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Department of Geology, PO Box 4099
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011
Phone#: 928-523-4561 Fax#: 928-523-9220
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Faculty

Dr. David M. Best

Professor

Geophysics

Dr. Ronald C. Blakey

Professor

Stratigraphy/Sedimentology, Graduate Coordinator

Dr. David S. Brumbaugh

Professor, Director of Arizona Earthquake Information Center

Geophysics

Dr. Ernest M. Duebendorfer

Professor

Structural Geology

Dr. David K. Elliott

Professor

Vertebrate Paleontology

Dr. Thomas D. Hoisch

Professor

Metamorphic Petrology

Dr. Darrell Kaufman

Professor

Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

Peter Koehler

Instructor

Paleoecology, Palynology

Dr. Jim I. Mead

Professor, Director of Quaternary Sciences Program

Paleontology

Dr. Larry T. Middleton

Chair, Associate Professor

Sedimentology

Dr. Michael H. Ort

Associate Professor

Volcanology, Igneous Petrology, and Geochemistry

Dr. Roderic A. Parnell, Jr.

Professor, Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences and Education

Geochemistry

Dr. Mary Reid

Professor and Associate Chair

Igneous Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry

Dr. Nancy R. Riggs

Associate Professor

Volcanology

Dr. Jim Sample

Associate Professor

Low-temperature Geochemistry

Dr. Abe Springer

Associate Professor

Hydrogeology

Dr. Paul J. Umhoefer

Associate Professor

Tectonics

Dr. James H. Wittke

Geologic Materials Analyst

Igneous Petrology


Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad

Professor Emeritus

Paleontology and Quaternary Geology

Dr. Charles W. Barnes

Professor, Honors Director Emeritus

Structural Geology

Dr. Stanley S. Beus Regents Professor Emeritus Paleontology
Dr. Augustus S. Cotera Professor Emeritus  
Dr. Richard F. Holm Associate Professor Emeritus Volcanology/Petrology

Dr. Paul Morgan

Professor Emeritus

Geophysics

Dr. J. Dale Nations Regents Professor Emeritus Paleontology

Research Staff

Jordan Bright Research Specialist Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory  
Joe Hazel Research Associate Geomorphology, Sediment Transport Sandbar Studies Lab
Matt Kaplinski Research Associate Geomorphology, Sediment Transport Sandbar Studies Lab
Mark Manone Research Associate Geomorphology, Sediment Transport Sandbar Studies Lab

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Theodore E. Bunch Planetary geology, cosmochemistry (928)-717-1916
Dr. Gerardo Carrasco-Nuņez Volcanology  
Dr. Wendell A. Duffield Volcanic geology, geothermal energy, volcanic hazards  
Dr. David D. Gillette Vertebrate Paleontology  
Dr. Gordon B. Haxel Tectonics of the Cordillera, igneous petrology  
Dr. Ivo Lucchitta Geomorphology, evolution of Colorado Plateau, tectonics  
Dr. Jeffrey B. Plescia Planetary geology and geophysics  
Dr. John H. Sass Exploration seismology and gravimetry, computer programming, continental scientific drilling  
Dr. A. Wesley Ward Eolian processes, volcanic geology  

Staff

Susan Sabala-Foreman

Administrative Assistant

Pete Gomersall

Support Systems Analyst

Sean Vance Laboratory Supplies Controller

Meredith Poggi-Jenkins

Administrative Secretary