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.
- 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.
- 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).
