Geology Research Reports
| Partial 2008-2009 Report of Research Accomplishments |
underline = Baylor Geology Faculty
* = peer-reviewed journal article
S = Geology Ph.D. student first-authored publication
* (1) Allen, P.M., Arnold, J.G., and Skipwith, W., 2008, Prediction of channel degradation rates in urbanizing watersheds: Hydrological Sciences Journal, v. 53, p. 1013-1029.
*S (2) Amidu, S.A., and Dunbar, J.A., 2008, An evaluation of the electrical resistivity method for water-reservoir salinity studies: Geophysics, v. 73, p. G39-G49.
*(3) Atchley, S.C., Cleveland, D.M., and West, L.W., 2008, A case for renewed development of a mature gas field: the Devonian Swan Hills Formation at Kaybob South Field, Alberta, Canada: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 56, p. 165-190.
(4) Atchley, S.C., Ball, N., and Hunt, L., 2008, Geologic field study of the Late Cretaceous Doe Creek Member of the Kaskapau Formation at Valhalla Field, Alberta: proprietary report sponsored by Husky Energy, Canada.
*S (5) Cleveland, D.M., Nordt, L.C., and Atchley, S.C., 2008, Paleosols, trace fossils, and precipitation estimates of the uppermost Triassic strata in northern New Mexico: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, v. 257, p. 421-444.
*S (6) Cleveland, D.M., Nordt, L.C., Dworkin, S.I., and Atchley, S.C., 2008, Pedogenic carbonate isotopes as evidence for extreme climatic events preceding the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Implications for the biotic crisis?: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 1408-1415.
*(7) Cook, G., and Dunbar, J., 2008, Mapping an 18th century Wichita village site: Plains Anthropologist, v. 53, p. 487-502.
*(8) Cronin, V.S., 2008a, Finding the mean and 95 percent confidence interval of a set of strike-and-dip or lineation data: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 14, no. 2, p. 113-119.
*(9) Cronin, V.S., 2008b, Preface to the special issue in honor of Dr. James E. Slosson: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 14, no. 3, p. 147-150.
(10) Cronin, V.S., 2008c, Where is that chunk of crust going?: Workshop on Teaching Introductory Geology Courses in the 21st Century, Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, Northfield, Minnesota. Peer-reviewed electronic document available at http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/intro/activities/23579.html
(11) Cronin, V.S., 2008d, Incomprehensibly Small and Incomprehensibly Large: Workshop on Teaching Introductory Geology Courses in the 21st Century, Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, Northfield, Minnesota. Peer-reviewed electronic document available at http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/intro/activities/23593.html
*(12) Cronin, V.S., Millard, M., Seidman, L., and Bayliss, B., 2008, The seismo-lineament analysis method (SLAM) -- A reconnaissance tool to help find seismogenic faults: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 14, no. 3, p. 199-219.
*(13) Driese, S.G., Li, Z.-H., and McKay, L.D., 2008, Evidence for multiple, episodic, mid-Holocene Hypsithermal recorded in two soil profiles along an alluvial floodplain catena, southeastern Tennessee, USA: Quaternary Research, v. 69, p. 276-291.
*(14) Driese, S.G., and Medaris, L.G., 2008, Evidence for biological and hydrological controls on the development of a Paleoproterozoic paleoweathering profile in the Baraboo Range, Wisconsin, USA: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 78, p. 443-457.
*(15) Feng Z.D., Wang L.X., Ji Y.H., Guo L.L., and Dworkin S.I., 2008, Climate dependency of soil organic carbon isotopic composition along the S-N transect from 32oN to 52oN in central-east Asia: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 257, p. 335-343.
*(16) Gao, S., Liu, K., Stern, R., Keller, G.R., Hogan, J.P., Pulliam, J., and Anthony, E., 2008, Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the south-central United States: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements, Geosphere, Vol. 4, No. 2 pp. 411–417, DOI: 10.1130/GES00159.1
*S (17) Kahmann, J.A., and Driese, S.G., 2008, Paleopedology and geochemistry of Late Mississippian (Chesterian) Pennington Formation paleosols at Pound Gap, Kentucky, USA: Implications for high-frequency climate variations: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 259, p. 357-381.
*S (18) Kahmann, J.A., Seaman, J., III, and Driese, S.G., 2008, Evaluating trace elements as paleoclimate indicators: multivariate statistical analysis of Late Mississippian Pennington Formation paleosols, Kentucky, USA: Journal of Geology, v. 116, p. 254-268.
*(19) Nordt, L., Von Fischer, J., Tieszen, L., and Tubbs, J., 2008, Coherent changes in relative C4 plant productivity and climate during the late Quaternary in the North American Great Plains: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 27, p. 1600-1611.
*(20) *Parker, D.F., and White, J.C., 2008, Large-scale silicic alkalic magmatism associated with the Buckhorn caldera, Trans-Pecos Texas, U.S.A.: Comparison with Pantelleria, Italy: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 70, p. 403-415.
* (21) Santhi, C., Allen, P.M., Muttiah, R.S., Arnold, J.G., and Tuppad, P., 2008, Regional estimation of baseflow for the coterminous United States by hydrologic landscape unit: Journal of Hydrology, v. 351, p. 139-153.
*(22) Shanti, C., Allen, P.M., Muttiah, R.S., and Arnold, J., 2008, Regional estimation of base flow for the conterminous United States by hydrologic landscape regions: Journal of Hydrology, v. 351, p. 139-153.
*(23) Wang, H.B., Liu, L.Y., and Feng, Z.-D., 2008, Spatio-temporal variations of Zr/Rb ratio in three last interglacial paleosol sections across Chinese Loess Plateau and their implications for climatic interpretations: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 3, p. 1413-1422.
