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Geology Student Accomplishments
Student presentations and publications.
* Ron Johnsen, 1984, Glaciers in Pakistan, Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
* Larry Carter, 1984, Thermal Maturation of Hydrocarbons in the Forest City Basin, Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
* Mark Capps, 1987, Microstratigraphy of units of the Kansas Group exposed at Richfield P.W.A. quarry, Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
* Mike Sonderman, 1987, Microbiostratigraphy of some members of the Kansas City Group in the Pennsylvanian System, southeast Nebraska, Nebraska Geological Society.
* Harmon D. Maher, Scott McIntyre, Paul Sacks, and Donald T. Secor,1987, Road log for Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 1987: in Anatomy of the Alleghanian orogeny as seen from the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia, Carolina Geological Society, 50th Anniversary meeting, 1987, ed. Donald T. Secor, Jr..
* Shroder, J.F., Khan, M. Saqib, Lawrence, Robert D. , Madin, Ian P., and Higgins, Sean M., 1989, Quaternary glacial chronology and neotectonics in the Himalaya of northern Pakistan, in Geophysics and Tectonics of the Western Himalaya, GSA Special Volume, ed. L. Malinconico and R.J. Lille
* Daniel L. Inman, 1989, The triple junction geometry of continental rifts in Africa, Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
* John F. Shroder, Jr., and Tom Lowndes, 1989, Slope failures and the Bonneville Flood in Red Rock Pass, Idaho, AAG Annual Meeting.
* Shroder, J.F., and Lowndes, Tom, 1989, Threshold modeling, slope failure and the Bonneville Flood, Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting.
* Pray, J., Maher, H. D., Jr. & Welbon, A. I., 1990, Evidence for and ruminations on Carboniferous deformation in Bellsund and St. Jonsfjorden, Western Svalbard, Symposium on Post-Devonian Tectonic evolution of Svalbard, Oslo, Norway.
* Patricia E. Helland, 1991, Evidence for Late Tertiary glacial climatic conditions in source areas during deposition of parts of the Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group, of western Nebraska, Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
* Maher, H.D., Boland, I., Brueggemann, M., Pospisil, M., Pray, J., Sacks, P., Secor, D.T., Steinke, T., and West, T., 1992, Tectonic architecture of central Georgia Eastern Piedmont, Geol. Soc. America Annual Meeting.
* Pray, J. R., Maher, H. D., Jr. & Welbon, A. I. 1992, Ruminations on Tuttle lamellae (fluid inclusion planes) in Carboniferous strata from Bellsund and St. Jonsfjorden, Western Svalbard, Norsk Geologisk Tiddskrift, v. 72, p. 77-82
* Maher, Harmon D., Shuster, Robert, Swearingen, Jann, and Honke, Jeff, 1994, Undergraduate involvement in the development of an Environmental Geology Lab: Council on Undergraduate Quarterly, v. 14, no. 3, p. 131-133.
* Castelhano, T. A. R., Maher, H. D., Jr., Berger, D. R., Bergh, S., and Braathen, A.,1995, Kinematic evolution of the Tertiary fold-thrust belt Broggerhalvoya,Spitsbergen, Norway from slip-linear plots; Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, v. 27, no. 3, p. A-42.
* Berger, D., Castelhano, T. A. R., Maher, H. D. Jr., Braathen, A., and Bergh, S., 1995, Tertiary deformation of Lower Cretaceous diabase sills in Carboniferous strata, West Spitsbergen, Norway ; Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, v. 27, no. 3, p. A-39.
* Silence, Teresa, Mandel, Rolfe D., and Shuster, Robert D., 1995, Study of sedimentation processes within the Akrotiri Aetokremnos rockshelter, Cyprus: Geol.Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 3, p. 85.
* Timmons, J. Michael, Shuster, Robert D., and Karlstrom, Karl E.,1995, Geology of the Monte Largo Hills area, New Mexico: structural and metamorphic study of the eastern aureole of the Sandia pluton: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs,v. 27, no. 3, p.90.
* Shroder, J.F., Jr., Scheppy, R., and Bishop, M.P., 1996, Debris flows and denudation rates, Nanga Parbat Himalaya: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28,no. 7, p. A-395.
* Turco, J.J., Maher, H.D., Reeder, P., and Nealson, John S., 1997, A pilot study of electromagnetic conductivity and microtopographic surveys in mapping pioneer gravesites in loess, Mormon Pioneer cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska: Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, v. 29, no. 4, p.76.
* Jacobs, M., Heim, K., and Maher, H.D., Jr., 1997, Initial Component of Urban Geology Database for Omaha, NE; Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, v. 29, #6, A-223.
* Maher, H.D., Jr., Alder, T., Heim, K., Nihsen, M., Persing, D., and Welch, J., 1997, Neotectonic Joints in Loess of Omaha, Nebraska; Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, vol. 29, #6, P. A-417.
* Maher, H. D., Jr., Covey, J., Heim, K., Elvebakk, G., Worsley, D., 1998, Mesozoic Reactivation of Paleozoic Structures in the Formation of the Loppa High on the Barents Shelf; EOS, Transactions, AGU v. 79, # 45, p. F809
* Blair, Jason Dennis, 1999, A petrographic analysis of potsherds from Tell-Hisban, Jordan: American Assoc. Advancement of Science, Midwest Regional Meeting, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 15.
* Blair, Jason D., London, Gloria, and Shuster, Robert, 2000, A petrographic analsis of potsherds from Tell Hisban, Jordan: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 4, p. A-5.
* Blair, Jason D., London, Gloria, and Shuster, Robert, 2001, A petrographic approach to potsherd analysis: potsherds from Tell Hisban Jordan: American Assoc. of Geographers, RM/GP meeting, Omaha, NE.
* Hays, Troy D., 2001, Lab simulation of plume separation at a viscosity boundary: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 4, p. A-51.
* Hays, T., Maher, H. D. Jr.,& Shuster, R. D., 2002, Sedimentologic Record of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in the Cretaceous Strata of Midterhuken, Svalbard, Norway; Program and Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, p. 57.
* Maher, H.D., Jr., Hays, T., Shuster, R. D., & Mutrux, J., 2002, Signature of a mafic volcanic source in Barremian to Albian sandstones on Spitsbergen, Norway; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol 34, # 6.
* Mutrux, J. G., Maher, H. D. Jr, Shuster, R.D., & Hays, T. D., 2003, Chamosite ooid horizons of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 35, no. 4. This won the SEPM best undergraduate poster award.
* Godek, S. L & Shuster, R. D., 2003, Geochemical spatial analysis of the Middle Proterozoic Granite-Rhyolite Province; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 35, no. 4.
* Brock, J. & Todd, L., 2003, Multiple glacial tills in an exposure along the Lower Elkhorn River, Nebraska; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 35, no. 4.
* Maher, H. D., Jr., Hays, T., Shuster, R. D., & Mutrux, J., 2004, Sandstone Petrography of Lower Cretaceous sandstones on Svalbard; Polar Research, Norsk Polarinstitutt, v. 23, 147-165.
* Maher, H. D., Jr., Braathen, A., & Mutrux, J., 2003, Devonian Kinematics Along the Long Lived Billefjorden Fault Zone, GSA Abstract w Programs, vol 35, # 3, p. 47.
* Shuster, R. D., Mutrux, J. G., & Maher, H.D., Jr., 2004, Neodymium isotopic analysis of Cretaceous rocks from Svalbard, Norway; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 36, #3, p.46.
* Moak, W., Tegels, J., & Maher, H. D., Jr., 2004, Faults and veins in White River Group Strata of Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwest Nebraska; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 36, #3, p.41.
* Maher, H. D., Jr., Berrigan, J., Dervin, R., Firkins, J., Hart, B., Marshall, L. & Moak, W., 2004, Relationships between veining and faulting at Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwest Nebraska; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 36, # 6.
*Clark, Stephen L., Shuster, Robert, and Richter-Egger, Dana, 2007, A Geochemical Analysis of Volcanic Ash, Geol. Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 3, p. 59.
* Hoff, W., Kinkade, J., Mertes, J., Schneiderwind, S., Weihs, B., and Maher, H. D., Jr., 2007, Scale dependence of chalcedony vein strike uniformity within the Chadron Formation of Badlands National Park; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 39, #6.
* Nanfito, A., Mertes, J., Valentour, N., Arthur, T., Young, E., Pistiillo, S., & Maher, H. D., Jr., 2007, Comparison of tensile features in loess and bedrock of Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska; GSA Abstracts w Programs,, vol. 39, # 6.
* Nanfito, A. & Maher H. D., Jr., 2008, Kinematic anlalysis of deformation along the Billefjorden fault zone of Spitsbergen, Svalbard; GSA Abstracts w Programs, vol. 40.
*Mutrux, Jeremy, Maher, Harmon, Shuster, Robert, and Hays, Troy, 2008, Iron ooid horizons of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway: Polar Research 27, 16 pages.
Recent student grants. fellowships and awards:
* Troy Hays, 2002, Best undergraduate student paper at Geoscience Division of Nebraska Academy of Science.
* Jessica Brock and Lee Todd, 2002, Yatkola-Edwards grant from the Nebraska Geological Society.
* Amanda Hassler, 2003, Received the Condra Scholarship from the Conservation and Survery Division.
* Amanda Hassler, Jeremey Mutrux, and Justin Tegels were awarded scholarships from the LeLander funds, and from the Omaha Gem and Mineral Club.
* Jeremy Mutrux, 2003, SEPM Best Undergraduate Paper Award at North Central GSA meeting.
* Michael Riggle 2006, Yatkola-Edwards grant from the Nebraska Geological Society.
* Nicholas Valentour, 2006, NSF sponsored REU at Northern Arizona University.
* Erin Young, 2006, NSF sponsored REU participant at Mesa State University, Colorado.
* Timothy W. Freed, 2008, NSF sponsored REU participant at the University of Texas – Arlington.
Geology Senior Theses Completed Since 1983
2008 Aleece Nanfito
Timing of Diagenesis and Deformation of Carboniferous Gypsum &
Anhydrites in Spitsbergen
Jalot Al-Absy
Geomorphology of Afghanistan
2007 Thomas Arthur
Petroleum exploration using field methods and gamma-ray spectroscopy to detect volatile hydrocarbons concentrated in structural traps
Sarah Pistillo
Factors Influencing Muscovite Deformation Due to Compaction in Cretaceous Sandstones of Spitsbergen.
John Firkins
Analysis of Mesozoic ooidal ironstones using a GIS
Erin Young
Holocene arroyo history of the Little Dolores River, western Colorado
Stephen Clark
A geochemical analysis of volcanic ash
Jonathon Sarich
A study of grain size effects on X-ray diffraction patterns
Phillip Schiele
Glacial till deposits of the Greater Omaha area
2006 Korey Brunken
Effects of applied strain on fine-grained sediment: A model for polygonal fracture development in passive margins
Colleen Steele
The sedimentology of riprap of Little Papillion Creek, Omaha, NE
Michael Riggle
Vein mineralogy and texture at Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwest Nebraska
2005 Reanna Camp
Clay Mineral Analysis of Glacial Tills Along the Lower Elkhorn River, Nebraska
Jeremy Mutrux
Sm-Nd Isotopic analysis of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway
William Moak
Faults in White River Group strata of Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwest Nebraska
Amanda Beerman
Extensional features of Harlan County Reservoir
2003 George Joyce
Multiple glacial till correlation based on clast type in the Omaha area
Leo Justin Tegels
Physical analysis of chalcedony faults and veins at Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
Amanda Hassler
Nitrate contamination in the ground water of the Republican River valley in Red Willow and Hitchcock counties from 1993 - 2001
Jeff Salazar
Three-dimensional mapping of geochemical data density distribution from the Columbia River Flood Basalt Province
Stacey Godek,
Geochemical spatial analysis of the Middle Proterozoic Granite-Rhyolite Province
Lee J. Todd
Multiple glacial tills in an exposure along the lower Elkhorn River, Nebraska
2002 Troy Hays
Sedimentologic record of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in the Cretaceous strata of Midterhuken, Svalbard, Norway
2000 Jason D. Blair
A petrographic analysis of potsherds from Tell Hisban, Jordan
Justin Covey
The structure and association of the Swaen Graben within the Loppa High on the Barents Shelf
Kirk Heim
Tectonic development of the Asterias Fault Complex, Loppa High, Barents Shelf
Amber Nightengale
Geochemical signatures of plume related volcanism with time
1999 David Berger
Conditions and timing of deformation of diabase sills in the SED lineament, W Svalbard
Lawrence W. Bradley
The jaw musculature of a Late Jurassic Multituberculate from North America
Melissa Milner
Geoarchaeological Implications of the Petrographic Analysis of Limestones from the IX CHEL Archaeological Site, Belize, Central America.
1998 Tina Alder
Loess fracture analysis of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Region
Julie Welch
Analysis of a subsurface volcanic ash deposit, Glenwood Iowa
Arthur W. Engelhardt
In depth analysis of a portion of the Thetis Regio Highland Region on Venus; a critical comparison of proposed upwelling and downwelling models for highland plateau formation
1997 David Hansen
A petrographic and geochemical analysis of the Tanker Curve obsidian, Yellowstone National Park
Kieth Kalbach
Settlement of floodplain materials associated with the Big Papillion Creek located near Blondo Street, Omaha, NE
Leah MacNeill
Isotopic analysis of xenoliths within the Sandia granite of New Mexico
Rebecca Scheppy
Post-glacial polygenetic alpine-fans and denudation at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
Angela Schmidt
Terrain classification using multispectral imagery and digital elevation data, Raikot Basin, Nanga Parbat, Himalaya
Michael Turco
A pilot study using electromagnetic conductivity and micro-topographic surveys in mapping pioneer gravesites in loess, Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska
1996 Teresa Castelhano
Kinematic evolution of the Tertiary fold-thrust belt of Broggerhalvoya, Spitsbergen, Norway from slip-linear plots
Patrick Nieland
Glacio-fluvial sediment transfer efficiency of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
Holly O’Dell
Microstratigraphy of the middle units of the Shawnee Group at Kerford Limestone Quarry
Dawn Randall
Tuttle lamellae populations in Carboniferous samples from Nordenskiold Land, Spitsbergen and inferred paleo-stresses
Teresa Silence
A study of sedimentation processes within the Akrotiri-Aetokremnos rockshelter, Cyprus
1995 J. Michael Timmons
Geology of the Monte Largo Hills area, New Mexico: structural and metamorphic study of the eastern aureole of the Sandia pluton
1994 Kurt Brunken
The relationship of soils to Wisconsin loess in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Julie Pickrell
Temperature effects on tourmaline color and structure
Brad Roehr
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of an ash bed exposure in Hummel Park, Omaha, Nebraska
1993 Michael Brueggermann
Geochemistry of the Carolina terrane and adjacent Modoc ductile shear zone in central Georgia: evidence implying back-arc rifting
Maurice Pierce
A preliminary study of the type and sequence of mineralization of vertebrate bone and crocolilian teeth from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Bruce Pletsch
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of a recovered cululitic gabbro from the Siqueiros Transform Fault System
Michael Schoemann
Strain analysis of deformed conglomerates and carbonates in Svartfjella and Eidembukta regions, West Svalbard, Norway
1992 Allen Dammann
Investigation of petroleum hydrocarbon groundwater contamination: 20th Street and 33rd Avenue, Columbus, Nebraska
Ron Eriksen, Jr.
Bentonite hydration
Patricia Helland
Evidence for Late Tertiary glacial climatic conditions in source areas during deposition of parts of the Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group, of western Nebraska
Ronald Johnsen
Use of a soil gas analysis to identify volatile organic compound source areas in low permeability soils
Phillip Nabity
Model fluvial systems
Matthew Pospisil
Geology of an ultramafite belt, Shoulderbone quadrangle, southern Appalachians, Georgia
1991 James Barton
Comparison of relict glacial and landslide landforms along Gravel, Pacific, and Whetstone Creek drainages, Bridger-Teton Wilderness, Wyoming
Gregory Caron
Structural analysis of the Rockville orthogneiss sheet, Rockville quadrangle, Georgia, USA
Jean Marie Saner Chytil
A hydrogeological evaluation for the containment system proposed for the Lime Settling basins at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colorado
Kim McIntyre
The optical properties and associations of particles in building materials
Kimberlee Mulhern
Interrelationships of slope failure and glacial deposits of Tensleep Canyon, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
Joseph Watson
A preliminary subsurface investigation of the post-Pennsylvanian geology of the eastern two-thirds of Douglas County, Nebraska
1990 Donna Erickson
Investigation of the nature of Alleghanian metamorphism in the Modoc Zone, Edgefield County, South Carolina
John Pray
Examination of the polyphase deformational history of St. Jonsfhorded, Spitsbergen using microstructural analysis and preferred orientations of Tuttle lamellae in quartzites and quartzarenites
1989 Rosemary Fenton
Underground storage tank assessment: IDOT maintenance garage, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Daniel Inman
The triple junction geometry of continental rifts in Africa
Thomas Lowndes
Development of a threshold model for Red Rock Pass, Idaho by trend surface analysis of remnant alluvial fan altitudes
Marie Smith
Petrographic analysis of granitic and orthogneiss (metagranite) bodies in the Kiokee Belt of the Piedmont Province of South Carolina and Georgia
1988 John Desek
Analysis of river morphology and vegetation along the Platte River around bridge sites
Denzil Jorgenson
An assessment of glacial till deposits in the Glendon, Pennsylvania area
Robert Kemp
Underground storage tanks in Douglas County, Nebraska: a geo-referenced data base
Sharon Lehn
Underground storage tanks in Douglas County, Nebraska: a geo-referenced data base
Scott McIntyre
Structural analysis of metamorphic rocks, Gundy Creek, Edgefield County, South Carolina
Peter Muckenhaupt
A study of the strontium geochemistry in the Fort Riley Limestone
Edward Southwick
A subsurface investigation of aspects of the post-Pennsylvanian geology of Sarpy County, Nebraska
Marc Viola
A geochemical comparison of some South African greenstones and their relation to modern mid-ocean basalts
1987 Brad Brink
Characteristics of Channel Sediments Below the Junction of the Loup and Platte Rivers, Nebraska
Mark Capps
Microstratigraphy of Units of the Kansas Group Exposed at Richfield, P.W.A. Quarry
Jay Clausen
Characterization of Soil of the Spruce Fir Zone of North Carolina
Brad Routt
Rock glaciers and related deposits of Tyndall Gorge in the Front Range of Colorado
Michael Sonderman
Microbiostratigraphy of some Members of the Kansas City Group in the Pennsylvanian System, Southeast Nebraska
1986 Mike Archibald
A FORTRAN Program for Creating Orthogonal Cross Sections of Parallel Folds
John Hartley
Structural Patterns in Clay Modeling of Platte Interactions at Various Angles
Gregory Herring
Landslip in Hummel Park
Sean Higgins
A SEM Investigation of Sand Grain Textures: Evidence for the Origin of Jalipur and Bain Diamictites, Northwestern Pakistan
1985 Jamil Al-Hajhog
A Study of Wadi Nisah Groundwater and Recharge Potential in Relation to Climate
Steven Jirousek
An Investigation into the Possibility of Multiple Source Areas for the Lower Dakota Group in Eastern Nebraska
Roxie Andriessen
A Surface Hydrologic Analysis of the Loup River Basin Utilizing a Climatic Water Budget
Dee Nistl
Determination of Surficial Sediment Accumulation Areas within Silver Lake, Minnesota
David Small
An Investigation of a Black Shale Problem
Mark Spencer
Geomorphology and Tree Ring Dating of Sachen Glacier, Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
Michael Walter
The Use of the Refractive Index Glass Shard Morphology to Characterize Magma Composition and Eruption Type of Some Tertiary Ash Deposits from Western Nebraska
Tom Zink
Microstructure Development with Increasing Strain within a Mylonitic Gneiss
1984 Larry Carter
The Origin of Hydrocarbons in the Forest City Basin
Richard Karr
A Model for the Role of Meteoric Water in the Formation of Molybdenum Ore Bodies
Candace Krebs
Use of Mercury Anomalies as an Indicator of Geothermal Activity with Special Reference to Nebraska
James McAuliffe
Sedimentology and Valley Morphology of the Niobrara River, Nebraska
Eugene Radziunus
Analysis of River Meanders of the Elkhorn River, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska
Kenneth Schmidt
Scanning Electron Microscope Examination of Quartz Grains from a Pliocene Sand, Knox County, Nebraska
1983 Kyle Juracek
Gravitational and topographical considerations pertaining to the possibility of plate tectonics on Mars
Robert Marten
Microstratigraphy and depositional environments of the Winterset Limestone Member, Upper Pennsylvanian
Richard Trapp
An Investigation of Thermoluminescence Dating
Rick Wassell
Subsurface study of Section 32 (T.23S.,R.11E.), Greenwood County, Kansas
List of companies or organizations UNO geoscience alumni are known to work or have worked for:
* AAPS.
* Army Corp of Engineers (three different divisions).
* Bechtel Nevada (Nevada Test Site)
* BP Exploration
* Division of Water Resources, Kansas
* Foster Wheeler, Vermont
* Geotechnical Services Inc., Omaha
* Iowa, DNR Water Resources Section.
* James Cook University, Australia
* Kleinfelder and Assoc. (Omaha consulting firm).
* Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
* Naval Research Lab
* New Mexico Geologic Survey
* New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
* NOAA.
* Okayama University, Misasa, Japan
* RDG, Inc.
* Thiele Geotech.
* Southwest Texas University
* Terracon, Omaha
* University of Bristol
* United States Geological Survey.
* University of California Sacremento.
* UNO.
* URS Greiner.
* Washington State Department of Ecology.
Graduate schools UNO Geoscience alumni have attended:
* Boston University
* Columbia University.
* Clemson University.
* East Carolina University.
* Iowa State University.
* Kansas State University.
* Northeast Louisiana University
* Penn State
* SMU
* Syracuse University.
* Texas A & M
* Texas Tech
* Texas Christian University
* University of Arizona.
* University of Colorado Boulder.
* University of Florida.
* University of Idaho.
* University of Kansas.
* University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
* University of Nebraska at Omaha
* University of New Mexico
* University of New Orleans
* University of Maine.
* University of Missouri - Columbia
* University of New Orleans.
* University of North Dakota.
* University of Western Washington.
* University of New Mexico.
* Universtiy of South Carolina.
* University of Texas at Dallas.
* University of Wyoming.
* Western Washington University
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