My History

Education

• Ph.D. Geology
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  Department of Geology and Geophysics, 1966
  

• B.A. Geology
  Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
  Department of Geology, 1958
  

Professional Experience

• 1975-present: Scientist (1975-1981) and Senior Scientist (1981-), Delaware Geological Survey (DGS)

• 1974-1979: Geologist (Grade GS-12), U.S. Geological Survey on W.A.E. (when actually employed) status

• 1979, Jan-Mar: Shipboard scientist on D/V Glomar Challenger on Leg 65 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Gulf of California

• 1969-1975: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

• 1972-1973 summers: Instructor, National Science Foundation Summer Institute for Secondary Earth Science Teachers through Iowa State Univeristy, at Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM

• 1971, summer: Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, Department of Geology

• 1970, summer: Shipboard scientist on D/V Glomar Challenger on Leg 12 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project across the North Atlantic

• 1966-1969: Geologist, Humble Oil and Refining Co. (now Exxon Company USA), Southeastern Division Exploration, New Orleans, LA

• 1959-1965: Teaching and Research Assistant, Instructor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• 1964, summer: Geological fieldwork in Nicaragua

Professional Activities

• 1995-1997: Technical Program Co-Chairman, 1997 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, King of Prussia, PA

• 1983-present: editor of the First State Geology (DGS newsletter)

• 1987-present: editor of DGS publications

• 1981-present: alternate State representative on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technical Working Group and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee of the OCS Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Interior

• 1994-present: Associate Editor, Environmental Geosciences Journal, publication of the Division of Environmental Sciences of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; also member of the Division's Publication Committee

• 1988-1992: Professional Resources Committee of Science, Engineering, and Technology Services to the Delaware General Assembly, through Center for Study of Marine Policy, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware

• 1988: Participated in the evaluation by a committee of the Association of American State Geologists of geologic information used in the U.S. Geological Survey and Minerals Management Service assessments of the nation's undiscovered oil and gas resources, for the Gulf Coast and eastern U.S. regions

• 1983-1987: Examination Committee, Delaware State Board of Registration of Geologists

• Memberships in:
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow
  • North American Micropaleontology Section (NAMS) of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
  • Sigma Xi (University of Delaware Chapter Secretary, 1982-84)

• Registered Delaware Professional Geologist No. 274

Publications

• 1964, Preliminary report on Radiolaria in Recent sediments of the Gulf of California, in van Andel, Tj. H. and Shor, G. G. (eds.), Marine Geology of the Gulf of California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memorandum 3, p. 398-400, 2 pls.

• 1972, Chapters 3- 10, sections on paleontology and rates of sediment accumulation for DSDP Sites 111-119 (with W. A. Berggren, J. E. van Hinte, and K. A. Perch-Nielsen), in Laughton, A. S., Berggren, W.A., et al., 1972, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Volume XII: Washington (U. S. Government Printing Office), p. 33-901.

• 1972, Chapter 17: Radiolaria, Leg 12, Deep Sea Drilling Project, in Laughton, A. S., Berggren, W. A., et al., 1972, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Volume XII: Washington (U. S. Government Printing Office), p. 1085-1113.

• 1979, Hydrocarbon resource potential of the Baltimore Canyon trough: Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 31, 45 p.

• 1983, Chapters 1-5; Introduction and explanatory notes, Reports on DSDP Sites 482-485 (with B. Lewis, P. Robinson, G. Blackinton, R. Day, F. Duennebier, M. Flower, M. Gutierrez-Estrada, J. Hattner, A. Kudo, M. Morrison, C. Rangin, M. Salisbury, H. Schmincke, R. Stephen, B. Zolotarev), in Lewis, B. T. R., Robinson, P., et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Volume 65: Washington (U. S. Government Printing Office), p. 5-305.

• 1983, Chapter 20: Rates of sediment accumulation at Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 65 sites at the mouth of the Gulf of California, in Lewis, B. T. R., Robinson, P., et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Volume 65: Washington (U.S. Government Printing Office), p. 471-476.

• 1983, Chapter 23: Quaternary radiolarians from the mouth of the Gulf of California, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 65, in Lewis, B. T. R., Robinson, P., et al., Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Volume 65: Washington (U. S. Government Printing Office, p. 491-523.

• 1983, Delaware and offshore stratigraphic columns (with T. E. Pickett, R. G. Doyle, and R. V. Smith), in Jordan, R. R., and Smith, R. V., Atlantic Coastal Plain Chart, 1983, Project COSUNA (Correlation of Stratigraphic Units of North America): American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

• 1984, Structure contour map of pre-Mesozoic basement, landward margin of Baltimore Canyon trough: Delaware Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map Series No. 2, scale 1:500,000, with discussion.

• 1985, Geological studies of Cretaceous and Tertiary section, test well Je32-04, central Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Bulletin No. 17, 69 p, 3 pls. (with R. R. Jordan and N. Spoljaric).

• 1986, Seismic stratigraphy along three multichannel seismic reflection profiles off Delaware's coast (with discussion): Delaware Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map Series No. 4 (with A. S. Andres, J. H. Roberts, and K. D. Woodruff).

• 1988, Early Mesozoic rift basins and the development of the United States middle Atlantic continental margin, in Manspeizer, W. (ed.), Triassic-Jurassic rifting: Elsevier, The Netherlands, p. 99-127 (with R. G. Doyle).

• 1989, Geologic framework of the offshore region adjacent to Delaware: Marine Geology, v. 90, p. 103-112 (with J. H. Roberts).

• 1990, Geologic structures of the Appalachian orogen, Mesozoic rift basins, and faulted Coastal Plain rocks revealed by new Vibroseis and drill-hole data, southern Delaware and adjacent Maryland, in Hunt, M. C., Doenges, S., and Stubbs, G. S. (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Studies Related to Continental Margins: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 143-150.

• 1990, (ed.) Geologic and hydrologic studies of the Oligocene- Pleistocene section near Lewes, Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 48, 34 p. (contributions by A. S. Andres, R. N. Benson, K. W. Ramsey, and J. H. Talley).

• 1992, Exploration for oil and gas in a frontier area: the United States middle Atlantic continental margin, in Schroeder, D. A., and Anderson, R. C., eds., Earth interpreters - F. M. Fryxell, Geology, and Augustana: Rock Island, Illinois, Augustana College Library Publication, No. 36, p. 185-200.

• 1992, Map of exposed and buried early Mesozoic rift basins/synrift rocks of the U. S. middle Atlantic continental margin: Delaware Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map Series No. 5, scale 1:1,000,000, with discussion.

• 1993, Earthquakes 1993: Pennsylvania Geology, v. 24, no. 4, p. 9-13.

• 1993, Radiolarian and diatom biostratigraphic correlation of a diverse land and marine vertebrate fossil assemblage from lower Miocene shell beds, Delaware (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A-114.

• 1994, Mesozoic rift basins of the U. S. middle Atlantic continental margin, in Dellagiarino, G., Masterson, A. R., and Miller, L. A. (eds.), Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Studies Related to Continental Margins: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 99-105.

• 1994, Mid-Oligocene unconformity and faulting in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Delaware correlated with uplift history of the Appalachian-Labrador and Bermuda rises (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs., v. 26, p. A-91.

• 1995, Palynological, foraminiferal, and aminostratigraphic studies of Quaternary sediments from the U. S. middle Atlantic upper continental slope, continental shelf, and coastal plain: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 14, p.17-49 (with J. J. Groot and J. F. Wehmiller).

• 1995, Centennial Continent/Ocean Transect # 19, E-3 Southwestern Pennsylvania to Baltimore Canyon Trough, in Glover, Lynn, III, and Klitgord, K. D., Chief Compilers: Boulder, CO, The Geological Society of America, 2 sheets plus explanatory pamphlet (with 21 other compilers and authors).

• 1996, Stratigraphy of the Post-Potamac Cretaceous-Tertiary rocks of central Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Bulletin No. 20, 28p. (with N. Spoljaric).

• 1997, Chronology of early Mesozoic rift basins, continental flood basalts, seaward-dipping reflectors, and postrift sedimentary rocks of the North American Atlantic continental margin (abstract): 1997 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 1, p. 31.

• 1998 (Editor), Geology and paleontology of the lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Special Publication No. 21 (in press).

• 1998, Radiolarians and diatoms from the Pollack Farm Site, Delaware: Marine-terrestrial correlation of Miocene vertebrate assemblages of the middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, in Benson, R.N., ed., Geology and Paleontology of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Special Publication No. 21 (in press).

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