Geohog Times Newsletter of the Department of Geosciences Summer 2019

GeoHog Times Newsleꢀer of the Department of Geosciences Summer 2019 Rebecca Hunt-Foster Dinosaur Naꢀonal Monument Paleontologist and Museum Director BS Earth Science 2003 Soﬅware Donaꢀons UA Geosciences Projects UA Geosciences Research Grants FY19 Q1-Q3 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Grants Awarded </li><li style="flex:1">Principal Invesꢁgators </li></ul>7 6 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Total Awarded </li><li style="flex:1">Dept Rank in College </li></ul>Data Donaꢀons $1.03M 5/19 UA Geosciences Publicaꢀons Jun 2018 - Jul 2019 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Peer Review Papers </li><li style="flex:1">Non-Peer �eview Papers </li></ul>67 18 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Books </li><li style="flex:1">Conference Abstracts </li></ul>3 80 2Geosciences Department Overview <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Christopher Liner, Chair </li><li style="flex:1">in Slovenia. Two of our faculty re- </li><li style="flex:1">The department received a major </li></ul>ceived compeꢀꢀve Cambridge Faculty soﬅware donaꢀon from Ikon Sciences This has been a year of changes. In Fellowships to spend ꢀme in England. (market value $2.4M). RocDoc is used spring Ralph Davis announced his re- Ted Holland was awarded a full year to analyze well and seismic data, deꢀrement from UA and his moving on fellowship at Wolfson College and Ce- termine value and apply quanꢀtaꢀve to be VP of Research at the South Da- lina Suarez will spend the spring se- methods to predict rock, fluid and kota School of Mines. Davis was on the mester at Lucy Cavendish College. In pressure properꢀes. Thank you ikon faculty from 1994-2019, and served as all off campus duty assignments, the for supporꢀng our students. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Geosciences Department Chair 2008- faculty submits a teaching and ad- </li><li style="flex:1">As always, the faculty and stu- </li></ul>2016, a period during which the PhD vising plan explaining how their nor- dents of our department are very program began and the Maurice F. mal duꢀes will be covered. It follows grateful for the financial donaꢀons Storm Endowed Chair of Petroleum that on-campus faculty this year are of our generous alumni. These funds <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Geology was established. He further stretched thin. </li><li style="flex:1">oﬅen come into named scholarship </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Assistant Professor Glennn Shar- accounts, such as Manger, Zachry or </li><li style="flex:1">served as Associate Vice �rovost of </li></ul>�esearch at UA from 2017-19. Ralph man has formed the first industry Jackson. Over the last few years we was a steady and wise voice in the de- consorꢀum in the long history of our have had a campaign aimed at PhD partment whose absence will be long department: The Detrital Geochronol- fellowships and can report that those felt. ogy Laboratory Consorꢀum at the Uni - efforts, along with a match from the In late summer Lisa Milligan an- versity Of Arkansas. Founding mem- Walton Foundaꢀon, have allowed the nounced she would leave the GEOS bers include Chevron and California department to pick up two PhD lines staff to work with the large and grow- Resources Corporaꢀon. Great work that were previously centrally funding industrial engineering online de- Glenn. gree program. For 12 years she was the daily contact between our depart- several faculty receiving major re- support students. ed. Overall, our named scholarship Congratulaꢀons are in order for accounts generate over $100k/yr to <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ment and students/alumni. Lisa, too, search awards, including Steve Boss, </li><li style="flex:1">It has long been noted, however, </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">will be sorely missed. </li><li style="flex:1">Jack Cothren, Song Feng, Fred Limp, that giving restricꢀons on the named </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Turning the other direcꢀon, we John Shaw and Celina Suarez. </li><li style="flex:1">accounts make these funds uneven- </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">have two new faculty. Dan Sui joins </li><li style="flex:1">Full �xternal �dvisory �oard �eet- ly available to students. Certainly </li></ul>UA from Ohio State as Vice Chancel- ings were held on November 16 and we conꢀnue to encourage giving to lor of Research and Innovaꢀon at the April 2, and six new members were named accounts, but we are also berank of disꢀnguished professor and added: Drew Kremen (OKC), Dawn ginning a new campaign - GeoVision he is tenured into the geosciences Warrick (�ulsa), Randy Lawson (Ben- - to raise unrestricted student funds. department. Assistant �rofessor Kaꢀa tonville), Garreꢁ Clemens (Denver), GeoVision is needed because availFernandes studies climate and envi- Robert Liner (Ft. Smith), and Mark able named scholarship funds allow ronmental change, joining us from Cooper (Fayeꢁeville). Changes to the us to raise compensaꢀon for some TAs <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Columbia University. </li><li style="flex:1">board leadership structure were pro- on par with peer schools, but others </li></ul>As the Geosciences Department posed that would have Mark Cooper remain far below, and there are no has grown, the need for more staff as Chair Elect, Heath Wallis as Chair, remaining funds to help MS students became clear. We are very grateful and Bill Coffee as Past Chair. The Board here on their own money, or underto the Fulbright College of Arts and conꢀnues to be a primary driver for graduates not aꢁending field camp. Sciences for supporꢀng our request change and progress in the depart- I hope you will consider contribuꢀng to add a third staff member. Ashley ment. Special shout out to Bill Coffey to GeoVision. Contribuꢀons in any Chua joined our staff as fiscal sup- who provided cash prizes at the annu- amount are welcome and your genport specialist and has made a signif- al fall GeoHog research conference. erosity just might change a student's icant difference by dealing with post- Thank you �ill! award management for our research-acꢀve faculty. life. This year saw three GEOS faculty promoted from assistant to associate professor and granted tenure; Mohamed Aly, Adriana Potra, and John Dhaw (who went up a year early). Congratulaꢀons to all our promoted faculty! Four of our faculty will spend at least part of the upcoming academic year off campus. Fred Limp will take sabbatical staying local in Fayeꢁeville. Maꢁ Covington will take a sabbaꢀcal living and doing research 32019-20 Faculty ADRIANA POTRA MOHAMED ALY InSAR, GPS, GIS, Crustal Deformaꢀon Modeling, Geohazard Assessment STEPHEN BOSS Ore Geology, Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry GLENN SHARMAN Straꢀgraphy ERIK POLLOCK Isotope Geochemistry BARRY SHAULIS Isotope Geochemistry <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SETH WARN </li><li style="flex:1">JOHN B. SHAW </li></ul>Geophysics, Marine Geology, Lacustrine Geology, Earth Systems, Sustainability Studies LINYIN CHENG Hydrologic, Climaꢀc Studies JACKSON COTHREN Director CAST Geospaꢀal Methods MATT COVINGTON Sedimentology DAVID STAHLE Global Change, Dendrochronology, Paleoclimatology Geoinformaꢀcs INSTRUCTORS PAULA ANDERSON General Geology, Sustaining Earth RASHAUNA HINTZ Human Geography HENRY TURNER III The University of Arkansas Department of Geosciences presents Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Karst, Glacial Hydrology FIONA DAVIDSON Department Vice Chair Poliꢀcal Geography, European Studies, Urban Morphology Planning GREG DUMOND Structural Geology, Tectonics SONG FENG Climate Change, Paleoclimates KÁTIA FERNANDES Climate Variability, Tropical Environmental Change EDWARD HOLLAND Poliꢀcal/Cultural/Religion Geography, Internaꢀonal Studies, Conflict and Poliꢀcal Violence, Europe and Asia General Geology EMERITUS J. VAN BRAHANA Hydrogeology MALCOLM CLEAVELAND Dendrochronology JOHN DIXON Geomorphology, Weathering and Soils, Geoarcheology, Alpine Geography THOMAS GRAFF Poliꢀcal Geography MARGARET GUCCIONE Geomorphology JOHN G. HEHR GeoHog Research Conference 2019 Saturday Novermber 16 8AM-2PM Pryor Center Atrium Meteorology, Climatology, Paleoclimatology, Global Change 1 E Center St., Fayettevile, AR 72701 RSVP: Jessica Eckberg ([email protected]) ANDREW LAMB Geophysics <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FRED LIMP </li><li style="flex:1">CELINA SUAREZ </li></ul>Stable Isotope, Low-�emperature Geochemistry, Paleontology DANIEL SUI Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovaꢀon Geoinformaꢀcs JASON TULLIS Remote Sensing, GIS, Ecosystem Services WALTER MANGER Straꢀgraphy RICHARD SMITH Geography DOY ZACHRY Leica Endowed Chair Computer Applicaꢀons, Economic Anthropology, Midwestern Archeology CHRISTOPHER LINER Department Chair Maurice F. Storm Endowed Chair Geophysics, Petroleum Geology JILL MARSHALL Geomorphology THOMAS PARADISE Hazards, Historic Preservaꢀon, Cartography, Middle East, Mediterranean Geography Straꢀgraphy ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS MAC McGILVERY Petroleum Geology STEVE MILLIGAN Petroleum Geophysics JAMIE WOOLSEY Petroleum Geology SEAN YOUNG RESEARCH FACULTY PHILLIP HAYS US Geological Survey <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Isotope Geochemistry </li><li style="flex:1">Geospaꢀal and GIS </li></ul>4Department Overview <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Fall Total Enrollment </li><li style="flex:1">Degrees Awarded </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Fall Undergraduate Enrollment </li><li style="flex:1">Fall Graduate Enrollment </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Student Gender </li><li style="flex:1">Student Underepresented Groups </li></ul>52018-9 Graduate Thesis Titles 6Disꢁnguished Scholar of the Year; Presentaꢁon at Oxford Summit on University-Industry Partnerships Disꢁnguished Scholar. Daniel Sui, �is- universiꢀes can be used for the good his appointment at UA, he served as ꢀnguished �rofessor of �eosciences of the economy and society, primarily division director for social and ecoand �ice �hancellor for �esearch and through technology transfer and col- nomic sciences at the Naꢀonal Sci�nnovaꢀon, received the 2019 Disꢀn - laboraꢀon with business. guished Scholar Award by the Inter- naꢀonal Associaꢀon of Chinese Pro- three broad topics: ence Foundaꢀon. He is an internaꢀon- Sui's presentaꢀon focused on ally renowned researcher in the area of GIS-based spaꢀal analysis and modfessionals in Geographic Informaꢀon • Why academic social scienꢀs need eling for urban, environmental and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sciences. The award is given each year </li><li style="flex:1">to work with industry. </li><li style="flex:1">public health applicaꢀons. </li></ul>for outstanding research contribu- • Why businesses and industry need ꢀons to the field of geographic informaꢀon science. social sciences. • Overcoming barriers that block engagement between social sciences and industry. "Each year, indus- Xinyue Ye, director of the Urban Informaꢀcs & Spaꢀal Compuꢀng Lab and a core faculty member of data science at the New Jersey Insꢀtute of Technology, noted Sui’s 25 years of re- try-sponsored R&D far search, mentoring, teaching and lead- exceeds ership in the field. funding for research," “Dr. Sui has sustained an excep- Sui said. "In 2016 alone ꢀonally strong porꢂolio in research, industry collecꢀvely government teaching, mentoring and leadership spent $365 billion on that sets him clearly apart from most research and developin our community,” said Ye, who nom- ment. These companies inated Sui for the award. “His creaꢀve have a massive amount mixture of cuꢃng-edge techniques of big data, which aca- Leﬅ to right: Sui and Paradise with a wide range of substanꢀve ques- demic social scienꢀsts should try to New Course ꢀons is truly unique.” access through new partnerships. In- Sui has authored or co-authored dustry, on the other hand, needs the Tom Paradise, Professor of Geosciencten books and approximately 240 rigor and neutral data-driven methods es, will be offering a unique class on journal arꢀcles and book chapters to of academic research to enhance and Wednesday evenings this fall on the his name, Ye noted, and has made improve tradiꢀonal business pracꢀc- Geology of Gemstones. Coming from important contribuꢀons to the field es." including debunking the myth that backgrounds in geology, geography, and gemology, Paradise is disꢀncꢀvely e-commerce is green and always con- Overcoming barriers. Sui discussed suited to offer a class that will include tributes to sustainable development, cultural change and new research aspects of gemstone formaꢀon, idencrowd sourcing as a means of produc- models at universiꢀes, as well as the ꢀficaꢀon, market trends, synthesis, ing geographic knowledge, and lead- role of government funding agencies and uses. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ing efforts toward open science and in promoꢀng partnerships between </li><li style="flex:1">It will be a hands-on course with </li></ul>open-source urbanism. He has also academic research and industry. He various mineral, gemstone, synthetworked to promote geography and will also discuss the future of work ic, and simulant specimens. Students GIS to audiences at all levels, been an and industry, how businesses can ori- will have the rare opportunity to learn influenꢀal teacher and mentor, and ent themselves toward fulfilling hu- about a wide variety of gemstones and served as the editor-in-chief of the man social, aestheꢀc, intellectual and gem materials in this class. Paradise is GeoJournal. Sui received the award at the 27th <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">spiritual needs. </li><li style="flex:1">a cerꢀfied gemologist and registered </li></ul>While in England, Sui gave a public jeweler with the Gemological Insꢀtute Internaꢀonal Conference on Geoinfor- lecture at University College London, of America (GIA: GG), the Gemological <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">maꢀcs in Sydney, Australia. </li><li style="flex:1">where he discussed smart cites and Associaꢀon of Great Britain (GemA: </li></ul>the future of geographic inforimaꢀon FGA), and the American Gem Society Oxford Summit. Sui gave a presenta- science. He visited the Briꢀsh Acade- (CGA, RJ). He was also the Former ꢀon in July 2019, at the Oxford UIDP my of Sciences and UK Research and Director of Summit at the University of Oxford in Innovaꢀon, an organizaꢀon that pro- Gems & Jew- <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">England. </li><li style="flex:1">motes partnerships between universi- els at But- </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">The UIDP Summit is a transatlan- ꢀes, businesses and government. </li><li style="flex:1">terfields and </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ꢀc conference for senior-level univer- </li><li style="flex:1">At the UA, Sui oversees research B o n h a m s </li></ul>sity and industry professionals and administraꢀon, research compliance, A u c t i o n government policymakers. The event the planning and opꢀmizaꢀon of re- houses. convenes global business leaders, search space and shared instrumentop university administrators and re- taꢀon, interdisciplinary research censearchers and government officials to ters, undergraduate research and the explore how knowledge generated by University of Arkansas Press. Prior to 7affects summer heat waves in the con- drome that is decimaꢀng bat populaꢀguous United States. The study was ꢀons in many US caves. Cave access is Warming Climate and US Summer Drought Climate change is amplifying the intensity and likelihood of heat waves during severe droughts in the southern plains and southwest United States, according to a new study by a University of Arkansas researcher. Linyin Cheng, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, used data from the Naꢀonal Center for Atmospheric Research’s Community Earth System Model to study summer droughts that occurred both before and aﬅer the Industrial Revoluꢀon. Cheng and colleagues from the Naꢀonal Oceanic published in the Journal of Climate. highly restricted due to the spread of The researchers found that in the fungus from cave to cave,” Hoover places with low moisture in the soil, adds. Through permit issuance from such as the southern plains and south- the CRF, the group was able to access west, climate change brought about the cave. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">higher temperatures and increased </li><li style="flex:1">To support the CRF cave monitor- </li></ul>“coupling” of land and atmosphere, ing effort during their monthly work further increasing the severity of heat weekend, the group completed a biowaves. In places with more moisture inventory while spending ꢀme underin the soil, such as the northeast, they ground. The process included counts found no appreciable coupling and of various species such as bats and therefore no contribuꢀon to heat- salamanders. wave intensificaꢀon. “Our analysis of climate simulaꢀon Keeling/Hansen Climate finds that summerꢀme drought-heat- Science Award wave relaꢀonships change significantly over the southern and southwest- "We are delighted to select associate professor Celina Suarez as the 2019 OMNI Keeling/Hansen Climate Science Awardee," said Peter Ungar, disꢀnguished professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Environmental Dynamics Program. "Dr. Suarez is a paleontologist who studies impact of climate change on life over very long ꢀme scales. She's had great success in funding her research of late, and her research has been published in both the best journals in her discipline, and in high-impact general interest venues." ern US due to man-made climate change since the late 19th century,” said Cheng. “By contrast, the drought-heatwave relaꢀonship over northern US regions undergoes liꢁle change in the warmed climate.” The findings raise the idea of a self-reinforcing climate loop: as a region’s climate becomes more arid due to climate change, droughts become hoꢁer, further reducing soil moisture. “Overall, these results indicate that strengthened land-atmosphere feedback is a significant physical driver for increasing occurrences of drought-related extreme heat waves, parꢀcularly over the semi-arid and arid regions of the United States,” the report states. Suarez's research focuses on using trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of fossil vertebrates and invertebrates to understand paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and taphonomy of ancient terrestrial ecosystems. She is parꢀcularly interested in past greenhouse climates and major climate shiﬅs such as the mid-Cretaceous thermal maximum and the end Triassic exꢀncꢀon. What Lies Beneath: Exploring a Local Cave with Undergrads <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">University Recreaꢀon (UREC) Out- </li><li style="flex:1">Suarez also uses carbon isotope </li></ul>doors, in partnership with Geoscienc- chemostraꢀgraphy to idenꢀfy major es Associate Professor Maꢁ Covington global C-cycle shiﬅs in Earth's deepand the Cave Research Foundaꢀon ꢀme history. Her research has taken (CRF), completed a caving trip on her to locaꢀons such as the CretaMarch 9 on the Buffalo Naꢀonal River. ceous Cedar Mountain Formaꢀon of The adventure combined cave explo- Utah, the Xinminpu Group of Gansu raꢀon with a bioinventory cave mon- Province, China, the Prince Creek Foritoring project. Covington and UREC maꢀon off the North Slope of Alaska, Outdoors offered the day caving trip and the Triassic-Jurassic Moenave <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">students and UREC members. </li><li style="flex:1">Formaꢀon of southern Utah. Recent- </li></ul>The trip underground included ly, a new Utah dinosaur, Geminiraptor eight undergraduate students, three Suarezarum, was named aﬅer Suarez faculty and staff, and one member and her twin sister, Marina, for their from the CRF. “Caving access on the principal role in the discovery. buffalo river is a unique opportuni- From top: Cheng, Covington, Suarez

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