Dr. Steven Driese
Department of Geology
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97354
Waco TX 76798
Phone (254) 710-2361
Fax (254) 710-2673
Room D409, Baylor Sciences Building
Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
| Professor & Chair of Geology Department |
• Paleopedology
• Clastic Sedimentology
• Environmental Sedimentology
Fellow, Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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| Education |
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., Southern Illinois University
| General Information |
My primary current research investigates, from a geologic perspective, the paleoclimate and paleolandscape records of soils preserved as paleosols in the geologic record, using modern soil analogs where appropriate. I am also interested in applications of studies of surficial materials to solving environmental and hydrogeological problems. My collaborative research is being conducted with researchers at Baylor University, the University of Kansas, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and Rutgers University. I work actively with soil scientists, geochemists, stratigraphers and sedimentologists, physical geographers, and geoarchaeologists in these endeavors.
| Research Projects |
(1) measuring climate-dependent properties of modern Vertisols in order to interpret the paleoclimate record of Paleozoic-Mesozoic paleosols in the geologic record
(2) assessing production rates of soil-gas CO2 for modern Vertisols in order to interpret paleoatmospheric pCO2 for Paleozoic-Mesozoic paleosols in the geologic record
(3) conducting climate and landscape reconstructions of wetland-floodplain-lake and lake-margin systems in the Pleistocene-Holocene of East Africa
(4) interpreting the late Pleistocene-Holocene climate record of Pleistocene-Holocene floodplain soils and paleosols in the middle Atlantic and southeastern US using stable isotopes of soil organic matter
(5) investigating the late Pleistocene-Holocene climate record of Cental Texas, using paleosols formed during occupation by Clovis and pre-Clovis humans
(6) examining the role that pedogenic processes have in affecting the porosity and hydraulic conductivity of fractured sedimentary saprolite, as well as contaminant transport and migration
(7) interpreting the pedogenic signature of early terrestrial ecosystems recorded in sub-Cambrian and Neoarchean paleo-saprolites and regoliths in Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri
(8) interpreting the genesis of pedogenic siderite in modern soil systems and wetlands in order to calibrate the sphaerosiderite paleoclimate proxy used for paleosols in the geologic record
| Courses Taught Regularly |
Geo 5339 Sandstone Petrology and Physical Sedimentology
Geo 5342 Soil and Paleosol Micromorphology
Geo 5V90 Grant-Writing Seminar
Pennington Fm.(Mississippian) PaleoVertisol, TN (see Caudill et al, 1996, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v.66, p.58-70.
| Selected Publications (last 7 years) |
Driese, S.G., Nordt, L.C., Lynn, W., Stiles, C.A., Mora, C.I., and Wilding, L.P., 2005, Distinguishing climate in the soil record using chemical trends in a Vertisol climosequence from the Texas Coastal Prairie, and application to interpreting Paleozoic paleosols in the Appalachian basin: Journal od Sedimentary Research. v. 75, p. 340-353.
Driese, S.G., Li, Z.-H., and Horn, S.P., 2005, Late Pleistocene to Holocene paleoclimate and paleogeomorphic history interpreted from 23,000 14C yr B.P. paleosol and floodplain soils, southeastern West Virginia, USA: Quaternary Research. v. 63, p. 136-149.
McKay, L.D., Driese, S.G., Smith, K.H., and Vepraskas, M.J., 2005, Hydrogeology and pedology of saprolite formed from sedimentary rock, eastern Tennessee, USA: Geoderma, v. 126, p. 27-45.
Driese, S.G., and Ober, E.G., 2005, Paleopedologic and paleohydrologic records of precipitation seasonality from early Pennsylvanian Underclay paleosols, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p. 999-1012.
Shunk, A.J., Driese, S.G., and Clark, G.M., 2006, Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene sedimentation and climate record derived from paleosinkhole fill deposits, Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee, USA: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 231, p. 265-278.
Lenczewski, M., McKay, L., Pitner, A., Driese, S., and Vulava, V., 2006, Pure-phase transport and dissolution of TCE in sedimentary rock saprolite: Ground Water, v. 44, p. 406-414.
Nordt, L., Orosz, M., Driese, S., and Tubbs, J., 2006, Vertisol carbonate properties in relation to mean annual precipitation: Implications for paleoprecipitation estimates: Journal of Geology, v. 114, p. 501-510.
Driese, S.G., Orvis, K.H., Horn, S.P., Li, Z.-H., and Jennings, D.S., 2007, Paleosol evidence for Quaternary uplift and for climate and ecosystem changes in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 248, p. 1-23.
Vulava, V.M., McKay, L.D., Driese, S.G., Menn, F.-M., and Sayler, G.S., 2007, Distribution and transport of coal tar-derived PAHs in fine-grained residuum: Chemosphere, v. 68, p. 554-563.
Driese, S.G., Medaris, L.G., Ren, M., Runkel, A.C., and Langford, R.P., 2007, Differentiating pedogenesis from diagenesis in early terrestrial paleoweathering surfaces formed on granitic composition parent materials: Journal of Geology, v. 115, p. 387-406.
Miller, D.L., Mora, C.I., and Driese, S.G., 2007, Isotopically concentric growth in large carbonate nodules in Vertisols: implications for climate and ecosystem assessments: Geoderma, v. 142, p. 104-111.
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.
Driese, S.G., Li, Z.-H., and McKay, L.D., 2008, Evidence for high-frequency mid-Holocene climate changes derived from two soil profiles along an alluvial floodplain catena, southeastern Tennessee, USA: Quaternary Research, v. 69, p. 276-291.
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.
Driese, S.G., and Medaris, L.G., Jr., 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.
Shunk, A.J., Driese, S.G., and Dunbar, J.A., 2009, Late Tertiary paleoclimatic interpretation from lacustrine rhythmites in the Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee, USA: Journal of Paleolimnology, v. 274, p. 173-184.
Shunk, A.J., Driese, S.G., Farlow, J.O., Zavada, M., and Zobaa, M.K., 2009, Late Neogene paleoclimate and paleoenvironment reconstructions from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Indiana, USA: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 274, p. 173-184.
Nordt, L.C., and Driese, S.G., 2009 Hydropedological assessment of a Vertisol climosequence on the Gulf Coast Prairie land Resource Area of Texas: Hydrology and Earth Systems Science Disscussions, v.6, p.3637-3668, www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/6/3637/2009/
Mintz, J.S., Driese, S.G., and White, J.D., 2010, Environmental and ecological variability of Middle Devonian (Givetian) forests in Appalachian basin paleosols, New York, USA: PALAIOS, v. 25, p. 85-96.
Nordt, L. and Driese, S.G., 2010, New weathering index improves paleorainfall estimates from Vertisols: Geology, v. 38, p. 407-410.
Nordt, L. and Driese, S.G., 2010, A modern soil characterization approach to reconstructing physical and chemical properties of paleo-Vertisols: American Journal of Science, v. 310, p. 37-64.
Driese, S.G., Ludvigson, G.A., Roberts, J.A., Fowle, D.A., Gonzalez, L.A., Smith, J.J., McKay, L.D., and Vulava, V.M., 2010, Micromorphology and stable isotope geochemistry of historical pedogenic siderite formed in PAH-contaminated alluvial clay soils, Tennessee, USA: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 943-954.
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Stinchcomb, G.E., Messner, T.C., Driese, S.G., Nordt, L.C., and Stewart, R.M., 2011, Pre-colonial (A.D. 1,100-1,600) sedimentation related to prehistoric maize agriculture and climate change in eastern North America: Geology, v. 39, p. 363-366.
Driese, S.G., Schultz, B.S., and McKay, L.D., 2011, Genesis of clay-rich soils from carbonate bedrock on upland surfaces in the Valley and Ridge Province, eastern Tennessee, USA: Southeastern Geology, v. 48, p. 1-22.
Waters, M.R., Forman, S.L., Jennings, T.A., Nordt, L.C., Driese, S.G., Feinberg, J.M., Keene, J.L., Halligan, J., Lindquist, A., Pierson, J., Hallmark, C.T., Collins, M.B., and Wiederhold, J.E., 2011, The Debra L. Friedkin Site, Texas and the origins of Clovis: Science, v. 331, p. 1599-1603.
Mintz, J.S., Driese, S.G., Ludvigson, G.A., and Breecker, D.O., 2011, Seasonal influence of changing hydrology on pedogenic calcite precipitation in Vertisols, Dance Bayou, Brazoria County, TX: Implications for estimating paleoatmospheric pCO2: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 81, p. 394-400.
Li, Z.-H., Labb¨¦, N., Driese, S.G., and Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2011, Micro-scale analysis of tree-ring ¦Ä13C and ¦Ä18O on ¦Á-cellulose spline reveals high-resolution intra-annual climate variability and tropical cyclone activity: Chemical Geology, v. 284, p. 138-147.
Southard, R.J., Driese, S.G., and Nordt, L.C., 2011, Vertisols: Chapter E5.7, in Handbook of Soil Science, P. Huang (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, p. 33-82 to 33-97.
Driese, S.G., Jirsa, M.A., Ren, M., Brantley, S.L., Sheldon, N.D., Parker, D., and Schmitz, M., 2011, Neoarchean paleoweathering of tonalite and metabasalt: implications for reconstructions of 2.69 Ga early terrestrial ecosystems and paleoatmospheric chemistry: Precambrian Research, v. 189, p. 1-17.
Jennings, D.S., Lovelace, D.M., and Driese, S.G., 2011, Differentiating paleowetland subenvironments using a multi-disciplinary approach: an example from the Morrison Formation, south central Wyoming, USA: Sedimentary Geology, v. 238, p. 23-47.
Dyar, M.D., Carmosino, M.L., Tucker, J.M. Brown, E.A., Clegg, S.M., Wiens, R.C., Barefield, J.E., Delaney, J.S., Ashley, G.M., and Driese, S.G., 2012, Remote laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of East African Rift sedimentary samples under Mars conditions: Chemical Geology, v. 294-295, p. 135-151.
Vulava, V.M., McKay, L.D., Broholm, M.M., McCarthy, J.F., Driese, S.G., and Sayler, G.S., 2012, Dissolution and transport of coal tar compounds in fractured clay-rich residuum: Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 203-204, p. 283-289.
Stinchcomb, G.E., Driese, S.G., Nordt, L.C., and Allen, P.A., 2012, A mid to late Holocene history of floodplain and terrace reworking along the middle Delaware River valley, USA: Geomorphology: v. 169-170, pp. 123-141.
Nordt, L.C., Hallmark, C.T., Driese, S.G., Dworkin, S.I., and Atchley, S.C., 2012, Biogeochemistry of an ancient Critical Zone: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 87, p. 267-282.
Ahr, S.W., Nordt, L.C., and Driese, S.G., 2012, Assessing lithologic discontinuities and parent material uniformity within the Texas sandy mantle and implications for archaeological burial and preservation potential in upland settings: Quaternary Research, v. 78, p. 60-71.
Driese, S.G., Nordt, L.C., Waters, M.R., and Keene, J.L., accepted, Analysis of site formation history and potential disturbance of stratigraphic context at the Debra L. Friedkin archaeological site in central Texas, USA: Geoarchaeology.
Ashley, G.R., Deocampo, D.M., Kahmann-Robinson, J.A., and Driese, S.G., accepted, Groundwater-fed wetland sediments and paleosols: It's all about water table: In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology (S.G. Driese and L.C. Nordt, eds.): SEPM Special Publication Volume.
Breecker, D.O., Yoon, J., Michel, L.A., Dinka, T.M., Driese, S.G., Mintz, J.S., Nordt, L.C., Romanak, K.D., and Morgan, C.L.S., accepted, CO2 concentrations in Vertisols: seasonal variability and shrink-swell: In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology (S.G. Driese and L.C. Nordt, eds.): SEPM Special Publication Volume.
Driese, S.G., and Nordt, L.C., accepted, New frontiers in paleopedology and terrestrial paleoclimatology: paleosols and soil surface analog systems: In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology (S.G. Driese and L.C. Nordt, eds.): SEPM Special Publication Volume.
Ludvigson, G.A., Gonz lez, L.A., Fowle, D.A., Roberts, J.A., Driese, S.G., Villarreal, M.A., Smith, J.J., and Suarez, M.B., accepted, Paleoclimatic implications and modern process studies of pedogenic siderite: In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology (S.G. Driese and L.C. Nordt, eds.): SEPM Special Publication Volume.
Nordt, L.C., Hallmark, C.T., Driese, S.G., Dworkin, S.I., and Atchley, S.C., accepted, Multi-analytical pedosystem approach to characterizing and interpreting the fossil record of soils: In New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology (S.G. Driese and L.C. Nordt, eds.): SEPM Special Publication Volume.
| Manuscripts in Review, in Revision, or in Preparation |
Li, Z.-H., and Driese, S.G., in review, Open- and closed-system controls on late Holocene paleo-vegetation and paleo-temperature revealed by δ13C and δ18O values of speleothems in Raccoon Mountain Cave, southern Appalachians: A multiple cave deposit assessment: submitted to Sedimentology.
Jennings, D.S., and Driese, S.G., in review, Understanding the genesis of barite- and gypsum-bearing, upland acid-sulfate soils: an example from the Lufkin Series, south- central Texas, USA: submitted to Geoderma.
Michel, L.A., Driese, S.G., Nordt, L.C., Breecker, D.O., and Labotka, D.M., in review, Stable carbon isotope geochemistry of Vertisols formed on marine carbonates and implications for deep-time paleoenvironmental reconstructions: resubmitted to Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Stinchcomb, G.E., Messner, T.C., Williamson, F., Driese, S.G., and Nordt, L.C., in revision, Climatic and human controls on Holocene riparian vegetation changes in eastern Pennsylvania based on the isotopic composition of soil organic matter: submitted to Quaternary Research.
| Current Sponsored Research Projects |
Driese, S.G., and Nordt, L.C., 2009, with the University of Texas-Austin as the lead institution(with D.O. Breecker as PI/PD), Collaborative research: Calibrating the paleosol carbonate CO2 paleobarometer for vertic paleosols by monitoring soil CO2 in modern Vertisols: NSF EAR-0921356 Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry program, grant awarded for three years, commencing August 15, 2009.
Driese, S.G., 2008, with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as the lead institution (with Z.-H. Li as PI/PD, and S.P. Horn as co-PIs), Collaborative research: Pleistocene-Holocene climate variability of the southern Appalachian region, southeastern U.S.: NSF EAR 0823131 Paleo-Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) program, grant awarded for three years, commencing 2009.
Driese, S.G., 2010, Joint SEPM-NSF Workshop: Paleosols and Surface Soil Analog Systems: NSF EAR-1047609 award from Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology program, grant awarded from 09/01/10 to 08/31/11).
Driese, S.G., and Dworkin, S.I., 2012, Hydrogen stable isotope analysis of speleothem fluid inclusions: Baylor University, Faculty Research Investment Program (FRIP), $17,131 awarded for 1 year, commencing June 1, 2012.
Hockaday, W.C., Driese, S.G., Farmer, P.J., Lau, B.L.T., and Peppe, D.J., 2012, Early Career: Acquisition of a nuclear magnetic resonance facility for Earth Science research at Baylor University: NSF-EAR Instrumentation and Facilities program, grant is for $92,801, awarded from 09/01/12 to 08/31/13.
Peppe, D.J., and Driese, S.G., 2012, Collaborative research: IPG: Research on East African catarrhine and hominoid evolution: NSF-BCS-IPG program, requested $152,906, awarded from 01/01/13 to 12/31/17.
| Current Research: Paleoclimate record of Raccoon Mountain Cave speleothems, eastern Tennessee (Li and Driese, in review, Sedimentology, and Driese et al. manuscript, in preparation) |
| Completed Graduate Theses and Dissertations (at University of Tennessee-Knoxville) |
1) Cudzil, M.R., 1985, Depositional environments of the Chilhowee Group, northeast Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 164 p.
2) Schoner, A.E., 1985, Sedimentology and sedimentary petrography of the Lower Silurian Clinch Sandstone at Beans Gap, Grainger County, Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 227 p.
3) Easthouse, K.A., 1987, The paleoenvironmental analysis of the Lower Silurian Rockwood Formation at Green Gap, Whiteoak Mountain, southeastern Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 218 p.
4) Fischer, M.W., 1987, Sedimentology of the Clinch Sandstone (Lower Silurian) along Clinch Mountain, northeastern Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 156 p.
5) Marks, G.T., 1987, The lithology and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Clinch Sandstone at Powell Mountain, southwestern Virginia (M.S. Thesis), 260 p.
6) Skelly, R.L., 1987, Depositional environments of the Chilhowee Group, Bean Mountain, Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 211 p.
7) McReynolds, J.A., 1988, Paleoenvironments and facies relations of the Lower Cambrian Rome Formation on the U.S. Department of Energy Reservation, Oak Ridge Area in Roane and Anderson Counties, Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 121 p.
8) Gogola, A.R., 1990, Depositional and diagenetic history of the basal transgressive sandstone of the Clinch and Rockwood Formations (Lower Silurian) in eastern Tennessee (M.S. Thesis), 147 p.
9) Walker, J.D., 1990, Tectonic significance of the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Chilhowee Group (Latest Precambrian to Early Cambrian) of east Tennessee: Implications for the opening of the Proto Atlantic (Iapetus) ocean (Ph.D. Dissertation), 275 p.
10) Neton, M.J., 1992, Late Proterozoic rifting of Laurentia: Source and deposition of conglomerate units of the Grandfather Mountain Formation, North Carolina Blue Ridge (M.S. Thesis), 180 p.
11) Bolton, J.C., 1992, Depositional history of the Red Mountain Formation in northwest Georgia and northern Alabama (Ph.D. Dissertation), 210 p.
12) Corbin, M.C., 1993, Bedform development in carbonate skeletal sand: Influence of fluid velocity and grain size in flume experiments (M.S. Thesis, co-directed by T.W. Broadhead), 104 p.
13) Dorsch, J.O., 1993, Tectonics and sedimentation of the Taconic Molasse in southwestern Virginia (Ph.D. Dissertation), 248 p.
14) Caudill, M.R., 1996, Paleoclimate, burial compaction and perched water tables; Carboniferous vertic paleosols, Ohio and Tennessee: (Ph.D. Dissertation), 171 p.
15) Ansley, J.E., 1997, The sedimentology and stratigraphy of the York River Formation (Lower Devonian) at Anse-a-Brillant, GaspT Bay, QuTbec, Canada: (M.S. thesis), 115 p.
16) Dunagan, S.P., 1998, Lacustrine and palustrine carbonate sedimentation and diagenesis in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), east-central Colorado, U.S.A.: Implications for depositional patterns, paleoecology, paleohydrology, and paleoclimatology: (Ph.D. dissertation, co-directed by K.R. Walker), 276 p.
17) Elick, J.M., 1999, Paleoenvironmental interpretation of terrestrial deposits: The Cap-aux-Os and Fort Prevel Members, Battery Point Formation (Early-Middle Devonian), GaspT Bay, QuTbec: Ph.D. dissertation, 198 p.
18) Humbert, S.E., 2001, Subaerial paleokarst in upper Pennington Formation limestones (Upper Mississippian), Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Tennessee: M.S. Thesis, 143 p.
19) Stiles, C.A., 2001, Pedogenic relationships in a Texas Vertisol climosequence defined by geochemical mass balance of whole soil and chemistry of iron-manganese nodules: (Ph.D. Dissertation, co-directed with C.I. Mora), 264 p.
20) Smith, K.H., 2001, Influence of illuviated clays and soil cements on hydraulic conductivity in sedimentary saprolite: (M.S. Thesis, co-directed with L.D. McKay), 111 p.
21) Robinson, A.C., 2001: A chronosequence study of modern Vertisols and application to Paleozoic paleoVertisols: M.S. Thesis, 177 p.
22) Ober, E.G., 2003, The paleohydrological history of coal underclays based on Pennsylvanian paleosols in eastern Tennessee: M.S. Thesis, 108 p.
23) Shunk, A.J., 2003, Evidence for abrupt latest Miocene-earliest Pliocene climate shift recorded by sinkhole paleolake at Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee: M.S. Thesis, 79 p.
24) Smith, S.A., 2003, Sedimentation, pedogenesis, and paleodrainage straddling the Neogene-Quaternary boundary: A perspective from an infilled sinkhole lake: The Gray Fossil Site, northeastern TN: M.S. Thesis, 66 p.
25) Schultz, B.S., 2005, Morphological, textural, geochemical, and mineralogical properties of dolostone-derived residuum in Knox County, Tennessee: M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee, 117 p.
26) Kahmann-Robinson, J.A., 2008, High-frequency climate forcing of Upper Mississippian Pennington Formation paleosols at Pound Gap, Kentucky, USA: Ph.D. dissertation, 134 p.
27) Shunk, A.J., 2009, Late Tertiary paleoclimate and stratigraphy of the Gray Fossil Site (eastern TN) and the Pipe Creek Sinkhole (north-central IN): Ph.D. dissertation, 98 p.
28) Mintz, J.S., 2011, "Rise of the Givetian (385 Ma) Forests, Northern Appalachian Basin, Catskill State Park, New York, U.S.A.: Ph.D. Dissertation, 143 p.
29) Stinchcomb, G.E., 2012, Climatic and human influences on the Holocene alluvial history and paleoenvironment of the Middle Delaware River Valley, USA: Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Lee C. Nordt, 167 p.
1) Beverly, Emily J., in progress, Comparative study of semi-arid modern and Pleistocene paleo-Vertisols from Cameron County, Texas and Karungu, Kenya: Ph.D. Dissertation, co-supervised with Daniel J. Peppe.
2) Culbertson, Amos, in progress, Paleoclimatic records from Late Pennsylvanian paleosols: a comparative application of multiple geochemical proxies: M.S. Thesis.
3) DiPietro, Lyndsay, in progress, First Americans geoarchaeology in central Alaska: Ph.D. dissertation.
4) Jennings, D.S, in progress, Differentiating paleoclimate and volcanogenic signatures of the Morrison Formation depositional basin, USA: Ph.D. dissertation. (currently off-campus)
5) Michel, Lauren A., in progress, Field, micromorphologic and stable isotopic comparative study of modern and ancient soils from Riesel, Texas and Rusinga and Mfangano Islands, Kenya: Ph.D. Dissertation, Dr. Steven G. Driese and Dr. Daniel J. Peppe, Co-Directors.
Joeckel, R.M., 1994-1996, NSF-funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Earth Sciences: "Paleoclimate study of Pennsylvanian paleosols".
Stiles, C.A., 2001-2002, University of Tennessee, Initiative for study of global change.
Harding, S.D., 1995, The stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of paleosols and associated strata of the lower Pennington Formation (Upper Mississippian) at Sparta, Tennessee (Senior Honors Thesis), 41 p.
Penfield, C.W., 1999, Petrographic, mineralogical, and chemical characterization of soil and saprolite at the SWASA-7 site, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee (Senior Honors Thesis), 39 p.
Jacobs, J.R., 2000, Determination of parent material of a paleosol in the lower portion of the Pennington Formation (Senior Honors Thesis), 24 p.
Batey, B., 2002, Microscale distribution of colloid tracers retained in saprolite (Senior Honors Thesis, co-directed with Dr. Larry D. McKay).
1) Dixon, A., 2008, Provenance and the early diagenetic alteration of volcaniclastic material incorporated in Late Jurassic fluvial channel sandstone deposits, Morrison Formation near Capitol Reef National Park, Utah: B.S. Thesis, 26 p.
2) Wright, T.C., 2009, Quantification of pedogenic clay in Middle Devonian Catskill paleosols and estimation of relative soil ages: B.S. Senior Thesis, 24 p.
3) Harlow, H., 2010, Paleosol geochemistry and terrestrial sequence stratigraphy: Using molecular weathering ratios for sequence-stratigraphic and paleoclimatic interpretations of the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Manorkill Formation, Catskill State Park, New York, USA: B.S. Senior Thesis, 52 p.
4) Landers, T.C., 2011, Influence of Late Holocene climate change on floodplain deposition, erosion, and soil formation along Williams Creek, central Texas, USA: B.S. Senior Thesis, 27 p.
5) Kuijper, K.E., 2012, Analysis of the CIA-K geochemical proxy for Alfisols using the Baylor soil geochemical database: B.S. Senior Thesis, 41 p.
6) Horner, W.H., 2012, Determining depositional heterogeneity through clay mineralogy and particle size analysis of an early Miocene paleo-forest paleosol, Hiwegi Formation, Rusinga Island, Kenya: B.S. Thesis, 32 p.
Example of micrographs two primary occurrences of pedogenic siderite, Chattannoga Coke Plant (CCP), Tennessee. (A, UT-02, 92-96 cm), and (B, UT-02, 144-154 cm) exemplify the coccoid morphology of siderite characterized by 5-20 micron-diameter grape-like clusters of crystals that line void spaces and occur disseminated in fine clay soil matrices. Note: (A) was photographed in cross-polarized light (XPL) and (B) was in plane-polarized light (PPL). (C and D, UT-04, 200-206 cm) exemplify the sphaerosiderite morphology, characterized by crystals ranging from 10-200 microns in diameter; note the classic extinction crosses in (C) under XPL, and Fe oxides and oxyhydroxides coating crystal surfaces (white arrow), as well as evidence for successive generations of outward growth from a central nucleus in (D), viewed in PPL. (Driese et al., 2010, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 943-954)
Completed Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations (at Baylor University)
Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations Currently Under Supervision (at Baylor University)
Post-Doctoral Research Associates (at University of Tennessee)
Undergraduate Senior Theses (at University of Tennessee)
Undergraduate Senior Honors Theses Supervised to Completion (at Baylor University)
