Emeriti Faculty
Suzanne Beske-Diehl
Professor Emerita, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Use of rock magnetic properties to identify volcanic ash and as indicators of atmospheric fractionation
- Rock magnetic properties as an indicator of environmental change with special interest in Lake Superior
- Effect of alteration on the magnetization of basalts
- Magnetostratigraphy of the Pliocene sediments in Anza-Borrego State Park, California
- Paleomagnetism and polar wander for North America at about 1.1 Ga concentrating on Keweenawan rocks
Jimmy F. Diehl
Professor Emeritus, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Late cretaceous/early tertiary apparent polar wander for North America
- Environmental magnetism and paleoclimate records from cave and lake deposits
- Paleomagnetism of keweenawan rocks and their geomagnetic and tectonic implications
- Paleosecular variation of Plio-Pleistocene volcanic rocks
- Application of seismic, resistivity, gravity, and magnetic methods to geological engineering problems
Rudolph E. Greuer
Professor Emeritus, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Allan M. Johnson
Professor Emeritus, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
S. Douglas McDowell
Professor Emeritus, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Research Interests
- Clay mineralogy and low temperature diagenetic/geothermal/metamorphic systems
Charles T. Young
Associate Professor Emeritus, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Aquifer heterogenetity estimation using ground penetrating radar
- Three dimensional visualization of geophysical data
- Novel uses of electrical resisitivity to reveal fracture patterns in limestone
- Application of geophysics to archaeology (non-destructive archaeology)
- Table top models for teaching geophysics
- Signal analysis for geophysical interpretation