Paul W. Jewell
Department of Geology and Geophysics Phone: (801) 581-6636 University of Utah Fax: (801) 581-7065 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. in Geology and certificate from Water Resources Program, Princeton University, 1989. Dissertation title: Fluid dynamic and geochemical models of shallow lakes, the Amazon estuary and bedded barite deposits.
M.S. in Geology, University of Utah, 1984. Thesis title: Chemical and thermal evolution of hydrothermal fluids, Mercur gold district, Utah.
B.S. in Geology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1978.
Professional Employment
2014 - present, Professor. 1996-2014, Associate Professor. 1989-1996, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah 2001 – 2007 (summers). Instructor, Indiana University Field Station, Cardwell, Montana 1988 - 1994. Geological Consultant and Project Geologist, Aurtex, Inc. Supervised summer mineral exploration programs in the western United States.
1987 - 1989. Assistant Master, Butler College, Princeton University. Responsible for supervision of college Resident Advisor and Minority Advisor programs.
1984 - 1987. Assistant in Instruction, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University.
1980 - 1981. Associate Geologist, University of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah. Responsible for evaluating low-temperature geothermal resources in western United States.
1979. Geological Assistant, Newmont Mining Company, Elko, Nevada.
Professional Societies
Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Association of Engineering Geologists, Society of Economic Geologists, Utah Geological Association
Honors and Awards
Faculty Fellow, University of Utah, 1997 American Men and Women of Science, 1994 Chevron Graduate Fellow in Geology, 1982-1983 Haven Award for Undergraduate Research, Beloit College, 1978 AMAX Foundation Field Geology Fellow, 1977
Publications
Refereed articles:
Schide, K. H, P. W. Jewell, C. G. Oviatt, H. M. Jol, and C. F. Larsen, 2018, Transgressive-phase barriers as indicators of basin-wide lake-level changes in late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah, USA: Geomorphology, v. 318, p. 390-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.007
Greenberger, R.N., B. L. Ehlmann, P. W. Jewell, L. P., Birgenheier, and R. O. Green, 2016, Detection of organic-rich oil shales of the Green River Formation, Utah, with ground- based imaging spectroscopy. IEEE Transactions, IEEE 6th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS).
Oviatt, C. G., and P. W. Jewell, 2016, The Bonneville shoreline: Reconsidering Gilbert’s Interpretation: in: Oviatt, C.G., Shroder, J.F., Jr., Eds., Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update. p. 88-104.
Chan, M. A., P. W. Jewell, T. J. Parker, J. Ormö, C. H. Okubo, and G. Komatsu, 2016, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville as an Analog for Extraterrestrial Lakes and Oceans in: Oviatt, C.G., Shroder, J.F., Jr., Eds., Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, p. 570-597.
Jewell, P. W., D. T. Nelson, B. B. Bowen, and L. W. Raming, 2016, Insights into Lake Bonneville using remote sensing and digital terrain tools in: Oviatt, C.G., Shroder, J.F., Jr., Eds., Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update . p. 598-616.
Jewell, P. W., 2016, Quantitative identification of erosional Lake Bonneville shorelines, Utah: Geomorphology, v. 253, p. 135-145.
Nelson, D. T., and P. W. Jewell, 2015, Transgressive stratigraphic record and possible oscillations of late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Northern Hogup Mountains, Utah, U.S.A.: Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology, and Paleogeography, v. 423, p. 58-67.
Jewell, P. W., 2015, Mineral exploration and the digital terrain revolution, 2015 Symposium, New Concepts and Discoveries, Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication, p. 83- 96.
Anderson, R. B., D. L. Naftz, F. D. Day-Lewis, R. Henderson, D. O. Rosenberry, and P. W. Jewell, 2014, Quantity and quality of groundwater discharge in a hypersaline lake environment, Journal of Hydrology, v. 512, 177-94..
Jewell, P. W., and R. L. Bruhn, 2013, Evaluation of Wasatch fault segmentation and slip rates using Lake Bonneville shorelines, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 118, p. 2528- 2843, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50174
Refereed articles (cont.):
Jewell, P. W., J. A. Farnsworth, and T. Zajac, 2013, Rediscovering the discovery outcrop: The promises and pitfalls of LiDAR technology in mineral exploration, Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter, v. 92, p.1, 14-19
Skorko, K. W., P. W. Jewell, K. Nicoll, 2012, Fluvial response to an historic low stand of the Great Salt Lake, Utah: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 37, p. 143-156
Jewell, P. W., and K. Nicoll, 2011, Wind regimes and aeolian transport in the Great Basin, U.S.A.: Geomorphology, v. 129, p. 1-13.
Jewell, P. W., 2010, River incision, circulation, and wind regime of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, U.S.A.: Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology, and Paleogeography, v. 293, p. 41-50
Jewell, P. W., K. W. Skorko, and J. C. Fernandez, 2010, LiDAR analysis of an urban alluvial system: Jordan River, Utah: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists News, v. 54, No. 1, p. 20-22 (invited submission).
Jewell, P. W., 2009, Stratification controls of pit mine lakes, Mining Engineering, v. 60, p. 74- 79.
Jewell, P. W., 2007, Morphology and paleoclimate significance of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville spits: Quaternary Research, v. 68, p. 421-430.
Felton, A., P. W. Jewell, M. A. Chan, and D. Currey, 2006, Controls of tufa development in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah: Journal of Geology, v. 114, p 377-389.
Schofield I., P. W. Jewell, M. A. Chan, D. Currey, and M. Gregory, 2004, Longshore transport, spit formation, and surface wave modeling, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 29, p.1675-1690.
Joyce, J. A., and P. W. Jewell, 2003, Physical controls of methane ebullition from reservoirs and lakes: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v 9, p. 77-88.
Jewell, P. W., N. J. Silberling, and K. M. Nichols, 2000, Geochemistry of the Mississippian Delle phosphatic event, eastern Great Basin, U.S.A: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70, p. 1230-1241.
Jewell, P. W., 2000, Bedded barite in the geologic record, in C. R. Glenn, J. Lucas, and L. Prevot, editors., Marine authigenesis: from global to microbial: SEPM Special Publication 66. p. 147-161.
Christensen, J. W., Jr. and P. W. Jewell, 1998, Geochemical variations in an alpine lake and watershed underlain by siliciclastic bedrock: in Modern and Ancient Lakes: New Problems and Perspectives, J. Pitman and A. Carroll, editors: Utah Geological Association Guidebook 26, p. 59-69.
Refereed articles (cont.):
Silberling, N. J., J. H. Trexler, Jr., K. M. Nichols, P. W. Jewell, and R. A. Crosbie, 1997, Overview of Mississippian depositional and paleotectonic history of the Antler foreland, eastern Nevada and western Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v. 42, part I, p. 161-197.
Jewell, P. W., 1996, Circulation, salinity, and oxygen in the Cretaceous North American seaway: American Journal of Science, v. 296, p. 1093-1125.
Jewell, P. W., 1995, A simple surface water biogeochemical model, 1, Description, sensitivity analyses, and idealized simulations: Water Resources Research, v. 31, p. 2047-2057.
Jewell, P. W., 1995, A simple surface water biogeochemical model, 2, Simulation of selected lacustrine and marine settings: Water Resources Research, v. 31, p. 2059-2070.
Jewell, P. W., 1995, Geologic consequences of globe-encircling equatorial currents: Geology, v. 23, p. 117-120.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, Mass balance models of Ekman transport and nutrient fluxes in coastal upwelling zones: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 8, p. 165-177.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, Deep water nutrient and oxygen gradients in a modern coastal upwelling zone and their paleoceanographic implications: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, p. 7845-7850.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, T. A. Rahn, and J. R. Bowman, 1994, Hydrology and chemistry of thermal waters near Wells, Nevada: Groundwater, v. 32, p. 657-665.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, Paleoredox conditions and the origin of bedded barites along the Late Devonian North American continental margin: Journal of Geology, v. 102, p. 151-164.
Jewell, P. W., 1993, Water column stability, residence times, and anoxia in the Cretaceous North American Seaway: Geology, v. 21, p. 579-582.
Jewell, P. W., R. F. Stallard, and G. L. Mellor, 1993, Numerical studies of bottom shear stress and sediment distribution on the Amazon continental shelf: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 734-745.
Jewell, P. W., 1992, Hydrodynamic controls of anoxia in shallow lakes, in Organic matter: production, accumulation, and preservation in recent and ancient sediments, J. K. Whelan and J. W. Farrington, editors, Columbia University Press, p. 201-228.
Refereed articles (cont.):
Jewell, P. W., and R. F. Stallard, 1991, Geochemistry and paleoceanographic setting of bedded barite deposits, north central Nevada: Journal of Geology, v. 99, p. 151-170.
Jewell, P. W., and W. T. Parry, 1988, Geochemistry of the Mercur gold deposits, Utah, U.S.A.: Chemical Geology, v. 69, p. 245-265.
Jewell, P. W., and W. T. Parry, 1987, Geology and hydrothermal alteration of the Mercur gold deposits, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1958-1966.
Struhsacker, D. W., P. W. Jewell, J. Zeisloft, and S. H. Evans, 1982, Geology and geothermal setting of the Magic Reservoir area, Blaine and Camus Counties, Idaho, in Cenozoic Geology of Idaho, W. Bonnichsenn and R. Breckenridge, editors, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 26, p. 377-393.
Comments and replies in journals:
Oviatt, C. G., Chan, M. A., Jewell, P. W., Bills, B. G., Madsen, D. B., & Miller, D. M. (2014). Interpretations of evidence for large Pleistocene paleolakes in the Bonneville basin, western North America. Comment on: Bonneville basin shoreline records of large lake intervals during marine isotope stage 3 and the last glacial maximum, by Nishizawa et al. (2013). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 401, p. 173-176 Silberling, N. J., P. W. Jewell, and K. M.. Nichols, 2001, Earliest Carboniferous cooling step triggered by the Antler orogeny?: Comment and Reply, Geology, v. 29, p. 92.
Jewell, P. W., 1998, Estuarine Circulation in the Turonian Western Interior Seaway: Discussion: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 691-694.
Unrefereed articles and reports:
Nelson, D. T., and Jewell, P. W., 2015, Geologic Map of the Hogup Bar Quadrangle, Box Elder County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 15-2DM.
Jewell, P. W., 2013, LiDAR Signatures of Hydrothermal Alteration Features, Selected Mining Districts,Utah and Oregon: U. S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resource External Research Program, 19 p.
Jewell, P. W., 1999, Stratification and geochemical trends in the Yerington pit mine lake, Lyon County, Nevada, report prepared for the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, 28 p.
Jewell, P. W., and S. Nelson, 1994, Hydrologic investigations in the northwest portion of Yellowstone National Park: report prepared for the National Biological Survey, 22 p.
Unrefereed articles and reports (cont.):
Jewell, P. W., 1982, Geology and geothermal potential north of Wells, Nevada: Department of Energy report DOE/ID/12079-83, 38 p.
Abstracts and Conference Proceedings
Jol, H.M., Oviatt, C.G., Jewell, P. W., and Schide, K.H., 2015. Subsurface imaging of the Snowplow, Lake Beonneville, Utah: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 47, no. 7.
Bruhn, R. B., and P. W. Jewell, 2015, Fault linkage and multisegment ruptures: a structural perspective: Basin and Range Province Seismic Hazards Summit III; Salt Lake City, Utah, January 14, 2015
Jewell, P. W., 2014, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville and Eberswalde Crater of Mars: Quantitative Methods for Recognizing Poorly Developed Lacustrine Shorelines: American Geophysical Union Fall meeting.
Oviatt, C. G., and P. W Jewell, 2014, The Bonneville shoreline. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 6.
Thomas, P. M.., P. W Jewell, and Nicoll, K., 2013, Barrier complexes in the Deep Creek Mountains, Utah, as G. K. Gilbert’s “Intermediate Shorelines” of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.
Nelson, D. T., P. W. Jewell, 2013, Correlation of the Lake Pleistocene “Intermediate” shorelines of Lake Bonneville, U.S.A., Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.
Jewell, P. W., 2012, Digital field geology: is the field geologist becoming obsolete? Association of Engineering Geologists Program with Abstracts, p. 80
Nelson, D. T.; P. W. Jewell, 2012, The oscillatory record of late Pleistocene transgressive paleoshorelines of Lake Bonneville, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7.
Jewell, P. W., 2011, The digital terrain revolution: what can it do for explorationists? Northwest Mining Association Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 31-32.
Jewell, P. W., Chan, M. A., Nicoll, K., Parker, T., Okubo, C. H., Komatsu, G., Ormo, J., and Barker, D., 2011, Identifiying suitable terrestrial analogs of Mars shorezone features: possible planetary exploration guidelines. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 7.
Jewell, P. W., and R. L. Bruhn, 2011, Lake Bonneville shorelines as tectonic tiltmeters and displacement dipsticks. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 3.
Chan, M. A., K. Nicoll, P. W. Jewell, Timothy J. Parker, Bruce Bills, Chris H. Okubo, and Goro Komatsu, 2010, Geomorphic Evolution of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: Temporal implication for surface processes on Mars, SEPM Special Conference, El Paso. Abstracts and conference proceedings (cont.):
Chan, M.A., Nicoll, K., P. W. Jewell, Parker, T.J., Bills, B.G., Okubo, C.H., and Komatsu, G., 2010, Geomorphic Evolution of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: Temporal implications for Surface Processes on Mars: Mars Sedimentology and Stratigraphy First International Conference, El Paso, TX.
Nicoll, K., M. A. Chan, Parker, T.J., P. W. Jewell, Komatsu, G., and Okubo, C.H., 2009, Bonneville Basin analogues for large lake processes and chronologies of geomorphic development on Mars: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXX (abstract 1962), Houston, TX, 2 pp.
Jewell, P. W., 2009, LiDAR analysis of an urban fluvial system: Jordan River, Utah. Association of Engineering Geologists Program with Abstracts, p. 80
Nelson, D. T., P. W. Jewell, 2009, Insights from mapping surficial deposits associated with the transgressive phase of Lake Bonneville in northern Utah, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 3.
Skorko, K. W., and P. W. Jewell, 2009, Application of LiDAR to alluvial channel dynamics in response to Great Salt Lake level fluctuations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 3.
Nelson, D. T., P. W. Jewell, 2008, Shoreline development in the Hogup Bar quadrangle, northwestern Utah, during late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6.
Nelson, D. T.; P. W. Jewell, 2007, Early observations of a geomorphic analysis regarding proxies that indicate paleowave energy distribution in the Bonneville Basin. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 39, no. 6.
Jewell, P. W., 2005, Lake Bonneville spit orientation and placement of the Pleistocene jet stream: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7.
Jewell, P. W., 2005, Aggregate resources of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: Association of Engineering Geologists Program with Abstracts, p. 71
Jewell, P. W., 2004, Climatological controls of stratification and water quality in Great Basin pit mine lakes: Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Annual Meeting.
Felton, A., P. W. Jewell, Currey, D., and Chan, M., 2002, Depositional models for tufa development in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 7.
Castendyk, D. and P. W. Jewell, 2002, Turnover in pit lakes: I. Observations of three pit lakes in Utah, USA: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste, p. 181-198, Balkema Press.
Abstracts and conference proceedings (cont.):
Jewell, P. W. and Castendyk, D., 2002, Turnover in pit lakes: II. Water column stability and anoxia: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste, p. 189-196, Balkema Press.
Felton, A. and P. W. Jewell,, 2001, Lake Bonneville Shorelines in Northeast Utah: Proxies for Paleowind Direction? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6.
Jewell, P. W., 2000, Lacustrine delta assymetry as an indicator of paleowind direction in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 6.
Schofield, I., M. Gregroy,, and P. W. Jewell, 2000, Characterization of large scale erosional features in Bonneville basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 6.
Currey, D. R., P. W. Jewell, M. A. Chan, 2000, Late Quaternary deposits: geoantiquities facing urban extinction: Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Annual Meeting.
Jewell, P. W., M. A. Chan, and D. R. Currey, 1999, Paleowind analysis of continental lacustrine settings: the example of Pleistocen Lake Bonneville: EOS, v. 80 no., 46, p. 501-502.
Jewell, P. W., M. A. Chan, and D. R. Currey, 1999, Hydrodynamic interpretation of geologic resources in the Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville Basin, Utah: Association of Engineering Geologists Program with Abstracts, p. 71
Jewell, P. W., 1997, Permanent El Niño and La Niña climate modes: resolution of the carbonate-black shale paradox in the geologic record?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-340
Chan, M. A., P. W. Jewell, and D. R. Lemons, 1997, New sedimentologic and stratigraphic directions in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-255
Jewell, P. W., 1996, The case for sulfate reduction in the Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic ocean: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-225.
Jewell, P. W., N. J. Silberling, and K. M. Nichols, 1996, Restriction and hyposalinity in the Mid-Mississippian record of the distal Antler foreland, eastern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p A-368.
Jewell, P. W., M. A. Chan, and D. R. Currey, 1996, Development of continental climate paleorecords from the physical geology of lacustrine basins: Terrestrial Aspects of Earth System History, American Geophysical Union White Paper.
Abstracts and conference proceedings (cont.):
Jewell, P. W., 1995, Circulation, salinity, and oxygen in the Cretaceous North American seaway: 5th International Conference on Paleoceanography, Program and Abstracts, p. 99.
Joyce, J. A., and P. W. Jewell, 1995, Physical and chemical controls of methane flux from two tropical reservoirs: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, A simple surface water biogeochemical model: EOS, v. 75 no., 44, p. 245.
Jewell, P. W., 1994, Three-dimensional numerical simulations of salinity and oxygen in the Cretaceous North American seaway: EOS, v. 75, no. 16, p. 207.
Jewell, P. W., 1993, A prognostic numerical model of nutrient loading and eutrophication in temperate latitude lakes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A432.
Jewell, P. W., 1993, Numerical models of siliciclastic sedimentation in lakes: Application to Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: International Geological Correlation Project 324 Special Symposium on Climatic and Tectonic Rhythms in Lake Deposits, p. 13.
Jewell, P. W., 1992, Hydrodynamic controls of anoxia in continental interior seaways: 4th International Conference on Paleoceanography, Program and Abstracts, p. 157.
Jewell, P. W., 1992, Hydrodynamic and chemical controls of Paleozoic phosphorite and barite in the western Cordillera: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, edited by Y. K. Kharaka and A. S. Maest, p. 1235-1238, Balkema Press.
Jewell, P. W., 1991, Mass balance constraints on coastal upwelling during the last glacial maximum: EOS, v. 72, no. 44, p. 262.
Jewell, P. W., 1990, Bedded barite deposits: indicators of paleoupwelling in the geologic record?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 7, p. A78.
Jewell, P. W., 1988, Application of turbulence closure models to the prediction of anoxia in lakes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A290.
Jewell, P. W., R. F. Stallard, and G. L. Mellor, 1988, A real-time, three-dimensional model of the Amazon estuary: American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on the Fate of Particulate and Dissolved Components within the Amazon Dispersal System: extended abstracts with figures and references, p. 87-91.
Jewell, P. W., 1983, A tectonic model for the origin of comb layering in the Granite Peak stock, Santa Rosa Range, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 15, no. 5, p. 420. Invited Lectures and Seminars
“Deciphering Paleo-winds: The Promise and Pitfalls of Lake Bonneville”. Lake Bonneville Short Course, Utah Geological Association, October 5, 2018.
“Late Pleistocene Lake Shambip, Central Utah”. Lake Bonneville Geology Conference, Utah Geological Association, October 3, 2018.
“Lake Bonneville: Recent Research Successes, Disappointments, and Challenges”. Utah Geological Association, Salt Lake City, September 11, 2018.
“Mass Balance Models and Origin of the Deep Brine Layer, Great Salt Lake, Utah”. Great Salt Lake Issues Forum, Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, May 9, 2018.
"Imaging and Reimagining the Green River Formation: Adventures in Modern Remote Sensing Technology". Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, Utah, June 15, 2017.
“Is the Great Salt Lake Still Great? 21st Century Management and Science Issues”. University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, February 9, 2017.
“Bridging the Geology – Climate Science Divide: Paleoclimate examples from Western North America.” University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, February 8, 2017
“Advances in Modeling the Great Salt Lake, Utah”. Great Salt Lake Technical Team, Salt Lake City, April 12, 2016
“A Numerical Model of Circulation in the Great Salt Lake, Utah”. Great Salt Lake Issues Forum, Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, May 7, 2014.
“Applied Geology and LiDAR: State of the Art and What Might Be Next”. Intermountain Section, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists, Salt Lake City, October 10, 2013
“LiDAR in the Earth Sciences: Where Are We Now? Where Can We Go”. University of Utah Department of Geology and Geophysics, September 12, 2013
“Utah's Unstable Ground: Earthquakes, Landslides, and Mudflows Along the Wasatch Front”. Osher Institute, Salt Lake City, October 3, 2012
“Hidden Secrets of Lake Bonneville Shorelines”. Utah Geological Association, Salt Lake City, February 14, 2011.
“Hydrology of Streams in Mountain and Urban Landscapes”. University of Utah Global Change and Ecosystems Center “Life of an Urban Stream Series”, Salt Lake City, September 9, 2010.
“The Present is not the Key to the Past: Lessons from Pleistocene Lake Bonneville”. Utah Valley University, January 29, 2009.
Invited lectures and seminars (cont.):
“Panel Discussion of Watershed Management”. Friends of Alta Symposium, Alta Utah, August 20, 2008
“New perspectives of an old lake: Pleistocene Lake Bonneville”. University of Utah Department of Geography, October 20, 2006
“Environmental Research Related to the Mining Industry at the University of Utah”. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, northeast Nevada meeting, Elko, Nevada, October 16, 2006
“New perspectives of an old lake: Pleistocene Lake Bonneville”. University of Utah Department of Geology and Geophysics, February 17, 2005
“Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: new perspectives of an old lake”. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, October 20, 2003
“Paleoclimate models of lakes”. University of Utah Student Chapter, American Meteorological Society, April, 2001.
“Modeling ancient lakes and oceans”. Intermountain Networking and Scientific Computation Center presentation. Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 2001.
"New insights into Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: paleoclimate modeling modeling and geoantiquity archives". Utah Geological Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 9, 1999.
"The case for permanent El Niño and La Niña climate modes in the geologic record". Brigham Young University, Provo Utah, February 19, 1998.
"The geologic record: simulations of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville and the Cretaceous North American seaway". Princeton Ocean Model Users Group, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, June 10, 1996.
"Anoxia in ancient coastal oceans: how common was it?". University of Rhode Island, June 6, 1996.
"Anoxia in ancient coastal oceans: how common was it?". University of New Hampshire, June 7, 1996.
"Modern lakes reveal past climates". College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum and Castle Valley Chapter of the Utah Statewide Archeology Society, Price, Utah, December 1, 1994.
"Numerical modeling of eutrophication in lakes and reservoirs". Association of Engineering Geologists, Utah Section, Salt Lake City, June 16, 1994.
Invited lectures and seminars (cont.):
"Paleoceanographic modeling of nutrients and oxygen". U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division, Denver, April 7, 1994.
"Turbulence closure models and their application to problems in geology and global climate". Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, February 4, 1994.
"Nutrient traps in modern and ancient oceans". Department of Geology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, April 19, 1993.
"The role of coastal upwelling in constraining theories of global climate and chemical sediment formation". Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, October 3, 1991. "Models of lake anoxia". U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Denver, May 8, 1990.
"A real-time, three-dimensional model of the Amazon estuary". American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, March 2, 1988. External Research Grants
Title: Hydrodynamic and Chemodynamic Frameworks to Understand Future Trajectories of Trace Element Concentrations in Water, Sediment and Ecosystem of Great Salt Lake (PI: William Johnson, co-PIs Paul Jewell, Ryan Rowland) Agency: Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, State of Utah Period: July 1, 2018 – June 31, 2019 Amount: $57,090
Title: Characterization of Segmentation and Long Term Slip Rates of Wasatch Front Fault Systems, Utah Agency: U. S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Period: August 15, 2015 – February 15, 2017 Amount: $67,903
Title: Digital Lithofacies Characterization of the Green River Formation, Eastern Utah (co-PIs: Lauren Birgenheier and Lisa Stright) Agency: Utah Geological Survey Period: September 1, 2014 – August 31, 2015 Amount: $25,000
Title: Quantifying Subsurface Flux Between the North and South Arms of the Great Salt Lake: Solving the Causeway Puzzle (co-PIs: William Johnson, Fan-chi Lin, and Diego Fernandez) Agency: Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, State of Utah Period: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Amount: $70,518
Title: Undocumented Shorelines of Lake Bonneville: New Paleoclimatic and Hydrodynamic Interpretations (co-PIs: Kathleen Nicoll and Jack Oviatt) Agency: National Science Foundation Period: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015 Amount: $315,000
Title: LiDAR Identification of Hydrothermal Alteration Styles: A New Tool for Revealing Concealed Mineral Deposits Agency: U. S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources External Research Program Period: January 19, 2011 – January 18, 2012 Amount: $52,938
Title: Travel Grants and Outreach (co-PI with Marjorie Chan, PI) Agency: Utah Space Grant Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Period: January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011 Amount: $5000
Title: Preliminary LiDAR Survey of Erosion Features, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Agency: National Park Service Period: March 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009 Amount: $9229
External Research Grants (cont’)
Title: Surficial geologic mapping of the Hogup Bar quadrangles, Utah Agency: U. S. Geological Survey, EDMAP Program Period: May 15, 2008 – May 14, 2009 Amount: $8,681
Title: Transport and deposition of mercury to southern Idaho U.S. (Co-PI with Kevin Perry, PI) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Applied Research Effort Program Period: November 1, 2007 – October 31, 2009 Amount: $180,000
Title: Surficial geologic mapping of the southern portions of the Stockton and South Mountain quadrangles, Utah Agency: U. S. Geological Survey, EDMAP Program Period: May 15, 2007 – May 14, 2008 Amount: $10,100
Title: Pleistocene Lake Bonneville hydrodynamics: sedimentology, geomorphology, and regional climate (Co-PIs: Marjorie Chan and Donald Currey) Agency: National Science Foundation Period: September 1, 1998 - August 31, 2002 Amount: $216,214
Title: Long term modeling of water quality in the Yerington pit mine lake Agency: Arimetco, Inc. Period: January 26, 1998 - July 31, 1999 Amount: $38,500
Title: Nutrient cycling, surface productivity, and anoxia in a globe-encircling equatorial ocean Agency: American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund Period: September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1998 Amount: $50,000
Title: Hydrologic investigations in Yellowstone Park Agency: National Biological Survey Period: June 26 - September 15, 1994 Amount: $3,153
Title: Coastal circulation models and prediction of geochemical facies in upwelling zones Agency: American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund Period: September 1, 1992 - August 31, 1995 Amount: $43,000
Title: Numerical models of anoxia in borderland marine basins Agency: American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund Period: September 1, 1990 - August 31, 1992 Amount: $18,000
Internal Research Grants
Title: Digital mapping of land surface hazards (Aurelian Trandafir, co-PI) Agency: University of Utah Seed Grant Program Period: August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2008 Amount: $31,000
Title: Selenium Mobility in the Weathering Environment, Eastern Utah Agency: State of Utah Mineral Leasing Funds Period: July 1, 1999 - May 31, 2000 Amount: $3403
Title: Dynamic controls of eutrophication in Bear Lake and the Great Salt Lake Agency: State of Utah Mineral Leasing Funds Period: July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995 Amount: $5339
Title: Methane flux, aqueous geochemistry, and hydrodynamic relationships in Lago Loiza Reservoir, Puerto Rico Agency: University of Utah Research Committee Period: March 1, 1994 - July 1, 1995 Amount: $5000
Title: Geochemical characterization of the Delle phosphatic event (Mississippian) Agency: State of Utah Mineral Leasing Funds Period: July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1994 Amount: $9279
Title: Seasonal acid and alkalinity balances in an alpine lake, Uinta Mountains, Utah Agency: State of Utah Mineral Leasing Funds Period: July 1, 1991 - June 30, 1992 Amount: $7642
Title: Circulation in the Great Salt Lake Agency: State of Utah Mineral Leasing Funds Period: July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1991 Amount: $2850
Title: An integrated hydrologic and geochemical model of the Wells, Nevada geothermal system Agency: University of Utah Research Committee Period: May 1, 1990 - August 31, 1992 Amount: $4500
Courses Taught
Title: GEO 1030 - Earthquakes and Volcanoes (3 semester hours) Description: Earthquake occurrences and volcanic eruptions on a global scale interpreted in terms of continental drift and plate tectonics. Scientific and social aspects of living in earthquake country. Case studies from southern Utah, the Wasatch Front, and Yellowstone. Quarters/semesters taught: Fall, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 2007; Spring, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2008.
Title: GEO 1110 – Introduction to Earth Systems (3 semester hours) Description: Overview of Earth materials, structure, history and processes from a systems perspective. Methods of geological observation and measurement, and their applications to problems in science and engineering. Quarters/semesters taught: Spring, 1998, 2003, 2009-2018.
Title: GG 398 - Petrology for Engineers (3 quarter hours) Description: Fundamentals of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic petrology taught from an engineering perspective. Intended for engineers who require a general knowledge of the genesis of rocks. Quarters taught: Spring, 1990, 1992; Winter, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
Title: GEO 3400 – Computational and Field Methods in Applied Geology Description: Computer and field methods for solving applied geoscience problems. Develops the computer and field skills required to solve problems in landscape evolution, geologic hazards, land use and natural resources. Quarters taught: Fall, 2013-2018
Title: GEO 4510 – Field Geology for Geological Engineering Majors* Description: Field mapping of faults, scarps, mass wasting units, Quaternary deposits, fractures, folds, and bedrock. Preparation of geologic and contour maps, cross sections, stratigraphic, stereonet, and rose diagrams, and a profssional technial report. Discontinuities; rock mass classification; rock mass classifications in empirical design; esitmation of rock mass parameters; empirical design of a tunnel and an engineered slope in rock. Hydrologic characterization and engineering design of a bottom-land wetland. Quarters/semesters taught: Summer, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2017,2018
Title: GEO 5150 - Geological Engineering and Design (4 semester hours)* Description: Formulation, design, and execution of a field problem in geological engineering. Exact nature of the problem determined by instructor and student. Quarters/semesters taught: Spring, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002
Title: GG 535 - Surface Water Hydrodynamics (3 quarter hours)* Description: Derivation of equations of motion for water on the earth's surface, including theories of potential flow, planetary boundary layers, linear waves, and turbulence closure. Application to natural settings and engineering design problems. Quarters taught: Fall, 1989, 1991, 1994; Winter, 1998.
* conceived, designed, and initially taught at the University of Utah by Jewell
Course taught (cont.):
Title: GEO 5350 - Groundwater (4 quarter hours)* Description: Fundamental physics of groundwater flow and transport by integrating conservation equations for a porous medium. Applying flow theory to field evaluation methods, groundwater contamination, and regional groundwater problems. Quarters/semesters taught: Fall, 1990, 1996, 2005, 2009; Winter, 1992, 1993, 1994
Title: GEO 5360 - Fluid Dynamics of Earth Materials (3 semester hours)* Description: Derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations and application to fundamental aspects of earth science and engineering including debris flows and flows, sediment erosion and transport, mass wasting, volcanic eruptions, storm surges, and coastal engineering. Quarters/semesters taught: Fall, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009; Winter, 1990, 1991; Spring, 1993, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
Title: GEO 5560 - Numerical Methods in the Geosciences (2 semester hours)* Description: Application of common numerical methods to problems in geology, geochemistry, and hydrology. Topics include interpolation, systems of linear and nonlinear equations, finite difference methods, and numerical integration. Quarters/semesters taught: Winter, 1995, 1996; Spring, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009; Fall, 1998, 2010-2012, 2014
Title: GEO 5565 – Digital Mapping and GIS in the Geosciences (2 semester hours)* Description: Introduction of coordinate systems and projections, digital elevation data and mapping. Analysis of geologic and hydrologic systems and data within a GIS context Quarters/semesters taught: Spring, 2004, 2008, 2010; Fall, 2011, 2012, 2014-18
* conceived, designed, and initially taught at the University of Utah by Jewell
Advisory Duties
Graduate Student Advisees
Student: Christopher Bradbury (B. S., M. S., University of Utah) Period: 2012 – present Degree: Ph.D.
Student: Julia Howe (B.S., Florida State University) Period: 2015 - 2017 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Characterization of segmentation and long-term vertical slip rates of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah. Present position: Geologist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver
Student: Katherine Schide (B. S., Middlebury College) Period: 2014 – 2016 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: An investigation of trangressive barriers in late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville Present position: Ph.D. candidate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Student: Paul Thomas (B. S., Northeastern University) Period: 2012 – 2014 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Geomorphic analysis of a Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville spit complex, Deep Creek Mountains, Utah. Present position: Geologist, Brown and Caldwell, Seattle.
Student: Theresa Morrison (B. S., Kutztown University) Period: 2011 – 2014 Degree: M.S. (withdrew, Spring, 2014)
Student: Jimmy Schloss (B. S., University of Colorado) Period: 2010 – 2012 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: An interdisciplinary geological characterization and Holocene geomorphic landslide investigation in Red Butte Canyon, Utah Present position: Associate Oil and Gas Engineer, California Department of Conservation
Student: R. Beau Anderson (B.S., University of Utah) Period: 2009 – 2012 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Quantity and quality of groundwater discharge in a hypersaline lake environment, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA Present position: Hydrologist, Storage Tank Technology, Inc., Grand Junction, Colorado
Graduate Student Advisees (cont’)
Student: Daren Nelson (B.S., Utah State University; M.S., University of Idaho) Period: 2006 – 2012 Degree: Ph.D. Thesis title: Geomorphic and stratigraphic development of Lake Bonneville’s intermediate paleoshorelines during the Late Pleistocene. Present position: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina – Pembroke.
Student: Krysia Skorko (B.S., Vassar College) Period: 2008 – 2009 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Fluvial response to Great Salt Lake level changes: observations, mechanisms, and implications Present position: Geomorphologist/Hydrologist, Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Berkeley, California
Student: Stephanie Bear (B.S., Muskegon College) Period: 2004 - 2005 Degree: M.S. (Withdrew, Fall, 2005)
Student: Scott Claerhout (B.S., University of Utah) Period: 2003 - 2004 Intenship title: Methods of public participation and collaboration for updating Millcreek Township’s General Plan. Degree: Professional Masters of Science and Technology Present position: Web applications software engineer, Utah Education Network
Student: Alisa Felton (B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz) Period: 2000 - 2003 Thesis title: Paleowave indicators and model for tufa Development in the Lake Bonneville Basin, Utah Degree: M.S. Present position: Earth Science teacher, Salt Lake School District
Student: Ian Schofield (B. S., State University of New York, Plattsburgh) Period: 1999 - 2002 Thesis title: Longshore transport and surface wave modeling associated with spit formation in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville Degree: M.S. Present position: Hydrologist, Loughlin Water Associates, Park City, Utah.
Student: Scott Tangenberg (B. S., University of Colorado) Period: 1997 - 2000 Thesis title: Alkalinity sources in an alpine watershed, northern Utah Degree: M.S. Present position: Hydrologist, U. S. Forest Service
Graduate Student Advisees (cont’)
Student: Charles Williamson (B. S., University of Utah) Period: 1996 - 1999 Thesis title: Evolution of anoxic conditions during deposition of the Pilot Shale and Leatham Formation (Upper Devonian), Utah and Nevada Degree: M.S. Present position: Hydrologist, Division of Water Quality, State of Utah.
Student: Devin Castendyk (B. S., Hartwick College) Period: 1996 - 1999 Thesis title: Chemical, hydrologic, and limnologic interactions at three pit mine lakes in the Iron Springs Mining district, Utah Degree: M.S. Present position: Assistant Professor, SUNY - Oneida
Student: Jennifer Joyce (B. S., Tulane University) Period: 1993-1996 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Physical and chemical controls of methane flux from two tropical reservoirs Present position: Geologist, Exxon-Mobil, Inc.
Student: Joseph Reichert (B. S., University of Notre Dame) Period: 1993-1995 Degree: M.S. (Withdrew, Spring, 1995)
Student: John Christensen (B.S., University of Utah) Period: 1990-1993 Degree: M.S. Thesis title: Seasonal pH variations in an alpine lake, Uinta Mountains, Utah Present position: Hydrogeologist, Millennium Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City
Member of Graduate Supervisory Committee Student Period Degree Advisor Caroline Kroko 1989-1991 M.S. R. L. Bruhn Aksel Quintus-Bosz 1990-1992 M.S. G. T. Schuster Christopher Hitchcock 1991-1993 M.S. W. T. Parry Steve Snelgrove 1991-1994 M.S. C. Forster Mark Milligan 1992-1995 M.S. M. A. Chan David Lemons 1993-1997 Ph.D. M. A. Chan John Lewis (Mining Engineering) 1994-1997 M.S. R.L. McNearny Genevieve Atwood (Geography) 1994-2005 Ph.D. D. R. Currey Steven Van der Hoven 1995-1996 Ph.D. D. K. Solomon Jing Chen 1996-2000 Ph.D. G. T. Schuster Glenn Shaw 1997-1999 M.S. D. K. Solomon Matt Gregory 1999-2002 M.S. M. A. Chan Tamera Wambeam (Geography) 2000-2001 M.S. D. R. Currey Holly Godsey-Bennett 2001-2012 Ph.D. M. A. Chan Ajay Kumar (Mining Engineering) 2002-2005 M.E. K. McCarter Aaron Norton 2003-2004 M.S. D. K. Solomon Amy Bloom (Geography) 2003-2006 Ph.D. K. Moser Jessica Hartman (Geography) 2003-2006 M.S. K. Moser Erin Crowley 2003-2004 M.E. D. K Solomon Julie Willis 2004-2009 Ph.D. R. L Bruhn Mike Vorkink 2007-2008 Ph.D. R. L. Bruhn Kimberly Beisner 2006-2008 M.S. W. P. Johnson Grant Hurst 2006-2008 M.S. D. K. Solomon Tony Lebaron (Mining Engineering) 2009-2011 M.S. J. Donovan Greg Carling 2009-2012 Ph.D. W. P. Johnson Alex Moyes 2010-2013 M.S. E. U. Petersen Daniel Amoakoh 2010-2012 Ph.D. E. U. Petersen Billie Smathers 2010-2013 M.S. R. L. Bruhn Kirk Erickson (Mining Engineering) 2011-2013 M.S. K. McCarter Steve Clausen 2011-present M.E. J. R. Moore Mark Chandler 2012-present M.E. D. K. Solomon John Solder 2011-2013 M.S. D. K. Solomon Jennifer Georgek 2013-2015 M.S. D. K. Solomon Scott Hill 2011-present Ph.D. E. U. Petersen Jessica Castleton 2013-2015 M.S. J. R. Moore Brendon Quirk 2014-present Ph.D. J. R. Moore Clay Jones 2014-present Ph.D. J. R. Bowman Evan Kipnis 2016-present Ph.D. B. B Bowen Anna Rasmuson 2016-presen Ph.D. W. P. Johnson Supervised Undergraduate Research
Student Period Project Betsy Mason 1991 Uinta Mountains geochemistry Peter Shabestari 1991-1992 Uinta Mountains geochemistry Thomas Rahn 1991-1992 Wells, Nevada hydrology Greg Shryock 1993 Biogeochemical model development Stanton Nelson 1993-1994 Delle phosphatic event Stanton Nelson 1994 Yellowstone hydrologic studies Erin McGuinness 1994-95 Great Salt Lake studies Scott Clairehout 1995 Great Salt Lake studies Melissa Mitchell 1999 Yerington pit mine lake chemistry Dan Nueffer 1999-2000 Se transport in northeastern Utah Hailee Cox 2010-2011 Lake Bonneville GIS analysis Kimberlee Pulsipher 2011 Mapping in Wasatch Mountains Ryan Hamilton 2011 Mapping in Wasatch Mountains Anna Farnsworth 2011-2012 Mapping in Wasatch Mountains Rocio Ccori 2012- 2014 Lake Bonneville modeling David Jamison 2013- 2014 Payette River morphology, Idaho Brittney Thaxton 2013- 2014 Lake Bonneville shorelines Sabita Silwal 2013- 2014 Lake Bonneville shorelines Christina Woltz 2014- 2015 Bryce Canyon geomorphology Jordan Clark 2014- 2015 Bryce Canyon geomorphology
Departmental, College, and University Duties
Committees
Name Affiliation Period Undergraduate Affairs Department 1989-1996, 1998-99 2006-2007,2011-2013 Graduate Affairs Department 1996-1997 2009-2011 Distinguished Lecture Series Department Fall, 1990, Fall, 1996, Spring, 2006 Spring, 2009 Spring, 2017 Ad Hoc Committee for High School Science Day Department 1991-1993 Ad Hoc GIS Initiatives Committee Department 2003-2006 Surface Processes Faculty Search Department 1992-1993 Convocation College 1992-1993 Curriculum College 1992-1993 Alumni College 1992-1998 Faculty Merit Review Department 1993, 1997, 1999 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 College Council College 1993-1995 Geological Engineering Faculty Search Department 1993-1994, 2001- 2002, 2005-2006 2011-2012 Geological Engineering Facilities Department 1994-1995, 1997-98 Geological Engineering Department 1999-2006 2006-2009 (Chair) 2009-2011 2011-present (Chair) Computer College 1999-2000 Computer Department 1994-1996 1997-1998 1999-2002 (Chair) Library Department 1995-1996 Academic Senate University 2001-2004, 2014-2017 Executive Committee, Academic Senate University 2003-2004 Faculty Relations College 2004-2006 (Chair) 2010-2012 Retention, Promotion, Tenure Standards University 2011-2015 (Chair) Executive Committee, Global Change Inter-departmental 2011-2013 and Sustainability Center Ad Hoc Outcomes Learning Assessment Committee University 2015-2017 Personnel and Elections Committee University 2017-present Departmental programs Geological Engineering. Primary undergraduate advisor for the departmental geological engineering program from 1989 - 1995. Instituted a new course (GG 515 - Geological Engineering Design) aimed at correcting deficiencies outlined by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). Organized Student Chapter of the Association of Engineering Geologists (2001). Hydrology and Environmental Earth Science. Instituted and taught two new hydrology courses in the Department of Geology and Geophysics (GG 535 - Surface Water Hydrodynamics and GG 536 - Groundwater) and two courses involving numerical analysis (GEO 5560 - Numerical Methods in the Geosciences and GEO 5565 - Digital Mapping and GIS in the Geosciences). Fostered interdepartmental collaboration by enrollment of students from departments of Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geography, and Meteorology. Professional service
Professional Positions Held
Position Affiliation Period
Chair, Utah Section Association of Engineering and 2018- present Environmental Geologists Annual Meeting Steering Committee Association of Engineering and 2012 Environmental Geologists Ad Hoc Technical Advisor for New Utah Museum of Natural History 2006-2008 Museum Program Evaluator American Board of Engineering and 2004 - 2016 Technology (ABET) Chair, Education Committee Utah Geological Association 2003 - 204
Program Chair and Board Member Utah Geological Association 2002-2003
Annual Meeting Steering Committee Association of Engineering and 1999 Environmental Geologists Great Salt Lake Scientific Advisory Department of Natural Resources, State 1999 Committee of Utah
Conferences Sessions Organized
Conference Session Date
Geological Society of America “Geologic Records of Large Lakes” 2000
Geological Society of America “Lake Bonneville and Beyond: Glacial- 2011 Pluvial Records of the Great Basin” Association of Engineering and “Promises and Pitfalls of Digital 2012 Environmental Geologists Imaging in Applied Geology” Geological Society of America “G. K. Gilbert and Geomorphology at 2013 th GSA’s 125 ”
Professional Reviews:
Funding agency proposal reviews (various times): National Science Foundation American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund U. S. Environmental Protection Agency U. S. Geological Survey
Journal reviewer (various times): Water Resources Research Geosphere Geological Society of London- Special Publication Chapter Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta Mining Engineering Aeolian Research Journal of the American Water Resources Association Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Paleoceanography Theoretical and Applied Climatology