Earth Sciences

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Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences PO Box 173480 Traphagen 200 Bozeman MT 59717-3480 406-994-3331 Fax: 406-994-6923

Joseph Ashley Associate Professor of Geography Phone: (406) 994-6904 jashley@montana.edu		Physical and Cultural Geography, Defining Physiographic Boundaries at the Sectional Level
David W. Bowen Assistant Research Professor Phone: (406) 994-6915 dbowen@montana.edu		Sedimentary Basins and the Stratigraphy of Basin-Fill Deposits
Steven Custer Associate Professor of Geology/Department Head Phone: (406) 994-6906 scuster@montana.edu		Geohydrology; groundwater geology; fluvial sedimentology
Todd Feeley Associate Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6917 tfeeley@montana.edu		Volcanology; igneous petrology, processes of magma differentiation
Michael H. Gardner Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6658 mgardner@montana.edu		Stratigraphy, sedimentology, subsurface geology, ancient ocean systems
Katherine Hansen Professor of Geography Phone: (406) 994-6912 khansen@montana.edu		Mountain Environments, Biological Indicators (Tree Distribution, Habitat Alterations, Rangeland Disturbances)
David Lageson Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6913 Lageson@montana.edu		Active Tectonics and Neotectonics of the intermountain seismic belt, particularly adjacent to the Yellowstone hotspot
William Locke Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6918 wlocke@montana.edu		Volcano-Tectonism, Fault Scarp Evolution, Soil Development, Fluvial Terrace Systems, Glacial Geology, and Climates
David Mogk Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6916 mogk@montana.edu		Evolution of Precambrian Crust in SW Montana, Petrogenesis of Continental crust, Geochemical Evolution of the crust
James Schmitt Associate Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-6903 jschmitt@montana.edu		Relations between tectonics and sedimentation; depositional systems; sediment provenance
Mark Skidmore Assistant Professor of Geology Phone: (406) 994-7251 skidmore@montana.edu		Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology of Glaciated Systems
David Varricchio Assistant Professor of Paleontology Phone: (406) 994-6907 djv@montana.edu		Paleoecology of dinosaurs using taphonomic and anatomic evidence.
Cathy Whitlock Professor of Earth Sciences Phone: (406) 994-6910 whitlock@montana.edu		Quaternary environmental change, Vegetation, fire, and climate history of the western U.S. and southern South America
William Wyckoff Professor of Geography Phone: (406) 994-6914 uesww@montana.edu		Historical and Cultural Geography of the Rocky Mountain West
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