Undergraduate Research Publications, UMD Geology

Publications resulting from research in the Senior Thesis program and from undergraduate research in the Geology Department. Student's name is in Bold [*denotes student presenter; **denotes peer-review publication].

Kaufman, A. J., Williams, B. P., Johnston, D. T., Farquhar, J., Knoll, A. H., Butterfield, N. J. and Rainbird, R. (2006) Environmental Change in the Prelude to a Neoproterozoic Ice Age: Sulfur Isotope Evidence from the Shaler Supergroup, Northwest Territories, Canada. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract V42A-01

Pitcher L., Walker R.J. and Helz R. (2006) Behavior of Re and the platinum-group elements during formation and crystallization of the Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii. EOS Trans. 87, Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract V41A-14

Campbell A. J., Danielson L., Righter K., Wang Y., and Davidson G. (2006)
Oxygen fugacity at high pressures: Equations of state of metal-oxide pairs. LPSC XXXVII, #1977.

*Aeiker, D., *Mansur, A., Rudnick, R., Piccoli, P., and McDonough, W.F. (2006) Deducing the depth of origin of granulite xenoliths from zircon-rutile thermometry: a case study from Tanzania. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (Spring Meeting), 87 (36), Jt. Assem. Suppl, Abstract V41-A03

*Gale, A. and Minarik, W.G. (2005) Soldier's Delight and the Baltimore Mafic Complex: Tectonic clues from osmium isotopes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36 (26-7)

**Tomascak, P.B., Brown, M., Solar, G.S., Becker, H.J., Centorbi, T.L. and Tian, Jinmei (2005) Source contributions to Devonian granite magmatism near the Laurentian Border, New Hampshire and Western Maine, USA. Lithos, 80, 75-99.

Gelinas, A., Kring, D.A., Zurcher, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. Morton, O., and Walker, R. J. (2004) Osmium isotope constraints on the proportion of bolide component in Chicxulub impact melt rocks. Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences, v. 39, p. 1003-1008.

Hillebrand, J.T, McDonough, W.F., Walker, R.J. and Piccoli, P.M. (2004) Characterization of the distribution of siderophile and highly siderophile elements in the Milton and Eagle Station pallasites. Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference Abstracts.

Friedmann, J. and *Long, J. (2004) Fluvial systems of the Passaic Formation, Newark Basin, NJ and PA: The role of anastomosed stream depositional environments. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35.

*Bowles, G., Piccoli, P.M., Lower, S.K. and Candela, P.A. (2004) Action of a natural bacterial consortia on acid mine drainage; a small component of understanding in a large coal mine in Maryland. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35.

*Gelinas, A., Walker, R.J., Kring, D.A., and Zurcher, L. (2003) Osmium isotope constraints on the proportion of bolide component in Chicxulub impact melts. Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference Abstracts

Wing, B.A., Brabson, E.K., Farquhar, J., Kaufman, A.J., Rumble, D., III., and Bekker A. (2002) D33S, d34S, and d13C constraints on the Paleoproterozoic atmosphere during the earliest Huronian glaciation. In: Twelfth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts with Program

*Watt, E., Lev, S.M., and Burks, R.J. (2002) Paragenesis of tourmalines in early Paleozoic metasediments of the Maryland piedmont. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34.

Rudnick, R.L., McDonough, W.F., Tomascak, P.B., and Baker, E. (2002) Lithium isotopic composition of xenolithic eclogites: implications for subduction zone processes. Fall AGU meeting

*Centorbi, T.L., Tomascak, P.B., Brown, M., Solar, G.S., and Tian, J. (2002) Nature of the crust near the Grenville border in Northern New England: Constraints from new Pb isotope data from the Mooselookmeguntic Igneous Complex, Maine. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34.  

*Carter, B.L., and Jiang, D. (2002). Kinematic Anaylsis of the Garth Run Shear Zone in the Blue Ridge Province of Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34

*Brabson, E.K., Wing, B.A., Farquhar, J., Kaufman, A.J., Rumble, D., III, and Bekker, A. (2002) Implications of anomalous D33S for evolution of Atmospheric oxygen, continental weathering, and Paleoproterozoic glaciation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34.

*Blondes, M.S. and Minarik W.G. (2002) Kinetics of garnet breakdown reaction rims experimental simulations of natural xenoliths. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 83.  

*Webber, C.E., Candela, P.A., Piccoli, P.M., and Simon, A.C. (2001) Generation of granitic dikes can texture, mineralogy, and geochemistry be used as guides to determine the mechanisms of diking? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33. 

*Missell, C.A., Kaufman, A.J., and Holtz, T.R. (2001) An oxygen isotope comparison of hadrosaurid metabolism. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, p. A-388.

Minarik, W.G., Marchildon, N., and Blondes, M.S. (2001) Thermal pulse associated with Cretaceous alkaline magmatism in the northwestern Appalachians: Evidence from lower crustal xenoliths. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.

*Dill, R.A. and Owens, B.E. (2001) Mineralogical and chemical variability plus a three-amphibole occurrence in an outcrop of the Chopawamsic Formation, central Piedmont Province, Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.

*Kenworthy J., Chapman, R. E., Holtz T. R. Jr., and Sadleir, R. W. (2000) On behavior and the shape of claws in dinosaurs, birds and mammals. 60th annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 20(3), p. 51A.

Walker R.J., Asuquo B., Prichard H.M., and Brandon A.D. (1999) Osmium isotopic constraints on the early evolution of the mantles of the Earth, Moon and Mars. In: Ninth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, p 315. LPI Contribution No. 971, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

*Deng, W.L., Candela, P.A., and Piccoli, P.M. (1999) Crystallization kinetics of quartz in granitic dikes estimated from crystal size distributions. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 80, p. 373.  

*Coyne C. M., Piccoli, P. M., and Candela, P. A. (1999) A comparison of pressure estimates based on epidote compositions and Al-in-Hornblende: An example from the Ellicott City Granodiorite. Spring AGU meeting, Washington, DC

**Wylie, A. G., Skinner, H.C., Marsh, H.C., Snyder, H., Garzione, C., Hodkinson, D., and Winters, R. (1997) Mineralogical Features Associated with Cytotoxic and Proliferative Effects of Fibrous Talc and Asbestos on Rodent Tracheal Epithelial and Pleural Mesothelial cells. Journal of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, v. 147: p. 143-150.

Verkouteren, J.R., Wylie, A.G., Steel, E.B., and Lim, Mee S. (1995) Analysis of the Tremolite/Actinolite series using high precision refractive index measurements. In: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the MAS, Breckinridge, CO, p. 27-28.

*Tegeler, J.L. (1995) Petrology and geochemistry of mafic enclaves in granitoids of the Robertson River igneous suite, Blue Ridge Province, central Virginia. In: The origin of granites and related rocks. In: Brown, M., Piccoli, P.M. (eds) U. S. Geological Survey Circular C1129, p.143.

*Linder, D.E., and Wylie, A.G. (1988) Zeolites form the Paleozoic Metavolcanic James Run Formation, Piedmont Province, Maryland. Southeast Section Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

*Broadhurst, C. L., Candela, P.A., Wylie, A.G., and Burke, T.M. (1983) A Geochemical Study of the Host Rocks of the Copper-Iron-Cobalt Ores of Sykesville, Maryland: An ultramafite Associated Deposit. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs