspectacular and beautifully preservedNeolithic remains, including burial cham-bers. “This is an area that was populatedfrom about 7,000 years B.C. onwards andthere are many remains of early habita-tion as these cultures farmed the hills,changed the landscape, and left their bur-ial grounds and different marks on thegeography of the area. The trip is meantto be principally geological in focus, but Ialso want to discuss recent geomorpholo-gy, including how the landscape has beenformed and shaped, and recent humanoccupation,” said Best.

Hydrocarbon geologists from oilcompanies around the world visit thecliffs of County Clare to learn more aboutancient sediments and apply their find-ings to current drilling projects. Best seesthis trip as an opportunity for students tolearn not only about the academic side ofgeology, but also about the applied andeconomic side. Schickel, who traveledwith Fouke to Curaçao, will also partici-

pate in Best’s courseenabling students tomake “links betweenindustry and whatthe students arelearning in theirundergraduate orgraduate courses,”said Best.Shell Oil Companyhas provided differ-ent forms of supportto the Departmentand is making amajor subsidy so thatthese major fieldtrips are accessible

for students. Acting Head Wang-PingChen notes that “Industrial sponsorshipof University activities is in a state of fluxas state funding continues to decline. Inthis case, direct support from Shell

enables us to take students to key fieldareas overseas—an important function inthe context of the “global village.”

In previous years, students in FieldGeology have traveled to the AmericanSouthwest to study geology in the DeathValley and along the San Andreas Faultwith Professor Steve Marshak and in theGrand Canyon and along the San JuanRiver region with Associate ProfessorCraig Lundstrom.

The cliffs at Foohagh Point, County Clareshow syn-sedimentary soft sediment defor-mation in deltaic sediments. These carbonif-erous deltaic sediments were deformed whilethey were still soft and results of thisprocess is vividly seen on this cliff face .

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Jim Kirkpatrick retired from theDepartment in July 2007. Kirkpatrick

first came to Illinois when he was agraduate student in the early 1970s. Hewent on to become an alumnus, a pro-fessor, a department head, a dean, anda donor. By the time of his retirement,he had dedicated almost 40 years ofservice to Illinois.

Shortly after earning his Ph.D.from Illinois in 1972, Kirkpatrick leftthe state, traveling first to Houston totake a position as a senior researchgeologist at Exxon ProductionResearch Company. He then spent twoyears as a research fellow at Harvardbefore moving to California to work onthe Deep-Sea Drilling Project with theScripps Institution of Oceanography.The Midwest called him back, howev-er, and in 1978 he returned to Illinoisto join the faculty.

A short ten years later, Kirkpatrickwas named head of the department, aposition he held from 1988 to 1997when he was named a senior execu-tive associate dean in the College ofLiberal Arts and Sciences.

Throughout his tenure as anadministrator, Kirkpatrick maintainedan active and distinguished researchprogram. “Jim is one of those uniquekinds of faculty who reinvents himselfprogressively during his career so whathe’s doing at a late stage in his careeris totally different than what he wasdoing at the initial stage of his career.The result of that is that he wasalways on the cutting edge of his disci-pline,” said Steve Marshak, head of thedepartment.

Kirkpatrick was Professor CraigBethke’s advisor while Bethke earnedhis doctorate at Illinois. “Throughouthis career at Illinois, Jim's researchprogram remained at the very pinnacleof his field, in terms of productivity

Kirkpatrick Retires from College

and scientific impact. And the time andenergy he put into leadership and ser-vice, first as department head and thenas associate dean for the sciences, wasthe impetus for revitalizing the geologydepartment. Jim is not someone whocan be replaced,” said Bethke.

In 2004, Kirkpatrick was honoredwith the Dana Medal from theMineralogical Society of America. In hisacceptance speech, Kirkpatrick said,“We live in an extraordinary historicalperiod for science, and it has been mygreat fortune to be able to build mycareer during that time. When I started,equilibrium thermodynamics was thenearly universal way of thinking aboutgeochemical systems, the electronmicroprobe was a novel tool, and auto-mated diffractometers were just comingon line. What change there has been!The two parts of my career, the earlierdays of crystallization kinetics andigneous petrology and the later days ofmaterials structure and dynamics withNMR spectroscopy and molecular mod-eling, are reflections of these changes.”

Kirkpatrick’s career has beenjust as extraordinary as the time inwhich he’s worked and, accordingly,his peers have recognized his contri-butions to the field. In addition tothe Dana Medal, Kirkpatrick wasawarded the Brunauer Award andwas named a fellow of theMineralogical Society of America, theGeological Society of America, andthe America Ceramic Society. In 2005he was named the R.E. GrimProfessor of Geology.

In July 2007, Kirkpatrick wasfeted at a retirement celebration cele-brating his years of service to theUniversity. Held at the Union, morethan 100 guests attended and DeanSarah Mangelsdorf, former InterimProvost and Dean Jesse Delia, andDepartment Head Steve Marshakgave remarks.

Upon his retirement, Kirkpatrickleft an endowment to theDepartment that will fund theKirkpatrick lectureship. Kirkpatrickdelivered the inaugural speech inAugust, entitled “Spectroscopic andComputational Studies of Mineral-Fluid Interactions.” “The Kirkpatricklectureship—a fitting reminder ofJim’s legacy—is the latest addition tothe Department’s named lectureseries, bringing the total to nine.”said Wang-Ping Chen, acting head ofthe department.

Kirkpatrick is now the dean ofthe College of Natural Science atMichigan State University. His wife,Carol, retired from the office of theProvost and Vice Chancellor forAcademic Affairs at UIUC to join Jimat Michigan State. In the 1980’s, shewas a support staff who mainlyworked on matters related to gradu-ate and undergraduate studies in theDepartment.

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Over the past year and a half, NorbCygan (BS ’54, MS ’56, PhD ’62) visit-

ed Fort Lewis, Colorado and Sheridan,Wyoming—field camp sites that Illinoisstudents attended from the 1950s throughthe 1980s. Cygan was an assistant at theSheridan camp from 1955-1956 and wasvisiting lecturer from 1956-1961.

What did you find when you went backto Fort Lewis, Colorado?

In the fall of 2006, Bob “Moose”Leonard (BS ’55) and I visited the FortLewis, Coloardo area where field campwas held in the early and mid-50s. FortLewis, at that time, was a two-year col-lege for the University of Colorado systemand was primarily a high altitude agricul-ture school. A lot of people went therefrom overseas, from places like Chile,Austria, places like that, that had a highaltitude farming and so on.

At field camp, we stayed in what wasthe old army barracks of Fort Lewis itselfwhich was a frontier post. We used thefacilities of the university for lectures andmaking maps after we went out in thefield every day to do field work. When Ivisited in 2006, many of the buildingshad been torn down. The old barrackswhere we students stayed was a bull arti-ficial insemination station. I thoughteveryone would get a kick out of that.That building is still there.

When did Illinois move to the Sheridan,Wyoming camp?

In 1955 field camp moved toSheridan, Wyoming. Initially we used old

army barracks. Then we stayed in theabandoned Sheridan hospital.

Eventually we moved the campusup to Sheridan Junior College. The col-lege has expanded quite a bit, but whenwe were there, at one time, everybodyhad sleeping bags and slept on the gymfloor. That was our barracks. We alsoused the facilities at that site for draftingand lectures.

What did you do for fun?The ranchers used to hold parties

for us. They really treated us well. Theytook us out waterskiing on the lakesthere and they had barbeques on theirranches. We were allowed to walkthrough their ranches and look at therocks. Many famous people ownedranches there—like actor Robert Taylor.He was quite famous back in the 40s.Some of the guys had lunch at hisranch. We also made side trips toYellowstone and the Grand Tetons andcamped out on those trips.

Can you tell us about the memorybrick?

There is a plaza in town calledSheridan Plaza. They have statues ofcowboys and Indians and pioneers. Ibought a brick that commemoratedIllinois’s field camp and they plantedthat brick along with many others inthe plaza. A lot of the people there havelong since passed away, but there are alot of people, especially the womenwho are now in their 40s and 50s whoremember our students.

Why is field camp important?Many people decided after field

camp they didn’t like that kind of lifeand dropped out. Other people realizedthat this was going to be part of theirlife—doing fieldwork all over the world.

What are you doing now?I’ve done a bit of consulting this

last year, especially on water, and someon uranium. But my big push has beenworking with kids and teachers atDinosaur Ridge, an area on the outsideof Denver that has dinosaur footprintsand bones in the rocks which are uplift-ed from the Rocky Mountain event. It isan outdoor educational lab and tens ofthousands of kids a year come to visit. Iteach classes on the geology ofColorado at Denver University. I alsoteach special science programs toColorado teachers through ColoradoSchool of Mines and University ofNorthern Colorado.

A Trip Back to Camp

Field Camp remains an important part of the geology program today. Illinoishas partnered with the University of Iowa, University of Minnesota-Duluth,University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan State University, and the University ofthe Pacific to teach this six-week course in Park City, Utah. In 2008, 21 studentsfrom Illinois will be attending Wasatch-Uinta Field Camp—the largest number ofstudents attending in 25 years. Lecturer Michael Stewart will be an instructor atthe camp and the new director is our alum Kurt Burmeister (PhD ’05). Studentswill map in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountain Ranges and take day trips to GrandTeton National Park, southeastern Utah, and the gold fields of Nevada.Ph

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Editor’s Note: We are adding “Profile ofRecent Alumni” as a new feature in theYear in Review.

Jennifer Jackson (PhD ’05) was oneof many first-year undergraduates sit-

ting in the lecture hall for Geology 104,Geology of the Natural Parks. Theclass filled a requirement, and thoughshe liked science in high school, shenever expected that little more than adecade later she would land a facultyposition at the California Institute ofTechnology.

But that class inspired her to signup for more courses in geology andshe began to realize that she wanted toturn her interest into an academiccareer. Soon after taking PhysicalGeology, she began working inProfessor Jay Bass’s lab doing whatshe calls “real research” for the firsttime. The combination of her work inthe lab and an inspirational trip tonorthwest Arizona with ProfessorSteve Marshak’s Field Geology classsolidified her interest in geosciencesand set her on her path. In 1999,Jennifer graduated from Illinois with a

Alumna at Caltech

degree in mathematics and aminor in geology.

After earning her master’sdegree in mineralogy and crystal-lography from Notre Dame in 2000,Jennifer returned to Illinois to pursue herPh.D. Again, she found herself workingalongside Professor Bass who served asher advisor for her dissertation, “TheEffect of Minor Elements on the Physicaland Chemical Properties of Lower MantleMinerals at High-Pressure.”

Jennifer is now an assistant professorof mineral physics in the SeismologicalLaboratory of the Division of Geologicaland Planetary Sciences at Caltech whereher current research focuses on the mater-ial properties of deep Earth minerals underextreme conditions in an effort to under-stand terrestrial-type planetary evolution.In the past two years she has been invitedall over the world, and has visited Japan,Australia, England, and Italy to give talksabout her research.

Though her research is integral to herposition at Caltech, Jennifer enjoys thebalance between research and teaching.Now, with a lab of her own, Jennifer is amentor to three graduate students and one

undergraduate student. Workingalongside these students in the laboffers her the opportunity to do forthem what Illinois faculty did for hernearly ten years ago: to provide sup-port and encouragement. “I want tomake sure they have all the toolsthey need and every opportunity tolearn and do exciting research,” shesaid.

In addition to the one-on-oneinstruction in the lab, Jennifer alsospends time in the classroom teach-ing courses such as “Topics in DeepEarth Mineral Physics” and “MineralPhysics of Earth’s Interior,” a courseshe recently developed for herdepartment. “Teaching keeps every-thing in perspective,” she said.“These very sharp students are hereto learn, and when you are explain-ing high-level science to them, you’realso learning.”

Twenty-three Department of Geologyinstructors were named to the UIUC List ofTeachers Ranked as Excellent by TheirStudents for the spring, summer, and fall2007 semesters.

Graduate students Charles Bopp,Shane Butler, Bin Chen, Melissa Chipman,Adam Ianno, Daniela Lindner, ChrisMajerczyk, Chris Mead, Mara Morgenstern,Jessica Palmer, Alan Piggot, andPragnyadipta (Deep) Sen were named to

the list for their work as teaching assistantsin the Department.

Faculty and academic professionalsappearing on this list include StephenAltaner, Jay Bass, Craig Bethke, BruceFouke, Eileen Herrstrom, Tom Johnson, JeiLi, Ann Long, Craig Lundstrom, SteveMarshak, and Michael Stewart.

Four instructors received the highestranking of “outstanding.” During the springsemester, this ranking was earned by

Shane Butler (Geology 108). AssociateProfessor Stephen Altaner (Geology 100)and Pragnyadipta (Deep) Sen (Geology417) were named outstanding for the sum-mer semester. In the fall, Daniela Lindner(Geology 101) and Pragnyadipta (Deep)Sen (Geology 411) earned top honors.

Rankings are released every semes-ter and are based on student evaluationsmaintained by the Center for TeachingExcellence on the Illinois campus.

Students and Faculty Named ‘Excellent’ Instructors

Jennifer Jackson

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In 2005, a fundraising effort to build theDepartment’s endowment not only met,

but exceeded its goal of $3 million. Leadby the GeoThrust Committee, this cam-paign resulted in generous gifts from hun-dreds of donors and established a widebase of departmental support includingfellowships, named professorships, andtwo funded lecture series among otherneeds.

Members of the GeoThrustCommittee, chaired by Bill Soderman (MS’60, PhD ’62), recently embarked on anew fundraising effort coinciding with thelarger University of Illinois campaign,Brilliant Futures. “At the end of the previ-ous fundraising process I realized theCommittee didn’t give a group gift. Itoccurred to me that this would be anexcellent way to commemorate the group’sgood work.” Thus, the GeoThrustGraduate Fellowship was born.

Soderman contributed half the fundsneeded to establish the fellowship inSeptember 2007 and encouraged his fellowCommittee members to do the same. “I’mstrongly motivated to develop fellowships

at Illinois—I know what it meant toreceive a fellowship myself,” saidSoderman, who received the PetroleumResearch Foundation Fellowship as a doc-toral student. “Itmakes me feel goodthat I can give back tothe University.”

Membersembraced Soderman’schallenge and quicklyraised the remainingfunds needed. Theofficial agreement forthe GeoThrustGraduate Fellowshipwas created inNovember 2007 andthe Office of theProvost will providematching funds toenhance its impact.

“I was so pleased to have such agood and timely response,” saidSoderman.

Acting Head Wang-Ping Chen said,“The Department is truly fortunate to

have the GeoThrust Committee as a dri-ving force for our fundraising efforts.Over the years, the Committee hasworked diligently and creatively with all

of our alumni andfriends to supportthe Department inmany ways. Thenew fellowship isanother example ofinspiration, leader-ship, and entrepre-neurship—charac-teristic of our alumni.”

Alumni andfriends who areinterested in con-tributing to theGeoThrust GraduateFellowship, or to theDepartment in gen-

eral, are encouraged to contact the LASOffice of Advancement at (877) 265-4910, (see back cover fordetails) and indicate that you wish tomake a gift to the Department of Geology.

In August 2007, Geology administrative secretary Barb Elmore retired from the

University with 26 years of service. Barb waswith the geology department for 20 of thoseyears and was well loved by faculty and stu-dents alike.

“Barb became the institutional memoryof the department—over the years, she reallykept track of what all of our graduates havedone. In fact, she would often be the first per-son alumni would go see when they cameback to visit the department,” said Professorand Head of the Department, Steve Marshak.

Elmore was honored twice for herwork—once in 1998 when she was awardedthe Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Awardand again in 2007 when she was named oneof the recipients of the 2007-2008 LAS StaffAward.

GeoThrust Committee Rallies Together to Fund New Graduate Fellowship

Marshak explained that these awardsrecognized Elmore’s success in expertlymanaging a heavy workload. “When Barbtook the job, she effectively took on three fulljobs and she did them all incredibly well.”

Upon her retirement, the Departmentand friends celebrated Elmore at a party heldat the Illini Union. “Not only was the party wellattended, but a lot of people got up to givetestimonials about Barb. The expressions ofgratitude came from everyone, ranging fromcurrent undergrads to senior emeriti,” saidMarshak.

When asked what she is doing with hernew found free time, Elmore said, “I don’tknow how I found the time to work!” Sinceher retirement, Elmore has kept busy withprojects around the house and with helpingher mother, who is almost 90 and still lives

alone. She is also spending more time onthe hobbies that she loves, including readingand crochet.

Elmore notes that she greatly enjoyedworking with students, but she acknowl-edges that it was bittersweet to see themgraduate. “It was always fulfilling to see thestudents attend Commencement after alltheir hard work,” Elmore said. “But then,sadly, I had to say goodbye!” Luckily, asMarshak pointed out, many graduates cameback to see her. “I really enjoyed seeing thealumni when they came back,” she said. “Itwas always fun to have them come in.”

On August 29, 2007,friends and col-leagues celebratedBarb’s service to theDepartment during aretirement party heldat the Illini Union

Members of the GeoThrustCommitteeJames R. Baroffio (PhD ’64)David K. Beach (BS ’73)Marion E. Bickford (MS ’58; PhD ’60)Lester W. Clutter (BS ’48)Norbert E. Cygan (BS ’54; MS ’56; PhD

’62)Edwin H. Franklin (BS ’56)John R. Garino (BS ’57)James W. Granath (BS ’71; MS ’73)Morris W. Leighton (BS ’47)Haydn H. Murray (BS ’48)Patricia A. Santogrossi (BS ’74; MS ’77)J. William Soderman (MS ’60; PhD ’62) Jack C. Threet (AB ’51)F. Michael Wahl (MS ’57; PhD ’58)

Beloved Secretary Retires After Twenty Years

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Windows into the Past

by Ralph L. Langenheim

Editor’s Note: “Windows on the Past” is aregular feature of the Year in Review con-tributed by Professor Emeritus Ralph L.Langenheim. Ralph’s writing represents along-serving faculty member’s recollectionsand his perspectives of the Department’spast.

Improbable as it may seem, oceanogra-phy was an important part of our

departmental program, beginning in the1930’s. A newly-minted Ph.D. from theUniversity of Chicago, Francis Shepardcame to Illinois in 1922, joining our fac-ulty as a structural geologist. Heremained responsible for instruction instructural geology until 1942 when hejoined the University of CaliforniaDivision of War Research. His doctoralresearch in structural geology was basedon field work begun on his honeymoonwhen he traveled by train, horseback,and on foot, camping out in theCanadian Rockies. One summer on CapeCod, however, would alter his researchsignificantly and lead to a very distin-guished career as a founding father of asub-discipline in marine geology.

After the birth of their first child,Shepard and his wife Elizabeth did notreturn to the Rockies and to his previousresearch, but instead spent the summercruising off Cape Cod on the familyyacht at the suggestion of his father.While on the yacht, Shepard collectedsediment samples from the shoreline tothe edge of the shelf. Here he discoveredthat, instead of sediments becoming pro-gressively finer grained offshore, coarseand fine grained sediments occurredpatchily between the shore and the shelfmargin. This pattern was contrary toaccepted doctrine, a point that he madein his 1927 “Influence of Oscillating SeaLevel on the Development of theContinental Shelves,” a report that

attracted wide notice and marked thebeginning of a permanent redirection inShepard’s research career. Thenceforthhe concentrated on the submarine geol-ogy of the continental shelf and slope,most notably describing the submarinecanyons on the Atlantic coast of theUnited States and, most extensively, offthe coast of Southern California, whilemaintaining his academic home base atIllinois until 1942.

As his interests changed, Shepardintroduced geomorphology to our cur-riculum in 1930, a course that he contin-ued as Physiographic Geology from 1931through 1941. Finally, Geology of theOcean was introduced in 1941. His 1948book, Submarine Geology, perhaps thecapstone of his career, is a summary ofthe results of the pioneering, gentlemanyachtsmen who established modernAmerican academic oceanography at theWoods Hole and Scripps oceanographicinstitutions.

While at Illinois, and as a life longfriend, Shepard collaborated with HaroldWanless, who came to Illinois after grad-uating from Princeton as a new Ph.D. in1923. Together, they published Sea Leveland Climatic Changes Related to LatePaleozoic Cycles (1936), which explainedPennsylvanian cyclic sedimentary pat-terns as brought about by the meltingand the reestablishment of continentalglaciers in the Southern Hemisphere.Decades after its publication, this workthat countered the time’s consensus thatLate Paleozoic cyclic sediments resultedfrom repeated crustal uplift and depres-sion, has become the generally acceptedexplanation for Late Paleozoic cyclic sed-imentation.

Wanless was also an early protago-nist for using aerial photographs in geo-logical mapping and research, a tech-nique that was just beginning to come tothe fore in the late 1930’s. Although pri-marily famous for his cyclothemic stud-

ies, Wanless continued his collaborationwith Shepard, compiling sequentialcharts and aerial photographic records ofGulf and Atlantic shoreline configura-tions while Shepard compiled records ofthe Pacific Coast. Their final report, “OurChanging Coastlines,” was publishedafter Wanless’ death in 1971. WhileWanless supervised doctoral candidateMohammed al-Ashry, now famous forhis work on marine environments forthe United Nations, Shepard supervisedthree Illinois doctoral students in marinegeology: George Cohee, who leftoceanography for a distinguished careerin government surveys; K. O. Emery,whose outstanding career culminated inhis directorship of the Woods HoleOceanographic Institution; and RobertDietz who became famous for pioneer-ing research on deep sea mapping, deepsea drilling, sea floor spreading, andmeteoritic impact sites. Departmentallegend has it that Dietz proposed a studyof lunar geology for his Ph.D. projectonly to be turned aside. Dietz also wasassociated with the Department in the1980’s as an adjunct professor supervis-ing thesis research on impact sites.

The saga of oceanography on theBoneyard continued with Jack Hough,who always contended that his work onthe Great Lakes was oceanography, andwith Bill Hay; a suitable topic for ournext installment.

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Professor Wang-Ping Chen was namedacting head of the Department for the aca-demic year 2007-2008 while ProfessorSteve Marshak was on sabbatical. Thisevent cut short Chen’s sabbatical as achaired visiting professor of the NationalScience Council of Taiwan at the Instituteof Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica.

Geophysical Journal International rankeda paper co-authored by Professor JayBass and three French colleagues asnumber ten on a list of “most cited papersover the last three years.” The paper istitled, “Lower Mantle Composition andTemperature from Mineral Physics andThermodynamic Modeling” and was pub-lished in the March 2005 issue.

Professor Steve Marshak spent the 2007-2008 academic year on sabbatical. Duringthe fall, he worked with geologists at theU.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole,MA on thrust-belt deformation. He went toBrazil in the winter to work with a col-league there on ongoing projects concern-ing Precambrian geology. In the spring, heworked at the University of Lausanne(Switzerland), continuing work onPrecambrian geology, and was a visiting

professor at the University of Naples(Italy), continuing work on thrust belts.

Dr. George Devries Klein, professoremeritus, remains active as a geologicalconsultant in the greater Houston areaand is president of SED-STRATGeoscience Consultants, Inc. SinceOctober 2005 it has been nearly non-stopconsulting for him, proving there is lifeafter 74! Project areas where Klein hascompleted work include South Texas, EastTexas, Permian basin, Russia, theLouisiana Shelf, Alberta basin (Canada),San Joaquin basin (California), andGalveston Bay, Texas.

Geology librarian Lura E. Josephreceived the Best Paper Award given bythe Geoscience Information Society forher paper “Image and Figure Quality: AStudy of Elsevier’s Earth and PlanetarySciences Electronic Journal Back FilePackage.” The paper was published inLibrary Collections, Acquisitions, &Technical Services.

John Kolinski, an undergraduateresearcher in geological fluid mechanicswho has worked closely with Professor

Susan Kieffer for the past two sum-mers, was selected as one of the topfour presenters from Illinois’sUndergraduate Research OpportunitiesProgram sponsored by the IllinoisSpace Grant Consortium. The ISGCsubsequently sponsored his participa-tion in the Great Midwestern RegionalSpace Grant Conference held at PurdueUniversity in September 2007.

Professor Jim Best gave three keynoteaddresses in 2007. Two covered hiswork on Argentinean rivers: one wasgiven at the USGS National SurfaceWater Conference & HydroacousticsWorkshop held in St. Louis and theother was given at the Workshop onMorphodynamic Processes in LargeLowland Rivers held in Sante Fe,Argentina. He also delivered a keynoteaddress to the 2007 HydraulicMeasurements & Experimental MethodsConference (HMEM), held in LakePlacid, New York and sponsored by theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers’(ASCE) Environmental and WaterResources Institute (EWRI) and TheInternational Association of HydraulicResearch (IAHR).

Degrees Conferred in 2007

Bachelor of Science DegreesMayMark DanielsonLauren FeiterSteven Keown

AugustElizabeth ArmstrongRivkah CookeEric KiserBrandon WeinbergJoshua Welch

DecemberPhillip SwartzErica Toledo

Master of Science Degrees

MayWei Dai, Teleseismic Earthquake Waveform

Doublets from South Sandwich IslandsSubduction Zone: Spatial and TemporalDistributions and Implications for InnerCore Rotation (Xiaodong Song)

Joshua Defrates, Crenulation Cleavage andDown-Dip-Verging Mesofolds in thePrecambrian Baraboo Syncline, South-Central Wisconsin (Stephen Marshak)

AugustShane Butler, A Facies-Constrained Model of

Pleistocene Travertine Deposition andGlaciation in the Northern Yellowstone Region(Bruce Fouke)

Adam Ianno, Differentiation Mechanisms inZoned Plutons: Insight from Non-TraditionalStable Isotopes (Craig Lundstrom)

Emily Wisseman, Bacteria as Sensitive Indicatorsof Coral Reef Health: Bacterial CommunityShifts across Coral Reef EnvironmentalGradients (Bruce Fouke)

DecemberMelissa Chipman, A Paleolimnological Record of

Climate Change Over the Past 2000 Years atOngoke Lake, Southwest Alaska (Feng ShengHu)

Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

MayMichael Kandianis, Modeling Departures from

Abiotic Expectations During the CalciumCarbonate Precipitation Process (BruceFouke)

Dmitry Lakshtanov, Elasticity and PhaseTransitions of Stishovite and NaCl atHigh Pressure (Jay Bass)

Xinlei Sun, Three Dimensional Inner CoreAnisotropy, Lowermost MantleStructure, and Inner Core Rotation(Xiaodong Song)

Tai-Lin Tseng, Seismic Studies of the MantleTransition Zone (Wang-Ping Chen)

OctoberJorge Marino, Paleogeothermal Conditions

in the Illinois Basin during LatePaleozoic Coalification (Steve Marshak)

DecemberScott Clark, Selenium Stable Isotope Ratios

in Wetlands: Insights intoBiogeochemical Cycling and How aDiffusive Barrier Affects the MeasuredFractionation Factor (Tom Johnson)

Fang Huang, Studies of Magmatism byTrace Element Partitioning betweenClinopyroxene and Silicate Melt, U-Series Disequilibria in Lavas fromSubduction Zones, and Non-traditionalStable Isotopes (Craig Lundstrom)

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Alumni News

1960sDavid L. Gross (MS ’67, PhD ’69) wasappointed by the Governor of Illinoisand confirmed by the Illinois StateSenate to the geologist position on theBoard of Natural Resources andConservation, the governing board forthe Illinois State Geological Survey, theIllinois Natural History Survey, theIllinois State Water Survey, and theWaste Management and ResearchCenter. David is a senior geologist emer-itus at the Illinois State GeologicalSurvey where he still maintains anoffice. He currently serves as an outsidedirector and chairman of First StateBank in Beardstown, Illinois.

1970sJohn Morrone (BS, ’79) hails from theColorado office of the Bureau of LandManagement. As baby-boomers retire,he anticipates numerous vacanciesthroughout BLM offices which are nowoffering many student internships. Johnalso would like to see more of his con-temporaries participate in Departmentalreceptions at national meetings so hecan catch up with old friends and col-leagues.

Carl Steffensen (BS ’79) and PatriciaSantogrossi (BS ’74, MS ’76) have bothbeen elected members of the AAPGHouse of Delegates (AAPG’s legislativebody) for three year terms (2007-2010)representing the Houston GeologicalSociety.

1980sLawrence L. Fieber (BS, ’83) hasworked for the Chicago branch of Burnsand McDonnell, a major engineeringconsulting firm, for eight years now. Herecently visited the Department for thefirst time in ages and brought with himthe news that there is a great deal ofdemand for geotechnical and environ-mental geologists in the Chicagolandarea. Burns and McDonnell is doingsome serious recruiting at UIUC at themoment and Lawrence would love tosee more alumni from the Departmentjoin him in the Chicago office.

Obituaries

Reverend Robert L. Brownfield (MS’55) died January 16, 2007 at the ageof 88. He retired from the IllinoisDepartment of Highways in 1985where he worked as a geologist andcivil engineer. In 1992 he wasordained as a Catholic priest.

Paul Clawson (BS ’55) died May 11,2007 at the age of 81. After serving inWorld War II and Korea, Clawsonearned his degree from Illinois andeventually founded Geothermics, Inc.,a company that drilled shallow wellsfor irrigation and provided geologicalconsulting services.

Willis M. Decker (BS ’39) diedJanuary 10, 2007 at the age of 91. Heworked for Cities Service OilCompany in Tulsa for 39 years andwent on to become vice-president ofJett Oil Company until 1983.

Robert L. Glossop (BS ’52) died July12, 2007 at the age of 77. He ownedGlossop Oil and Gas Company.

Richard Thomas Hercher (BS ’50)died January 7, 2007 at the age of 77.Hercher was an independent consult-ing geologist who spent 25 years par-ticipating in the exploration anddevelopment of oil and gas produc-tion in Colorado and Nebraska.

James Francis Luhr (BS ’75) diedJanuary 1, 2007 at the age of 53. Luhrwas director of the Global VolcanismProgram at the Museum of NaturalHistory, Smithsonian Institution.

Joseph Morgan (BS ’50) diedSeptember 24, 2007 at the age of 80.After receiving his master’s degreefrom the University of Wyoming,Morgan worked as a geologist in theoil and gas industry.

John Matkin Richart (BS ’57) diedMarch 16, 2007 at the age of 77.Richart served with the Navy duringthe Korean War, and after graduationwas hired by Pure Oil Companywhere he worked for 29 years.

Mary Barnes Rolley (MS ’48) died onAugust 5, 2007 at the age of 86. Rolleyworked at the Illinois State GeologicalSurvey before relocating to Californiaand working as a draftswoman forNorth American Aviation and raisingher family.

Edward Shover (PhD ’61) diedOctober 28, 2007 at the age of 71. Heworked as a geologist in the aerospaceand petroleum industries in andaround Houston, Texas.

Adler Spotte (BS ’40, MS ‘41) diedJanuary 11, 2007 at the age of 92. Theson of a coal miner, Spotte grew up inStaunton, Illinois. After volunteeringto serve in the Navy during WorldWar II, Spotte built a career leading anumber of coal companies in Virginia,West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Allen W. Waldo (AB ’27, MS ’28)died March 14, 2007 at the age of 102.He taught geology at the College ofthe Pacific and Stockton College andspent summers as a ranger naturalistin Yosemite and Crater Lake NationalParks.

Meggan Kathleen Weeks (BS ’96)died June 25, 2007 at the age of 33. Atthe time of her death she was workingtoward her master’s degree in materi-als science and engineering from theUniversity of North Texas.

Roy Edward Williams (PhD ’66) diedApril 6, 2007 at the age of 69. Whileearning his Ph.D. at Illinois, Williamsworked as a research assistant at theIllinois State Geological Survey.

Roger Glen Wolff (MS ’60, PhD ’61)died on January 1, 2007 at the age of74. He worked his entire career at theUnited States Geological Survey.Before he retired he served as thechief of the Office of HydrologicResearch.

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Spring 2007Jan. 19Mark H. Anders, Columbia UniversityThe Normal Fault Paradox: Getting to the Rootof the Problem

Jan. 26Wendy Panero, Ohio State UniversityWater Transport and Storage of Water in theEarth’s Lower Mantle

Feb. 2Alan Boudreau, Duke UniversityThe Evolution of Texture and Layering inLayered Intrusions

Feb. 9Steve Jacobsen, Northwestern UniversityEarth’s Deep Water Cycle: The EmergingPicture from Mineral Physics

Feb. 16Eric Roden, University of Wisconsin Geochemical Controls on Microbial Fe(III)Oxide Reduction Kinetics

Feb. 23Chuck Langston, University of MemphisThe Scientific Mystery of the New MadridSeismic Zone

Mar. 2Timm Strathmann, UIUC EnvironmentalEngineeringRapid Reduction of Aquatic Contaminants byOrganically Complexed Iron (II) Species

Mar. 9Alan Howard, University of VirginiaSedimentary Landforms on Mars: Fluvial,Lacustrine, Eolian, and Possibly Oceanic

Mar. 30Dave Bish, University of IndianaWater on Mars: Can Hydrous Minerals ExplainObserved Martian Surface Water?

Apr. 5Laura Crossey, University of New MexicoCO2 Mound Springs and Travertines of theWestern U.S.: Towards a Model forContinental “Smokers”?

Apr. 13Davis Blowes, University of WaterlooPermeable Reactive Barriers for TreatingGroundwater Contaminated by DissolvedMetals

Apr. 20Mike Ritzwoller, University of ColoradoRevealing the Earth’s Crust and Upper Mantlein HiDef: An Overview of the State of AmbientNoise Tomography

Fall 2007Aug. 24R. James Kirkpatrick, College of NaturalSciences, Michigan State UniversitySpectroscopic and Computational Studies ofMineral-Fluid Interactions

Aug. 31Don Wubbles, Executive Coordinator, Schoolof Earth, Society, and Environment (SESE)The Status of SESE

Sept. 7Bridget Scanlon, Bureau of Economic Geology,UT AustinImpacts of Changing Land Use on SubsurfaceWater Resources in Semiarid Regions

Sept. 14Pinaki Chakraborty, UIUC Department ofGeologyThe Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: From WaterFalling Out of a Glass to Fire Falling Out of theSky

Sept. 21Mark Skidmore, Montana State UniversityMicrobially Mediated Weathering in SubglacialSystems

Sept. 26Jim Butler, Kansas Geological SurveyGetting the Information Ground WaterModelers Need: A Report From the Field

Oct. 5Greg Retallack, University of OregonGlobal Greenhouse Crises of the Past

Oct. 12Henry Scott, Indiana University at SouthBend High-Pressure and TemperatureInvestigations in the Fe-C and Fe-P systems:Implications for Planetary Interiors

Oct. 19Ken Wohletz, Los Alamos NationalLaboratoryWere the Dark Ages Triggered by Volcano-Related Climate Change?

Oct. 26Gary Pavlis, Indiana UniversityThe Southeast Caribbean Plate Boundary:New Insights from the Bolivar Project

Nov. 2Craig C. Lundstrom, UIUC Department ofGeologyMagma Differentiation in a TemperatureGradient: A Potentially Important Processwith an Isotopic Fingerprint

Nov. 9Frederik Simons, Princeton UniversityMeasuring Geophysical Processes in Spacefrom the Shifting Weight of the Earth: OldProblems, New Methods, New Results

Nov. 30Darryl Granger, Purdue UniversityLandscape Response to Tectonics andClimate: A Cosmogenic Nuclide Perspective

Colloquium Speakers for Spring and Fall 2007

A group of undergraduates gather on the lawn north of the NaturalHisotry Building at the annual Department picnic held onSeptember 14, 2007.

Associate Head of the Department, Professor Chu-Yung Chen joinsundergraduate senior Meghan Ori at the Majors and Minors Fair heldat the Illini Union in October, 2007

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Annual Report for 2007

FacultyStephen Altaner (Associate Professor) Alison Anders (Assistant Professor) Jay Bass (Grim Professor)Jim Best (Threet Professor)Craig Bethke (Grim Professor)Chu-Yung Chen (Associate Professor)Wang-Ping Chen (Professor and Acting Head) Bruce Fouke (Associate Professor)Thomas Johnson (Associate Professor)Susan Kieffer (Walgreen Professor) R. James Kirkpatrick (Grim Professor & Senior

Executive Associate Dean)Jie Li (Assistant Professor) Craig Lundstrom (Associate Professor)Steve Marshak (Professor and Head—

on sabbatical leave until Fall 2008) Gary Parker (Johnson Professor)Xiaodong Song (Associate Professor)

Department AffiliateMarcelo Garcia (Seiss Professor, Civil and

Environmental Engineering)Feng Sheng Hu (Associate Professor; Plant

Biology)Bruce Rhoads (Professor, Department of

Geography)

Academic Staff, Post-Docs,Visiting StaffGeoffrey Bowers (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Mariano Cantero (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Pinaki Chakraborty (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Rocio Fernandez (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Justin Glessner (Geochemist)Holger Hellwig (Research Scientist)Eileen Herrstrom (Teaching Specialist)Stephen Hurst (Research Programmer/Geologist)Andrey Kalinichev (Research Associate

Professor)Michael Kandianis (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Michael Lerche (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Ann Long (Teaching Specialist) Xinli Lu (Post-Doctoral Research Associate)Padma Padmanabhan (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Philip Parker (Visiting Research Programmer)Daniel Saalfeld (Visiting Research Programmer)Rob Sanford (Senior Research Scientist)Xinlei Sun (Post-Doctoral Research Associate)Michael Stewart (Lecturer)Jonathan Tomkin (Research Assistant Professor) Tai-Lin Tseng (Post-Doctoral Research Associate)Sharon Yeakel (Research Programmer)Paulo Zandonade (Post-Doctoral Research

Associate)Zhaofeng Zhang (Visiting Scholar)Jianming Zhu (Visiting Scholar)

Adjunct FacultyRobert FinleyLeon R. FollmerMorris W. LeightonHannes Leetaru William ShiltsWolfgang SturhahnM. Scott Wilkerson

Emeritus FacultyThomas F. AndersonDaniel B. BlakeAlbert V. CarozziDonald L. GrafArthur F. HagnerAlbert T. HsuiGeorge D. KleinRalph LangenheimC. John MannAlberto NietoPhilip Sandberg

Library StaffLura Joseph (Librarian) Sheila McGowan (Library Assistant)Diana L. Walter (Senior Library Specialist)

Department StaffMichael Sczerba (Clerk) Marilyn Whalen (Administrative Secretary)

Graduate StudentsAnirban BasuPeter BergerCharles BoppJon BrenizerShane ButlerBin ChenMelissa ChipmanMirona ChiriencoScott ClarkRivkah CookeWei DaiJoshua DefratesDong DingXing DingTheodore FlynnLili GaoJessica HellwigCarly HillAna HousealFang HuangKevin HughesAdam IannoMeijuan JiangMichael KandianisDmitri Lakshtanov

Qi LiQiang LiDaniela LindnerVineeth MadhavanChris MajerczykJorge MarinoChris MeadCharlie MitsdarferMara MorgensternJessica PalmerMauricio PerilloAlan PiggotGeoffrey PooreAmanda RaddatzDavid RobisonPragnyadipta SenIvan UfimtsevHolly VescogniJingyun WangNathan WebbEmily WissemanKevin WolfeZhen XuZhaohui Yang

COURSES TAUGHT IN 2007

GEOL 100 Planet Earth GEOL 101 Introductory Physical Geology GEOL 103 Planet Earth QRII GEOL 104 Geology of the National Parks GEOL 107 Physical Geology GEOL 108 Historical Geology GEOL 110 Exploring Geology in the Field GEOL 116 The Planets GEOL 117 The Oceans GEOL 118 Natural Disasters GEOL 143 History of Life GEOL 333 Earth Materials and the

EnvironmentGEOL 380 Environmental Geology GEOL 411 Structural Geol and Tectonics GEOL 415 Field Geology GEOL 417 Geology Field Methods, Western US GEOL 432 Mineralogy and Mineral OpticsGEOL 436 Petrology and Petrography GEOL 440 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy GEOL 454 Introduction to SeismologyGEOL 460 Geochemistry GEOL 470 Introduction to Hydrogeology GEOL 481 Earth Systems Modeling GEOL 497A The Sciences and Ethics of

SustainabilityGEOL 497AB Geomicrobiology and GeochemistryGEOL 497SK Geological Fluid Dynamics GEOL 512 Geotectonics GEOL 515 Advanced Field Geology GEOL 552 Geodynamics GEOL 553 Chemistry of Earth’s Interior GEOL 560 Physical Geochemistry GEOL 562 Isotope Geology GEOL 571 Geochemical Reaction Analysis GEOL 591 Current Research in Geoscience GEOL 593 Advanced Studies in Geology GEOL 593GP River MorphodynamicsGEOL 593J2 Molecular Modeling of WaterGEOL 593K14 Seismic Interferometry, Diffuse

Wave Correlations, & Imaging

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AIR FORCE

Xiaodong Song—Characterizing High-ResolutionSeismic Velocity and Attenuation Structure ofYunnan-Sichuan Region, Southwest Chinausing Seismic Catalog and Waveform Data.

Xiaodong Song— Surface Wave DispersionMeasurements and Tomography from AmbientSeismic Noise in China.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Jonathan Tomkin— The Effect of Late CenozoicGlaciation on the Evolution of the OlympicMountain.

Craig M. Bethke and Robert Sanford—Field-Constrained Quantitative Model of the Originof Microbial and Geochemical Zoning in aConfined Fresh-Water Aquifer.

Thomas M. Johnson—Chromium Isotopes asIndicators of Hexavalent Chromium Reduction.

R. James Kirkpatrick and Andrey G.Kalinichev—Computational and SpectroscopicInvestigations of the Molecular Scale Structureand Dynamics of Geologically Important Fluidsand Mineral-Fluid Interfaces.

Robert Sanford—Biomolecular MechanismsControlling Metal and RadionuclideTransformations in AnaeromyxobacterDehalogenans.

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

EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY

Craig Bethke—Membership in the Hydro-Geology Program Industrial Consortium forResearch and Education.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Robert A Sanford—Growth of ChlororespiringBacteria to High Cell Densities for Use inBioaugmentation.

NASA

Susan Kieffer—Multicomponent, MultiphaseH2O-CO2 Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamicson Mars.

NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL OF TAIWAN

Wang-Ping Chen—Caucasus ScientificExperiments (CAUSE): An Integrated Study ofActive Continental Collision.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Jay Bass—Sound Velocities and Elasticity ofDeep-Earth Materials at High Pressures andTemperatures.

Jay Bass—Sound Velocities and Elastic Moduli ofMinerals at Mantle Pressures and Temperatureswith Laser Heating.

Jay Bass—Collaborative Research: ElasticityGrand Challenge of the COMPRES.

Jay Bass—Consortium for Material PropertyResearch in the Earth Science.

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

Wang-Ping Chen—CSEDI CollaborativeResearch: A Study of Deep SubductionIntegrating Broadband Seismology and MineralPhysics.

Wang-Ping Chen—Collaborative Research:Imaging the Continental Lithosphere withEarthquake Sources.

Bruce Fouke—Geobiological and the Emergenceof Terraced Architecture during CarbonateMineralization.

Bruce Fouke—NSF Research Experience forMiddle School Teachers at Mammoth HotSprings, Yellowstone National Park.

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

Susan Kieffer—Multiphysics Modeling andTerascale Simulations of Volcanic Blasts OverComplex Terrains.

Jie Li—Constraints on Core Composition fromNuclear Resonant Scattering and X-RayDiffraction Studies on Fe-Light-ElementCompounds.

Craig C. Lundstrom and Stephen Marshak—Assessing Diffusive Differentiation duringIgneous Intrusion Using Integrated TheoreticalExperimental and Field Studies.

Xiaodong Song—CSEDI Collaborative Research:Observational and Theoretical Constraints onthe Structure and Rotation of the Inner Core.

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

Jonathan Tomkin—Collaborative Research:Glacial Erosion in the Patagonian Andes;Testing the Buzzsaw.

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Bruce Fouke and Milton McAllister—Microbiological, Physiological, andToxicological Effects of Explosive Compoundson Coral Health.

Bruce Fouke—The Role of Shipyard Pollutants inStructuring Coral Reef Microbial Communities:Monitoring Environmental Change and thePotential Causes of Coral Disease.

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATEUNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Jay Bass—High-Resolution Inelastic X-rayScattering at High P & T: A New Capability forthe COMPRES Community.

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY

Craig Bethke—Software Licenses for GeochemistWorkbench.

SCK.CEN

Craig Bethke—Membership in the Hydro-Geology Program Industrial Consortium.

SHELL INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION ANDPRODUCTION

Gary Parker and Garcia Marcelo—Channelization by Turbidity Currents inSubmarine Fairways and on Fans.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Wang-Ping Chen—Building Infrastructure forSpace-Based Geodesy.

Bruce Fouke—Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)Biomineralization: The Geologic Record ofBiological Responses to Rapid EnvironmentalChange.

Research Grants Active in 2007

More than 100 guestsattended the joint UI-IUalumni reception at theAnnual Meeting of theGeological Society ofAmerica in Denver. In theforeground, Chuck Norris(BS ’69) and his wifegreet Keros Cartwright(PhD ’73).

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Andrews A.H., Lundstrom C.C.,Cailliet G.M., and DeVogelaereA.P. Investigations of bamboocoral age and growth fromDavidson Seamount. TechnicalReport Monterey Bay. NationalMarine Sanctuary.

Andrews A.H., Kerr L.A., CaillietG.M., Brown T.A., LundstromC.C., and Stanley R.D. Age valida-tion of canary rockfish (Sebastespinniger) using two independentotolith techniques: lead-radiumand bomb radiocarbon dating.Marine and Freshwater Research,58: 531-541.

Anders A.M., Roe G.H., Durran D.R.,and Minder J.R. Small-scale spa-tial gradients in climatalogical pre-cipitation on the OlympicPeninsula. Journal ofHydrometeorology, 8: 1068-1081.

Ashworth P.J., Best J.L., and JonesM. The relationship betweenchannel avulsion, flow occupancyand aggradation in braided rivers:insights from an experimentalalluvial basin, Sedimentology, 54:497-513.

Bass J.D. Mineral Physics:Techniques for measuring highP/T elasticity. In G.D. Price and J.Schubert (Eds.), Treatise ofGeophysics (pp. 269-292).Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V.

Best J., Ashworth P., Sarker M.H.and Roden R. The Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh, In A.Gupta (Ed.), Large Rivers:Geomorphology & Management(pp. 395-430). Wiley.

Bethke C.M. Geochemical andBiogeochemical Reaction Modeling.Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress.

Cantelli A., Wong M., Parker G., andPaola C. Numerical model linkingbed and bank evolution of inci-sional channel created by damremoval. Water ResourcesResearch, 43(7), W07436, 16 p.

Chatanantavet P., Parker G.,Lajeunesse E., Planton P., andValla P. Physically-based model ofdownstream fining in bedrockstreams with side input and verifi-cation with field data. Proceedings,River, Coastal and EstuarineMorphodynamics, 5th IAHRSymposium (RCEM 2007),Enschede, the Netherlands 17-21,8 p.

Chen B., Gao L., Funakoshi K.-i.,and Li J. Thermal expansion ofiron-rich alloys and implicationsfor the Earth’s core. PNAS,104(22): 9162-9167, doi10.1073/pnas.0610474104.

Chen W.-P. and Brudzinski M.R.Repeating earthquakes, episodictremor and slip: Emerging patternsin complex earthquake cycles?Complexity, 12 (5): 33-43,doi:10.1002/cplx.20185.

Chen W.-P. and Tseng T.-L. Small660-km seismic discontinuitybeneath Tibet implies restingground for detached lithosphere.Journal of Geophysical Research,112: doi:10.1029/2006JB004607.

Courtier A.M., Jackson M.G.,Lawrence J. F., Wang Z.-R., LeeC.-T. A., Halama R., Warren J.M.,Workman R., Xu W.-B.,Hirschmann M.M., Larson A.M.,Hart S.R., Lithgow-Bertelloni C.,Stixrude L., and Chen W.-P.Correlation of seismic and petro-logic thermometers suggests deepthermal anomalies beneathhotspots, Earth and PlanetaryScience Letters, 264(1-2): 308-316.

Huang F. and Lundstrom C.C. 231Paexcesses in arc volcanic rocks:Constraint on melting rates at con-vergent margins, Geology, 35:1007-1010.

Gajda A. and Kieffer S.W. Celebritymeets Science: Hollywood’s envi-ronmentalism and its effect, GSAToday, 17(10): 44-45.

Gioia G., Chakraborty P., Marshak S.,and Kieffer S.W. Unified model oftectonics and heat transport in afrigid Enceladus, PNAS, 104(34):13578-13581.

Goncharov A.F., StanislavSinogeikin S.V., Crowhurst J.C.,Ahart M., Lakshanov D.,Prakapenka V., Bass J.D., Beck P.,Tkachev S., Zaug J., and Fei Y.Cubic boron nitride as a primarycalibrant for a high temperaturepressure scale. High PressureResearch, 27 (4): 409-417.

Imran J., Islam M.A., Huang H.,Kassem A., Dickerson J., PirmezC., and Parker G. Helical flow cou-plets in submarine gravity under-flows. Geology, 35(7): 659-662.

Jin Q. and Bethke C.M. The thermo-dynamics and kinetics of microbialmetabolism. American Journal ofScience, 307: 643-677.

Keevil G.M., Peakall J., and BestJ.L. The influence of scale, slopeand channel geometry on the flowdynamics of submarine channels.Marine and Petroleum Geology, 24:487-503.

Klaus J. S., Janse I., Heikoop J. M.,Sanford R.A., and Fouke B.W.Coral microbial communities,zooxanthellae, and mucus alonggradients of seawater depth andcoastal pollution. EnvironmentalMicrobiology, 9: 1291-1305.

Klaus J., Budd A., and Fouke B.W.Environmental controls on coral-lite morphology in the reef coralMontastrea annularis. Bulletin ofMarine Science, 28: 233-260.

Kostic S. and Parker G. Conditionsunder which a supercritical turbid-ity current traverses an abrupttransition to vanishing slope with-out a hydraulic jump. Journal ofFluid Mechanics, 586: 119-145.

Lakshtanov D.L., Litasov K.D.,Sinogeikin S.V., Hellwig H., Li J.,Ohtani E., and Bass J. D. Effect ofAl3+ and H+ on the elastic proper-ties of stishovite. AmericanMineralogists, 92: 1026-1030.

Lakshtanov D.L., Sinogeikin S.V.,and Bass J.D. High-temperaturephase transitions and elasticity ofsilica polymorphs. Physics andChemistry of Minerals, 34: 11-22.

Lakshtanov D.L., Sinogeikin S.V.,Litasov K.D., Prakapenka V.B.,Hellwig H., Wang J., Sanches-Valle C., Perillat J.-P., Chen B.,Somayazulu M., Li J., Ohtani E.,and Bass J. D. The post-stishovitephase transitions in hydrous alu-mina-bearing SiO2 in the lowermantle of the Earth, PNAS,104(34): 13588-13590, doi13510.11073/pnas.0706113104.

Lee C.-T. and Chen W.-P. A possiblemechanism for chemical stratifica-tion in the Earth’s mantle. Earthand Planetary Science Letters, 255:357-366.

Li J. and Fei Y. Experimental con-straints on core composition. In H.D. Holland and K. K. Turekian(Eds.), Treatise on GeochemistryUpdate 1, Vol. 2.14 (pp. 1-31).Elsevier Ltd.

Li J. Electronic transitions and spinstates in perovskite and post-per-ovskite. In K. Hirose, J. Brodholt,T. Lay, and D. Yuen (Eds.), Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle PhaseTransition (pp. 47-69).Washington DC: American

List of Publications for 2007

Geophysical Union.

Litasov K.D., Kagi H., Shatskiy,A.F., Ohtani E., LakshtanovD.L., Bass J.D., Ito E. HighHydrogen Solubility in Al-richStishovite and water transport inthe lower mantle. Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, 262:620-634.

Matas J., Bass J., Ricard Y.,Mattern E., and BukowinskiM.S.T. On the bulk compositionof the lower mantle: predictionsand limitations from generalizedinversion of radial seismic pro-files. Geophysical JournalInternational, 170: 764-780.

Mehnert E., Hwang H.-H., JohnsonT.M., Sanford R.A., BeaumontW.C., and Holm T.R.Denitrification in the shallowground water of a tile-drained,agricultural watershed. Journalof Environmental Quality, 36:80-90.

Mizushima H., Izumi N., andParker G. A simple mathematicalmodel of channel bifurcation.Proceedings, River, Coastal andEstuarine Morphodynamics, 5thIAHR Symposium (RCEM 2007),Enschede, the Netherlands 17-21, 4 p.

Murakami M., Sinogeikin S.V.,Hellwig H., Bass J.D., and Li J.Sound velocity of MgSiO3 per-ovskite to Mbar pressure. Earthand Planetary Science Letters,256: 47-54.

Murakami M., Sinogeikin S.V.,Bass J.D., Sata N., Ohishi Y.,Hirose K. Sound Velocity ofMgSiO3 Post-Perovskite Phase: AConstraint on the D”Discontinuity. Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, 259:18-23.

Naruse H., Sequeiros O., GarciaM.H., Parker G., Endo N.,Kataoka K.S., Yokokawa M., andMuto T. Self-acceleratingTurbidity Currents at LaboratoryScale. Proceedings, River, Coastaland Estuarine Morphodynamics,5th IAHR Symposium (RCEM2007), Enschede, theNetherlands 17-21, 4 p.

Nowack R.L., Chen W.-P., KruseU.E., and Dasgupta S. Imagingoffsets in the Moho: Synthetictests using Gaussian beam withteleseismic waves. Pure AppliedGeophysics, 164(10): 1921-1936,doi:10.1007/s00024-007-0250-3.

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Parker G. and Toniolo H. Note onthe analysis of plunging of den-sity flows. Journal of HydraulicEngineering, 133(6): 690-694.

Parker G., Wilcock P., Paola C.,Dietrich W.E., and Pitlick J.Quasi-universal relations forbankfull hydraulic geometry ofsingle-thread gravel-bed rivers.Journal of Geophysical ResearchEarth Surface, 112(F4).

Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N.,Hardy R.J., Orfeo O., andKostaschuk R.A. Form rough-ness and the absence of sec-ondary flow in a large conflu-ence-diffluence unit, ParanáRiver, Argentina. Earth SurfaceProcesses and Landforms, 32:155-162.

Peakall J., Ashworth P.J., and BestJ.L. Meander-bend evolution,alluvial architecture, and therole of cohesion in sinuous riverchannels: a flume study. Journalof Sedimentary Research, 77:197-212.

Perrillat J-P., Nestola F., SinogeikinS.V., and Bass J.D. Single-crystal elastic properties ofCa0.07Mg1.93Si

2O6 orthopyroxene.

American Mineralogist, 92: 109-113.

Sanford R.A., Wu Q., Sung Y.,Thomas S.H., Amos B.K., PrinceE.K., and Löffler, F.E.Hexavalent uranium supportsgrowth of Anaeromyxobacterdehalogenans, and Geobacterspp. with lower than predictedbiomass yields. EnvironmentalMicrobiology, 9: 2885-2893.

Song X.D. and Poupinet G. Innercore rotation from event-pairanalysis, Earth and PlanetaryScience Letters, 261: 259-266,doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.034.

Song X.D. Inner core anisotropy.In D. Gubbins and E. Herroro-Bervera (Eds.), Encyclopedia ofGeomagnetism andPlaeomagnetism (pp 418-420).Kluwer Academic PublishersB.V.

Sun, D.Y., Helmberger D.V., SongX.D., Grand S.P. Predicting aglobal perovskite and postper-ovskite phase boundary. In K.Hirose, J. Brodholt, T. Lay, andD. Yuen (Eds.), Post-Perovskite:The Last Mantle PhaseTransition. Washington DC:American Geophysical Union.

Sun, X.L., Song X.D., Zheng S.H.,and Helmberger D.V. Evidencefor a chemical-thermal structureat base of mantle from sharplateral P-wave variationsbeneath Central America, PNAS,104 (1): 26-30,doi:10.1073/pnas.0609143103.

Szupiany, R.N., Amsler, M.L.,Best, J.L., and Parsons, D.R.Comparison of fixed- and mov-ing-vessel flow measurementswith an aDp in a large river,Journal of HydraulicEngineering, 133: 1299-1309.

Toniolo H., Parker G. and Voller V.Role of ponded turbidity cur-rents in reservoir trap efficiency.Journal of HydraulicEngineering, 133(6): 579-595.

Tornqvist T.E., Paola C., Parker G.,Liu K., Mohrig D., Holbrook J.M., and Twilley R. R. Commenton “Wetland sedimentationfrom Hurricanes Katrina andRita.” Science, 316(5822).

Viparelli E., Sequeiros O., CantelliA., and Parker G. A numericalmodel to store and access thestratigraphy of non-cohesivesediment as an alluvial bedaggrades and degrades in aflume. Proceedings, River,Coastal and EstuarineMorphodynamics, 5th IAHRSymposium (RCEM 2007),Enschede, the Netherlands 17-21, 8 p.

Wong M., Parker G., De Vries P.,Brown T., and Burges S.J.Experiments on dispersion oftracer stones under lower-regime plane-bed equilibriumbed load transport. WaterResources Research, 43(3),W03440, 23 p.

Zheng S.H., Sun X.L., and SongX.D., Fine structure of P-wavevelocity variations underneaththe Central Pacific from PKPwaves recorded at the ChinaSeismic Network (CSN).Chinese Journal of Geophysics,50(1): 183-191.

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