Research & Scholarship

The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Abstracts

Koziol, A. M., McGrew, A. J. A Framework For Learning-centered Curricular Innovation in the Department of Geology at The University of Dayton. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (5th ed., vol. 43, pp. 300). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

McGrew, A. J. (2011). Final Cooling and Unroofing of the Pilot and North Toano Metamorphic Terrains is Middle Miocene in Age. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (4th ed., vol. 43, pp. p. 4). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

McGrew, A. J., Premo, W. R. (2011). The Angel Lake Gneiss Complex of Northeastern Nevada and the Southwestern Limits of Archean to Paleoproterozoic Basement in North America. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (5th ed., vol. 43, pp. 435). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

Peckmann, J., Sandy, M. R. (2011). Dimerelloid Brachiopods Used in the Search for Ancient Seep Deposits. Keynote of Special Symposium - Tracing Phanerozoic Hydrocarbon Seepage From Local Basins to Global Earth System (pp. 40). International Association of Sedimentologists: 28th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists.

Snoeyenbos, D. R., Koziol, A. M., Russell, A., Ebel, D. S., Valley, J. W. (2011). Prograde Growth History of Possible Relic UHP Garnets from the Taconian of Western Massachusetts. San Francisco CA: American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 Meeting.

Books

Singh, V. P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U. (2011). Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers (pp. 1254). Netherlands: Springer.

Book Chapters

Haritashya, U., Singh, V., Singh, P. (2011). "Anabatic Winds: In Relation with Snow/Glacier Basin." In Singh, V., Singh, P., Haritashya, U. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Netherlands: Springer.

Haritashya, U., Singh, V., Singh, P. (2011). "Fjords." In Singh, V., Singh, P., Haritashya, U. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Netherlands: Springer.

Haritashya, U., Singh, V., Singh, P. (2011). "Moulins." In Singh, V., Singh, P., Haritashya, U. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Netherlands: Springer.

Haritashya, U., Singh, V., Singh, P. (2011). "Paternoster Lakes." In Singh, V., Singh, P., Haritashya, U. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Netherlands: Springer.

Henry, C. D., McGrew, A. J., Colgan, J. P., Snoke, A. W., Brueseke, M. E. (2011). "Timing, distribution, amount, and style of Cenozoic extension in the northern Great Basin." In Lee, J., Evans, J. P. (Ed.), GSA Field Guides 21, 2011: Geologic Field Trips to the Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Terranes of the U.S. Cordillera (vol. 21, pp. 27-66). Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America.

Grants

Haritashya, U. (Other), Kargel, J. (Principal), Bishop, M. (Co-Principal), Furfaro, R. (Co-Principal), Leonard, G. (Co-Principal), Bush, A. (Other). “Quantitative Characterization of Glacier State and Dynamics in South Asia and Validation in Alaska Using Repeat ASTER Multispectral and Terrain Information.” Sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $682,808. (December 1, 2010-November 30, 2013).

Sandy, M. R. (Principal). “Brachiopod Shell Beds as Indicators and Predictors of Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps: Assessing Their Geological, Paleoecological, Evolutionary and Biostratigraphic Significance.” Sponsored by American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund, $65,000. (June 2011-August 2014).

Sandy, M. R. (Co-Principal). “Climate Literacy Through Challenger Learning Centers: Using the National Network of Challenger Learning Centers for Large-scale Teacher Professional Development in Climate Literacy, With a Special Focus on Integrating NASA Data Into Classroom Activities. Award to Dayton Public Schools.” Sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Climate Change Education Grant: Research Experiences, Teaching and Learning, $564,000. (December 2009-June 2013).

Sandy, M. R. (Co-Principal). “Teaching Children the Way Things Work: Curiosity in the Classroom: Continued Funding.” Sponsored by University of Dayton First Year Curricular Learning-Living Community for 2008-2010, $23,688. (August 2010-May 2012).

Sandy, M. R. (Principal). “Fossil Shell Beds as Indicators and Predictors of Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps: Assessing Their Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, Evolutionary and Biostratigraphic Significance.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grant, $6,000. (January 2011-December 2011).

Wu, S.Y. (Principal). “Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Quality in Great Miami River Watershed, Ohio.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council, $6,000. (December 15, 2010-August 15, 2011).

Journal Articles

Chen, X., Bergstrom, S. M., Goldman, D., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y. (2011). "Upper Ordovician (Sandbian-Katian) Graptolite and Conodont Biozonation in the Yangtze Region, China." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 101, 111-134.

Fan, J., Zhang, H., Hou, X., Wu, S.Y., Shen, S., Yang, Q., Wang, Y., Luo, H., Leng, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhan, R., Chen, Q. (2011). "Quantitative Research Trends of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy - Construction of the Geobiodiversity Database (GBDB) Using EScience Technology." Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 50(2), 141-153.

Goldman, D., Mitchell, C. E., Melchin, M. J.,Wu, S. Y., Fan, J., Sheets, H. D. (2011). "Biogeography and Mass Extinction: Extirpation and Re-invasion of Normalograptus Species (Graptolithina) in the Late Ordovician Palaeotropics." Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society/The Geological Society, 58(4), 227-246.

Hammer, O., Nakrem, H. A., Little, C. T., Hryniewicz, K., Sandy, M. R., Druckenmiller, P., Knutsen, E. M., Hoyberget, M. (2011). "Hydrocarbon Seeps From the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary, Svalbard." Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology, 306, 15-26.

Kargel, J., Cogley, G., Leonard, G., Haritashya, U., Byers, A. "Himalayan Glaciers: The Big Picture is a Montage." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(36), 14709-14710.

Lazar, I., Panaiotu, C. E., Grigore, D., Sandy, M. R., Peckmann, J. (2011). "An Unusual Brachiopod Assemblage in a Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Stromatactis Mud-mound of the Eastern Carpathians (Haghimas Mountains), Romania." Facies, 67(4), p. 627-647.

Peckmann, J., Kiel, S., Sandy, M. R., Taylor, D., Goedert, J. (2011). "Mass Occurrences of the Brachiopod Halorella in Late Triassic Methane-seep Deposits, Eastern Oregon." Journal of Geology, 119, p. 207-220.

Other

McGrew, A. J. “Geological Perspective on Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami.” Japan Teach-in, University of Dayton Sustainability Energy and Environment program, KU Ballroom. (August 31, 2011).

Papers

Haritashya, U. “Glacier Retreating or Glacier Advancing? An Environmental Consequence From Himalayan Perspective..” America View Fall Technical Meeting, Cleveland, USA. (October 10, 2011).

Haritashya, U. “Dynamics of Glacier Sediment in the High Altitude Himalayan River.” Association of American Geographers (AAG), Seattle, USA.. (April 15, 2011).

Haritashya, U., Bishop, M., Kargel, J., Leonard, G., Shroder, J. “Time Series of Glacier Frontal Variations in the Nanga Parbat Region, Western Himalaya.” American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, USA. (December 8, 2011).

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

Goldman, D., Bergström, S. M., Sheets, H. D., Pantle, C. (2011). "A CONOP9 Composite-taxon Range-chart for Ordovician Conodonts from Baltoscandia: A Framework for Biodiversity Analyses." In Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Rábano, I., García-Bellido, D. (Ed.), Ordovician of the World (vol. 14, pp. 179-188). Madrid: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España.
 
Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Goldman, D., Reyes-Abril, J., Gómez, J. (2011). "A Preliminary Study of Some Sandbian (Upper Ordovician)  Graptolites from Venezuela." In Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Rábano, I., García-Bellido, D. (Ed.), Ordovician of the World (vol. 14, pp. 199-206). Madrid: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España.
 
Sheets, H. D., Goldman, D., Bergström, S. M., Pantle, C. (2011). "Conodont Biodiversity Dynamis From the Ordovician of Baltoscandia." In Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Rábano, I., García-Bellido, D. (Ed.), Ordovician of the World (vol. 14, pp. 559-565). Madrid: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España.

Posters

Johnson, C. A., Goldman, D., Wu, S.Y. “Graptolite Biogeography: Using Paleo-GIS to examine the Evolutionary dynamics of Early Paleozoic Zooplankton.” Regional South Central Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana. (March 28, 2011).

Pantle, C., Goldman, D., Bergstrom, S. M., Sheets, H. D. “Using Constrained Optimization (CONOP9) to Examine Conodont Biodiversity Dynamics From the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.” Regional South Central Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana. (March 28, 2011).

Wu, S.Y. “Using NARCCAP Regional Climate Models to Assessment Future Extreme Precipitation Change.” North America Regional Climate Change Assessment Program users conference, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. (April 7, 2011).

Wu, S.Y., Davis, T. “How Well do NARCCAP Regional Climate Models Simulate Extreme Daily Precipitation Events?” Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union, AGU, San Francesco, CA. (December 6, 2011).

Wu, S.Y., Miller, A. I. “The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Isn’t Always a Great Circle: Getting Around Land Masses in the Calibration of Marine Geodisparity.” Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America, GSA, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (October 10, 2011).

Sponsored Research

Goldman, D. (Principal), Wu, S.Y. (Co-Principal), Mitchell, C. E. (Co-Principal), Melchin, M. J. (Co-Principal), Sheets, H. D. (Co-Principal). “Collaborative Research: Graptolite Biogeography, Paleo-GIS, and Evolutionary Dynamics of Early Paleozoic Zooplankton.” Sponsored University of Dayton Research Council, $465,584. (June 1, 2010-May 31, 2014).

Technical Reports

Wu, S.Y., Asher, A., Davis, T. (2011). "Estimating the Carbon Sink of Wright Patterson Air Force Base Using Remotely Sensed Data." Dayton, Ohio.