University Management
Resume:
Linda Lee Davis
Grand Valley State University, Geology Department,
One Campus Drive, Padnos Hall #118; Allendale, MI 49401-9403
Telephone: 616-***-****; email: *******@****.***
Education
1981 B.A. Geology, Geochemistry Option, University of Colorado, Boulder.
1986 M.S. Geology, University of Georgia, Athens. Advisor: Norman Herz.
Thesis: Petrology and geochemistry of the intrusive rocks and
associated iron-rich polymetallic skarn at Reilly Peak, New
Mexico
1993 Ph.D. Geology, University of Texas, Austin. Advisor: Douglas
Smith.
Dissertation: Potassic mafic rocks at Two Buttes, Colorado
Teaching Experience
8/2008 - Present Visiting Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State
University. I taught Petrology, Mineralogy, Exploring the
Earth (Physical Geology) last year and this year I am
teaching large Environmental Geology sections. I've also
taught a General Education course entitled Living with the
Great Lakes. I mentor undergraduate students by engaging
them in original research projects, and as part of our
department-wide seminar, where all faculty members are
involved in mentoring and teaching students how to present
and write scientific material. I informally advise
numerous students
9/2005 - 7/2008 V. Assist. Prof., The Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey. I taught The Earth, Mineralogy, Petrology, Marine
Geology, Physical Geology, and Volcanoes. I created and
taught a new course, the Geology of National Parks: a 4-
week field trip with a pre-trip seminar. I also
coordinated the Environmental Studies Seminar one semester.
I supervised student research each semester, and I
supervised students who worked with me cataloguing and
curating samples.
7/2003 - 7/2005 V. Assist. Prof., Washington and Lee University. I taught
Earth Materials I and II, General Geology, Regional Geology
(co-taught as a field course), Shake and Bake: Tectonic and
Volcanic Processes, The Geology of National Parks (as a
lecture course), and Meteorology (co-taught). I advised
undergraduate research projects in addition to one MS
student from NIU. I set up and hosted a Visiting Speakers
Series.
8/2001 - 7/2003 V. Assist. Prof., Northern Illinois University. I
designed and taught a new course, Solid Earth Composition,
which combined Mineralogy, Optical Mineralogy, and
Petrology. I taught Introductory Geology, Low-temperature
Geochemistry, and a grad/undergrad seminar on the Petrology
and Tectonics of Big Bend Ranch State Park in Texas (with
an extended field trip). I also co-taught the second half
of NIU's Geological Techniques Field Camp located in South
Dakota.
8/2000 - 8/2001 V. Assist. Prof., Northern Arizona University. I taught
Mineralogy, Optical Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology, Introduction to Field Methods, and Introductory
Geology.
8/1997- 12/1997 Lecturer, Idaho State University. I taught Physical
Geology while working as a postdoctoral researcher.
8/1994 - 6/1995 V. Assist. Prof., Colorado State University. I taught two
courses: Crystallography and Mineralogy, and Mineral
Equilibrium and Optical Mineralogy.
9/1987 - 6/1989 Teaching Assist., (petrology, thermodynamics - grad.
level, metamorphic petrology - grad. level, analytical
techniques - grad. level, introductory geology, field camp)
University of Texas.
9/1984 - 6/1985 Teaching Assist., (optical mineralogy, upper graduate
level petrology, undergraduate petrology) University of
Georgia.
Research Experience
7/2007-9/2007 Summer Faculty, Faculty Research Participation
Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon
Source. Writing a paper on V XANES work for publication
and also obtaining new data on the synchrotron beamline.
1/1998 - 2/1999
2/1999 - 8/2000 Research Associate following a Postdoctoral fellowship,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory through the
Associated Western Universities. Designed and made glasses
on an experimental scale. I determined the solubilities
and structural environments of Hf-, Gd-, U- and Pu oxides
in peralkaline and peraluminous glasses. Part of a multi-
institutional 3-year project. I also examined the
molecular structure of the glasses using X-ray absorption
fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) at the Stanford
synchrotron. My duties also included working with
radiological and fissile material (239Pu), mentoring
undergraduate and graduate students, and pre-service
science teachers in a large glass development laboratory.
10/1996 - 12/1997 Senior Post-Doctoral Rsch. Assoc., Idaho Geological
Survey/Idaho State University. We determined the spatial
distribution of permeable zones in the dominantly basaltic
subsurface of the Eastern Snake River Plain using rock
cores, hydrologic data, and borehole geophysical data.
Geologic data were used as "soft-data" surrogates for
hydraulic conductivity measurements, and for hydrologic
modeling towards the remediation of toxic plumes. Core
data was calibrated to geophysical logs in order to extend
the present ? database to areas where no core was collected
during drilling.
6/1995 - 12/1997 Post-Doctoral Rsch. Assoc., Idaho State University. I
determined the major- and trace-element compositions of
small-volume samples (20mg) of simulated waste glasses in
order to evaluate the inhomogeneity of radioactive waste
glass, in particular, a zirconium boro-aluminosilicate
glass. Duties included analytical development and
supervision of student workers in the chemistry, X-ray and
(-ray laboratories. This overlapped with the postdoctoral
project described directly above.
1- 3/1994 Research Science Assoc., University of Texas. Post-
doctoral petrologic study of tholeiitic basalt, Ocean
Drilling Project (ODP) Leg 151, retrieved during Iceland
Plateau drilling while I was Shipboard Petrologist.
9 - 12/1993 Research Assist., University of Texas. I finished my
dissertation.
7/24 - 9/24/1993 Shipboard Petrologist, ODP Leg 151, Arctic-Atlantic
Gateways,. My involvement included a petrologic study of
drilled basalt from the Iceland Plateau, and the petrology
of ice-rafted debris recovered from drilled deep-sea
sediments.
11/1992 - 8/1993 Electron Probe Analyst, for Carbon Implants, Inc., through
the University of Texas. Analyzed artificial heart valves
(C-Si).
9/1991 - 5/1993 Research Assist., Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin,
Texas, I focused on the petrology of mafic alkalic rocks
from the Bofecillos Mountains in West Texas with C. Henry.
Duties included petrography, mineral separation, rock
sample preparation for chemical analysis, electron probe
analysis, data entry, and trace element data
interpretation.
6/- 8/1991
6/ - 12/1990 - University of Texas, worked on my dissertation
project funded by an NSF grant written by Doug Smith and
me.
6/ - 8/1989 - University of Texas,, funded by a University
Research Institute grant awarded to Doug Smith - determined
trace element abundances in Two Buttes rocks using XRF, ICP-
AES, and INAA.
8/ - 10/1986 volunteer Employee, U.S.G.S., C.M.R. Branch, Denver,
CO. I continued my work on the New Silver Resource Map of
the U.S., which I had worked on previously with Allen Heyl.
intermittently 1983 - 1986, and full-time
6/1981 - 8/1983 Geological Field Assist., U.S.G.S., C.M.R., Denver, CO,.
I assisted Allen V. Heyl, Charles Maxwell, and Margo Toth.
Work included geologic mapping, XRD, library research,
exploration and evaluation of Pb-Zn-Ag, Au, Sn-W-Be, F, and
REE ore deposits, study of kimberlites, lamproites, and
cryptovolcanic explosion structures, and compiling the new
Silver Resource Map of the U.S. I also supervised a
Wilderness Study Area assessment (Dominguez Canyon, CO) and
for this, I coordinated the team mapping, sample
collection, and mineral resource evaluation.
Analytical Experience
Thin Section Petrography: In addition to teaching
petrology/petrology/optical mineral courses, of course, petrography
is the fundamental step in all of my research after sample
collection. I have examined a great many thin sections. I have
also held research assistantships where my main duty was thin
section petrography.
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (XAFS): I am still in
training, but not a novice, and numerous times I have set up for
transmission- and fluorescence mode XAFS and XANES analyses at the
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory with colleagues from the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Actinide Chemistry Group. I
collaborate with Steve Sutton at the APS at Argonne National
Laboratory in Chicago, IL, USA: we are using XANES spectra of V in
olivine and pyroxene to get at the oxygen fugacity of mantle
sources.
Electron Microprobe: Extensive experience analyzing minerals and
materials on semi- and fully-automated (JEOL 733, ARL SEMQ) and non-
automated microprobes (MAC 400S).
X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry: Extensive experience analyzing whole-
rock pressed powder pellets for trace elements (using a GE-Diano)
and whole-rock fused disks for major elements (using a Philips).
Classical Wet Chemistry: Experience analyzing whole rocks by modified
classical wet chemistry with the aid and instruction of the UT
Dept. of Geol. Sci. staff chemist, S. Thieben.
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry: Experience
analyzing whole rocks for major- and trace elements with Jobin-Yvon
70 and 70C sequential and simultaneous plasmospectrometers.
X-ray Diffraction: Extensive experience obtaining mineral data using
Scintag, Siemens, Rigaku, and Philips diffractometers.
Experimental Petrology: I have 3 years of experience in experimental
petrology. Designed and made glasses at high temperatures (1100
to 1600 C) in a glass design lab at Pacific Northwest National
Lab. Made synthetic diopside and diopside glasses at high-T under
controlled oxidation states while at Washington and Lee Univ.
Mass Spectrometry: I have worked in an ultra-clean lab with excellent
Pb blank levels and have limited experience with thermal ionization
mass spectrometry (Finnegan MAT 261 at the Univ. of Texas at
Austin).
Neutron Activation: Sample counting and data reduction experience at
Idaho State University using 2 high-purity Ge detectors, MAESTRO,
and programs written by S. Hughes. I have also helped design
analytical and reduction schemes for INAA, working closely with
nuclear engineers at the UT Nuclear Engineering Teaching
Laboratory.
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses
Environmental Geology - Visiting Assistant Professor GVSU
Petrology of Big Bend Ranch State Park Seminar: NIU (extended field trip to
the park)
Petrology - V. Assist. Professor: GVSU, RSCNJ, NAU (incorporated extended
field trips); TA - UT Austin
Mineralogy - V. Assist. Professor: GVSU, RSCNJ, NAU (included extended
field trips)
Crystallography and Mineralogy - V. Assist. Professor: CSU
Optical Mineralogy - V. Assist. Professor: NAU; TA, UGA.
Mineral Equilibrium and Optical Mineralogy - V. Assist. Professor: CSU
Earth Materials I: Rocks and Minerals - V. Assist. Professor: WLU (with
extended field trips)
Earth Materials II: Geochemistry - V. Assist. Professor: WLU (included
extended field trips)
Solid Earth Composition - V. Assist. Professor: NIU (Min, Op Min, &
Petrology combined) (included extended field trips)
Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface - V. Assist. Professor: NIU
Introductory Geology (a.k.a. Physical Geology) - V. Assist. Professor:
GVSU, RSCNJ, WLU, NAU, and NIU; Lecturer at ISU; TA, UT- Austin
Living with the Great Lakes - V. Assist. Professor: GVSU
The Earth - V. Assist. Professor: RSCNJ
The Geology of National Parks (4-week field trip course) V. Assist.
Professor: RSCNJ
The Geology of National Parks (lecture) - V. Assist. Professor: WLU
National Parks Seminar - V. Assist. Professor: RSCNJ
Volcanoes - V. Assist. Professor: RSCNJ
Shake and Bake: Tectonic and Volcanic Processes - V. Assist. Professor:
WLU
Regional Geology of the Southwest United States - V. Assist. Professor: WLU
(included extended field trip)
Introduction to Field Methods - V. Assist. Professor: NAU (mapped on the CO
Plateau)
Field Geology - V. Assist. Professor: NIU; TA - UT Austin. (SD, CO, NM
mapping)
Marine Geology (lecture and lab) - V. Assist. Professor: RSCNJ
Meteorology (team-taught) - V. Assist. Professor: WLU
Independent Study - V. Assist. Professor: GVSU, RSCNJ, WLU, NIU, CSU
(petrologic projects)
Environmental Studies Seminar- V. Assist. Professor: RSCNJ
Graduate Courses
Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface - V. Assist. Professor: NIU
Petrology of Big Bend Ranch State Park Seminar: NIU
Independent Studies - V. Assist. Professor: CSU
Metamorphic Petrology - TA, prepared, taught, and graded laboratory
exercises.
Advanced Igneous Petrology - TA, prepared material for laboratory
exercises.
Ig. Meta., and Sed. Petrology - TA, prepared, taught, and graded laboratory
exercises.
Thermodynamics of Geologic Processes - TA, led recitation groups and graded
exercises.
Analytical Techniques and Applications in Geology - TA, trained students
one-on-one on a JEOL electron probe, a Rigaku XRD, and a GE-Diano XRF
spectrometer.
Professional and Citizen Service
Treasurer and Board Member, Association for Women Geoscientist Foundation
2009 - present.
Mentoring 3 students as part of an S-STEMS grant to enable quality students
with financial need to graduate and go on to do graduate work (2009-
2010).
Mentored 2 students as part of an S-STEMS grant to enable quality students
with financial need to graduate and go on to do graduate work (2008-
2009).
Lobbied Congress on the first GeoSciences Congressional Visit Day at the
behest of AWG (Fall 2008)
Lobbied Congress on behalf of AGI and The National Coalition for Science
Funding (Fall 2007)
President (interim) of start-up Chapter of the Association for Women
Geoscientists 2006-2008
Panelist for S.A.V.E. organization - part of the 2% Solution nationwide
discussion on climate change
COPE designate for Stockton Federation of Teachers (political action
committee); Political Action Committee Representative for the Stockton
Federation of Teachers 2006-2008
Worked with the Amer. Fed. of Teachers (Sept. - Nov. 6, 2006) to help elect
Senator Menendez
Session Co-Chair for Fall 2005 AGU meeting (V31B: Multivalent Cations as
Redox Indicators in Magmatic Systems II Posters)
Course Approval Committee for General Studies (GNM - math and science) Fall
2005
National Conference on Undergraduate Research session monitor, 2005
AGU VGP Publications Committee (inactive)
Research and Travel Grants
Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (GVSU) - travel grant to the
Association for Women Geoscientists Board of Directors meeting,
Portland, OR, Fall 2009.
Center for Scholarly Excellence and Creativity (GVSU) - travel grant to
take student to New Mexico Tech's Geochronology Laboratory to learn how
to do mineral separates and mass spectrometry, Fall 2009
Faculty Research and Development Center (GVSU) - travel grant to present
abstract at Fall, 2008, AGU meeting in San Francisco
Summer Faculty Research Participant through Argonne National Laboratories
conducted at the Advanced Photon Source, Chicago, IL summer 2007 (summer
salary).
Summer Technology Academy, 2007, Stockton College: engaging faculty in new
technologies for research and teaching.
http://talon.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=14&pageID=138
Awarded Beam Time at the Advanced Photon Source through GSECARS
(GeoSoilEnviroCARS) University of Chicago, May 30th, 2006 and February
3rd - 5th, 2005: The oxidation state of V in clinopyroxene and olivine
as a proxy for oxygen fugacity of minettes.
Mini-Grant (2) from the CENTTER project (Collaborative Enterprise to
Integrate Technology into Teacher Education Reform) funded through a
federal PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) grant:
Fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2002-2003.
Funding from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Seaborg Institute,
summer 2001, for continued research in EXAFS.
U.S. Science Support Program travel grant to attend Post-Cruise meeting in
Kiel, Germany 1995.
Post-Cruise Scientific Research, U. S. Science Support Program, January
1994: for work supplemental to ODP Research Cruise 151.
AGU grant, August 1991 - to cover half the registration cost for Chapman
Conference.
UT Geology Foundation travel and research grants; October 1991 - to attend
Fall AGU meeting,
July 1991 - to attend AGU Topical Chapman Conference in Fall, 1991 as
an invited participant;
May 1991 - to attend Spring AGU meeting;
Summer, 1990 - for field expenses;
Summer, 1989- for field expenses;
Summer, 1988 - for field expenses.
Sigma Xi grant for fieldwork, Summers of 1988 and 1989.
Fellowships and Scholarships
Associated Western Universities, Postdoctoral Fellowship; 1-12-98 to 2-1-
99.
Todd Sutherland Memorial Scholarship, summer 1992
Chevron Fellow, January - June 1991; September 1989 - August 1990.
Awards
University Friends Award from the NIU Center for Access-Ability Resources
for outstanding contribution and commitment to diverse student learning
styles, Spring 2003
Award for Outstanding Service to the Department of Geological Sciences
(UT), April 1992.
Honorary Stipend for leadership and academic achievement as a student at
Univ. of GA.
Professional and Honor Societies
AGU, GSA, AWG, AWGF BOD, AAUW, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Mater. Res. Soc.,
Denver Chapter of the International Order of Ragged Ass Miners (Denver
Mining Club)
Field Experience
Taught Geology of the National Parks (2 times) for a 4-week trip (western
US) (RSCNJ) - trip focused on hikes, general geology, ecology, camping
and travelling skills.
Taught Regional Geology of the Southwest USA (3-week trip) (W&L) - trip
entailed introductory field methods type of projects and general
geology.
Taught Field Geology to NIU and Illinois State University students in the
Black Hills, SD
Taught Introductory Field Methods mainly in sedimentary terrane in northern
AZ
Studied basalt flow morphology in SE Idaho (Snake River Plain)
Map and collect sample in south-central CO and northeastern NM
Mapped the geology and structure of the Reilly Peak, New Mexico area for
Master thesis, and the Two Buttes, Colorado area for Ph.D. dissertation.
Completed extensive geologic mapping and sample collection, solo and in
teams, in CO, WY, NM, GA, MO, OK, U.S.A., and in Nuevo Leon, Coahuila,
Mexico.
Presently working on and off in the Chihuahuan desert, Big Bend Ranch State
Park, TX, with a MS student.
Outdoor Survival Instructor in the wintertime Rockies (I am no longer an
instructor, but I have the experience and use it when teaching and doing
field work).
Publications
Abstracts:
McGregor, H., Sarafian, J., Roden, M., and Davis, L. L., Petrogenetic
relationships between potassic and sodic alkaline magmas at Spanish
Peaks, CO; GSA Southeastern Section Joint Meeting, submitted.
Westhuis, A. and Davis, L. L., F 2009, How old are the East-West Trending
Dikes at Spanish Peaks Colorado?, West Michigan Regional Undergraduate
Science Research Conference, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
Siemer, K. and Davis, L. L., F 2009, Clogging of the southern Kent County
Landfill Drainage System, West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science
Research Conference, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
Davis, L. L. and Reineke, K. A., 2008, Climate change and our national and
state park pleasures: a first hand view from an undergraduate student,
Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED21B-0619
Davis, L. L., 2007, Introductory geology for non-majors disguised as a 4-
week Geology of National Parks field trip course. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39. No. 6, p. 543
Davis, L. L., McDowell, E., Schreiber, H., 2006, Making diopside crystals
and glass under controlled oxidation states: "an adventure in
experimental petrology." Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 548
Davis, L.L., Sutton, S., Newville, M. and Schreiber, H., 2005, The
Oxidation State of V in Olivine and Clinopyroxene as a Proxy for Oxygen
Fugacity of Minettes, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract V31B-0606.
Davis, L.L., 2005, Electron Microprobe Analysis of Minerals as a Research
Tool for Undergraduate Students in a Required Earth Materials Course,
National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April, 2005.
Davis, L.L. and Meyer, M. A., 2004. Another look at the geochemistry of
the Rancherias lavas in the Bofecillos Mountains of Texas. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 129.
Miller, L. P., Dickinson, I., Hannah, P. T., and Davis, L. L., Science,
Society and the Arts, an undergraduate research conference at Washington
and Lee University, November, 2004. The petrology of Cenozoic alkalic
igneous rocks: an examination of the lithospheric mantle source from
the hypothesized western edge of the North American lithospheric keel.
Davis, L. L., Fall 2003. Igneous rock compositions from Big Bend Ranch
State Park as a Teaching Tool in Petrology. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 6, September 2003, p. 122.
Davis, L. L., Darab, J. G., Dalbey, L., (16th University Conference on
Glass Science, May, 2003), The affects of Gd and Hf additions on the
immiscibility and crystallinity in boroaluminosilicate glasses.
Davis, L. L., 2003, Where and how are minette and related magmas mixing?
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, No. 8008D, 2003.
Caulder, D. L., Davis, L. L., Darab, J. G., Shuh, D. K., Booth, C. H.,
Bucher, J. J., and Strachan, D. M., Structural environment of hafnium in
borosilicate glasses with varying sodium:aluminum ratios, Materials
Research Society, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV,
eds. B. P. McGrail and G. A. Cragnolino, v. 713.
Dalbey, L., Davis, L. L., Darab, J. G., and Strachan, D. M., 2000, The
effect of gadolinium on hafnium solubility in peraluminous and
subaluminous glasses, Eos Trans. AGU, v.81, no. 48, p. F1294.
Davis, L. L., 2000, The mineralogy and petrology of Two Buttes minettes,
Eos Trans. AGU, v.81, no. 48, p. F1381.
Caulder, D. L., Davis, L. L., Booth, C. H., Darab, J. G., Bucher, J. J.,
Edelstein, N. M., Li, H., Li, L., Liu, P., Lukens, W. W. Jr., Rao, L.,
Shuh, D. K., and Strachan, D. M., 2000, Speciation of hafnium in
aluminoborosilicate glass by XAFS spectroscopy, Amer. Chem. Soc.
National Meeting, Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
Abstracts, paper 55.
Zhao, D., Li, L., Davis., L. L., and Ewing, R. C. (2000) Gadolinium
borosilicate glass-bonded Gd-silicate apatite: A glass-ceramic nuclear
waste form for weapon plutonium. 24th International Symposium on the
Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Sydney, Australia.
Shuh, D. K., Booth, C. H., Bucher, J. J., Caulder, D. L., Darab, J. G.,
Davis, L. L., Edelstein, N. M., Li, H., Li, L. Y., Liu, P., Lukens, W.
W., Rao, L. F., and Strachan, D. M., 2000, Speciation of actinides and
neutron absorbers in aluminoborosilicate glass by XAFS spectroscopy,
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, v. 219: 47-NUCL.
Zhao, D., Wang, L. M., Ewing, R. C., Li, L., Davis, L. L., and Strachan, D.
M., (1999) Electron microprobe and electron microscopy characterization
of precipitated gadolinium crystals in borosilicate glasses. Fifth
IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials, Beijing, China.
Davis, L. L., Li, H., Caulder, D., and Crum. J., 1999, A comparison of
U(IV) and Hf(IV) solubility in a peralkaline soda lime float glass,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 31, No. 7.
Darab, J. G., Davis, L. L., Li, L., Li, H., Matson, D. W., Vienna, J. D.,
Strachan, D. M., Craig, I. M., Caulder, D. L., Bucher, J. J., Edelstein,
N. M., Shuh, D. K., Allen, P. G., Seaborg, G.T., Structure of alkali
boroaluminosilicate glasses containing high concentrations of
"incompatible" components, 9th International Conference on the Physics
of Non-Crystalline Solids, Tucson, AZ, October, 1999.
Davis, L. L., Allen, P. G., and others, Speciation of uranium and plutonium
in wasteform glasses by x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy,
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, V. 218: 93-NUCL.
Li, L. Y., Li, H., Strachan, D. M., Qian, M. X., Davis, L. L., Darab, J.
G., Wang, Z. M., 1999, Optical spectroscopic study of neodymium in
sodium-alumina-borosilicate glasses, Abstracts of Papers of the American
Chemical Society, V. 218: 178-NUCL.
Glover, J., Davis, L., and Welhan, J., 1997, The use of borehole
geophysical logs and geologic data for stochastic simulation of
hydraulic conductivity in the Snake River Plain aquifer, Connections
'97: Ground Water in the Rocky Mountain Region, Boise, ID, September
1997.
Welhan, J. A., Davis, L. L., Johannesen, C., and Glover, J., 1997,
Stochastic ground water modeling in the Snake River Plain aquifer:
Hydrogeologic constraints and conceptual approach to the simulation of
hydraulic conductivity, EOS Trans. AGU, V. 78, no. 17, p. S147.
Davis, L. L., and Hughes, S. S., 1996, Petrographic and chemical
characterization of vitrified waste products, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 77, no.
46, p. F26.
Davis, L. L., and the Shipboard Scientific Party, 1994, Petrology of
Iceland Plateau basalt retrieved from ODP Leg 151, Eos Trans. AGU, v.
75, no. 44, p. 741.
Davis, L. L., Smith, D., McDowell, F. W., 1993, Potassic magmatism at Two
Buttes as a window to a Proterozoic lithosphere keel, Eos Trans. AGU,
v.74, no. 43, p. 634.
Davis, L. L. and Smith, D., 1991, Significance of Ni-rich olivine in
minette, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 72, no. 44, p. 516.
Davis, L. L., McDowell, F. W., Smith, D., and Walker, N. W., 1991,
Potassic, mafic rocks at Two Buttes, CO, Eos Trans. AGU, v. 72, no. 17,
p. 295.
Davis, L. L., 1987, The petrology and geochemistry of the intrusive rocks
and associated iron-rich polymetallic skarn at Reilly Peak, New Mexico,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 269.
Papers and maps:
Welhan, J. A., Johannesen, C. M., Davis, L. L., Reeves, K. S., and Glover,
J. A., 2004., Overview and synthesis of lithologic controls on aquifer
heterogeneity in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho; Tectonic and
Magmatic Evolution of the Snake River Plain Volcanic Province, Idaho
Geological Survey Bull. 30, p. 435-460.
Davis, L. L., Darab, J. G., Qian, M., Zhao, D., Strachan D. M., Palenik,
C., Li, L., 2003, Hafnium in peralkaline and peraluminous boro-
aluminosilicate glass and glass sub-components: a solubility study. J.
Non-Crystalline Solids, v. 328: 102-122.
Zhang, Y., Navrotsky, A., Li, H., Li., L., Davis, L. L., and Strachan, D.
M., 2001, Energetics of dissolution of Gd2O3 and HfO2 in sodium alumino-
borosilicate glasses, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, v. 296, p. 93-101.
Davis, L. L., Hughes, S. S., and Fleisher, C., 2001, The petrography and
chemical characterization of an alkali alumina-borosilicate glass
considered for storage of radioactive waste, Environmental Geology, v.
40, no. 7, p. 829-846.
Zhao, D. Li, L., Davis, L. L., Weber, W. J., and Ewing, R. C., 2001
Gadolinium borosilicate glass-bonded Gd-silicate apatite: A glass-
ceramic nuclear waste form for weapon plutonium. Eds. K. P. Hart and G.
R. Lumpkin, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium on
the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIV, 663: 199-206.
Davis, L. L., Li, L., Darab, J. G., Li, H., Strachan, D., Allen, P. G.,
Bucher, J. J., Craig, I. M., Edelstein, N. M., and Shuh, D. K., 1999,
The effects of Na2O, Al2O3, and B2O3 on HfO2 solubility in borosilicate
glass, in Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, Scientific
Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, XXII, v. 556, p. 313-320.
Li, L., Strachan, D. M., Li, H., Davis, L. L., and Qian, M., 2000,
Crystallization of gadolinium- and lanthanum-containing phases from
sodium alumino-borosilicate glasses: J. Non-Crystalline Solids, v. 272,
p. 46-56.
Li, L., D.M. Strachan, H. Li, L.L. Davis, M. Qian, 2000, "Peraluminous and
Peralkaline Effect on Gd2O3 and La2O3 Solubility in Sodium-alumino-
borosilicate Glasses." In Ceramic Transactions, v. 107, p. 131-138,
American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.
Zhao, D., Davis, L. L., Li, L., Palenik, C. S., Wang, L. M., Ewing, R., and
Strachan, D. M., 2000, Gadolinium and hafnium alumino-borosilicate
glasses: chemical compositions and effects on Gd and Hf solubilities,
in Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, Scientific Basis for
Nuclear Waste Management, XXIII, v. 608, p. 683-689.
Li, L., Strachan, D., Davis, L. L., Li, H., Qian, M., 1999, Gadolinium
solubility limits in sodium-alumino-borosilicate glasses, in Proceedings
of the Materials Research Society, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste
Management, XXII, v. 556, p. 329-336.
Henry, C. D., Davis, L. L., Kunk, M. J., and McIntosh, W., 1998, Tertiary
volcanism of the Bofecillos Mountains and Big Bend Ranch State Park:
Revised stratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations,
No. 253.
Feng, X., Li, H., Davis, L. L., and others, 1998, Distribution and
solubility of radionuclides in waste forms for disposition of plutonium
and spent nuclear fuels: Preliminary results: Environmental Issues and
Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries IV,
Ceramic Transactions, v. 93, p. 409-419.
Davis, L. L., and Hughes, S. S., 1997, Characterization of vitrification
products. Proceedings of the 18th Annual U.S. DOE Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Management Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, track 1.01, p. 1-10
(published on diskettes).
Davis, L. L., Smith, D., McDowell, F. W., Walker, N. W., and Borg, L. E.,
1996, Eocene potassic magmatism at Two Buttes, Colorado, with
implications for Cenozoic tectonics and magma generation in the western
United States, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bulletin, [made the cover] v. 108, p.
1567-1579.
Davis, L. L. and McIntosh, W. C., 1996, The petrology and 40Ar/39Ar age of
tholeiitic basalt recovered from Hole 907A, Iceland Plateau, in Thiede,
J., Myhre, A., Firth J. V., Johnson, G. L., and Ruddiman, E. F., eds.,
Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 151: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling
Program), p. 351-365.
Henry, C. D. and Davis, L. L., 1996, Tertiary volcanic, volcaniclastic, and
intrusive rocks adjacent to the Solitario, in Henry, C. D. and
Muehlberger, W. R., eds., Geology of the Solitario dome, Trans-Pecos
Texas: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and
magmatism: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology Report of Investigations, No. 240, p. 81-105.
Henry, C. D., Muehlberger, W. R., McCormick, C. L., Erdlac, R. J., Jr.,
Kunk, M. J., Davis, L. L., and Smith, C. I., 1996, Synthesis and
directions for further research, in Henry, C. D., and Muehlberger, W.
R., eds., Geology of the Solitario Dome, Trans-Pecos Texas: Paleozoic,
Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentation, tectonism, and magmatism: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of
Investigations, No. 240, p. 151-158.
Shipboard Scientific Party, 1995, Site 907, in Myhre, A., Thiede, J., Firth
J. V., et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 151: College Station, TX (Ocean
Drilling Program), p. 57-111.
Davis, L. L., 1993, Potassic mafic rocks at Two Buttes, Colorado
(dissertation, Ph.D.), The University of Texas, Austin, 312 p.
Davis, L. L. and Smith, D., 1993, Ni-rich olivine in minettes from
southeastern Colorado: a connection between potassic melts from the
mantle and low Ni partition coefficients, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta,
v. 57, p. 123-129.
Davis, L. L., 1986, Petrology and geochemistry of the intrusive rocks and
associated iron-rich polymetallic skarn at Reilly Peak, New Mexico
(thesis, MS), University of Georgia, Athens, 108 p.
Davis, L. L., 1986, The Reilly Peak Tertiary intrusive - a high-silica
rhyolite, in New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook no. 37, p. 167-171.
Toth, M. I., Davis, L. L., Patterson, C. G., and Seeley, J. L., 1983,
Geology and mineral resource potential of the Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness Study Area, Delta, Mesa, and Montrose Counties, Colorado (GEM
Phase 2), U. S. Geol. Survey, Open-file Report 83-797, 29 p.
Heyl, A. V., Maxwell, C. H., and Davis, L. L., 1983, Geology and mineral
deposits of the Priest Tank quadrangle, Sierra County, New Mexico, U. S.
Geol. Survey Map MF 1665.
Selected Presentations:
Using an iPod as a pedagogical tool on extended geological field trips.
(grant supported), 2008, Stockton Day of Scholarship.
Invited Talk to Angelo State University Physics Department, 2-25-08; The
application of a new micro-scale oxybarometer to potassic rocks from Two
Buttes, Colorado, USA.
Invited Panel Member: Women's & Gender Studies, Transforming the Natural
Sciences, January, 2007
Invited Talk to the Philadelphia Mineralogical Society, November 9, 2006:
Pegmatites: Origin, Mineralogy, Use, and the Harding Pegmatite in
particular.
L. L. Davis, D. L. Caulder, J. G. Darab, M. Qian,, D. M. Strachan, J. J.
Bucher, N. M. Edelstein, H. Li, P. Liu, W. W. Lukens, L. Rao, and D. K.
Shuh, 1999, Hafnium Solubility in Peralkaline and Peraluminous Glasses
and in "substructures" of these glasses, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation
Laboratory 26th Annual Users' Conference.
D. L. Caulder, L. L. Davis, J. J. Bucher, J. G. Darab, N. M. Edelstein, H.
Li, L. Li, P. Liu, W. W. Lukens, L. Rao, and D. K. Shuh, D. M. Strachan,
1999, The utility of L3 and L1 XANES for determining hafnium speciation
in waste form glasses, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory 26th
Annual Users' Conference.
Referees for Linda Lee Davis
Contact the following people for information primarily regarding my
research; however most are also familiar with my teaching ability, and my
ability to interact well with colleagues and students.
Dr. Michael Roden, Department of Geology, The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602 706-***-****, fax: 706-***-****; email:
******@***.***.***
Dr. Scott Hughes, Dept. of Geology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
83209-8072 208-***-****, fax: 208-***-****; email: ********@***.***
Dr. Steve Sutton, University of Chicago, Associate Director / GSECARS
Principal Investigator, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg. 434A, Argonne, IL
60439, APS Phone: 630-***-****, Fax: 630-***-****, email:
******@****.********.***
Dr. John Darab, Magnesium Elektron Inc., 500 Point Breeze Road, Flemington,
NJ 08822-9111, voice: 908-***-****, ex. 1101; email:
******@*******.***
Dr. Chris Henry, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Mackay School of
Mines, Mail Stop 178,
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0088 voice: 775-***-**** ext.
128, FAX: 775-***-****
E-mail: ******@***.***
Contact the following regarding teaching ability and my ability to interact
well with colleagues and students.
Dr. Steve Mattox, Grand Valley State University, Geology Department, 1
Campus Drive, Padnos Hall #118, Allendale, MI 49401-9403, 616-***-****,
*******@****.***
Dr. John Weber, Grand Valley State University, Geology Department, 1 Campus
Drive, Padnos Hll # 118, Allendale, MI 49401-9403, 616-***-****,
******@****.***
Dr. Margaret Lewis, Richard Stockton College, Biology Program, NAMS
Division, PO Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Rd, Pomona, NJ 08240, 609-***-****
********.*****@********.***
Dr. Ed Spencer, Washington & Lee University, Geology Department, Lexington,
VA 24450, 540-***-****; fax: 540-***-****, ********@***.***
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