Eastern Michigan University, Department of Geography and Geology
Strong Hall 205, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
kevin.gustavson@emich.edu (734) 487-0146
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. GPA: 3.97 |
Fall 1994-Fall 1998 |
- Major: Geology
- Minor: Distributed -- Geography, Soil Science, Geophysics
- Dissertation: "Depositional processes and glacial margins associated with the Late Glacial isolation and retreat of Svartisen Ice Cap, northern Norway" -- See homepage for more information.
- Coursework: Fluvial Geomorphology; Geographic Information Systems; Hydrogeology; Physical Sedimentology; Soil morphology, classification, mapping; Glacial Geology; Palynology; Dating Techniques; Quaternary Environments; Glaciology; Earth System Science Seminars; Quaternary Geology Seminars.
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University of Bergen; Bergen, Norway |
Fulbright Scholar |
Summer 1995-Summer 1996 |
- Attended 4-week course
at the University on Svalbard (UNIS) on glacial and permafrost geology.
- Coursework:
European/Russian Quaternary Stratigraphy; Paleoclimatology; Marine
Geology; Marine Geology Field Course; Quaternary Field Course in Central
Norway
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Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA |
Special Student GPA: 4.0 |
Spring 1994-Summer 1994 |
- Took Structural Geology
while teaching at Emory University and GSU Field Camp in Montana
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Carleton College; Northfield, MN |
B.A. GPA: 3.23 |
Fall 1989-Spring 1993 |
- Major: Geology
- Senior Thesis: "The Recent Glacial History of Grondalen, northern Norway" -- awarded Distinction
- Coursework: Hydrology; Advanced Geomorphology; most standard undergraduate geology courses.
- Most classes had a laboratory section with a very significant field geology experience.
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University of Oslo; Oslo, Norway |
Off-campus programs |
Summer 1991, Fall 1992 |
- Fall 1992 -- Scandinavian Urban Studies Term: studied Scandinavian urban development, Norwegian language and literature.
- Summer 1991 -- International Summer School: studied Norwegian language and folklore
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Professor |
Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI |
Summer 2000-present |
- Geomorphology --
This course focuses on surface processes including watershed processes,
fluvial geomorphology, fluvial landforms, physical and chemical
weathering, soil processes, slope stability, karst hydrology and landscapes,
windblown deposits, glacial geology, and coastal processes. The
laboratory portion of the class is heavily based on a field geology
experience with mostly outdoor labs and a three-day weekend field trip to
the famous karst area of South-Central Indiana.
- Natural and Environmental Hazards -- This environmental hazards course examines human interaction with earth surface geological materials and events. Topics covered in this course include natural disasters such as volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and mass wasting and environmental topics of concern such as watershed geomorphology, soil erosion, groundwater contamination and mining, climate change, and the utilization of earth resources.
- Glacial Geology
-- This course focuses on glacial processes. Topics covered include
glacial movement, erosion, deposition, and landform genesis. The
laboratory portion of this class is a combination of indoor mathematical,
analytical, and map problems and a large number of field exercises.
- Introduction to
Geographic Information Systems -- Students learn the concepts and
practice of using GIS technology and apply these techniques to problems in
the earth sciences.
- Physical Geology
-- Introductory Geology course with lab. In the future there will
hopefully be a few outdoor labs and a Saturday fieldtrip.
- Earth Science --
This course is a general course covering most of the topics covered in
physical geology PLUS several weeks of weather.
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Visiting Assistant Professor |
Earlham College - Richmond, IN |
Fall 1999-Spring 2000 |
- Geomorphology -- This course focused on glaical and Quaternary geology for about a third of the course and then covered weathering, mass wasting, aolian deposits, shorelines, and periglacial landforms. The laboratory portion of the class was mostly outdoor labs and field trips to study local glacial sediments, soils, and slope processes.
- Hydrology -- This class covered evaporation and precipitation, runoff and streamflow, fluvial geomorphology, karst processes, and basic principles of groundwater flow and storage. Many of the lab exercises were conducted in the field, but other labs involved quantitative analysis of problems in the classroom.
- The Fragile Earth -- This environmental hazards course examined human interaction with earth surface geological materials and events. Topics covered in this course included natural disasters such as volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, mass wasting, and hurricanes and environmental hazards such as soil erosion, groundwater contamination and mining, climate change, and the utilization of earth resources.
- A History of Planet Earth -- Historical Geology was taught with a stress on the physical processes at work through time and an understanding of how they have shaped the earth. Along with the geologic history, the evolution of life was discussed. The class took advantage of the wealth of local bedrock, fossils, and glacial stratigraphy. Most labs were conducted outdoors. Each week we visited a new outcrop/exposure, described the rocks/sediments, and constructed a stratigraphic column. At the end of the semseter, the class compiled the data they collected to write a paper on the geologic history of the area around Richmond.
- Fall Break Fieldtrip
to Wisconsin -- Planned and led a 5 day general geology trip for
geology majors and non-majors.
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Adjunct Instructor |
St. Norbert College - DePere, WI |
Spring 1999 |
- Physical Geology
-- Prepared and delivered lectures, labs, and exams to 48 students.
We only had the possibility for one day in the field -- a trip to the
Niagra escarpment and then to the Kettle-Moraine State Forest to see
glacial features.
- Geologic Field Methods -- Taught use of Brunton Compass, pace and compass mapping, constructing structural cross-sections, mapping from air photos, stratigraphic section descriptions, and mapping glacial geology, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic and igneous rocks. The class was almost entirely field based with outdoor excursions almost every week and field trips on weekends. The students were also asked to give a 30 minute presentation on the geologic map of Sauk County, WI.
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Teaching Assistant |
Fall 1996-Fall 1998 |
- Physical Geology (Spring 1998) -- taught lab and led discussion for 2 sections (43 students): graded.
- Glacial Geology (Spring 1997) -- taught the 2 sections of lab and updated most of the labs, graded, and helped students understand the class material.
- Undergraduate Spring
Break Field Trip (Spring 1997) -- helped lead a field trip to the
Smoky Mountains.
- Geologic Field Methods
(Fall 1996, 1997, 1998) -- helped lead field exercises and trips, graded,
and helped students with their projects.
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Tutor |
Athletic Dept./ UW-Madison |
Spring 1995 |
- Helped athletes that
were having difficulty in introductory geology.
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Laboratory Instructor |
Emory University - Atlanta, GA |
Fall 1993-Spring 1994 |
- Physical Geology
(Fall 1993) -- planned, presented, and graded the laboratory sections of
the class.
- Historical Geology
(Spring 1994) -- planned, presented, and graded the laboratory sections
and gave lectures when the professor was absent.
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Laboratory Assistant |
Carleton College - Northfield, MN |
Spring 1993 |
- Introductory
Geology (Spring 1993) -- helped students with field and lab
exercises; graded labs.
PAPERS
Gustavson, K.
& Iacoboni, M., in prep: Drumlin formation resulting from high pore water
pressure sediment deformation during a glacial surge. Geology.
Blake, K. P.
& Olsen, L., in review: Depositional origin of an adverse delta surface
slope at Altermarka, northern Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science.
Blake, K. P.,
2000: Common origin for De Geer moraines of varied composition in
Raudvassdalen, northern Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 15,
no. 6, p. 633-644.
Blake, K. P. & Olsen, L., 1999: Deglaciation of the Svartisen area, northern Norway, and isolation of a large ice mass in frontof the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, Vol.53, no. 1, p. 1-16.
ABSTRACTS
Blake, K. P., Orscheln, N., Iacoboni, M. & Hoernerhoff, M., 2002: Evidence for rapid drumlin formation through intense sediment deformation resulting from increased pore water pressure during a surge of the Huron Lobe. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern/North-Central Section, Vol. 34.
Blake K. P. & Olsen, L., 1999: Origin of an adverse surface slope on an ice-marginal delta at Altermarka, northern Norway. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 31.
Blake K. P. & Mickelson, D. M., 1998: Common Origin for De Geer moraines of varied composition in Raudvassdalen, northern Norway. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 30, No. 7, p. 387.
Blake, K. P., 1997: Late Glacial Isolation of Svartisen Ice Cap, Nordland County, Norway. GSA Abstracts with Programs, North-Central Section, p. 6.
Blake, K. P., 1996: Was Svartisen, Northern Norway, active as an ice dome during the retreat of the Late Weichselian ice sheet? Abstracts of the 22nd Nordic Geological Winter Meeting (Kohonen, Tuula and Lindberg, Bo, Eds.), p. 22.
STUDENT
PUBLICATIONS
Iacoboni, M. (EMU Student) & Blake, K. P., 2002: Fault orientations as evidence for subglacial deformation in drumlin formation, northeastern Michigan. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern/North-Central Section, Vol. 34.
Casey, K. (Earlham College class of '00), 2000, Storm deposition of limestone beds in the Upper Ordovician Liberty Member of the Brookville Formation, Southeast Indiana. GSA Abstracts with Programs, North-Central Section, Vol. 32, no. 4, p. 8.
BOOK
REVIEWS
Blake, K. P. 2002: Principles of Glacial Geomorphology and Geology. The Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 44, No. 1, p. 60-61.
INVITED
TALKS
"Drumlin Formation: Northern Lower Michigan", University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics, March 1, 2002.
"Common origin of De Geer moraines of varied composition in Raudvassdalen, northern Norway", Bowling Green State University, Department of Geology, November 15, 2001.
"Common origin of De Geer moraines of varied composition in Raudvassdalen, northern Norway", Western Michigan University, Department of Geosciences, October 1, 2001.
SELECTIVE FIELD EXPERIENCES
Pleistocene Geology of northern Indiana and southern
Michigan
In May 1999, I joined the North-Central Friends of the Pleistocene in Indiana
to learn about the complicated glacial geology in an area where separate ice
lobes extended from the continental ice sheet into the same area at different
times.
Sequence Stratigraphy in the Guadalupe
Mountains, Texas
In March 1999, I joined a group from UW-Madison for a Spring Break Trip to
study backreef, reef, foreslope and shelf deposits in the Guadalupe
mountains. The most fascinating part of the trip was seeing the
turbidites and the huge channels they carved out!
Pleistocene Geology of Central Wisconsin
In May 1998, I joined the North-Central Friends of the Pleistocene in Central
Wisconsin to learn about glacial processes and landforms of the Green Bay Lobe
and several sublobes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.
Glaciers in Iceland
In August 1997, I joined the Quaternary group from UW-Madison on a trip to
Iceland to observe modern glacial processes and the results the jokulaup (a
huge flood of water from underneath a glacier) of November 1996. I put
together an Iceland page that is devoted to the trip including photos an brief
explanation of what we saw.
Geology of the Smoky Mountains
In March 1997, I helped lead a UW-Madison undergraduate trip to the Smoky
Mountains where we learned about sedimentary rocks, fossils, minerals,
metamorphic rocks, and igneous rocks, structures, and no glacial geology.
It was fun for me to have this group of students back in my home state of
Georgia for part of the trip.
Quaternary Geology of Central Norway
In June 1996, I took a University of Bergen course that took us on an excursion
across the central Norwegian mountains to Heidal, where we mapped Quaternary
deposits and saw conflicting evidence that has led to the discussions about
thin ice vs. thick ice over Scandinavia during the last ice age.
Permafrost and Glacial Processes on Svalbard
In March 1996, while studying at the University of Bergen as a Fulbright Fellow, I went to Svalbard (find Svalbard on map), an arctic group of islands governed by Norway, to take a
month-long course on glacial and permafrost processes at UNIS, the Norwegian University on Svalbard. We sped around
the island on snowmobiles to visit surging glaciers, walk through glacier
caves, and see permafrost features such as pingos and rock glaciers.
Marine Geology excursion in Hardangerfjord
In January-February 1996, I took a course at the University of Bergen where we
went on a boat excursion for several days to collect data. We took seismic
profiles of Hardangerfjord and picked up sediment cores, photographs and grab
samples from the bottom of the fjord for study and analysis at the University.
Carleton College Trips
My favorite thing about the geology major were the numerous outdoor lab periods
and the week-long and weekend trips to the Black Hills, the Ozarks, the
Michigan UP, Iowa (fossils!), other parts of Minnesota.
COMPUTER
- GIS - ArcView GIS, Arc/Info, Didger, Toscanel
- Graphics - Adobe Illustrator
- Modeling - Surfer, Stella, MODFLOW
- Web Editing - html
- Spreadsheet - Excel
- Word Processor -
Microsoft Word
GRANTS
- “Stony Creek
Watershed Project”, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,
2002-2004 $230,000
- “Examination of
Lighthouse Sanitation Maintenance”, Michigan DOT, 2001-2002 $75,000
- “The Michigan
Drumlin Project”, EMU Spring-Summer Research Award 2001 $8,280
- “The Michigan
Drumlin Project”, EMU Provost's New Faculty Research Award 2001 $5,000
- Fulbright Fellowship, Funded dissertation research and coursework in Norway 1995-1996 ~$25,000
- Dissertation
Research, Chevron Grant (administered by UW-Madison Geology and Geophysics
Department) Summer 1997 $600
- Dissertation
Research / Mapping, Geological Survey of Norway, 1995-1997 ~$15,000
- Richter Fellowship, Funded undergraduate research at Carleton College, Summer 1992 $2,000
SERVICE
- ESAC founder --
to form interdisciplinary introductory Environmental Science course /
curriculum at EMU -- 2001-present
- GeoClub Faculty
Advisor – helped found club, attend meetings/events, advise students
-- 2000-present
- Personnel Committee –
Geography and Geology Department – EMU – 2002-present
- Mineralogy Position
Search Committee – EMU Geography and Geology Department – 2001-2002
- Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day Planning Committee -- EMU -- 2000-2002
- College of Arts and
Sciences Grade Grievances Council Member -- EMU -- 2001-2002
- Explore Eastern,
Geography and Geology Representative -- EMU -- February 2001
- Presidential
Scholarship Competition, Geography and Geology Representative -- EMU
-- December 2000
- TAA Geology Steward
-- UW-Madison Teaching Assistant's Association -- Fall 1997
- GeoClub Officer
-- UW-Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics -- 1997-1998
- Geo Forum (college)
-- elected by peers as a leader to voice student concerns to faculty --
1991-1992
MEMBERSHIPS
- Geological Society of America
- Sigma Xi Scientific
Research Society
- AMQUA - American
Quaternary Association
LANGUAGE
- Fluent in Norwegian
- Comprehension of
Swedish and Danish
- Proficient in Spanish
LIST OF REFERENCES
Dr. David P. West, Jr.,
Department of Geology, Middlebury
College, Middlebury, VT 05753
dwest@middlebury.edu (802)
443-3476
Dr. David Mickelson,
Graduate Advisor, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI 53706
davem@geology.wisc.edu (608) 262-7863
Dr. Louis Maher, Department of
Geology and Geophysics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
maher@geology.wisc.edu (608) 262-9595
Dr. Lars Olsen, Geological Survey of Norway, Postboks
3006 - Lade, N-7002 Trondheim, Norway
Lars.Olsen@ngu.no 47 -
73 90 40 11
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