Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Association HOOSIER GEOLOGIC RECORD

Alumni Newsletter of the Department of Geological Sciences Winter 2001

Table of Contents

Chair's Greeting ...... 1 Around the Department ...... 3 Wonder Lab 2000 ...... 8 Lectures & Presentations ...... 11 Geologic Field Station Update ...... 12 Department of Geological Sciences Faculty & Staff ...... 13 Indiana Geological Survey Update ...... 14 Faculty News ...... 18 Facultv Research Grants ...... 21 Sn1dent Notes ...... 22 Advisory Board Update ...... 23 In Memoriam ...... 24 Alumni Notebook ...... 26 Honor roll of Donors ...... - ...... 30 Class Note Form ...... 32 Department Photo ...... inside back cover

Editor's note: We urge alumni and friends to send us prints, photos, or slides that would interest our readers. Please be sure to provide a complete caption and label the material with your name and address so that it can be returned. We can't promise to include all submissions, but we can promise to return them. Chair)s greeting Challenges build opportunities! s we draw near the end of our attempts and spread them out over the Ahistoric endowment campaign, we coming few years. The new dean of the continue to build on the College, Kumble Subbaswamy, has scaled momentum established by the Advisory back all previously agreed-upon search Board, our alumni and friends, and former authorizations in order to balance the Chair Lee Suttner. It is no exaggeration to College's budget and to increase the salaries note to all of you that our department was of the long-standing, loyal faculty at our elevated to historic levels by your collective institution. Moreover, despite the presence efforts! "Thank you" seems so completely of professorships and chairs within our inadequate to express our collective feelings department and other departments, the for your help and support. Being in the university must cover the salaries and start­ unusual position of both alumnus and up funds of these people. For senior-level Christopher Maples faculty member, I find myself both proud of hires, this is a significant amount of money, our accomplishments and humbled by the especially for the extremely well-respected By spreading out our planned hires over magnitude of support from our friends and and productive senior-level hires we seek for the coming years, we will accomplish three alumni. We especially will need all of your our department. goals. First, we will show a team approach support in the next few years as we move Our geological sciences faculty had its toward working with the new dean of the forward in a challenging financial climate first retreat in a number of years (I'm told College and support his mission of for the university as a whole, and the that Bob Dodd was chair during the last balancing the College budget while College of Arts and Sciences in particular. retreat) on Sept. 15, 2000, at the Seasons instimting fundamental changes in the We view these challenges as significant Lodge in Nashville, Ind. All faculty and College as a whole. Our department feels opportunities to advance the Department in research staff who were in the country that support of our new dean is extremely particular, and geological sciences in attended. Our discussion centered primarily important at this critical stage in his tenure general. on the issue of department direction and here. Moreover, we are certain that we will Although we have had a number of faculty hires, with respect to several issues: have numerous opportunities to continue highly qualified candidates for faculty • Our collective views on where to build on the reputation of our depart­ positions in the Department, we have geoscience research likely will go in ment and put forth a strong case for nonetheless struggled to land them. We the coming years; support from the College. We are certain made an excellent offer to an extremely • Opportunities for connectivity and that we will be able to build a case for highly qualified candidate for a position in interdisciplinary research between money that is put into our department geophysics in the Department. However, Geological Sciences and otl1er being an investment in the College and IU because the candidate wanted to stay closer departments on our own campus; as a whole. Dean Subbaswamy is the third to the Northeast, an offer from another • Employment prospects for our dean of COAS with whom I have worked university was chosen over ours. By now, smdents; since I arrived here two years ago! We really many of you know that we offered the • Enhancement of national recogni- look forward to stability in this critical Shrock Professorship to one of the more . tion; and university post and plan to build upon the highly regarded sedimentologists in the • Changes in the financial outlook of warm relationship already established. world. However, that person's home the College of Arts and Sciences. Second, by limiting the number of hires per institution made an even more lucrative The timing of our faculty retreat was year, we will increase our chances for counter offer. Consequently, the Shrock perfect for us to collectively address these successful completion of the searches and Professorship still remains unfilled. We also issues. The dean has charged us with the addition of new faculty. Because of the costs made excellent offers to two individuals in responsibility of putting forth a plan for involved with salaries and start-up funds, biogeochemistry and stratigraphy, but their faculty hires in the context of a department such searches can be large financial home institution also countered these offers plan for the future. This was the main topic obligations to the College. By spreading successfully. These successful counter offers of our retreat, which was very successful. out these obligations, we are more likely to (particularly lucrative ones, I might add) The short message is that we are now be able to make better offers, which means from other universities indicate two things searching for two positions this year: the that we are more likely to be successful in to me: The climate for hiring at more Malcolm and Sylvia Boyce Professorship these searches. Finally, by spreading out senior faculty levels is very severe for (which will be in hydrogeology) and a these searches, we will have an opportunity departments everywhere; and we have been junior-level faculty position in geophysics. to allow new faculty to participate in the identifying really good people who are in Both ads have been out for some time, both hiring process and have some influence in high demand at some of the best instim­ have been extended, and we have numerous the Department's future. We welcome these tions in the country. qualified applicants who have expressed an new ideas and perspectives and will do our All of which brings me to the main interest in each. We will make an effort to utmost for new hires to be a part of the challenge that faces us: The College of Arts work with the College on a third hire for process as quickly as possible. and Sciences has a tight financial situation this year. For next year, we will ask for One of the areas that I hope to pursue at this time, and probably will for the next permission to fill the Murray Chair in Clay with hiring in the future is in the area of few years. The reasons for this are varied, Mineralogy and one of our vacant profes­ geoinformatics (generally, one can consider but the effect on the Department is singular sorships. More hires will follow, but the geoinformatics as the study of how to get - we must prioritize our faculty hiring number per year likely will not exceed two. (continued on page 2) Owen Award goes to Nevers n October 2000, the Richard Owen president of Garnet Resources Exploration IAward, which honors a graduate of the Co., a publicly-held company limited to Department who has distinguished himself exploration outside the U.S. or herself in industry, government, or George Nevers has played a truly major academia, was awarded to George M. role in the initiation and successful comple­ Nevers. George received his master's tion of the Department's $5 million degree in geophysics from IU in 1957, endowment campaign. He concluded his studying under Jud Mead. He has had a many years of active service for the long and exemplary career in the oil and gas Department as president of the Advisory industry and recently retired after 40 years Board and chief fiscal advisor and unofficial with worldwide experience. Before joining accountant for the campaign. Coastal Exploration, where he served five On Oct. 23, 2000, Nevers received the years as president of the Exploration­ Owen Award and presented the Richard George Nevers, left, is presented the Production Division, George spent 11 years Owen Lecture, which was titled "Is There Richard Owen Award by Chair Chris with Chevron and three years with King an Oil Field in Your Future?" Following his Maples in October 2000. In the Resources as an exploration geophysicist. address, a reception was held for George background is an oil portrait of Richard At the time of his retirement, George was and his wife, Peg. Owen.

Chevron, delivered the inaugural lecture. successful recruiting year for outstanding From the chair We also recently lost our friend and new graduate students, increased grant (continued from page 1) Advisory Board member Jerome success for our department as a whole, the most out of geoscience data irrespective Thornburg. We will miss both Dan and continuing excellent relations with the of its origins). We live in a data-rich world, Jerry greatly in the years to come. Charles Indiana Geological Survey, and increased one that is obsessed with huge amounts of Vitaliano also died this past year. As many support and recruiting visits from potential archival and newly generated data, one that of you know, Dr. Vitaliano was one of the employers of our graduates. increasingly deals with terabytes of data per founding fathers of the Judson Mead Many of the challenges that face us day. In my estimation, a major area of Geologic Field Station. His influence on the might seem insurmountable were it not for future research in geological sciences is in Department and its history has been most the quality and enthusiasm of our faculty, the field of geoinformatics. It really does significant. He too will be missed greatly in staff, and students. With challenge comes not matter what area of geological sciences the years to come. opportunity - we are able to face the one one is in with regard to geoinformatics, as Last year, we decided that increasing and create the other because of your long as large data sets are the norm and not faculty salaries was an extremely high support. Our endowment campaign has the exception. Examples include remote priority for our department. We began this given us the flexibility to support students sensing and hazards monitoring but clearly calendar year near the bottom of the Big 10 and research and build for our future. I are not limited to these areas. Why now? and near the bottom of all the departments think it is safe to say that your generosity First, we have a unique opportunity to in the College in average faculty salaries. It has been directly responsible for putting us capitalize on the emergence of the new IU will take several years and large percentages in an unprecedented position of success on School of Informatics, which will be one of salary increases to rectify those situations our own campus. We owe all of you more block from our building. Second, biolo­ completely. However, we took some steps thanks than we can adequately express! I gists, chemists, physicists, engineers, and within the Department to help ourselves. continue to feel extremely privileged to be a even business people are making great Our moves did not go unnoticed at the part of a growing department with such advances in their areas of study using very dean's level, and although we are a long dedicated students, faculty, staff, friends, large, very diverse data sets that are way from finished, we did make some advisors, and alumni. combined in new ways. Third, IU already significant headway. In addition, we were I will close by making the same offer to has a strong reputation in fields that are able to immediately fill the research scientist all of you this year that I made last year. As relevant to informatics approaches and position vacated by Michael Dorais with you read through the pages of our yearly issues. Geoscientists, as inherently interdis­ another research scientist, Chusi Li. Dr. Li update and take a moment to hearken back ciplinary scientists with diverse sets of data, has an extensive publication record, much to your own experiences at IU, please keep can assume leadership in database develop­ of which in recent years has been collabora­ one thing foremost in your mind: Our ment and assimilation. We have a chance to tive with our own Ed Ripley, among other doors are open to you! We would love to establish one of the first such areas of study distinguished scientists. We also have been see you, and I suspect that you would enjoy in the United States and build on already able to replace support staff as vacancies visiting with us. So, if your travels bring established and newly developing connec­ occur, which is not the case for every you in our general direction, or even if you tions on our own campus. department in the College. I also should want to make a special visit to Bloomington Our department has had some personal note that the number of students in our just to see us, please know that our door is losses during the past year. As I reported in introductory courses continues to increase open and we all await your visit. Sara and I last year's Hoosier Geologic Record, shortly because we adopted the philosophy some express our deepest thanks to our students, after last year's Advisory Board meeting, years ago of putting some of our best staff, faculty, alumni, and friends! We long-time friend of Geological Sciences and lecturers in these courses. Other highlights welcome all of you to share in our excite­ Advisory Board member Daniel Tudor and successes include the continued ment as we continue to build upon our rich died. We now have an annual colloquium in presence of Lisa Pratt in the College as a past and embrace our future. honor of Dan Tudor. Tom Schull, of half-time associate dean for science, a - Christopher Maples 2 Around the Department

Endowment campaign exceeds expectations n April,1996, the Department, with I the counsel and support of its Alumni Advisory Board, dreamed what then seemed like the impossible dream - creating a $5 million endowment in five years. The publication of this magazine marks the fifth anniversary of this important date in the history of the Department. It is with great pleasure and even greater gratitude to our alumni and friends to report again on the remarkable success of the campaign. As ofJuly 2000, we could confidently project that the total of pledges, gifts, and matching equivalents Yes, the Department needs your HELP. Neal lmmega and friends arranged this from the university administration will photographic masterpiece of the Geology Building in the early '?Os, and it's still true exceed $8,400,000. Already, more than 90 today - we all need a little help from our friends. Contact Lee J. Suttner, Director of perscent of all pledges have been paid. Development, Department of Geological Sciences, Geology Building, Bloomington, Although the total amount contributed to Indiana 47405, or e-mail [email protected], for additional information. the Department is truly impressive, just as impressive is the number of individual the Department, even before its comple­ tied to the formal endowed positions. donors who have been part of this tion? In spite of the fact that the Advisory These represent a unique attraction for both wonderful story of success. In the three­ Board encouraged conservative use of the new students and new faculty to the four years prior to the start of the endowment-generated income until more Department. In 1999, from the endowment campaign, the Department received on growth had been achieved, the impact of income alone, student support in the form average about 150 individual donations per the campaign has been felt in a number of of scholarships, research and travel grants, year, exclusive of those from corporations. ways. First and foremost is the adminis­ and other forms of aid totaled more than In 1999, nearly 400 individual tration's authorization for recruitment of $22,400. Nearly $7,000 was used to contributions were received, representing new faculty in the Department, during a provide travel expenses for prospective nearly 25 percetnt of our alumni. This is a time of overall cutback in the average graduate students to visit the campus, the staggering figure and certainly attests to the number of new positions authorized most important activity in which we engage loyalty and good feelings so many of our collegewide. The importance of this cannot in our efforts to recruit new students. graduates continue to have toward the be overestimated, given the shrinkage in Faculty received travel and research support Department. We take great pride in that size of the Department during the 1990s totaling more than $11,000, and about recognition. And we extend sincere thanks ana the well-known correlation between $3,100 was spent to bring in guest and appreciation to all of you who have faculty size and national reputation of an scientists for scholarly interaction with our played such an important role in turning academic unit. But, in addition, faculty and students and faculty. Both faculty and our impossible dream into reality. staff are already seeing direct benefits from students benefited from the purchase of What impact has this campaign had on the endowment, exclusive of those directly new analytical and computational equip­ ment valued at close to $70,000. Being able to provide these levels of support to our students and faculty gives us a significant Department edge in our competition with other geoscience departments across the country. history available But we must build on this competitive meritus Professor N. Gary Lane was edge by continuing to build our endow­ E honored at a champaign and cheese ment. Although it will be some time before reception on Sept. 4, 2000, on the occasion of we will initiate another capital campaign of the publication of his book Geology at Indiana the magnitude that has just been com­ Universi-ty, 1840-2000. The book can be pleted, we are challenging you, our alumni, purchased from the Department of Geological and ourselves to maintain an annual Sciences for $21.50 (includes postage). number of individual contributions of at Checks should be made payable to the least 400. Indiana University Foundation. Everyone in If you have been a loyal donor through­ the Department extends their appreciation to out the campaign, a lapsed donor, or a non­ Gary for his outstanding effort in compiling donor, please include the Department in this monograph. your list of institutions to which you contribute an annual gift. - Lee]. Suttner 3 Geoscience seeks to establish research preserve at IU

eological Sciences Professor Michael used as a focal G Hamburger and research scientist point for arts Bruce Douglas have taken a lead role in a and humanities campuswide initiative to develop a courses dealing dedicated research and teaching preserve on with environ­ or near the IU Bloomington campus. The mental policy or academic effort grew out of a heated artistic depic­ controversy that engulfed the campus and tion of the community for several months last year. natural world. The issue centered around the fate of the They also last piece of undeveloped land on the IU provide an ideal campus, a 500-acre parcel of land located venue for adjacent to the existing university golf community course and adjoining the city of outreach, Bloomington's Griffy Lake Nature Preserve. fostering The debate was sparked by the collaborations administration's proposal to develop a golf with elementary course with private funding on the IU and secondary property. Hamburger and Douglas, among schools, many other faculty members on the IU community A quiet scene from Griffy Lake - IU faculty and students hope to campus, expressed concerns about the groups, and the preserve the area for educational purposes. proposed golf development, noting that the university's land might be suited to other uses more continuing closely tied to the university's primary education programs. environmental policy majors Annie missions of teaching, research, and public Hamburger and Douglas have as­ Blackmer and Laura Hartman have service. Following a heated public debate sembled an impressive coalition of 20-25 extended a survey of other university that reached the national media, the IU faculty, representing the College depart­ preserves and are developing an extensive trustees announced on Jan. 24 that they ments of Geography, Physics, Biology, database of university preserves around the were abandoning the plan, and that the Geological Sciences, and the new Environ­ country. Geological Sciences senior Carrie land, for the time being, would remain in mental Science Program, together with the Taylor and continuing srudies srudent its present condition. The long-term fate of schools of Public and Environmental Jarnes Burkhart began work on GIS the IU property, which includes highland Affairs, Education, Journalism, Law, and (geographic information systems) coverage meadows, steep ravined slopes, and a Health, Physical Education, and Recre­ of four possible preserve sites near the IU wetland area surrounding University Lake ation. The team includes geological sciences campus, with much help from Alex Zlotin and the Sycamore Valley, remains faculty Noel Krothe and Greg Olyphant of the Indiana Geological Survey. Univer­ undetermined. as well as John Steinmetz, director of the sity Division sophomore Lance Thurner AB the controversy over the proposed Indiana Geological Survey. compiled a preliminary bibliography of development abated, Hamburger and Rather than focusing solely on the research on the natural lands near the IU Douglas worked to build a coalition of Griffy watershed land, the group is taking a campus. faculty interested in developing a dedicated long-term approach, working to build The preserve initiative has big implica­ preserve on or near the IU campus. The broad university support for the initiative, tions for Geological Sciences. It could preserve, fashioned after such well-known identifying possible sites for a research/ provide a local research/teaching facility research preserves as Harvard's Arnold teaching preserve, developing criteria for that offers hands-on science opportunities Arboretum, Duke Forest, Stanford's Jasper choosing prospective sites, and communi­ for a broad range and large number of Biological Preserve, and the University of cating with directors of other university undergraduate srudents similar to those Michigan's Nichols Arboretum, would preserves to help guide the development of provided by the IU Geologic Field Station serve the needs of growing field efforts in ours. The initiative has taken on new in Montana. A preserve would provide the the narural sciences at IU. The goals of such momentum with a unanimous vote of opporrunity for a field research site for a preserve would be "to foster teaching in support from the Bloomington Faculty environmental geology projects. And it the natural sciences and humanities, Council, support from the new dean of the would offer the opporrunity to introduce academic research in the geological, College, and matching $3,000 grants from srudents, even in our large introductory biological, and environmental sciences, and the College of Arts and Sciences and SPEA. science classes, to the methods of gathering community outreach in environmental The group is already working with a group scientific data in the field. In the words of education." Such facilities provide a of srudent interns who have made consider­ our chair, Chris Maples, ''Not only will resource to enhance nontraditional teaching able headway in the process. SPEA such a preserve be a high-profile symbol of in the form of outdoor classrooms university/community relations, it for field-based science courses at will also be a model of interdiscipli­ both the undergraduate and Looking for more information on the nary collaboration and incorpora­ graduate levels. They can serve as tion of teaching, research, and narural laboratories for long-term preserve initiative? Check out the public service. In essence, a teaching research projects in ecology, botany, preserve Web site at and research preserve will reflect the zoology, geology, meteorology, and www.indiana.edu/~preserve. best of public higher education in a environmental sciences. They can be positive, thought-provoking way." 4 Geophysics under way with collaborations, new projects

he geophysics group welcomed two Pavlis and Hamburger took part in an Christian Poppeliers, following (coinci­ T new members to the family this year: international conference on geodynamics of dentally!) his successful summer internship post-doctoral associate Bingming Shen-Tu the Tien Shan, held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with Chevron U.S.A. in Houston last and graduate student Shakir Shamshi. during early June 2000. summer. Bingming completed his PhD research Gary Pavlis and students Scott Neal As reported in last year's magazine, at the State University of New York at and Christian Poppeliers have been Pavlis and Hamburger continue to collabo­ Stony Brook, where his research focused on making some important advances in seismic rate on the geophysics outreach program, mechanisms of deformation in the active imaging with P to S conversion of the Princeton Earth Physics Project, which plate boundaries in western U.S. He has teleseismic body waves. They have devel­ brings state-of-the-art seismic instrumenta­ been working on a number of GPS crustal oped new deconvolution and migration tion into the classrooms of America's high­ deformation projects with Michael procedures for application to modern school physics and earth science students. Hamburger in central Asia, the Philip­ digital seismic arrays that show some Through the extraordinary efforts of pines, and the central U.S. Shakir is an promise for major improvements in geophysical technician Terry Stigall, their experienced petroleum geophysicist from imaging upper mantle structure. Migrated work with 20 high schools throughout Xichuan province in northwestern China images of the P to S converted wavefield in Indiana continues to be highly successful, and will be working with Gary Pavlis and a region in northwest Colorado show and IU remains the national instrumenta­ graduate student Christian Poppeliers on evidence for lithospheric scale discontinuity tion center for the PEPP program, sup­ the Tien Shan geodynamics project. that separates the Colorado Plateau from ported by major grants from the National The group also celebrates the comple­ the Wyoming Province. This feature is Science Foundation and the Incorporated tion of a number of graduate degrees: imaged to a depth of at least 100 km. This Research Institutions for Seismology. David Millen completed his PhD research technology is likely to prove extremely Al Rudman continues to work on on "Tectonics of the Northernmost Tonga important as an element of the continental collaborative research projects with the Subduction Zone and a Comparative Study scale array program (USArray) currently geophysics group and was brought in from of Subduction Zone Terminations." He being proposed by the National Science retirement to teach his famous "geophysical continues his research as a postdoctoral Foundation. time series" course last spring. He contin­ associate with the geophysics group and Michael Hamburger also led a field ues his studies applying geophysical adjunct professor at Ball State and Indiana research project on crustal deformation in methods in mapping fracture patterns in the State universities. Naomi Boness com­ the Wabash Valley seismic zone of southern near surface. pleted her masters thesis, "Determination Indiana, Illinois, and western Kentucky Co­ Bruce Douglas continues his long-term of Effective Elastic Thickness in the North workers included graduate students Vlad investigation of the rheological properties American Craton and Rheological Implica­ Rybakov, Cat Talbot, and Naomi Boness; of the lithosphere using piezometric studies tions for the Intraplate Lithosphere," and geophysics technician Terry Stigall; post­ of mantle xenoliths. One ongoing study joined the graduate program at Stanford doctoral associate Bingming Shen-Tu; and involves determination of the stress within University in fall 2000. Postdoctoral IGS colleagues John Rupp and Licia tl1e overriding lithosphere during subduc­ associate Tony Lowry continues his Weber. The group returned with a few tion. This work involves using mantle collaborative research with Michael hundred megabytes of new GPS data, and a xenoliths collected from Quaternary lava Hamburger and Bruce Douglas while few hundred new chigger, tick, and flows from the southernmost Chile Rise starting in a new position as research mosquito bites - and a major poison ivy and modern seismicity patterns to constrain associate in the Department of Physics at O\ltbreak! Hamburger continues his work the rheological properties of the South the University of Colorado. with volcanic data from Taal Volcano in the American lithosphere above a 1,000 km Professors Michael Hamburger and Philippines, together with grad student portion of the Chile Trench. The seismicity Gary Pavlis continue to collaborate on a Beth Bartel and colleagues from the work is being done in conjunction with major research project on crustal deforma­ Philippine Institute ofVolcanology and David Millen. The region includes that tion, seismotectonics, and crustal structure Seismology, including our own Emmanuel portion of the trench where the Chile Rise in the high Tien Shan mountains of central Ramos, MS'92, PhD'95. The project is being subducted, which provides a Asia. Hamburger's principal focus has been involves an innovative new technical natural perturbation to steady state the application of Global Positioning development deployed in collaboration subduction, critical for constraining key System technology to measure minute with geophysicists from the University parameters. Douglas is also involved with movements of the earth's crust across this Navstar Consortium. The system involves Tony Lowry in a related project designed active mountain belt. Together with use of low-cost single-frequency GPS to constrain the rheological properties of postdoctoral associate Bingming Shen-Tu receivers that can be deployed in dense the Western United States using piezomet­ and colleagues from MIT and the Russian networks around active volcanic systems. ric analyses of xenoliths and long-term Academy of Sciences, their work has Scott Neal continues his research with isostatic response studies. Other ongoing demonstrated the principal cause of Gary Pavlis while working full time as a work is focused in the normal fault basins mountain building in the Tien Shan: rapid research geophysicist at Chevron U.S.A. in of southwestern Montana. These basins are convergence between the Tarim Basin of New Orleans. Graduate student Shannon experiencing present-day extension. This northwestern China with the Kazakh Jock is working with Pavlis and Noel study involves detailed structural mapping Platform on the Eurasian plate. Pavlis has Krothe on a geophysical investigation of a and potential field investigations. been involved in a collaborative project toxic waste landfill near Bloomington. Closer to home, Bruce is working with with scientists from UC San Diego and We're pleased to report that the Chevron Cheryl Munson from the IU Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to deploy a Geophysics Fellowship has returned to IU, of Anthropology in a study of the Hovey network of state-of-the-art broadband following a couple of year's hiatus. This Lake archaeological site in Posey County, seismograph systems across the range. year's fellowship has been awarded to (continued on page 6) 5 Hydrogeology students stay active in various projects he hydrogeology group, under the isotopic T supervision of Noel Krothe, has been signatures active over the last couple of years. Noel demonstrate was on sabbatical leave during the spring that the likely semester 2000. He lectured and conducted source of the isotope research at the Geothermal Institute sulfate is a in Auckland, New Zealand. Steven gypsum layer Loheide, a graduate student in the known to exist Department, went to Auckland for two in the Blue weeks to assist in the sampling of thermal River Group. springs. Noel also spent several weeks in These results Sydney, Australia, at the University of New indicate that South Wales. groundwater The hydrogeology group is currently flow is caused funded by several grants. These projects by topographi­ include a nitrate study of an outwash cally driven aquifer in Jackson County (IDEM); a convection contaminant transport study in the karst cells. Meteoric Dana Cannon and Steve Loheide sampling water at Trinity Springs. aquifer at Spring Mill State Park (IDEM); a water infil­ contaminant study of waste by-products in trates in the Crawford Upland and the nitrogen and sulfur isotopic values and the Beach Creek aquifer, Crane Naval Base Mitchell Plain and percolates through to the nitrate and sulfate concentrations relative to (USN); and a statewide pesticide study of Blue River Group carbonates. In the Blue fertilizer applications and seasonal fluxes in groundwater in Indiana (IDEM). River Group, flow occurs through fractures precipitation. Distribution of pesticides and Graduate students are also active in and conduits to depths of 400 feet (120m), trace metals is also being monitored. other nonfunded research projects. where evaporites are dissolved and the Nitrogen isotopes are being used to The origin of mineral spring waters and waters attain their mineral characteristics. fingerprint sources of nitrate in the shallow their dissolved constituents in southern Kenneth Arroyo is in the process of part of the aquifer. Sulfur isotopes are being Indiana is being studied by Steve Loheide writing his thesis, titled "Determining used to determine sulfur influxes into the and Dana Cannon. Oxygen and hydrogen inflow beneath a landfill using a fracture deeper part of the aquifer. Multilevel wells isotopic signatures are consistent with that trace, very low frequency (vli), and will be installed to address redox changes in oflocal, modern, meteoric waters. Sulfur geothermal analysis in Bloomington, Ind." the aquifer's saturated thickness. Denver During his stay at Indiana University, most Harper, of the Indiana Survey, is creating a of his research has involved groundwater GIS to display land use and agricultural flow in a karst terrain. His research has chemical application rates and to visualize Geophysics been conducted at the Lemon Lane the results of continuous monitoring of (continued from page 5) Landfill, currently undergoing remediation. precipitation, groundwater levels, and river Ind., a site containing four villages of the During the late 1950s to the late 1970s, stage. Caborn-Welborn culture (AD 1400-1700). polychlorinated biphenyls were disposed of Cat Talbot is using two groundwater This work involves the use of ground­ at the landfill by the former Westinghouse flow models (GFLOW and MODFLOW) penetrating radar to image cultural Corp. Lemon Lane Landfill is situated on to characterize ambient flow patterns disturbances in the subsurface related to Mississippian carbonates that are easily within the glaciofluvial aquifer underlying village life and dwellings. GPR surveys are dissolved and form what is known today as the Jackson County site. More than 30 being done in conjunction with test karst. Groundwater flow in karst can be pressure transducers were installed in excavation blocks to develop a noninvasive unpredictable, making it difficult to monitoring wells to record changes in tool for archaeological investigations. determine contaminant transport pathways groundwater elevations. Pumping tests Bruce continues to split his time and methods of remediation. Arroyo is were conducted to measure aquifer between Geological Sciences, the Geologic investigating locations where groundwater parameters to be utilized in modeling Field Station, and the growing Environ­ could be entering the landfill and flushing efforts. mental Sciences Program. He and Mike out PCB contaminated soil and water. Jennifer Overvoorde is finishing her Hamburger are collaborating on develop­ Bryan Motzel is working on a joint thesis on contaminant transport within a ment of a preserve for research and teaching project with the Indiana Geological Survey karst aquifer underlying the ammunition on the IU campus (see page 4). and the Department. His research site is burning ground at the Crane Naval Base. The geophysics group is celebrating the located near Cortland in Jackson County, Jen sampled karst spring waters to compare successful initiation of its new undergradu­ Ind., along the East Fork of the White general and contaminant chemistry over the ate geophysics option. The first three River. Bryan is addressing a nitrate course of a major storm event. She is geophysics graduates have moved on in contamination problem in a glaciofluvial creating a three-component hydrograph to their careers: Mark Panning is in the PhD aquifer in an area impacted with crops (that compare the percentage of discharge program at UC Berkeley, while Amy utilize nitrogeneous fertilizers) and originating from the vadose zone, epikarst Tieman and Adam Haulter are at the confined feedlots. Bedrock units are both storage, and precipitation. University of Washington in Seattle. Adam the Devonian New Albany Shale and the Mark Buehler is finishing a thesis on a is in the geophysics graduate program, Mississippian Borden Group. Sixty joint project with the Indiana Geological while Amy works as a research technician in monitoring and domestic wells are sampled Survey. His site is located in the Spring Mill the seismology group at UW on a quarterly basis to monitor changes in (continued on page 7)

6 Owen Memorial Room gets facelift, thanks to many ith major efforts from faculty ( active, W retired, and research scientists), the Owen Memorial Room - donated to the Department by the Owen family of New Harmony, Ind., some 40 years ago - has taken on a beautifully restored appearance. The main room, kitchen, and restroom now have their floors sanded and sealed, walls, ceilings, and doors painted, wood trim added to doors, book cases constructed, and window dividers and treatments added. Especially substantial contributions of time, money, and labor were made by Jim Brophy, Arndt Schimmelmann, and Bob Dodd. Others providing help included Abhijit Basu, Simon Brassell, Bruce Douglas, Erika Elswick, Gary Lane, Chris Maples, Lee Suttner, and Dave Towell. To celebrate the restoration of the Owen Memorial Room, a dedication party was held in the room on Sept. 12, 2000.

Owen Memorial Room and detail of molding

Hydrogeology (continued from page 6) Lake drainage basin in south-central Indiana. A two-year project was initiated in July 1998 to determine baseline nonpoint­ source contamination levels of the Spring Mill Lake drainage basin. Dye trace investigations were conducted to further delineate the drainage basin into subwatersheds. A GIS database was prepared that incorporates the delineated drainage basin with locations of mapped cave passages, groundwater contours, property boundaries, and land use informa­ tion. Water sampling was conducted quarterly for two years at six spring discharge locations within the Spring Mill State Park. In addition, storm-event sampling at two major discharge points Students attending the G551 field trip to Mammoth Cave National Park were, from left, within the park was conducted. The Judith Thomas, Sue Riegsecker, Jennifer Overvoorde, Bryan Metzel, Dana Cannon, combined sampling efforts monitored Shannon Jock, and Rebecca Lloyd. suspended solids, specific conductance, temperature, field pH, dissolved oxygen, Award for the SGE session at the 1999 used for hiring a new professor in coliform bacteria, pesticides, major ion GSA meeting in Denver. Dana Cannon hydrogeology. The hydrogeology group is chemistry, trace elements, and sulfur and received the Department of Geological excited by this opportunity and the search nitrogen isotopes. Sciences Indiana University Rawles 2000 process is well under way. Interviews began Several students in the group received Award for Outstanding Associate Instruc­ prior to the receipt of this magazine. It is departmental and national awards in 1999 tor. Dana and Steve also received the 2000 desired to hire an experienced hydro­ and 2000. John Patton Award, which has helped to geologist with interests in basin-scale Mark Buehler received the 1999 Patton fund their research on "The Origin of mathematical modeling who will interact Award. His research topic was "The Source Mineral Spring Waters in Southern with faculty and students in other areas of and Fate of Sulfate from Whistling Spring, Indiana." the Department, such as sedimentology, Spring Mill State Park." Steve Loheide Recently, the Department has desig­ geophysics, and biogeochemistry. received the Austin Sarten Best Poster nated that the Boyce Professorship will be

7 Wonderlab Family Fun Fest

n September 2000, the Department and exhibits and demonstrations. Fourteen IIndiana Geological Survey participated in graduate students, undergraduate students, an unusual science outreach event and staff 2000 sponsored by Wonderlab, Bloomington's participated from highly successful and popular museum of the Department science and technology. The event, a science with formal expo called "Family Fun Fest," held at the exhibits in Monroe County Fairgrounds, also served as geophysics, a fund-raiser for Wonderlab. It included a paleontology; and large number of hands-on science hydrogeology. expositions on a variety of topics from One observer health to technology to earth science. noted, ''I did not Michael Hamburger of the Department see one child who and Todd Thompson of the Survey were walked past who the major organizers for the earth science was not engaged

Visitors examine a "hand-held B seismometer'' constructed by the IU geophysics group. The instrument demonstrates the inner workings of a seismometer, and allows kids to "make their own earthquake", registered on the drum recorder at left.

by the students. They went out of their way to attract children to the booths and entertained all questions with sincerity and enthusiasm from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m." Geophysics was represented with a "see-through" seismometer (photo A) demonstrated by John and Kenneth Arroyo demonstrates the simulation of Allison Stigall, husband and daughter, respectively; of D underground leakage from storage tanks. Geology electronics technician Terry Stigall. In the background of photo A is a computer movie display of global earthquake distribution. In photo B, two youngsters operate a hand-held seismometer. The hydrogeology exhibit featured a groundwater flow simulator to demonstrate the movement of water in confined and unconfined aquifers. Kenneth Arroyo and Steven Loheide injected food coloring (to represent a contaminant) into different reservoirs that represented a

Two participants in the Wonderlab Family Fun H Fest discover with a microscope that fossils occur in sand from Lake Monroe.

Katrina Nell, right, asks E kids to try to identify molds. 8 leaky lagoon, leaky underground storage tank, and injection wells. They were able to show how contaminants could move in an aquifer depending on where recharge was occurring as represented by the inverted containers in photo C. In the case shown, recharge was on both sides of the left simulator. This caused the water (and green dye) to flow towards the river channel (the larger reservoir), demonstrating the principle of how rivers and water supplies sometimes are contaminated due to groundwater flow. In photo D, Kenny explains how underground storage tanks (for example, at a gasoline station) can leak and contaminate a drinking water supply. The paleontology group organized a number of hands-on activities at the Fun Fest. In photo E, Katrina Nell asks kids to try to identify the various molds in three flats. Molds included leaves, nuts, berries, twigs, crinoids, and recent gastropods and clams. She also demonstrated how sometimes a mold can be tricky to identify by size and partial imprint. In another exhibit (photo F), youngsters used plaster-of-paris to make their own fossils as molds of real fossils . Leigh Fall (photo G) points out the tail trail and footprints of a reptile on a rock slab and how paleontologists use these trace fossils to understand extinct organisms. This led to the "Can You Outrun a Dinosaur?" exhibit, where kids compared different

Katrina Nell, right, mixes plaster-of­ F paris in the "Make Your Own Fossil Exhibit."

dinosaurs' strides to their own strides. Tom Olszewski (photo F) shows children that fossils are all different sizes, and sometimes paleontologists have to use microscopes to see them. In photo H, two youngsters are looking at sand from Lake Monroe near Bloomington and are surprised to find tiny fossils. These included bryozoans, crinoids, and brachiopods. Other graduate students who assisted with John and Allison Stigall demonstrate the operation of the paleontology exhibits were Warren Bigelow, Mat­ A a "see-through" seismometer. • thew Campbell, Russell House, Laura Slade, Natalie Uschner, and James Van Alstine.

Kenneth Arroyo, left, and Steven Loheide C demonstrate a groundwater simulator.

Leigh Fall, foreground, right, and Tom Olszewski, background, G right, show trace fossils and microfossils to youngsters. 9 New IU Center for Geospatial Data Analysis gets under way with projects A proposal written by Gordon Fraser and and eight Greg Olyphant to initiate the Center for undergraduate Geospatial Data Analysis was approved by students since George Walker, vice president for research its inception. and dean of the University Graduate Gordon School, in 1998. The CGDA is housed in Fraser moved the Indiana Geological Survey, and Edwin to Buffalo Hartke serves as the administrative State Univer­ director. sity more than a There are two large laboratories. One, a year ago, so now perspective view showing the computer and instrumentation lab, is in the virtually every distribution of aquifers within Survey wing of the Geology Building and CGDA project is a glacial complex on the Lake serves as a base for field operations. The supervised by Greg Olyphant and/or Michigan rim. other is in the Department wing of the Denver Harper of the Indiana Geological building and serves as a computational Survey. Numerous grants and contracts visualize aquifer systems and groundwater laboratory: The computational lab (G522) have been obtained that amount to more flow in highly heterogeneous glacial also contains office space for a full time than a half million dollars in external materials. In fall 2000, work began with a modeler (Kevin Spindler) and several funding. Nearly all Center research is team of researchers from the USGS to graduate students. The CGDA, which related to ground and surface water quality conduct hydrologic assessments aimed at specializes in hydrologic modeling, site concerns. Research is under way on the evaluating the vulnerability of 6,000 non­ monitoring using state-of-the-art electronic effects of the reclamation of abandoned community water supply systems in instrumentation, and Geographic Informa­ mine land using coal-combustion Indiana. The Center is also compiling tion System applications, has an intern byproducts as structural fill and capping multiple GIS coverages that show locations program that has provided training and material. Kevin Spindler and Greg of features that may affect the decision to monetary support for six graduate students Olyphant are developing models to construct an interstate highway extension across part of the state. In addition, five years of research were recently completed Egyptian visiting scientists on E.coli contamination in streams that discharge into southern Lake Michigan. spend time at IUB Results of those studies can be previewed through the Lake Rim Web site at http:// Samia Mohamed, Yasser Safouri, and Atef Ibrahim, professors in different 129.79.145.25/indrnaps/ims/lakerimmo/ universities in Egypt, spent six months as visiting scientists in the Department, lakerim _ front.html. Additional findings funded by the Egyptian Government. They were advised by professors Ripley, will be reported by Judith Thomas, who is Schimmelmann, and Basu, respectively. completing her master's thesis research on aspects of the problem.

Masters' fossil, mineral collection donated to the Department he estate of Bruce Masters recently Upon his retirement from Tdonated his valuable fossil and mineral Amoco, Masters moved to his collections to the Department and grandparents' farm in Sullivan Geological Survey, respectively. Masters was County, Ind., where he died on a Hoosier native and received his doctoral March 29, 2000. degree in micropaleontology from the The fossil collection consists University of Illinois in 1969, following of a wide variety of invertebrate, receipt of a BS degree from Valparaiso vertebrate, and plant fossils. University in 1959 and an MA degree from Many specimens are of display the University of California in 1962. His quality, and a hallway display of professional career began with Humble Oil some of the minerals and fossils Bruce Masters, left, with micropaleontologist Geoff and Refining Co. from 1962 to 1969. He has been arranged in the main Adams at the British Museum of Natural History, served on the faculty of Hartwick College lobby of the Department. When London, November 1990. in the position of chair from 1969 to 1974. professors Chris Maples and Subsequently, he was employed as a Gary Lane met with Masters shortly before exchange. In addition to the specimens, the micropaleontologist with Amoco his death, he said that he had never bequest included several large display cases. Production Co., from 1974 to 1992, purchased a specimen. All of his collLction Sincere appreciation is extended to the specializing in international study of he either personally collected, or they were Masters family for this valuable donation. Cretaceous and Cenozoic foraminifera. gifts from friends, or he obtained them by 10 Lectures and Presentations

Colloquium Series • Feb. 14, Volker Bruchert, Max Plank Instimte for Marine Microbiology, Gemany: Schull presents first 1999-2000 "Microbial Controls on the Stable Sulfur Isotopic Fractionation during Bacterial Daniel S. Tudor . • Sept. 13, Lindsey Leighton, Indiana Sulfate Reduction" Commemorative Lecture Un_1v_ersi~: ''.A New Example of Predatory • Feb. 28, Robert H. Goldstein Dnlling m the Paleozoic, and the Implica­ University of Kansas: "Fluids Trapped near On Oct. 5, 2000, Thomas J. Schull, tions for Escalation" the Earth's Surface" MA'66, vice president of planning, • Sept. 20, Evelyn Krull, Indiana • Mar. 2, Toni Simo, University of evaluation, and business development Universiry: ''.Applications of Stable Isotopes Wisconsin, Madison: "The Southern with Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. to Paleosols: Selected Case Smdies from Australian Continental Margin: A New presented the inaugural lecmre of the Three Continents" Model and Global Implications" Daniel S. Tudor Commemorative • Sept. 27, Steve Hasiotis, Indiana • April 19, David Des Marais, NASA Lecmre Series. Sta~e University: "The New Swiss Army Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Tom Schull is the first person in this Kmfe of Paleontology and Sedimentology: <::alifornia: ''.Astrobiology Offers Perspec­ ann~al series, which will bring a highly Continental Ichnology and Its Many tives on Our Own Biosphere" (Astrobiol­ distinguished speaker to the Depart­ Utilities" ogy/Extreme Life Seminar Series, spon­ ment to present an address on the •. Oct. 4, Gerald H. Johnson, College s~red by the departments of Chemistry, general application of geophysics to ofW1lliam and Mary: "The Chesapeake Bay Biology, and Geological Sciences) the exploration for namral resources. Impact and Its Lingering Effects" (Richard • April 20, Jeroen Ritsema, California Schull, a native of Shelby Ohio Owen Award Address) Instimte of Technology: "The Structure obtained a BS degree at Whitte~berg • Oct. 11, Bingming Shen-Tu, Indiana Inferred from Earth's Interior Inferred from University in 1964 and followed this University: "Deformation Kinematics and Seismic Tomography and Waveform with an MA degree from JU in 1966. Seismic Hazards in the Western United Modeling'' He joined Chevron in 1966 as a States" • April 24, Taixu Bai, Stanford geologist and worked through various . • O~t. 18, Mian Liu, University of University: "Geomechanics: What, How exploration assignments and manage­ M1ssoun, Columbia: "Extensional Collapse and Why?" ment positions within the company ofOrogens" • April 26, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach From 1990 to 1992, he was general • Nov. 1, Enriqueta Barrera, Univer­ University of Hawaii: "Seismicity and ' manager, exploration, with Chevron sity of Akron: "Deterioration of Green­ Velocity Structure of Loihi Seamount from USA in San Francisco· 1992-1994 house Conditions and Oceanographic the 1996 Earthquake Swarm" exploration manager, Gulf of Mexi~o, Variability in the Late Cretaceous" • May 1, Chris Marone, Massachusetts with Chevron USA in New Orleans· ~ Nov. 8, William W. Hay, Geomar, Instimte of Technology: "Laboratory 1_994-1996, general manager, explo:a­ ChnstJan-Albrechts Universitat Kiel Derived Friction Laws and the Rheology of tJon and technology, with Chevron Germany: "The Changing Sali~ty of the Brittle Fault Zones" Overseas Petroleum Inc. in San Ocean during the Phanerozoic - Effects Ramon, Calif.; 1996-1999, general on Climate and Life" (sponsored by the manager, asset management with Instimte for Advanced Smdy) Other presentations Chevron Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria; • Nov. 15, Colin D. Swnrall, Geier • Sept. 7, Robert Phinney, Princeton and 1999-2000, managing director, Collections and Research Center, Cincinnati University: "Some Recent Results on the New Venmres SEU. Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio: Structure and History of the Sierra Nevada" In October 2000, Schull was "Phylogenetic Systematics -- Exploring • Sept. 20, Barbara Rassman, Exxon appointed vice president, planning, the New Paradigm with Echinoderms" Exploration Co.: "The Exxon Overview" evaluation, and business development • _Nov. 22, Peter DeCelles, University • Sept. 21, Barbara Rassman, Exxon with Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. of Arizona: "How the Kinematic History Exploration Co.: "The Exploration Process in San Ramon, Calif. of the Himalayan Fold-Thrust Belt Controls at Exxon Exploration" The title of Thomas Schull's lecmre Seawater 87Sr/86Sr" • Sept. 23, Graham Oram, Exmin was "Geophysics in the 21st Century • Jan. 25, B. Clark Burchfiel, Massa­ Corp.: "The Controversy Surrounding the - A Major Oil and Gas Company's chusetts Instimte of Technology: "Evolu­ Question of Whether or Not Witwaters­ Perspective." tion of the Tibetan Plateau Viewed from rand Gold/Carbon/Uranium Deposits are the Perspective of Eastern Tibet" (American Truly Detrital in Nature or May Be Association of Petroleum Geologists Hydrothermal in Origin" Can Get from a Simple Thermal Model of Distinguished Lecturer) • Sept. 27, Carole Rock, Chevron Oil Orogenesis" ( computer workshop) • Feb. 4, Knut Bj0rlykke, University Co.: "Subsurface Characterization Technol­ • _Nov. 22, Peter DeCelles, University of Oslo, Norway: "Relationships between ogy in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico" of Arizona: "Evolution of the Himalayan Sedrment Compaction, Fluid Flow, • Oct. 18, Thomas Cheriyan, Foreland Basin System" Overpressure and Oil Migration: Examples Schlumberger Oilfield Service: • Feb. 9, J. Robert Dodd, Indiana from the North Sea and Haltenbanken "Schlumberger Oilfield Service" University: "White Island and Lord Howe Offshore Norway" (American Association . • Oct. 19, Mian Liu, University of Island: An Active and an Ancient Volcano of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished M1ssoun, Columbia: ''.All the Goodies You (continued on page 12) Lecmrer) 11 Geologic Field Station Update

Judson Mead Geologic Field Station going strong at 51 his past summer was, as usual, an was not able to T eventful one at the Field Station. teach in G429/ Throughout the course of the summer, we 429e this past celebrated the retirement of two long­ summer. After standing G429 faculty members, saw a national record-low enrollments in Option I, "broke search, we in" two new faculty members in Option II, hired Katie saw the return of a former long-time Kilroy Option II faculty member as a "volunteer," (Susquehanna suffered through one of the worst droughts University), and fire seasons in almost a century, and still who joined us managed to offer what are still unarguably as the new the best field-based courses in geology and hydrogeologist. environmental sciences in the country. Unfortunately, Most important, this was the last year of Dave teaching for both Dave Towell (Indiana Fastovsky University) and Jim Meyers (Winona State (University of University). Between the two of them they Rhode Island), represent 59 years of service to the Field our specialist in sedimentology, was not knowledge of Montana lore and history. Station. Their knowledge and expertise is able to remrn last summer. To fill this void Tom is eager to volunteer his services again irreplaceable, and they will be sorely we hired Kathy Summa (Winona State next summer. We are eager to accept! missed. Because of their stamre in the Field University) to be our new sedimentologist. Both Options I and II had to stmggle Station community they acmally received With two new faculty members in Option with one of the driest summers on record in two ( !) retirement parties - one at the II, one can imagine that a lot of scrambling Montana. For the first time, the Option I Field Station towards the end of Option I was going on. To our great delight, Tom faculty and students had to contend with and the second here in Bloomington in Straw, a former Option II faculty member "Option II weather" (i.e., hot and dry) early October. and director, volunteered to help out for while the Option II faculty and smdents Several factors have led to various several weeks during this critical transition had to contend with furnace-like tempera­ changes in our Option II faculty. Last fall, year. Anyone who knows Tom will tures and eye-stinging smoke from several Paul Doss (University of Southern appreciate the fact that not only did Tom nearby forest fires. The Field Station was Indiana), our specialist in hydrogeology, bring desperately needed experience to the never in any danger of burning up, but accepted the position of chief geologist of program, but he also brought one of the some days the smoke was so thick that you Yellowstone National Park. As a result, Paul best repertoires of jokes, stories, and general could not see the top of Brown back Mountain from the Field Station. On the academic front, we are once again struggling with low enrollments. • April 21, Jeroen Ritsema, California After posting significant enrollment gains in Presentations Instimte of Technology: "How Different (continued from page 11) both Options I and II during the past three Are P and S Velocity Anomalies in the years, we witnessed precipitous drops in in the Southwest Pacific: A Geologic Deep Mantle?" both options this past summer. The ratl1er Travelogue" • April 25, Taooi Bai, Stanford bleak enrollment picture, coupled with the • Feb. 14, Derek Fullerton, Exmin University: "Fracture Spacing in Layered pending retirement of two of the remaining Corporation: "Diamonds" Rocks: A New Explanation" three faculty members in Option I, has put • Feb. 15, Ron Seavoy, Indiana • April 27, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, in motion a fundamental change in the University: "I. A Visit to the Grasberg University of Hawaii: "Song of the academic program. Starting next year, there Porphyry Copper Deposit, the World's Volcano: Seismic and Acoustic Signals will be a single offering ofG429/G429e. It Largest Gold Mine! II. Lombok - East of Detected by the Hawaii Undersea Geo­ will be offered during the current Option II Bali: Active Mining and Reconnaissance" Observatory" time slot. Sue McDonald, the remaining • Feb. 29, Robert H. Goldstein, • May 2, Chris Marone, Massachusetts Option I faculty member, will join the University of Kansas: "Importance of Instimte of Technology: "Frictional existing Option II faculty members. G329, Reflux in Carbonate Diagenesis" Mechanics of Granular Material: Implica­ Environmental Field Sciences, will move • Mar. 3, Toni Simo, University of tions for Faulting'' into the time slot formerly held by Option I Wisconsin, Madison: "Environmental • May 30, Eliza Richardson, Massa­ ofG429. Sedimentology" chusetts Instimte of Technology: "Charac­ This past summer, as has been the case • Mar. 10, Steve Jaume, University of teristics of Human-Induced Seismicity in since the mid-1990s, Melody Holm, Queensland, Australia: "Going Critical: The South African Gold Mines: Implications for MA'77, has led a course at the Field Station Dynamical Evolution of Earthquake Fault Tectonic Earthquakes" called Geology and Ecosystems, a field Systems"

12 workshop offered by the National Minerals Training Office and the National Forest Service. This workshop has been so popular, not only among the participants, but also Forest Service administrators, that a second session was planned for August 2000. Unfortunately, the severe forest fires in Montana canceled those plans. The impact of the program has extended well beyond the Forest Service participants and into science education. Following are excerpts from a letter that appeared in the October 2000 issue of GSA Today. It was written by Al Fleming, a high school teacher, who participated in the workshop after receiving the 1999 Out­ standing Earth Science Teacher Award for the state of Illinois presented by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. The GSA, through the John F. Mann Instimte for Applied Geoscience, generously sponsored Fleming's participa­ Jim Meyers (with infamous "Dork" hat), left, Jim Brophy, and Dave Towell (prior to tion. removing his moustache) at the end of their final summer of G429, July 2000.

''As the only teacher among this group consequently, make a real difference her to smdy abroad. We are thrilled for of geologists, biologists, and soil in my smdents' appreciation of Candace, but we will miss her. At the same scientists, it was exciting for me to see science as a valuable human en­ time, we wish to announce that Cindy scientists modeling collaborative deavor." Hale is the replacement for Candace, and scientific investigative techniques we welcome her into the Field Station consistent with many of the reform Finally, the Field Station is sorry to be family. efforts taking place in science education. losing the services of Candace Franz who All-in-all, year No. 51 has been a good The purpose of Geology and Ecosystems has been the administrative assistant for the year, and we are already gearing up for No. was to examine the components of the past three years. Candace is a PhD candi­ 52. area's ecosystems, with particular date in fine arts and was recently awarded - James G. BrOjJhy attention to the interaction of these two prestigious fellowships that will permit components with respect to their geologic framework. During our group's week in the field, we modeled many of the collaborative approaches to science that I try to teach my smdents. We Department of Geological Sciences faculty & staff looked closely at the interplay between Professors: Abhijit Basu, Simon Brassell, James Brophy, Jeremy Dunning, Michael geology, soils, and vegetation. For me - Hamburger, Claudia Johnson, Erle Kauffman, Noel Krothe, Christopher Maples someone who considered soils and (chair), Enrique Merino, Greg Olyphant, Gary Pavlis, Lisa Pratt, Edward Ripley, Lee plants a nuisance in examining the Suttner, David Towell, and Robert Wintsch geology of an area - it was enlightening Part-Time Professors: Henk Haitjema (SPEA), Brian Keith (Survey), Peter to have a botanist accurately predict soil Ortoleva (Chemistry), Carl Rexroad (Survey), Jeff White (SPEA) and bedrock types based on plant Professors Emeriti: Robert Blakely, J. Robert Dodd, John Droste, Donald Hattin, distribution, or to hear a soil scientist Norman Hester, N. Gary Lane, Judson Mead, Haydn Murray, Albert Rudman explain why certain plants grew in an Visiting Assistant Professor: area based on the bedrock geology. By Michael J. Zaleha pooling our shared expertise and Research Scientists: Bruce Douglas, Erika Elswick, Chusi Li, Arndt Schimmelmann experience, we were able to develop a Postdoctoral Fellows: David Finkelstein, Tom Olszewski, Bingming Shen-Tu broader, fuller understanding of that Librarian: Lois Heiser particular region of the Rocky Library Staff: Dennis Scoville (technical services), Linda Stewart (circulation/ Mountains." reserves) Fleming also stated that "the Staff: Kim Schulte, administrative assistant, chair's office; Patty Byrum, oppormnity provided me with not administrative secretary, chair's office; Amy Beatty; grant monitor/administrative only content knowledge in the support, fourth floor; Charlene Butler, grant monitor/administrative support, fifth natural sciences, but, more impor­ floor; Ruth Droppo, senior office services assistant, third floor; Richard Gibson, tant, personal experience working resident manager, Geologic Field Station, Montana; DeAnn Reinhart, office services with professional scientists. As a assistant, business office; Mary Iverson, smdent records; Cindy Hale, senior result of this experience, my own administrative secretary, Geologic Field Station; Clint Mahoney, computer systems observations of how science is done manager; Terry Stigall, geophysics electronics technician; Steve Smdley, manager, in the field will have a lasting impact mass spectrometry lab on my classroom instruction and,

13 Indiana Geological Survey Update

Energy resources research database, and converted to GIS coverages. strategy based John Rupp, collaborating with the These digital map databases are useful in on the unique Business Research Center at IU and the assessing unused mineral resources, in finite element Midwestern Regional Center for Global determining areas at risk for subsidence, basin Environmental Change, conducted an and in protecting ground water. simulator investigation to summarize Indiana's energy In cooperation with the Oil and Gas developed at consumption and energy reserves for the Division of DNR, Charles Zuppann and IU by the Indiana Department of Commerce. Topics Neal Schroeder are developing a petro­ Laboratory for covered in the study included energy leum well records database management Computational consumption by fuel type ( coal, gas, oil, system. The system is being designed to Geodynamics. The biofuels, etc.), consumption by economic facilitate oil and gas data exchange between project will integrate basin simulation with sector, prices of fuels, energy reserves, the two organizations and will provide seismic and other data and is expected to renewable energy, and energy efficiency. certain well data to the public via CDs and predict the location and yield of fracture Maria Mastalerz is continuing her the Internet. sweet spots. It will also contribute to the research on the chemistry of Indiana coals A new investigation is under way by future development of these and their petrographic and chemical Maria Mastalerz to assess the significance unconventional, naturally fractured natural characteristics, especially as they relate to of isotopically labile organic hydrogen in gas resources. An !GS-sponsored investigation is under way to evaluate the architecture and petrology of the Mississippian-age Salem Limestone as a building stone and as a petroleum reservoir. The detailed study of the Salem exposed in the active walls of quarries will lead to the building of a 3-D actualistic model of the Salem. The study is being conducted by Brian Keith and Todd Thompson, with the aid of Department of Geological Sciences MA candidate Kirsten Bannister, with financial support from the IGS Director's Research Assistantship Program. The Department of Interior's Global Climate Change Program for Great Lakes Research is sponsoring Todd Thompson's and John Johnston's study of Late Holocene lake-level variation of the Great Maria Mastalerz measures desorption of gas from freshly cut coal samples. Lakes. They are assessing the historic and prehistoric changes in the water levels of low-sulfur coal deposits. Another important the thermal maturation of source rocks. the Great Lakes to ascertain the meaning of area of research that she is working on is Sponsored by the DOE and in collabora­ fluctuations in light of global climate the resource potential of coalbed methane tion with Arndt Schimmelmann in the change. in Indiana coal deposits. · Department of Geological Sciences, the The Indiana Historical Society is Carol Conolly and Alex Zlotin's multidisciplinary investigation will study, supporting Richard Powell's and Erik research on Illinois Basin coal availability among other similar topics, hydrogen Kvale's investigation into the carving styles and demonstrated reserves has recently exchange in kerogen. Results of the research and distribution of Hindostan whetstone focused on the Springfield and the Danville will provide a better understanding of gravestones. Whetstone was used for Coals. These studies contribute information thermal maturation of organic matter and tombstones beginning about 1820. Because to the National Coal Resources Data may help explain chemical reactivity of of the unique character of the whetstone, it System, a nationwide effort being under­ organic hydrogen in kerogens and fossil should be possible for the investigators to taken and supported by the USGS since fuels. identify corridors of commerce for these 1986, and to the USGS-sponsored National stones through several decades of the Coal Assessment Program. Basin and sedimentologic 1800s. The Geological Survey's Coal Mine research Information System, piloted by Nathan The DOE is sponsoring a study to refine a Geochemical research Eaton and Lida Weber, has been working three-dimensional basin simulator for Tracy Branam, John Comer, Margaret in a collaborative effort with the DNR's predicting the location and characteristics of Ennis, Jack Haddan, Denver Harper, Division of Reclamation since 1981. In this naturally fractured petroleum reservoirs. Greg Olyphant, and Ron Smith project, historic maps of mined areas in John Comer is developing and testing a completed the analyses and quality Indiana are scanned, edited, entered into a simulation-enhanced fracture detection assurance/quality control work for a four-

14 year project to monitor water quality at the and well-log interpretation of Silurian reefs Geologic mapping Midwestern abandoned mine land in Indiana related to hydrocarbon Ned Biener, Steven Brown, Walter rec~amati~n site located in Pike County. exploration. Hasenmueller, Jennifer Olejnik, Mike This location is the first in Indiana where O'Neal, and Robin Rupp are involved in a coal combustion byproducts ( ash and Environmental geological USGS-sponsored Statemap Project, fixated scrubber sludge) have been used to research compiling and producing a number of reclaim an abandoned coal mine. Results Ned Biener, Steven Brown, Jennifer geologic maps. Areas of emphasis include indicate that the reclamation effort has Olejnik, _Mike O'Neal, and Robin Rupp glacial-terrain mapping in the northern part improved the quality of water leaving the a_re working on an IDEM-supported project of the state along the Michigan border, the site. titled "Accelerated Glacial Terrain Michiana corridor, which includes parts of Ron Smith is heading a project on Characterization and Mapping." This is a Elkhart, LaGrange, and Steuben Counties, method development and analyses of toxic cooperative effort to develop a statewide and bedrock and glacial-terrain mapping in metals in fish from the Calumet River water-well record database for use in the area around Indianapolis, which collected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife graphics and GIS software applications. includes the Lafayette and Muncie Service. This project is a cooperative effort Project scientists have developed new quadrangles. designed to verify the analytical methods software, in collaboration with ESRI, that The Central Great Lakes Geologic and collect preliminary data for a formal depicts complex datasets in three Mapping Coalition, comprising the state proposal to the U.S. Environmental dimensions. geological surveys of Indiana, Illinois, Protection Agency to study the effects of A project at the Spring Mill State Park Michigan, and Ohio together with the toxic metals on fish species in selected is designed to determine potential non­ USGS, has secured sponsorship from the Indiana rivers. Smith is also investigating po_int source contaminants in the Spring U.S. Congress. One of the goals of the the removal of toxic metals from acid mine Mill Lake drainage basin and to document coalition is to refine geologic maps to drainage in wetlands constructed for the the amount and variability of pesticides, address societal issues related to resource purpose of reclamation. His project was bacteria, and toxic metals that have an development and conservation, as well as one of two selected for funding through the impact on the lake and its subterranean waste disposal issues. The Indiana portion Surface Mme and Reclamation Technology tributaries with their unique ecosystem. of the coalition's pilot program focuses on grant program sponsored by the Indiana Various diverse groups are cooperating on the development of a number of digital DNR Division of Reclamation. this project, including IGS scientists John products that utilize glacial-terrain maps Comer, Nancy Hasenmueller, Ed Hartke, produced recently in Allen County. These Geophysical research Trac! Branam, Carl Rexroad, Margaret maps,_ together with subsurface data, digital IGS geophysicist Ray Rene has developed Enrus, Sam Frushour, Dick Powell, Carl elevation models, and digital imagery, will and applied methods for gravity and Rexroad, Mark Buehler, and Ron Smith; be mtegrated to provide analysis and magnetic fields interpretation in a program Noel Krothe ofIU's Department of illustration products for map users. called SOAPFI (shape-of-anomaly potential Geological Sciences; Ball State University's fields inversion). The methods are used to chemistry department; the Indiana State Center for geospatial data map abandoned underground limestone Department of Health; and the Office of analysis mines. He is also utilizing reflection seismic the Indiana State Chemist. The mission of the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, a unit within the IGS, is to provide scientifically-based decision-support systems to a wide variety of technical and nontechnical users in order to promote the environmentally sound use of land water and mineral resources. This missio~ is ' accomplished by employing state-of-the-art technology in geographic information systems, statistical and numerical analysis, and field mstrumentation to environmental issues. Staff members include Denver Harper, Ed Hartke, Kevin Spindler, and Alex Zlotin of the IGS, and Greg Olyphant of the Department of Geological Sciences. The Center has received a grant from IDEM to conduct a pilot project for the Sour~e Water Assessment Project. During the pilot phase of the project, the investiga­ tors will study and test a variety of methods '.or acqui~ing, analyzing, and presenting the mformation that is needed by the public to take actions to protect their own water supplies. Additionally; the pilot project should provide for more efficient and timely execution of the full-scale SWAP Three-dimensional conceptual model of karst drainage. (Modified from Quinlan, 1988) (continued on page 16)

15 Geologic Survey (continued from page 15) program, which will last nearly four years. Center staff are also involved in a study in IDEM's Section 319 Non-Point Source Pollution Program to conduct a statistical analysis of data collected as part of the Indiana Pesticides in Ground Water Monitoring Network. The project investi­ gators will work with IDEM to ensure that statistically valid data are being procured in IDEM's network for monitoring pesticides in ground water. In cooperation with the Biological Research Division of the USGS and IU's Department of Geological Sciences, the Center initiated a project to develop a basis for forecasting outfalls of E. coli into Lake Alex Zlotin, left, and Denver Harper, of the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, view Michigan from the Little Calumet River GIS coverages associated with watershed modeling of the Trail Creek Watershed in watershed, which is the largest watershed northwestern Indiana. that contributes bacterially contaminated streamflow to Indiana's southern Lake Staff members Sam Frushour, Walter Michigan shoreline. The project is spon­ Hasenmueller, John Hill, and Kathryn sored by the EPA. The investigators have Shaffer are also developing databases that documented the relationship between E. coli provide information on mineral production, and water quality, rainfall history, ambient active and abandoned quarries, and stone chemical conditions, and streamflow. This testing. information will contribute to understand­ ing seasonal and storm-period variations of Surveywide investigation bacterial outfalls into the lake. The IGS has contracted with an Chris Dintaman continues his work environmental and engineering firm to with IDEM on the GIS mapping of solid provide about 50 GIS coverages for 26 and hazardous waste sites in Indiana. southwestern Indiana counties as part of an environmental impact statement for a Mineral resources research proposed interstate highway through the The IGS continues to bolster its strong area. Because of the diversity of coverages relationships with the mineral resource required in this study, nearly half of the staff industries of the state. Working closely with at IGS are in some way playing a part in the Indiana Limestone Institute, an this project. institution promoting the architectural use . of Indiana (Mississippian Salem) dimension Educational outreach stone, Margaret Ennis and John Hill The IGS continues to refine the capabilities initiated a project to evaluate various of its Web site. Recent enhancements materials used to separate limestone pieces include integrated databases and interactive (padding) and its tendency to produce pad GIS-based maps of Indiana. Indiana marks. Geology Today, the IGS's popular John Hill is also working with the educational Web site, features a vast Indiana Mineral Aggregates Association to collection of articles, images, interactive establish plans for environmental steward­ Chris Dintaman uses current map-grade animations, teaching resources, and ship related to their present and post­ technology (Trimble GeoExplorer II) to reference materials about Indiana geology quarrying impacts on the communities that obtain coordinates of a landfill Visit us at www.indiana.edu/-igs. surround their operations. benchmark. - Deborah DeChurch

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17 Faculty News

Faculty activities 2000. The book Claudia co-edited with State University. Gary and Bill were Enriqueta Barrera, The Evolution ofthe interested in visiting sites related to St. Abhijit Basu continues to be the same Cretaceous Ocean/Climate System, was Cuthbert, after whom fossil crinoid "arch conservative" and is doing what he published by GSA in 1999. Claudia was stems in England are named - St. has been doing for some years. He does not invited to give a keynote address to Cuthbert's beads. They spent three days leave the Moon, teaches in the Honors members of the International Geological on the island studying the geology and College (four Wells Scholars enrolled in his Correlation Program 464 in Tokyo earlier determining where the fossil crinoid seminar in spring 2000), discusses stones in the year. stems may have been procured. The from the sky with freshmen, visits NASA A large component of Claudia's research "beads" are first mentioned in print in (his source of research funding), visits Italy is gained from field investigations, most the 1600s. They also visited the Farne (for wine and soccer, we suspect), and recently in Texas. An excursion to the Islands, where Cuthbert had his continues to edit GSA Memoirs and Special central Texas Cretaceous outcrops gave hermitage, the cathedral in Durham Papers. Somehow, he also has found time to students plenty of exposure to the stratigra­ where he is buried, and South Shields, be elected to the Bloomington Faculty phy, sedimentology, and paleontology of east of Newcastle, the site of the abbey Council and also serve as chair of the BFC carbonate platform facies, and provided where the Venerable Bede lived, who Nomination Committee. excellent exercises in separating rock units wrote the first life of Cuthbert in 700 Bob Dodd (emeritus) reports that he from geologic time units. A field trip to A.D. and Joann are continuing to enjoy retire­ investigate the Cretaceous reefs of Puerto Gary spent most of August 2000 ment with lots of traveling (New Zealand, Rico is planned for mid-2001. Positive touring the Tarim Basin in northwest­ Lord Howe Island, Bolivia, and London teaching experiences occur in both the field ern China, along with Chris Maples, during the past year). He also helped with and the classroom, and this past year was Johnny Waters, MA'76,PhD'78, and the running of the faculty coffees and the particularly rewarding, as students in her Gary Webster. They didn't find many Owen Room renovation. Bob taught a graduate course Evolution of Ecosystems echinoderms, but they saw some course titled Geology for Travelers in the and her 100-level, non-majors course impressive geology and landscapes. noncredit course series of the IU School of Prehistoric Life were engaging both inside Enrique Merino has had an Continuing Studies. He also continues to and outside of class time. She looks forward exciting past year, and the year ahead volunteer for the Red Cross, grow roses, to another good year of integrating her looks equally good. He was invited by run, bike, hike, and bird watch. current research with teaching in classroom B. Jamtveit, a prominent Norwegian Jeremy Dwming was appointed dean and field settings. metamorphic petrologist, to be one of of the Indiana University School of Erle Kauffman has had a busy year. an interdisciplinary group of 12 Continuing Studies on Oct. 1, 1999. He This included being lead author on a researchers from Europe and the U.S. had been serving as interim dean of the publication on "The Ecology of (structural geologists, geochemists, school since January 1997, holds an Cenomanian Lithistid Sponge Frameworks, petrologists, and physicists) to carry out appointment as professor in the Depart­ Regensburg Area, Germany," third author a broad project titled "Fluids in the ment of Geological Sciences, and is adjunct on "Decapod and Stomatopod Crustaceans Crust" in Oslo for a full year, financed professor in tl1e School of Public and from Mass Mortality Lagerstatten: Turonian by a large grant from the Norwegian Environmental Affairs. (Cretaceous) of Colombia," and second Academy of Sciences. Enrique gave a Michael Hamburger has been elected author on a publication on "Cretaceous talk to tl1e other members of the group both to the Bloomington Faculty Council Evolution of Rudist Ecosystems; A in September 2000. A field trip to and to one of tl1e three positions as a BFC Regional Synthesis of the Caribbean Kenya is planned for early 2001 and representative to tl,e University Faculty Tropics." He also co-taught a full class on another one to Sardinia later. He will Council. cycles and sequences in stratigraphy, and sat join the group in Oslo in March for Claudia Johnson continues to focus in on a second class. Erle served on three three months this academic year. her research on reef ecosystems of the departmental committees and as chair of Enrique considers this a "fabulous geologic past. She and her students work one MS research committee supervising a invitation, perfectly suited to my on tl1e evolution and extinction history of project on Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian interdisciplinary interests and to the Cretaceous "greenhouse world" reefs as well =onites. This year, he plans to get back research I'm doing with Ray Fletcher as those of Pleistocene "icehouse" times. into teaching (as he continues to recover (Boulder, Colo.) on the awesome New research directions are leading to from a serious stroke) and will be even potential consequences of the force of investigations of the comparative role of more active in research. Quo Vadis. crystallization - including triggering scleractinian corals and rudist bivalves in Gary Lane (emeritus), as noted above earthquakes, accounting for replace­ Cretaceous reefs and implications for in ''Around the Department," recently ment (a problem for a century), and changes in reef composition in a future completed his history of the Department, localizing ore bodies of scarce metals." greenhouse world. Claudia is also sn1dying Geology at Indiana University, 1840-2000. Haydn Murray has been honored hierarchy theory and using it as tl,e He had worked on this book on and off for as a SO-year fellow of the Geological theoretical framework for determining several years and is pleased that it is now Society of America. At IU, he has evolutionary processes with Phanerozoic available. In May, Gary made a pilgrimage successfully completed the funding for reef ecosystems. A preliminary set of data to the Holly Island (Lindisfarne) in the endowed chair in applied clay was presented at the sixtl1 International northeasternn10st England with Bill mineralogy, which will soon be Cretaceous Conference in Vienna in August Ausich, MA76, PhD'78, professor at Ohio advertised. Haydn continues to be very

18 active and gave the annual address at the industrial minerals luncheon in Salt Lake City at the SME annual meeting in Basu joins Intensive Freshman Seminar Program February 2000. He also gave the introduc­ tory lecmre in the workshop at the annual I U Bloomington established its Intensive Freshman Seminar Program in 1990 to meeting of the Clay Minerals Society at prepare freshmen to embark on their college careers and to provide a growth Loyola University in Chicago. The topic of experience for faculty members and smdent interns who surround the IFS the workshop was "Industrial Clay Mineral­ participants. In an article in the July/August 2000 issue ofINDIANA ALUMNI ogy:" Four of Haydn's former smdents MAGAZINE, Lisa Schubert describes the participation of Professor Abhijit Basu of presented papers at the workshop - the Department of Geological Sciences in this program. The IFS program is a three­ Jessica! Elzen Kogel, MS'87, PhD'90, week August program that offers incoming Bloomington freshmen a jump-start on Robert Pruett, MS'88, PhD'93, Colin their college careers. Harvey, PhD'80, and William E Moll, Basu's smdent was Amish Patel who came to IU from California and completed MA'58. Colin Harvey will be a visiting three hours of course work while forming a close relationship with his faculty professor at IU during this spring semester, mentor (Basu) and becoming acclimated to the campus. A goal of the program is to teaching clay mineralogy, industrial create a "smooth and seamless transition" to help incoming smdents to "connect minerals, and X-ray metl1ods. In August with the community socially and academically," says Travis Paulin, director of 2000, Haydn gave a plenary lecture on the summer freshman programs. The IFS classes are nontraditional and meet each topic of clay mineral developments in morning in three-hour blocks where faculty have devised different ways to engage North and South America at the 26th the smdents for the entire course time, using a variety of activities. In addition to meeting on Clay Mineralogy and Petrology daily course work, IFS seminar smdents are involved in a variety of social activities, of the Czech National Clay Group. At this but must choose these on their own and learn how to balance the activities with their meeting in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, academic work. IFS alumni become smdent interns affiliated with the program and Haydn was awarded an honorary member­ form a liaison between the smdents and faculty members, as well as living with the ship in the Czech National Clay Group. smdents in the residence halls and helping them with homework, projects, and smdy A smdent smdying under Haydn, Jean skills. Hemzacek Laukant, is finishing her PhD In order to teach IFS, faculty members such as Basu must apply for positions and thesis research this academic year while propose specific course goals and activities. If selected, IFS faculty attend workshops teaching at Northern Illinois University in the spring semester before the summer IFS to discuss and learn how to meet the Her thesis is on the crystalline and amor­ needs of incoming freshmen. Basu created a course experience for Amish Patel on phous silicas present in calcium montmoril­ the topic of exploring the planet Mars. Both of them experienced the satisfaction of lonite and palygorskite clays. Christina personal growth from the program. Patel, a straight-A smdent in high school who Shriner is a postdoctoral research associate did well previously with minimal effort, admitted that the sudden freedom left him a in the clay minerals lab, working on bit overwhelmed at first. The same level of effort in the IFS course resulted in a identifying clays that were used in the grade ofB-. various types of pottery made in Lerna "It was a real wake-up call for me," he said. "I saw I would have to manage my during the early Bronze Age environment time much better if I was going to take 17 hours per semester." Patel hopes to one of the Argive plain. day become an astronaut and says that the short time he spent in IFS gave him the Haydn and Juanita's granddaughter, boost he needed. "Every day it gets better. IFS was three weeks of fun I will Samantha Murray, is living with them while remember the rest of my life." attending her second year of graduate school in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Her brother, Mark Amish Patel, Murray, graduated with a degree in geology left, reviews from Colorado State University in May planetary 2000, a third-generation geologist. Steve science with Murray, Samantha and Mark's father, is Professor chief geologist, offshore operations, for El Abhijit Basu Paso Namral Gas Co. in Houston, Texas. during their Greg Olyphant is no longer an active participation participant in the summer programs of the in the Geologic Field Station in Montana, but Intensive considers it to have been a fulfilling Freshman experience to be a key player in the four Seminar years of concerted effort that resulted in the Program. development of the new environmental Photo by field courses, G429e and G329, now being Tiagan successfully taught by others. Once Miller, with completed, Sally Letzinger's dissertation, permission which focuses on predicting snowmelt of the INDIANA runoff from alpine watersheds in the ALUMNI Tobacco Root Mountains, will constimte a MAGAZINE. fitting conclusion to his involvement in what Greg describes as "that awesome arena (continued on page 20)

19 Bluffs area by Kelly Trujillo, a University unfailing assistance from Mike in their Faculty activites of Wyoming PhD student, on whose research. His personal research and research (continued from page 19) research committee Lee serves. Prior to the with colleagues, including the support of for teaching and research." Wyoming field work, he spent a week at the students with his research grants, have Lisa Pratt recently agreed to serve an ill Geologic Field Station teaching the contributed substantially to the additional year as associate dean for science geology module ofG329, the relatively new Department. We wish the very best to Mike and research at the request of the new dean introductory environmental science course. in his new position. of the College, Kumble Subbaswamy. Lee continues to enjoy regular contact Chusi Li joined the Department in Ed Ripley has been appointed a with our alumni in his role of director of August 2000 as the director of the micro­ member of the Bloomington Faculty Board development for the Department. Coupled probe and X-ray laboratories. Chusi of Review for 2000-02. with the fund-raising and development that received his PhD in geology from the Lee Suttner enjoyed his first complete he does on behalf of the GSA Foundation University of Toronto in 1993. Previously, year with no major administrative responsi­ as its president, he travels extensively to he had received his bachelor's and master's bilities, giving him more flexibility in make personal visits and pleas for support. degrees from Chengdu Institute of Sciences summer and holiday travel. His second-last If he comes knocking, he asks that you do and Technology in China in 1982 and MS student, Carrie Nolan, completed her not hide your checkbooks and wallets. 1986, respectively. In addition to numerous degree requirements in late summer and On the personal front, Lee's daughter industrial consulting positions, he has held joined Exxon-Mobil in Houston. His last Lisa married Shannon Roberts on a wet, postdoctoral positions at the University of MS student, Shayne Wiesmann, will but happy weekend in June. Friends from Toronto and I'Universite du Quebec a complete his work this spring, and Bill across the country returned to Bloomington Chicoutirni, a research associate position Elliott, the last of his PhD students will for the wedding. The entire Suttner family the University of Toronto, and most finish within a year. All have worked on is grateful to all alumni and Department recently, the position of senior lecturer at some phase of the Western Interior friends who made the trip. Lee's other two the University of Pretoria, South Africa, Foreland Basin study of tectonic and daughters, Lori and Jennifer, now live in where he taught exploration geochemistry climatic controls on norunarine facies Grand Rapids, Mich., and Evansville, Ind., and advanced metamorphic petrology. Li is architecture, which has benefited from NSF respectively, and Jim is now a CPA in the author or co-author of numerous funding for nearly the last decade. In July, Bloomington. Ginny continues as principal abstracts and technical reports. In addition, Lee joined Shayne, Bill, and Mike Zaleha of St. Charles School in Bloomington. he has authored or co-authored 25 refereed on their final visit to field sites in Wyoming. Dave Towell completed his 33rd and journal articles (not including publications They were joined in the famous Como final summer of teaching at the Geologic in Chinese), including eight co-authored Field Station in July 2000. His first summer papers in the June-July 2000 issue of at the Station was in 1965, and he missed Economic Geology. The Department wel­ Hoosier only three summers thereafter. To say the comes Chusi Li to the ill family and wishes least, the program got into his blood. This him great success and happiness in his new Geologic Record being Dave's last academic year before position. retiring at ill and because of his love of the Other personnel changes in the Department include the addition of Clint This newsletter is published annually by Station and Montana ( and liking an additional reason to head west next Mahoney as computer systems manager to the Indiana University Alumni summer), he is planning on a retirement replace Brian Snow, who has taken a Association, in cooperation with the party at the Station on Aug. 14, 2001. position in instructional support for a Department of Geological Sciences and Those wishing to attend should contact California software company; Lorie the College of Arts and Science Alumni Dave Towell, and he will send a formal Canada, fourth-floor secretary, to a Association, to encourage alumni interest secretarial position in the ill Athletics in and support for Indiana University. For invitation when plans are finalized. After Department; Candace Franz, Field Station membership or activities information, call retirement in May (though he will remain (800) 824-3044 or e-mail iualumni@ on the University Athletics Committee for secretary, to full-time doctoral study at ill one additional year), Dave and Lindsay will with a fellowship in art history; and Tricia indiana.edu. remain in Bloomington, but plan lots of Miles, fifth-floor secretary, to a position in Department of Geological Sciences trips and outdoor activities. They are the ill School of Music. Cindy Hale is the Chair ...... Christopher Maples excited about purchasing a big truck and new Field Station secretary, and her Editor ...... David Towell fifth-wheel trailer, the latter to be referred previous position as office services assistant, Editorial Assistant ...... Kim Schulte to as "the rolling condo" as opposed to "the business office, has been filled by DeAnn Photography ...... Barbara Hill rig," which is the typical RV terminology. Rinehart. The new fourth-floor grant College of Arts & Sciences Dave also wishes all of our alumni the very monitor/administrative support position is Dean ...... Kumble R. Subbaswamy best in this, his last year as editor of the held by Amy Beatty, and Charlene Butler Executive Director of Development & Hoosier Geologic Record. holds the same position on the fifth floor. Alumni Programs ..... Susan Dunn Green Our best wishes go to everyone in their IU Alumni Association Staff changes new positions, both inside and outside of President/CEO ...... Jerry F. Tardy the Department! Assistant Alumni Michael J. Dorais, research scientist at the Director ...... Allison Scott Department for the past 12 years and Editor for Constituent director of the electron microprobe and X­ Publications ...... Carol Edge ray laboratories has accepted appointment to a tenure-track position at Brigham J'HE Young University. Students and faculty alike OLLEGE are most appreciative of the generous and

20 Faculty Research Grants

Faculty research grants • N. KROTHE (COMARCO) - Hornfels, Magma Contamination, and Sul­ 1999-2000 "Groundwater Investigation at the Ammu­ fide Ore-Genesis, Duluth Complex, nition Burning Ground, Crane Division, Midcontinent Rift, Minn." •A.BASU (NASA) - "Petrologic Evo­ Naval Warfare Center" • E. RIPLEY (U. Missouri) - '½.cquisi­ lution of Lunar and Meteorite Parent Body • N. LANE (NSF) - "Echinoderm Re­ tion of a Sulfur Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrom­ Regolith" bound and Diversification after the Late De­ eter -Agreement with Univ. of Missouri" • S. BRASSELL (NSF) - "Evolution vonian Extinction: Evidence from Asian Car­ • A. RUDMAN (USGS) - '½. Compre­ of Temperature Controls on Alk:enone Bio­ boniferous and Eurasian Famennian Echino­ hensive Geophysical Investigation to Assess synthesis" derm Faunas" Seismic Hazards in the Wabash Valley Seis­ • M. DORAIS (NSF) - "History of • C. MAPLES (Shell Oil) - "Shell De­ mic Zone: A Case Study of the New Har­ Terrane Assembly, Eastern New England" partment Grant" mony Fault" • M. HAMBURGER (USGS) - "GPS • C. MAPLES (NSF) - "SGER: Devo­ • A. SCHIMMELMANN (WHOI) - Measurement of Crustal Deformation in the nian-Carboniferous Echinoderm from Iran: "High-precision Hydrogen Isotopic GCMS, Wabash Valley Seismic Zone" Implications for Extinction Rebound and a Subcontract Proposal to Woods Hole • M. HAMBURGER (NSF) - "Col­ Global Repopulation" Oceanographic Institution" laborative Research: GPS Measurement of • G. OLYPHANT (PU) - Illinois-Indi­ • A. SCHIMMELMANN (NSF) - "Re­ Crustal Deformation at Pinatubo and Taal ana Sea Grant College Program Graduate constructing Extreme Southern California Volcanoes, Philippines" Fellowship" Flood Events from Gray Flood Deposits in • M. HAMBURGER (NSF) - '½.cqui­ • G. PAVLIS (NSF) - "Direct Imaging Santa Barbara Basin, since 5000 B.P" sition of GPS Instruments for Measurement of Crust and Upper Mantle Structure with • A. SCHIMMELMANN (NASA) - of Crustal Deformation at Pinatubo and Taal Broadband Seismic Arrays" "Isotopic Biogeochemistry, Subcontract Pro­ Volcanoes, Philippines" • G. PAVLIS (IRIS)-"Princeton Earth posal to Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti­ • M. HAMBURGER (NASA) - "GPS Physics Program Instrument Center: IRIS tution" Measurement of Crustal Deformation at Taal Educational Outreach Cost-share" • A. SCHIMMELMANN (USDE) - Volcano, Philippines" • G. PAVLIS (NSF)- "Princeton Earth "Significance of Isotopically Labile Organic • M. HAMBURGER (NASA) - "GPS Physics Program Instrument Center" Hydrogen in the Thermal Maturation of Measurements of Localized Deformation in • G. PAVLIS (IRIS) - "Event location Source Rocks" the Tien Shan" and array processing software developments • A. SCHIMMELMANN (NSF) - • M. HAMBURGER (Ind. Comm. for the IRIS broadband array system" "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Higher Educ.) - "Teacher Training and Cur­ • G. PAVLIS (NSF) - "Collaborative Southern California Flood Events from Gray riculum Development in Earthquake Studies" Research: Geodynamics of Intracontinental Flood Deposits in Santa Barbara Basin, since • M. HAMBURGER (NASA) - Mountain Building in the Tien Shan, Central 5000 B.P" "Lithospheric Rheology and Geodynamic Asia" • A. SCHIMMELMANN (WHOI) - Processes from Integration of Geodetic, Grav­ • L. PRATT (Texas A&M) - "Distribu­ "Isotopic Biogeochemistry, IU/WHOI/ ity and Topography Data" tion of Sulfur Compounds and Stable Isoto­ NASA Subcontract'' • N. HESTER ( CUSEC) - "Earthquake pic Composition of Organic and Inorganic • A. SCHIMMELMANN ( Shell Intl.) - Hazard Program" Sulfur in Sediments from Leg 175 Benguela ''ID/SHELL International Exploration and • C. JOHNSON (NSF) - "Compara­ Current: Paleoceanographic Implications" Production Inc. Cooperative Project'' tive Role of Scleractinian Corals and Ancient • L. PRATT (Texas A&M) - "U.S. Sci­ • L. SUTTNER (NSF) - "Effects of Rudist Bivalves in Cretaceous Reefs: Impli­ ence Support for German Mora" Intra-Basinal Structures on Early Cretaceous cations for Changes in Reef Composition in • L. PRATT (Priceton U.) - "Subcon­ Pluvial Systems (Lakota/Cloverly Forma­ a Future Greenhouse World" tract Proposal to Princeton Univ.: South Af­ tions), Central Cordilleran Foreland Basin" • E. KAUFFMAN (NSF) - "Testing the rican Ultra Deep Mines - Long Term Sites • L. SUTTNER (Shell Oil) - "Shell hypothesis of a Cretaceous Super-tropical for Interdisciplinary Studies (LSLIS) into Departmental Grant'' Climate Zone in the Caribbean Province: Do Extreme Environments of the Deep Surface" • L. SUTTNER (PU) - "Collection of Climate Simulations and Observational Data • L. PRATT (Texas A&M) - "JOI/ Water Samples for State Chemist" Support the Concept of Tropical Stability?" USSSP Post-Cruise Support Proposal: Oxy­ • R. WINTSCH (NSF) - "Identifying • N. KROTHE (CBS Corp.) - "Deter­ gen, Hydrogen, and Carbon Isotopic Com­ Multiple Thermal Events in Polymeta­ mining the Amount of Groundwater Storage position of Interstitial Waters at ODP Site morphic Rocks: Electron and Ion Microprobe in the Phreatic and Epikarst Zones in the 1150, Leg 186; Support for German Mora." Analysis of Complexly Zoned Titanite." Karst Aquifer at the Lemon Lane Landfill: A • E. RIPLEY (NSF) - "Isotopic Stud­ • R. WINTSCH (NSF) - "Supplement Stable Isotopic Study'' ies ofHydrothermal Flow Systems above and to Identifying Thermal Events in • N. KROTHE (U.S. Army) - '½. below the Duluth Complex, Midcontinent Polymetamorphic Rocks: Electron and Ion Hydrogeologic Study to Determine the Rift System, Minnesota" Microprobe Analysis of Complexity Zoned Groundwater Flow, Aquifer Characteristic • E. RIPLEY (NSF) - '½.cquisition of a Titanite" and Chemical Transport in the Big Clifty/ Sulfur Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometer" • R. WINTSCH (NSF) - ''History of Beach Creek Aquifer Beneath the Ammuni­ • E. RIPLEY (NSF) - "Re-Os Isotopic Terrane Assembly, Eastern New England" tion Burning Grounds" Systematics accompanying the Conversion of • N. KROTHE (PU) - "Collection of Organic-Rich, Pelitic Country Rocks to water samples of state chemist office"

21 Student Notes

These companies sent representatives to the (Richmond, Va.), Brian Howard (Carmel, Department to recruit both full-time Ind.), Daniel Miksich ( Schererville, Ind.) employees and interns during the 1999- Fellowship honors 2000 academic year: Graduate • Exxon Exploration Co., Houston, • Estwing Award and Outstanding memory of Texas (Barbara Rassmann); Academic Achievement: Shayne Daniel S. Tudor • Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., Wiesemann (Rolling Prairie, Ind.) Houston,Texas (Carole Rock);and • Department of Geological Sciences A major contribution to the • Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Award for Academic Achievement: Department's endowment Houston,Texas (Thomas Cheriyan and Christian Poppeliers (Orlando, Fla.) campaign has made possible the creation of the Daniel S. Tudor Michiru Tomida). • Outstanding Associate Instructor: Dana Cannon (Cincinnati, Ohio) Graduate Fellowship in geophysics or Awards and grants • TERA: Christopher Willan a closely allied field. The fellowship (Succasunna, N.J.) will honor Daniel Tudor's friendship Undergraduate with the donor, leadership in the • N. Gary Lane Beginning Geologist • Chancellor's Fellowship: Steven Loheide (Lodi, Wis.) geosciences, and lifelong support of Award: Courtney Brown (Indianapolis, the Department. It is expected that Ind.) • McNair Fellowship: Miriam Attenoukon (Baltimore, Md.) the endowment-equivalent income of • Junior Award: Paul Lester (India­ the contribution will be matched by napolis, Ind.) • Women-in-Science Fellowships: Karen Cyr (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Sarah the university administration, and • Professional Development Award: that, witl1 additional contributions Ralph Millikin (South Bend, Ind.) and Pietraszek-Mattner (Glenwood, N.Y.) • Shell Oil Fellowships: Kirsten from friends and former colleagues of Carrie Taylor (Columbus, Ind.) Tudor, a 10-month stipend plus full • Faculty Scholarship (Senior) Award: Bannister (Tacoma, Wa.), Russell House (Oxford, Ala.) tuition and related expenses will be Brian Howard (Carmel, Ind.) covered by the fellowship. • Field Station Scholarships (IU): Deiss • AAPG Grant-in-Aid 1999: William Elliott (Latrobe, Pa.) The Department seeks to make Award - Paul Lester (Indianapolis, Ind.); this newly endowed fellowship a Mead Scholarships - Natalie Uschner • Bernice Eastwood Covalt Memorial Scholarships: Matthew Campbell stipend that will be competitive with (Spartanburg, S.C.), William Elliott geophysics fellowships awarded on a (Latrobe, Pa.) nationwide basis. If you would like to Use of Landmark • 1999-2000 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant contribute to the endowment, please College Program Graduate Fellowship: send a check, payable to the Indiana taught in seminar Judith Coffman Thomas (Hiram, Ohio) University Foundation (noting on the check or in a cover letter that your gift n late January and early February • AGU Outstanding Student Paper I Award in Seismology for the 1999 fall is for this endowment), to Lee 2000, a one-credit seminar for J.Suttner, director of development, graduate students and faculty on the meeting: Christian Poppeliers (Orlando, Fla.) Department of Geological Sciences. use of Landmark Graphics Corp.'s Mrs. Tudor will be informed of all Stratworks software package, recently • John B. Patton Awards: Dana Cannon (Cincinnati, Ohio), Steven gifts made to the endowment in donated to the Department, was memory of her late husband. taught by graduate student Carrie Loheide (Lodi, Wis.), Sarah Pietraszek­ Nolan. Carrie had used this software Mattner (Glenwood, N.Y), Rachel Walker enensively during an internship at (Brisbane, QLB, Australia) Exxon and had also participated in a • SEPM 1999 Mobil Student Participa­ Bachelor of Science week-long seminar on its use, taught tion Grant, Gulf Coast Section, for the Sarah Bryant (Bloomington, Ind.) at Landmark headquarters in presentation "Geological Heterogeneities Thomas Chorny (Grand Haven, Mich.) Houston. Stratworks is perhaps the and Reservoir Model Based on Facies Jeffrey Dick (Han1mond, Ind.) most widely used software for Architecture of Middle Mississippian Salem Jason Krothe (Bloomington, Ind.) manipulation of log and outcrop Grainstone, Shoals, Illinois Basin": Nadeem Nathan Luzny, (Franklin, Ind.) data. It was developed by Ahmad (Faisalabad, Pakistan) Christopher Parks (Corydon, Ind.) geoscientists for geoscientists, so it is • GSA National Meeting, Denver, SGE relatively user-friendly. Stratworks Session, Best Student Paper: Steven Master of Science utilizes UNIX work stations and can Loheide (Lodi, Wis.) • Naomi L. Boness, Guildford, England be used for log correlation, cross­ (2000): "Determination of Effective Elastic section construction, and production Degrees awarded Thickness in the North American Craton of various kinds of maps, such as Bachelor of Arts and Rheological Implications for the stn1Cture contour, isopach, and litho­ Suzanne Gerteisen (Monroe, Ind.) Intraplate Lithosphere" facies. It is an effective tool in Jason Melady (Carmel, Ind.) • Heather Clark, Tigard, Oregon analyzing how faults affect contour Michael Sowder (Oolitic, Ind.) (2000) (Research Project): "Chemical patterns. Monica Tatera (Madison, Ind.) Alterations of Fixated Scrubber Sludge (continued on page 23)

22 Advisory Board Update

he Advisory Board for the Department T of Geological Sciences met Thursday and Friday, Oct. 5-6, in Bloomington. The full Board meeting was preceded by a meeting of the Executive Committee on Thursday, Oct. 4. This was Dick Gibson's last year of a two-year term as president of the Advisory Board. He was replaced by Derek Fullerton, former vice president of the Board. John Bubb was elected as the new vice president. Gibson did an excellent job as president and has our most sincere thanks for his efforts and accomplishments. John Bubb also deserves special recognition for his excellent job in handling the numerous and complicated spreadsheets this year, taking over from George Nevers, who performed admirably in previous years. The meeting was attended by Board members Robert Blakely, Malcolm Boyce, Michael Cowen, Derek Fullerton, Dick Gibson, Glenn Hieshima, Robert Jones, Judson Mead, Michael Mound, Frank Pruett, John Steinmetz, Thomas Straw, Kenneth Vance, Johnny Waters, and Department's relationship with Swamy has ~ fat J91J\~R.R. fl.A Stephen Wells. Lee Suttner, director of been excellent so far and his interaction development for Geological Sciences, and with the Board was both welcome and well flf\AA.fslsl Susan Green, executive director of received. Following the chair's state of the development for the College of Arts and department address (most of which is Advisory Board members attending the Sciences, also attended the meeting. The highlighted on page 1), the Board had its October 2000 meeting were 1. Glenn Board welcomed new member Steve Wells, annual meeting with student members of Hieshima 2. Tom Straw 3. Bob Blakely 4. president of the Desert Research Institute. SAC. Faculty chairs or members of the Chris Maples 5. Steve Wells 6. Dick Highlights of the Advisory Board various faculty search committees reported Gibson 7. Johnny Waters 8. Mal Boyce 9. meeting included a question and answer to the Board about the progress and future Ken Vance 10. Robert Jones 11. Frank session with the new dean of the IU of searches for the Shrock Professorship Pruett 12. Susan Green 13. John College of Arts and Sciences, Kumble (Simon Brassell and Lee Suttner), the Steinmetz 14. Michael Mound 15. Derek Subbaswamy. Dean Swamy, as he prefers Malcolm and Sylvia Boyce Professorship Fullerton 16. Jud Mead 17. Michael to be called, began his duties in July. The (continued on page 24) Cowen 18. Kim Schulte

(2000): "Glacial Stage Reef Tract Develop­ ( 1999): "Sequence Stratigraphy of the Student notes ment of the Pleistocene Coral Cap on Muscatatuck Group (Middle Devonian) in (continued from page 22) Barbados, West Indies: Implications for Southern Indiana: A New Framework for Exposed to Simulated Acid Mine Drainage" Tectonic Uplift History'' Paleoecological Analysis" • Carrie E. Nolan, Elgin, ID. (2000): • David W Millen, Bloomington, Ind. "Pluvial Hydraulics, Geometries, Migra­ Doctor of Philosophy (2000): "Tectonics of the Northernmost tion, and Associated Alluvial Stratigraphy • N adeem Ahmad, Faisalabad, Pakistan Tonga Subduction Zone and a Comparative of the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Forma­ (2000): "Deposition, Sequence Stratigra­ Study of the Tectonics of Subduction Zone tion, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming" phy, and Hydrocarbon Potential of a Terminations" • Catherine A. Thibault, Indianapolis, Gravity Flow Deposit (Carper Sandstone) • German Mora, Bogota, Colombia, Ind.(1999): "GPS Measurements of Crustal within the Osagean (Middle Mississippian) South America (2000): "Stable-Isotopic Deformation in the Northern Philippine Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Eastern and Geochemical Assessment of Andean Island Arc" Illinois Basin" Terrestrial Ecosystems during Pleistocene • G. Todd Ventura, Boulder, Col. • Eung-Seok Lee, Seoul, Korea (1999): Climate Changes" ( 1999): ''Investigation of Coral Diversity "Hydrogeological Investigation in a Karst • Haichao (George) Yu, Beijing, and Coral Number on Disturbance-Induced Terrain in South Central Indiana, U. S. A.: Peoples Republic of China (1999): Patches: A Study of the Intermediate Delineating the Flow Systems and Mixing "Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Disturbance Hypothesis in the Key Largo Problems Using Major Ions and Stable Groundwater in a Karst Terrain of Southern Formation, Late Pleistocene, Florida" Isotopes in Water as Tracers" Indiana" • Christopher G. Willan, Dover, N.J • Karl W Leonard, Pullman, Wash. 23 Advisory Board (continued from page 23) In Memoriam (Noel Krothe), an assistant professor search in geophysics (Michael Ham­ burger), and an assistant professor search Charles J. Vitaliano geology were fortunate ones for the in biogeochemistry (Lisa Pratt). In 1910-2000 profession, not only for the scientific addition, Simon Brassell and Jim Brophy Professor Emeritus Charles J. Vitaliano, contributions that he would later make, but provided reports about ongoing changes in fellow of the Geological Society of also because of the legendary teacher and the graduate curriculum and enrollments. America, died on April 6, 2000, just a few mentor he would become at Indiana Jim Brophy, in his role as director of the days after his 90th birthday. He died University. Judson Mead Geologic Field Station, peacefully in Bloomington, Ind., after a While working towards his undergradu­ informed the Board about changes in the long, productive, and happy career that ate degree, Charles held a number of night curriculum and increasing cost pressures for extended for many years after his retirement jobs, including unloading railroad freight the Field Station this coming year. Board in 1980. cars and working as an assistant baggage member and state geologist John Charles was born in New York City on master for the Italian Line of steamships. Steinmetz outlined ongoing research and April 2, 1910, the eldest of the three Undaunted by the demands of studying by outreach accomplishments at the Indiana children ofJoseph and Catherine de Barberi day and being on the job at night, Charles Geological Survey. Vitaliano. During the Depression, Charles completed work for the BS degree in 1936 Another highlight was the presentation had to drop out of high school in order to and enrolled in the graduate program at by Mike Dunn, dean of the new IU School help support the struggling family. Happily, Columbia University. There, he earned a of Informatics. In a very general sense, he was able to attend night school and master's degree in 1938 and a PhD degree informatics is the study of data, data complete work for his diploma, even while in 1944. Under the tutelage of Paul F. Kerr, assimilation, data transfer, and so-called one job after another ended because of and holding a James Furman Kemp metadata (data about data). Consequently, failing businesses. With spirits low, he fellowship, Charles specialized in igneous the new School oflnformatics will promote returned home one day to find that, having petrology, a subject that remained a highly quantitative, computer-oriented passed the New York State Regents consuming passion throughout his lengthy classes and extra-university experiences for Examination, he had been admitted to the career. While at Columbia, he met Dorothy its students. Dunn had a stimulating City College of New York, in which he was A. Brauneck, a geology graduate student, presentation that elicited numerous encouraged to enroll at once. His decisions and the couple were married in October questions and extended discussions well to pursue collegiate studies and to major in (continued on page 25) after his talk. He noted that the first named computer science department in the country was established at Purdue in 1967. He also noted that geoscience data as a whole is the second-largest collection of data in the world, behind governmental and New member profile military intelligence data. The traditional Friday night reception and dinner was held this year at the newly Wells adds his experience to Board renovated Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center tephen G. Wells, BS'71, is the newest member of the Advisory Board. He is on campus. Board members, faculty, S president of the university and community college system of Nevada's Desert spouses, friends, and special guests (includ­ Research Institute. In addition, he is a graduate faculty member in both the ing Dean Swamy) were in attendance for Department of Geological Sciences and the Hydrologic Sciences Program at tl1e the evening. University of Nevada at Reno. Steve earned the BS degree in geology at ill in 1971, The annual meeting of the Advisory followed by a master's degree and PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 1973 Board continues to be one of the highlights and 1976, respectively. He joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico in of our year in the Department. Next year's 1976 and rose through the ranks to become professor and chair of the Department meeting will be held Oct. 4-6. As has been of Geology in 1989. He moved to the University of California-Riverside in 1991 the case in past years, special thanks are and then to the Desert Research Institute in 1995. At the Institute, he rose from and owed to Patty Byrum Kim Schulte executive director and research professor to his current position of president for their hard work and preparation before beginning in 1999. and during this year's Board meeting. The A councilor of the Geological Society of America for 1999-2001, Steve has Geological Sciences Advisory Board is held served from 1998-2000 on the Committee on Continuing Education and will serve up as model for advisory boards of other 2000-2002 on the Committee on Publications of GSA. departments within COAS. We are indeed Steve has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters fortunate to have such active, interested, focusing upon the geomorphology and Quaternary geology of arid and semiarid and accomplished alumni and friends of the regions and the geomorphic and hydrologic responses to Quaternary climate change, Department of Geological Sciences. The as well as tectonic and volcanic activity. In addition, his research career has a blend of Advisory Board continues to be extremely applied studies and basic research. helpful and supportive, with numerous Steve serves on a number of public and private boards and committees concerned excellent suggestions and sage advice, all of with water quality, technology development, and historic preservation. He enjoys which are extremely appreciated by an hiking, backpacking, canoeing, swimming and reading. Steve and his wife, Bethany, inexperienced department chair! live in Reno with their son, Chris,l 7, and daughter, Katie, 13. - ChristOjJher Maples

24 dissimilar as the origin of western mineral In memoriam deposits and the archaeological geology of (continued from page 24) volcanic ash, and with rocks ranging in age 1940. Their marriage produced two from billions-of-years-old (Archean) children, Judith and Peter, and endured for "basement'' rocks to surficial deposits just a few months shy of 60 years! formed within the past few thousand years. Upon graduating from Columbia, First and foremost, Charles was a Charles accepted a position as instructor in mineralogist and petrographer, whose ceramic petrology at Rutgers University, expertise with the petrographic microscope and then, from 1942 to 1947, served as is legendary. Second, Charles will be field geologist with the U.S. Geological remembered as a field geologist, whose Survey, in which capacity he was engaged legacy includes not only the numerous primarily in exploring for magnesite in the published reports and maps he authored, strategic minerals program. but also the exceptional skill with which he In 1947, Charles was offered and instilled in his students a love of field work accepted an associate professorship at and proficiency in the methodology of field Indiana University, where he was respon­ investigations. In 1982, the IU College of sible for teaching elementary geology and Arts and Sciences recognized this quality by field geology: Within a few semesters his honoring him with its Distinguished Charles J. Vitaliano teaching role expanded so as to include Teaching Award. By that date, Charles had igneous and metamorphic petrology: The Charles was one of the few IU geology officially retired from Indiana University, need for a summer field training program faculty members to receive Fulbright but with his wife, Dorothy, continued was recognized as a primary goal for the awards, serving as a senior research fellow active involvement with the problem of ash Department. Accordingly, in the summer of in New Zealand during the 1954-55 distribution from the Minoan eruption on 1948, Charles took a group ofIU students academic year and as a Fulbright lecturer in Santorini, Greece. During these investiga­ to the Princeton University field station at Australia in July 1955. tions, Charles analyzed tephra (volcanic Red Lodge, Mont., and in 1949 became His expertise in and zeal for igneous ejecta) deposits, which are key to decipher­ director of the new IU Field Station, which petrology was by this time widely known, ing the chronology of ancient civilizations. was constructed near Cardwell, Mont. and his efforts in this field were supported His work in this field led, in 1985, to Always an ardent field geologist, Charles by National Science Foundation grants chairmanship of the Archaeological was in his element as Field Station director, from 1957 to 1961 and from 1966 to Geology Division of the Geological Society a position he held through the summer of 1972. His enthusiasm for research attracted of America, and his final work in the new 1950. numerous students who completed master's discipline was published in 1997. During the summers of 1950 to 1958, and doctoral degrees under Charles's Ever dynamic, Charles pursued with Charles held a position as field geologist demanding tutelage and led eventually to characteristic enthusiasm many interests with the U.S. Geological Survey, working publication of a superb multiple-authored, outside his research, teaching, and in Nevada and New Mexico, and in 1958 detailed geologic map of the Tobacco Root mentoring responsibilities. From 1966 to returned to the IU Geologic Field Station Mountains of Montana. Charles's research 1985, he was on the board of directors of to assist for the next 16 years in operation had tremendous geographic reach, includ­ the IU Credit Union, serving as chair of the now greatly expanded program. He ing the Great Basin, Northern Rocky during the 1967-68 fiscal year. In 1973, retired from Indiana University in 1980, Mountains, Snake River Plain, Midwest, Charles served as a consultant for the Earth but maintained an office and research New Zealand, and Greece. Resources Technical Satellite project at the involvement for many years thereafter. He dealt with geologic problems as University of Montana. And from 1979 to 1981, he was a member of the Scientific Advancement Committee at IU. For several Vitaliano Reseach Grants-in-Aid Endowment established decades, Charles was a major figure in programs and events of the Unitarian A major donation to the Department is being used to establish a new Charles J. Universalist Church in Bloomington. Vitaliano Research Grants-in-Aid program in honor of one of the Department's Always a keen advocate of healthy exercise, most beloved and long-term professors. The grants will be awarded as part of a Charles was for many years an avid nationwide competition among students intending to do research in Montana, which handball player and became a jogger almost in part will be based at the Judson Mead Geologic Field Station of Indiana before the word had been coined. In later University. Professor Vitaliano had a career-long passion and enthusiasm for years, he swam regularly to maintain the Montana geology, as well as strong ties to the Field Station developed during the fitness that carried him up mountain slopes many years he used the Field Station as a base for his teaching and research. It is at the head of the field party well into his fitting that this program maintain his wonderful legacy linking research in Montana 70s. He and Dorothy were inveterate geology and the Field Station, and at the same time provide national recognition for travelers, having visited the Galapagos the Field Station and the Department. Islands, enjoyed a historical tour of Turkey, All former students and friends of Professor Vitaliano are encouraged to participated in an African safari, and contribute to the new endowment. The larger it becomes the greater the number of traveled by helicopter to see volcanic students it will support. Checks should be made out to the Indiana University phenomena in the remotest parts of Foundation, with a cover letter or note on the check directing the contribution to the Kamchatka in eastern Siberia. They were in Charles]. Vitaliano Endowment and sent to Dr. Lee J. Suttner, Director of Develop­ Prague when the Russian tanks rolled in in ment, Department of Geological Sciences at Indiana University. Mrs. Vitaliano will 1958, rode camels in Egypt, sailed to be informed of all contributions made in memory of her late husband. (continued on page 26)

25 Alumni Notebook

William I. Ausich, MA'76, PhD'78, served Alumni Professor of Geology at Denison Corkscrew Swamp (Fla.) Sanctuary. The a term on the Treatise on Invertebrate University, served as president of the money was a gift from Pathways to Nature, Paleontology Advisory Committee for 1997- History of Earth Sciences Society in 1999- a joint program between the National Fish 2000. 2000. and Wildlife Foundation and Wild Birds Kennard B. Bork, MA'64, PhD'67, was Volk.er Bruchert, PhD'97, is now at the Unlimited Inc., a chain of nature stores of awarded the Neil Miner Award by the Max Plank Institute for Marine Microbiol­ which Carpenter is the president and chief National Association of Geoscience ogy, Germany. On Feb. 14, 2000, he executive officer. The grant will help fund Teachers at the Geological Society of presented the departmental colloquium the sanctuary's "Clues to Discovery'' America annual meeting in Reno, Nev., in with a talk titled "Microbial Controls on the exhibit. November 2000. This award is given Stable Sulfur Isotopic Fractionation during Thomas W. Chorny, BS'99, along with annually by NAGT for "exceptional Bacterial Sulfate Reduction." several other IU graduates, competed in the contributions to the stimulation of interest Last September, James A. Carpenter, Olympic Track and Field Trials in Sacra­ in the earth sciences." Ken, who is the BA'75, presented a $30,000 grant to the mento, Calif., this past July. His specialty was the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase. Brooke P. Clements, BS'82, is the vice in geophysics in 1975 at Indiana University, president of exploration for Ashton Mining In memoriam where he studied under Al Rudman. of Canada, a company that hopes to find a (continued from page 25) Jerry began his career in industry with diamond mine in the Americas. He lives with his wife, Juanita, and son, Jeffrey, in Antarctica on a World Explorer cruise, and Cities Service Oil Co., where he was a Vancouver. traveled to China and South America as petroleum geophysicist from 1975 to 1979. Lyndon L. Dean, BS'60, retired at the participants in the People-to-People He moved to Conoco in 1979 and served end of 1999 after more than 30 years with program. Further, there are few parts of as geophysicist there until his death. Jerry Material Service Corp. He has formed a Europe that have not seen the smiling faces was a most valued alumnus of the Depart­ geological consulting service called Mine IT of the affable Charles and Dorothy ment and had been a member of the and is the owner and principal geologist. Vitaliano. Advisory Board since 1995. He served the He writes that he plans to relocate to Charles was blessed with a happy home Board and the Department with distinction western North Carolina and will continue life, loving family, a legion of friends, a and will always be warmly remembered for consulting in the Midwest, as well as the profession he loved passionately, accom­ his thoughtful, conscientious, generous, Carolinas. plishments enough to satisfy any person, and unpretentious qualities. Peter DeCelles, MA'84, PhD'84, and a long and healthy life. His unfailingly currently at the University of Arizona, good nature, happy countenance, and Remembering alumni presented the departmental colloquium on constant congeniality were among the We have learned of the recent deaths of Nov. 22, 1999, with a talk titled "How the endearing trademarks of this humble and several other alumni and extend our Kinematic History of the Himalayan Fold­ remarkably able man. He is sorely missed condolences to their families and friends. Thmst Belt Controls Seawater 87Sr/86Sr." by all who had the privilege of knowing • Dallas "Jake" Fiandt Jr., BA'49, On the following day, he hosted a brown him professionally and personally. MA'50, of Baton Rouge, La., formerly bag seminar on "Evolution of the Hima­ - This memorial resolution was written by employed by the Indiana Geological Survey, layan Foreland Basin System." Donald E. Hattin and read into the minutes for 27 years as a geologist for Texaco, and David Des Marais, MA'72, PhD'74, of ofthe Bloomington Faculty Council. seven years prior to his retirement as a the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett geologist for Campbell Energy Corpora­ Field, Calif., presented a talk at IU on April Jerome Thornburg tion, died in August 2000. 19, 2000. His was the first lecture in the 1949-2000 • Karl W. "Bill" Frielinghausen, Astrobiology/Extreme Life Seminar Series Jerome Thornburg, of Houston, Texas, BA'48, MA'50, of Cody, Wyo., a well-site sponsored by departments of Chemistry, petroleum geophysicist with Conoco Inc. and consulting geologist specializing in the Biology, and Geological Sciences. Dave's and member of the Advisory Board, died Big Horn Basin, died in October 1999. address was titled ''Astrobiology Offers on Sept. 2, 2000. Survivors include his wife • Gregory J. Giordano, BS'82, of Fort Perspectives on Our Own Biosphere." of21 years, Janet Bauder Thornburg, Wayne, Ind., died in June 1994. Robert C. Earle, BS'87, MS'91, is a daughter Laurel Thornburg, mother • Margaret C. Kuzmitz, BA'38, of consulting geologist with URS Corp., Frances Lamey Thornburg, of Evansville, Bluffton, Ind., died in December 1998. Willow Grove, Pa. He and his wife, Kris Ind., Robert Lawrence Thornburg, of • Paul D. Proctor, PhD'49, for many (Heinrichs), BS'85, MA'88, were married at Wadesville, Ind., and sister Jacqueline years a faculty member at the University of Beck Chapel in August 1989. She teaches Robertson and niece Jennifer Bayer, both of Missouri, Rolla, and after retirement at Spanish and French at a small private Mount Vernon, Ind. Brigham Young University, died in June college. They have three children: Bethany, Jerry was born on Aug. 31, 1949, in 1999 at Provo, Utah. 10, Colin, 7, and James, 3. Evansville, Ind., the son of Robert and • Joseph "Nick" Stellavato, MA'74, Patricia Arkin Gerdsen, BS'50, writes Frances (Lamey) Thornburg. He was a geologist at the Yucca Mountain depository that "after many years away from the field 1967 graduate of North Posey High site, died in July 2000 at Las Vegas, Nev. of geology I have returned to paleontology School, earned his BS in geology from • Paul David Yundt, BS'50, of as a volunteer." Gerdsen, a retired school Indiana State University in 1971 and MA Greenville, Ky., died in May 1999. (continued on page 27) 26 Alumni notebook the Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Life." Alumni receptions held in (continued from page 26) Dave Lawr, MA'68, PhD'71, con­ Louisiana, Texas, Nevada psychologist, lives in Orinda, Calif., with ducted an eight-day rafting trip down the her husband, Robert. Colorado Grand Canyon for the Houston s in previous years, alumni socials Scott A. Glassman, BS'81, writes that Geological Society in June 2000. Some 31 Awere held in 2000 to promote he has moved from New Orleans to brave souls, mostly geologists, rafted from fellowship and maintain contact Houston with Texaco and is now the Lees Ferry down river some 160 miles, among alumni. manager of the seismic imaging, lithology, where they were then helicoptered up to the • On April 17, a group of alumni and hydrocarbon prediction team. Bar-10 Ranch and then flown to Las Vegas. and friends attended a reception held Robert D. Hall, PhD'73, is past chair Six participants had IU connections and in New Orleans, La., during the of the North-Central Section of the included Al and Phil Rudman, Joan annual national meeting of the Geological Society of America. Lauer, Wulf and Christine Massell, and American Association of Petroleum Anthony R. Hoch, BS'88, writes that the group leader, Dave Lawr. Geologists. he is now an assistant professor at Lawrence Lindsey R. Leighton, MS'95, returned • On Sept. 22, an alumni social, University in Appleton, Wis., where he to the department as a postdoctoral research hosted by John Bubb and Glenn teaches mineralogy, geochemistry, and fellow and made a colloquium presentation Hieshima, was held for Houston-area introductory courses in geology and on Sept. 13, 1999, titled ''A New Example alumni in that city. environmental science. of Predatory Drilling in the Paleowic, and • The final alumni reception was Douglas M. Kayes, BS'78, MA'79, the Implications for Escalation." on Nov. 13 at the national meeting of writes that he has retired from Mobil Oil Maxwell A. Meise Jr., BS'57, MS'61, the Geological Society of America, after 20 years and is currently a division MA'73, has retired after 40 years of held this past year in Reno, Nev. manager at Stone Energy's Houston office. teaching at Warren Central High School in Do come to an alumni reception Frank E. Kottlowski, BA'47, has been Indianapolis. He was elected to the during the coming year! honored as a SO-year fellow of the Geologi­ McCordsville, Ind., town council in 1999. cal Society of America. He continues to He writes that he participates in the youth serve as chair and American Association of and music programs at Fall Creek Wesleyan the leader of minerals technology at EEC State Geologists representative to the GSA Church, and that he and his wife, Judith, International. He lives with his wife, Diane, and AASG Selection Committee for the are both active in the U.S. Coast Guard and children in Milledgeville, Ga. John C. Frye Memorial Award in Environ­ Auxiliary, teaching boating classes and Scott W. Rogers, BS'71, is the geo­ mental Geology. patrolling a local lake. physical manager for the onshore division David A. Kring, BS'84, of the Depart­ Thomas G. Playmate, BS'76, MA'78, is of Samedan Oil Corp. He lives with his ment of Planetary Sciences at the University an associate professor of geology at wife, Carol, in Houston, Texas. of Arizona, Tucson, is chair of the Planetary Southwest Missouri State University in Otto Sardi, PhD'69, retired from Geology Division of the Geological Society Springfield, Mo. He was recently elected to Connecticut State University in 1997. He of America for 1999-2001. He wrote the serve as chair of the faculty senate for the writes: "My wife Henriette and I are fully lead article in GSA Today, August 2000, 2001-02 academic year. enjoying our retirement years. We travel, titled "Impact Events and Their Effect on Robert J. Pruett, MS'88, PhD'93, is mainly to Europe, go to gem and mineral shows, and give talks to clubs and schools." Last fall, they visited the famous amethyst mine ofldar Oberstein, Germany, and the basaltic volcanic mountains on the shore of Lake Balaton in Hungary: Their twin daughters, Monica and Nancy, not yet 3 years old in 1968 when Otto completed his PhD dissertation, are now both engineers, in structural civil and computer software, respectively. Their youngest daughter, Sylvia, is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University Medical School. Interestingly, Otto was also a postdoctoral Mellon Fellow at Yale's Geology Department in 1982- 1983. He and his wife live in Columbia, Conn. Thomas J. Schull, MA'66, gave the inaugural lecture of the Daniel S. Tudor Commemorative Lecture Series at the Department on Oct. 5, 2000 (see page 11). Tom was recently named vice president of planning, evaluation, and business develop­ ment with Chevron Overseas Petroleum Six hardy souls - with IU connections - enjoying their Grand Canyon float trip in July Inc. in San Ramon, Calif. 2000 and having just sung the IU fight song are, from left, Phil Rudman, recent student Phyllis Scudder Snow, BS'56, MA'58, in Geology G221 and G222; Wulf Massell, MA'69,PhD'74; Al Rudman, emeritus faculty retired in 1995 from the fields of hydrology IUB; Dave Lazor, MA'68,PhD'71; Joan Lauer, faculty IUPUI; Christine Massell, Geology (continued on page 28) G429. 27 graduate degree in paleontology and planner for the Southwest Minnesota Alumni notebook studied under professors J.J. Galloway and Regional Development Commission and (continued from page 27) E.R. Cumings, "both fine persons and lives in Currie, Minn.; son John and his and geology. She in now an active partici­ with national reputations in their field." wife own and operate the Wayne Cyclery in pant in her community orchestra and band. Owen Hall, of course, was then home to Grand Island, Neb. She and her husband, Donald, live in the Department of Geology. Following up Charles E. Wier, BA'43, MA'50, Kalispell, Mont. on Howard's note this editor received a PhD'55, was the 1999 Veterans Day Cecilia A. Sponable, BS'88, writes that marvelous letter from him, which is speaker at the Monroe County Courthouse she has left Diamond Shamrock and the reproduced below at the end of '1\.lumni in Bloomington. Charles served as a first environmental industry to stay home with Notebook." lieutenant in the 11th Airborne Division her child. She and her husband, Dennis, Kenneth Waters Jr., BA'49, MA'50, parachute unit, making jumps in the live in Lakewood, Colo. writes of his memories of Professor Deiss Philippines and Japan for more than three John R. Taylor Sr., BA'49, is semi­ and the Field Station. After that experience, years during World War II. retired in the transportation industry with he tells how he "landed a job at the AARG Joe. I. Willman, BA'60, MAT'62, his Cincinnati company, Taylor Warehouse, in 1950 at Chicago, with the California writes that he is now "winding down a long now operated by his two sons, both ill Company, ordered to report to Harvey, La., career in pathology in Muncie, Ind." He graduates. He notes that his company (New Orleans) and have been a Gulf Coast and his wife, Teresa, live in Gaston, Ind. includes Bloomington in its delivery of geologist ever since." Milt Wiltse, MA'66, PhD'68, visited the many food products. He was in the first William J. Wayne, MA'50, PhD'52, Geological Survey and the Department in Montana field course and writes, "I remains busy in retirement from the September 2000 upon returning from a remember the great times our class had at University of Nebraska. In 1999, he week-long trip to Washington, D.C., where the Red Lodge, Mont., Field Station in the revisited Yellowknife, Canada, where he and he represented the state of Alaska in federal summer of 1948!" his wife, Naorni, had visited in June 1998 government meetings. Milt is director of Steven D. Theodosis, PhD'56, is to attend the eighth International Perma­ the Geological and Geophysical surveys, as retired. His long and active career included frost Conference. In spring 1999, a paper well as state geologist of Alaska. teaching in the summer program at the of his on a rockfall south of Salta, Argen­ Larry D. Woodfork, BS'64,MA'65, is Field Station in 1950. He and his wife, tina, triggered by a major earthquake about president-elect of the American Geological Georgia, live in Broomfield, Colo. 5,000 years ago appeared in the journal Institute and a member of the Executive Howard L. Tipsword, MA'38, retired Geomorphology . Bill also presented a paper Committee of the organization. Larry is from Mobil Oil Corp. in 1976 and now co-authored with Bob Diffendal at the also chair of the Southeastern Section of the lives in Springfield, Mo. In a class note to Denver GSA meeting in spite of a case of Geological Society of America for 2000- laryngitis. On the personal side, Bill now the I NDIANA ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Howard 2001. reported that he received his master's plays the flute with the Lincoln Downtown George Hai Chao Yu, PhD'99, is a degree just two and a half months after the Seniors Band. He also played the same senior scientist and project manager for late Herman B Wells was named president piccolo (restored) at a veterans parade on Harding ESE, a leading environmental of ill. At that time (1938), out-of-state Memorial Day that his great grandfather consulting company in Knoxville, Tenn. He tuition was just $25 per semester! The non­ played in a military band during the Civil and his wife, Jing Li, and their daughter, Indiana resident today is charged a tuition War. Naorni recently gave him a bass flute, Miao, live in West Knoxville. He can be of $468 per credit hour! (Indiana resident and he's now "working on it." Older reached at [email protected]. graduate students currently pay $161 per daughter Nancy still lives in Bellevue, Neb., credit hour.) Times indeed have changed. and is employed at a nearby garden center; Howard recalled that he earned his younger daughter Annette, is physical

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28 Graduate alumnus of 1938 fondly remembers IU Dear Dr. Towell, pleasant experiences at IU was sitting in the hank you for your kind letter. Your Commons after lunch, nursing a soda, and T information that IU tuition is now listening to the great swing band of Jimmy $468 per credit hour is very interesting. Cathcart giving us big band The 32 credit hours I received in 1937-38 classics in the Benny Goodman for $50 would cost $14,976 today. I believe style. An unforgettable night at I wrote earlier that room rent in a private IU was my attending the senior home on Tenth Street was $10/month. prom and dancing to the music Meals averaged about $40/month and this of the Henry Busse band. Henry included breakfast at the Book Nook, a was so sentimental that he asked former hangout of Herman B Wells and us not to dance during his Hoagy Carmichael. Since you were kind closing theme of"Hot Lips!" enough to ask, I'll include some highlights Another remarkable occasion of my stay at IU, which are some of my in January 1938 was when Bill most pleasant memories. These would only and I passed our French language be of interest to anyone else because of their requirement for the MA degree. antiquity. We celebrated with a dinner­ My close friend, WO. "Bill" Allen and I dance on the enclosed roof of the were both geology graduates of Tulsa Severn Hotel in Indianapolis. University, and we enrolled at IU in Two sorority sisters from IU September 1937 to work toward master's went with us. For transport, we degrees in paleontology/geology. Registra­ relied on our "merry tion consisted of filling out forms with Oldsmobile." One of the coeds faculty members of the Geology Depart­ shared the driver's seat inside ment. They were lined up side by side at a with Bill. The other one braved long table. The fact that we had come from the rumble seat (outside) with Oklahoma especially to study under me. Ctuising the 80 miles round professors Galloway and Cumings seemed trip outside in mid-winter wasn't to be unusual, so much so that when we exactly a "walk in the park." informed Dr. Galloway of this, he managed However, youth knows no to have us repeat it loudly enough so that obstacles - riding the rumble his fellow faculty members were sure to was literally a breeze with no sweat and the Howard Tipsword, above and standing hear it. excitement of the moment made it enjoy­ beside Bill Allen's Oldsmobile in a photo My friend, Bill, owned a 1937 able. We had a sparkling evening to the taken in 1938 near the corner of Tenth St. Oldsmobile coupe as shown in the enclosed extent that we delayed our departure and and Fess St. in Bloomington photo. Today this ancient machine re­ arrived back at the sorority house in sembles an experiment in claustrophobic Bloomington at 2 a.m., two hours past confinement. However, in its day, this auto midnight curfew. The door of the entrance perfect spring weather, and lovely, rolling with its sporty rumble seat was the latest was flung open the moment we arrived. hilly outdoor scenery of southern Indiana. thing in style and was considered class-in­ The house mother was waiting for us and The trip was overnight from Bloomington action. Even a bashed fender, which was it's surprising that she didn't have the police to New Albany and ending up in Clifty becoming a permanent fixture, only added out. While the sorority sisters cringed inside Falls State Park on the north bank and to the razz-a-ma-tazz. The new price of the and fled up the stairs, the house mother overlooking the Ohio River. This field trip 1937 Olds was about $800. stood by in stony silence. Evidently outrage had the added attraction of the presence of Although we worked hard and diligently, and indignation had rendered her speech­ the girl students (mostly freshmen). Their daily life at IU with our academic studies in less. Bill and I escaped in jig time, fortu­ presence in these early days was a rare Owen Hall and acquired friendships with nately, before she recovered her faculties; occurrence as most field trips were an all­ faculty and fellow students was interesting when it came to confronting irate house male province. Proper conduct typical of and gratifying. In addition to professors mothers, we were quite guilty of cravenly this "age of innocence" prevailed. Still, the Galloway and Cumings, we valued the cowardice. We gave the house mother a feminine presence gave a vivacious quality friendship with Professor Ralph Esarey and wide berth in all future activities. to the formation studies and fossil collect­ association with Dr. Malott. We had valued We made several geology field trips, but ing. It was a lovely trip and so enjoyable. It friendships with student colleagues, the best one of all was in April 1938 and it affords one of those bittersweet memories including Jim Reeves, Fred Latimer, Ray was truly unforgettable. Ail of the students of your youth that you recall for a lifetime. Robbins, Charles Spence, George Heap, and most of the faculty in the Geology Our memorable stay at IU was quickly Tom Dawson, Hollis Fender, Rodifer Department participated. Students in coming to a close. Bill and I were awarded Harris, Lester Logue, Fred Shrock, and classes from freshman geology through our MA degrees in early June 1938. Indiana John Patton (later chair and state geolo­ advanced courses and graduate school University gave us a lot more than our gist). attended. We had all the requisites for a degrees. We had acquired a great respect for Aside from academics, one of our most memorable and exciting field trip: youth, (continued on page 30) 29 Honor Roll of Donors (Jan. 1, 1999, to Aug. 31, 2000)

Many thanks to those who have contributed to the IU Department of Geological Sciences! pecial appreciation is extended to members of"The 200/400 Club," a group of donors who have either contributed or pledged to Scontribute a minimum of $400 per year for five years of the Endowment Campaign. We hope to attract a minimum of 200 alumni into this special category of donors. Please contact Lee J. Suttner, director of development, for information on how to join this group.

Individual Donors Cassie, Robert and Marion Fetter, Charles Jr. Harris, James and J esslyn 1999 Cheetham, Alan and Marjorie Fiandt, Dallas and Margaret Hartgraves, Jeanette Christensen, Evart Filippini, Mark Hattin, Donald and Marjorie Alano, Penny and Andrew Christian, Bill Fish, Ferol and Lois Hattin, Donna Alexander, Richard and Jeannie Clebnik, Sherman Foell, Christopher Hayes, John Allen, Harry and Deborah Cleveland, John and Elinor Foster, David and Marsha Heiser, Lois Allen, Winnora Cody, Clyde and Elizabeth Fout, Helen and James Henderson, Stephen and Anderson, Stanley and Sharon Colker, Joseph Fritz, Arthur and Jean Kathryn Anonymous Collister, James Fry, Geneva Hendrix, Thomas and Nina Ausich, William and Regina Combs, John Fullerton, Derek Hieshima, Glenn and Suzanne Austin, Amanda Cowen, Michael Gellasch, Christopher Kairo Bahr, John and Susan Crampton, Janet Ghose, Shankar Hirsch, Stuart Basu, Abhijit and Ilora Dahl, Peter Ghose, Sujoy Hohn, Michael and Kay Bear, Glen and Lorie Daniel, David and Nicole Gibson, Clena V Holm, Melody and Stan Belak, Ronald Davenport John and Barbara Gibson, Richard Cadwell Beith, Jeffrey and Sandra Davis, Paula and Craig Gladish, Lowell and Marilyn Horowitz, Alan Blakely; Robert and Rosanna Dean, Claude Golding, Julie Huffman, Samuel Bogardus, James Dean, Mildred and Lyndon Goldschmidt, Bruno and Eileen James, Bruce Bollenbacher, John and Martha Dixon, William Jr. Goss, James Janssen, Janelle Bomberger, Harvey Dodd, J. Robert and Joann Graham, Michael and Kate Jenkins, Helen and Jerry Bork, Kennard and Katherine Donelson, Bernadine Graham, Stephan Johnson, Gerald and Marilyn Bottum, Annette Drake, Kenneth and Kathleen Green, Jeffery and Susan Jones, Robert and Nancy Boyce, Malcolm and Sylvia DuBois, Jeanette Griffiths, Scott Kammer, Thomas and Heidi Boyer, Robert and Elizabeth Dull, Daniel and Donna Griggs, John and Bessie Kaska, Harold and Cecille Brassell, Simon and Trudy Ekuland, Robert Gutstadt, Allan and Lyndal Kauffman, Erle and Claudia Brittain, Alan Elliott, David Guzman, Humberto and Joyce Johnson Brobst, Donald and Elizabeth Endris, Ronald and Teresa Hagey, John Keiser, Alan Broekstra, Scott and Karen Engelhardt, Donald and Hamburger, Michael and Keller, Stanley and Teresa Brophy, James and Evelyn Cynthia Jennifer Bass Kemmerer, Bryan Bryant, Napoleon Jr. Fairman, Korryn Hamilton, Keith and Marianne Kent, Stanley Bubb, John and Janet Farley, Martin Hamilton, Stanley and Mary Kiely; James Bucklin, Louis and Linda Feldman, Howard Hanley; Thomas and Judy Kline, Randy and Jennifer Burton, Jerry and Sarah Ferry, James and Jean Harpe½ Roxanne Klug, Michael and Carol Caserotti, Phillip Fertal, Thomas Harris, J. Robert Koch, Phillip and Ellen Kogel, Jessica and Robert Kohler, Christopher Kottlowski, Frank and Florence Krebes, Elizabeth (continued from page 29) Letters from alumnus Kron, Terry! and Jane the university and I take pride in our association independent oil operator. In 1939, I was hired as Krothe, Noel and Joyce with it. We had made many fine friendships with a paleontologist-geologist by Socony Vacuum Oil Kues, Barry and Georgianna both students and faculty. Professors Cumings, Co. in Venezuela. This began my 38-year career Kwiecien, Therese Galloway, and Esarey had instilled in us a sense of with Mobil Oil Corp. and affiliates that took me Lake, Ellen values that would serve us for life. Two of the from Venezuela and Colombia to Louisiana and Lane, Gary and Mary greatest of these: simplicity in outlook and all Texas. My marriage to Maxine Cassady; of Tulsa, Lane, Phillip activity and perseverance in all endeavor. These in 1941 was my good fortune. She has been my Laney, Robert and Carol values and living by them have added much to lifelong companion and best friend for all these Langford, Richard and Robin our lives over the years. My ill interlude was an years. Latimer, Fred and Dorothy exciting lifetime adventure. It ended abruptly and As you can see, Dr. Towell, my chronicle got Lea, Elinor was over much too soon -long before I was completely out of hand in length. It would be my Leckrone, Kristen and Ross ready to say goodbye. pleasure if you wish to enter any of it in the Hayman Bill and I returned to Tulsa. I was employed Hoosier Geologic Record. Leonard, Mark and Kim by Amerada Petroleum Corp. the next several Thank you and kind wishes, Lewis, Norman Jr. months. Bill worked for his father who was an - Howard Tipsword Litehiser, Joe Jr and Socorro 30 Macy, Thomas and Lois Serne, Dennis Yarlot, Mark Goldschmidt, Bruno and Eileen Magley, Herbert Shaffer, Nelson and Kathryn Young, Steven and Margretta Guzman, Humberto and Joyce Manley, David Shaver, M. Sue Zelsman, Loren Hamburger, Michael and Maples, Christopher and Sara Shorb, William and Lisa Zhou, Huitang Jennifer Bass Mason, Brian Sieverding, Jayne Harper, Roxanne Mastalerz, Maria Snow, Phyllis Individual Donors Hartgraves, Jeanette Mathews, David Sonntag, Mark and Jean 2000 Harvey, Richard May, Lee South, Robert Heiser, Lois (through 8/31/00) May, Michael and Elizabeth Sponable, Dennis and Cecelia Henderson, Stephen and McCammon, Richard and St. Jean, Joseph Jr. Allen, Winnora (Trust) Kathryn Helen Stafford, Rodney and Marie Anderson, Stanley and Sharon Horowitz, Alan (Estate) McLoda, William Stangle, William and Betty Basu, Abhijit and Ilora Huffman, Samuel McTaggart, Barbara Steward, Michael and Carol Bear, Glenn and Lorie Hyman, Ross and Kristen Mead, Judson and Jane Copp Becker, Jennifer Leckrone Mead, Thomas and Lenore Stratton, James Belak, Ronald James, W Calvin and Elise Meise, Maxwell Jr. Straw, William and Odessa Blakely, Robert and Rosanna Porter Middleman, Bruce and Janet Struhs, James Bomberger, Harvey Janssen, Janelle Miller, Marvin and Vicki Sukup, James and Mary Boyce, Malcolm and Sylvia Kauffman, Erle and Claudia Millholland, Madelyn Sullivan, Dan Braden, Samuel and Beth Johnson Monroe, Jay Suttner, Lee and Virginia Brassell, Simon and Trudy Kemmerer, Bryan Morris, Katherine Taylor, John Jr. Brobst, Donald and Elizabeth Kline, Randy and Jennifer Mound, Michael and Elizabeth Taylor, Lawrence Brockman, Allen and Jennifer Klug, Michael and Carol Greene Thomas, Andrew and Sara Brophy, James and Evelyn Krebes, Elizabeth Murphy, Janet Thomas, Kimberly and Jeffery Bucklin, Louis Kron, Terry! and Jane Napier, Norman and Susan Thornburg, Jerome and Janet Christensen, Evart Krull, Evelyn Nellist, William and Catherine Tieman, William and Wanda Cowen, Michael Kwiecien, Therese Nevers, George and Margaret Tipple, John Crowell, P. Sears and Villa Lake, Ellen Olyphant, Greg and Cynthia Towell, Brian and Sydney Davenport, John and Barbara Lane, N. Gary and Mary O'Malley, Patrick Towell, David and Lindsay Davis, Paula and Craig Lankston, Robert and Marian Orgill, James Tudor, Daniel and Janet Dixon, William Lea, Elinor Parsell, James and Jean Utgaard, John and Mary Dodd, J. Robert and Joann Leonard, Mark and Kim Pavlis, Gary and Mary Lynn Utgard, Russell 0. Donelson, Bernadine Lucas, John and Bette Percy, Arthur and Sondra Vance, Kenneth and Joyce Douglas, Bruce and Lisa Pratt Manley, David and Angela Pery, Allen VanCoutren, L.A. and Mary Dull, Daniel and Donna Maples, Christopher and Sara Pheifer, Raymond Vandrey, M. Ross and Debra East, Louise and James Mason, Brian H . Pickering, Ranard and Joyce Viola, Dorothy Eastridge, Thomas Mastalerz, Maria Pirie, R. Gordon and Deborah Voss, Robert Ebbinghouse, Marilyn and May, Michael and Elizabeth Ploger, Robert III and Sheila Waddell, Courtney David McCammon, Richard and Potter, Christopher and Hazel Wahlman, Gregory and Joan Eklund, Robert Helen Pratt, Hazel and Joseph Waterman, Arthur and Marcia Elswick, Erika McTaggart, Barbara Pratt, Lisa Waters, Johnny and Barbara Engle, Marcia Mead, Judson and Jane Proctor, Martha Wayne, Willim1 and Naomi Ferderer, Robert J. Meise, Maxwell and Judith Pruett, Frank and Shirley Webster, Beverly and G.G. Fertal, Thomas Merino, Enrique Pruett, Robert and Diane Weidman, Robert and Eleanor Filippini, Mark Monroe, Jay B. Pymate, Thomas Weir, Robert and Dorothy Fish, Ferol and Lois Morris, Katherine Ramsey, John Wells, Herman B Foster, David and Marsha Murphy, Janet Ransford, John Wilder, William Gerdenich, Michael Murray, Haydn Reas-Foster, Cathleen Williams, Johnnie R. Ghose, Shankar and Geeta Murray, Nancy and Steven Reiss, Kenneth Wilson, Daniel and Joyce Gibson, Clena N ellist, William and Catherine Renzetti, Phyllis Wiltse, Milton and Flora Gibson, John and Elizabeth Nelson, Harold and Claire Riepe, Ronald Wirth, Donald Gladish, Lowell and Marilyn Nelson, Jack (Trust) Ripley, Edward and Kathleen Olliver, David Robbins, Eric and Janice Olyphant, Greg Robbins, Stephen and Wendy '@ Orgill, James and Edna Rodgers, George and Jeri Oslund, Jeffrey and Raelene Rodriguez, Joaquin e hope that you will consider making a donation to Pavlis, Gary and Mary Lynn Romey, William and Lucretia W the Department of Geological Sciences. Please make Pickering, Ranard and Joyce Rooney, Carol your check payable, with the one exception noted below, to Pinsak, Sharon Rosenberg, Barr and June the IU Foundation. You may specify that your donation go Ploger, Sheila Rund, Robert and Mun to any of the various funds that are maintained by the IU Poesse, Walter Saenger, Robert Foundation for the Department of Geological Sciences. Pratt, Joseph and Hazel Sanisto, Rosanne Contributions also can be made to the Geology Library Pratt, Lisa Sardi, Otto Fund, payable to Indiana University, in memory ofJohn Pruett, Frank and Shirley Satoskar, Vijay Patton. Pruett, Robert and Diane Savage, William (continued on page 32)

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