Geological and Environmental Sciences

Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5241 USA
(269) 387-5486

Department Publications

The faculty, staff and graduate student body of the Department of Geosciences at Western Michigan University comprise a highly active research cadre, regularly publishing their work and giving presentations at national and international conferences.

Selected most recent department publications

2016

  • Berg, R.C., Brown, S.E., Thomason, J.F., Hasenmueller, N.R., Letsinger, S.L., Kincare, K.A., Esch, J.M., Kehew, A.E., Thorleifson, L.H., Kozlowski, A.L., Bird, B.C., Pavey, R.R., Bajc, A.F., Burt, A.K., Fleeger, G.M., and Carson, E.C., 2016, A multiagency and multijurisdictional approach to mapping the glacial deposits of the Great Lakes region in three dimensions, in Wessel, G.R., and Greenberg, J.K., eds., Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development: Toward a Sustainable Future: Geological Society of America Special Paper 520, p. 415–447, doi:10.1130/2016.2520(37).

  • Sun, T.; Qian, Z.; Thakurta, J.; Yang, S.; Xu, G.; Duan, J.; Tang, M. and Wang, J., Geochemical and petrological studies on the Early Carboniferous Sidingheishan mafic-ultramafic intrusion in the southern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China, Lithos, in review.

2015

  • Gregg, J.M., Bish, D., Kaczmarek, S.E. and Machel, H, 2015, Mineralogy, nucleation and growth of dolomite in the laboratory and sedimentary environment:  A review, Sedimentology,DOI: 10.1111/sed.12202.

  • Kaczmarek, S.E., Fullmer, S., and Hasiuk, F.J., 2015, A universal classification scheme for the microcrystals that host limestone microporosity, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 1197-1212, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.79

  • Komarek M., Koretsky C.M., Stephen K.J., Alessi D.S. and Chrastny V. (2015) Competitive adsorption of Cd(II), Cr(VI) and Pb(II) onto nano-maghemite: a spectroscopic and modeling approach. Environmental Science and Technology, 49, 12851-12859.
  • Mohamed, L., Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Zaki, A., Sauck, W., Soliman, F., Yan, E., Elkadiri, R. and Abdou Abouelmagd, 2015, Structural Controls on Groundwater Flow in Basement Terrains: Geophysical, Remote Sensing, and Field Investigations in Sinai, Surveys in Geophysics, DOI:10.1007/s10712-015-9331-5.
  • Sibert R.J., Koretsky C.M. and Wyman D.A. (2015) Cultural meromixis: effects of road salt on the chemical stratification of an urban kettle lake. Chemical Geology, 395, 126-137.
  • Thakurta, J., 2015, Surficial Geology of the Vulcan 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Dickinson County, Michigan, Surficial Geologic Map Series SGM-15-02, scale 1:24000.

2014

  • Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Wahr, J., Yan, E., Chouinard, K., 2014, The use of GRACE data to monitor natural and anthropogenic induced variations in water availability across Africa, Earth Science Reviews, v. 136, pp. 289-300.
  • C.J. Schmidt,  S.C. Whisner, and J.B. Whisner, 2014, Folding of a detachment and fault-modified detachment folding along a lateral ramp, southwestern Montana, USA, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 69 pp. 334-350.
  • Dailey, D., Sauck, W., Sultan, M., Milewski, A., Ahmed, M., Laton, R., Elkadiri, R., Foster, J., Schmidt, C., Alharbi, T., 2014, Geophysical, remote sensing, GIS, and isotopic applications for a better understanding of the structural controls on groundwater flow in the Mojave Desert, California: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.12.002.
  • El Kadiri, R., Sultan, M., Youssef, A., Elbayoumi, T., Chase, R., Bujlkhi, and A., Bujlkhi, M.M., 2014, A Remote-Sensing-based approach for debris-flow susceptibility assessment using artificial neural networks and logistic regression modeling, IEEE JSTARS, DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2337273.

  • Kaczmarek, S.E. and Sibley, D.F., 2014, Direct physical evidence of dolomite recrystallization, Sedimentology, v. 61, no. 6, pp. 1862-1882,DOI: 10.1111/sed.12119.

  • Esch, J.M. and Kehew, A.E., 2014, Surficial Geology of the Southeast Albion 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Michigan, Surficial Geologic Map Series SGM-14-05, scale 1:24000.

  • Kehew, A.E. and Esch, J.M., 2014, Surficial Geology of the East Leroy 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Calhoun County, Michigan, Surficial Geologic Map Series SGM-14-01, scale 1:24000.

  • Kehew, A.E. and Esch, J.M., 2014, Surficial Geology of the Southwest Albion 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Calhoun County, Michigan, Surficial Geologic Map Series SGM-14-04, scale 1:24000.

  • Pearl, F. B., and W. A. Sauck, 2014, Geophysical and geoarchaeological investigations at Aganoa Beach, American Samoa:  an early archaeological site in Western Polynesia, Geoarchaeology; doi 10.1002/gea.21491.

  • Petcovic, H. L., Stokes, A., and Caulkins, J. L., 2014, Geoscientists’ perceptions of the value of undergraduate field education. GSA Today, 24(7), pp. 4-10. DOI: 10.1130/GSATG196A.1

  • Su, B.X., Qin, K.Z., Zhou, M.F, Sakyi, P.A., Thakurta, J., Tang, D.M., Liu, P.P., Xiao, Q.H and Sun, H., 2014, Petrological, geochemical and geochronological constraints on the origin of the Xiadong Ural-Alaskan type complex in NW China and tectonic implication for the evolution of southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Lithos, vol. 200-201, pp. 226-240,doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2014.05.005.

  • Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Wahr, J., Yan, E., Emil, M.K., 2014, Monitoring aquifer depletion from space: case studies from the Saharan and Arabian aquifers, Rodell, M., (Ed.), Chapman Remote Sensing AGU monograph number 206.

  • Sultan, M., Sefry, S., AbuAbdallah, 2014, Impacts of climate change on the Red Sea region and its watersheds, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Book Series, Elsevier Inc., Academic Press.

  • Thakurta, J., Ripley, E.M. and Li, C., 2014, Platinum group element geochemistry of sulfide-rich horizons in the Ural-Alaskan type ultramafic complex of Duke Island, southeastern Alaska, Economic Geology, vol. 109, pp. 643-659.

  • Voice, P. J. and Harrison, W. B. III (eds.) 2014, Michigan basin field experience and Devonian carbonate reservoir core workshop, Michigan Petroleum Technology Transfer Institute Satellite Workshop Volume prepared for the March 2014 MI PTTC Meeting, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

  • Voice, P. J. and Harrison, W. B. III 2014, Paleozoic Geology of the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Michigan Basin Geological Society Summer Excursion Guide book, Co-published by the Michigan Basin Geological Society and the Michigan Geological Survey, p. 111

  • Vuke, S.M., Lonn, J.D., Berg, R.B., and Schmidt, C.J., 2014, Geologic Map of the Bozeman 30’ X 60’ Quadrangle, Southwestern Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open File Report.
  • Whisner, S.C., Schmidt, C.J., and Whisner J.B., 2014, Structural analysis of the Lombard  thrust sheet and adjacent areas in the Helena salient southwest Montana, USA, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 69 pp. 351-376.
  • Zaki, A., Sultan, M., and Elkadiri, R., 2014, Comment on: Polygonal faults in chalk: Insights from extensive exposures of the Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt, Geology, July 2014, v.42, pp. 342.

2013

  • Abotalib, A.Z. and Mohamed, R.S. 2013, Surface evidences supporting a probable new concept for the river systems evolution in Egypt: a remote sensing overview, Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 1621-1635.
  • Abouelmagd, A., Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., Ahmed, M., Kehew, A., Milewski, A., Chouinard, K., 2013, Paleoclimate record in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Quaternary Research, v. 81, pp. 158-167.
  • Ahmed, M., Sauck, W., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., 2013, Geophysical constraints on the hydrogeologic and structural settings of the Gulf of Suez Rift–related basins: case study from the El Qaa Plain, Sinai, Egypt: Surveys in Geophysics, v. 35, pp. 415–430.
  • Alharbi, T., Sultan, M., Sefry, S., El Kadiri, R., Ahmed, M., Chase, R., Milewski, A., AbuAbdallah, M., Emil, M., Chouinard, K., 2013, An assessment of landslide distribution in the Fifa area, Saudi Arabia, using remote sensing and GIS techniques, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussion, v.1, pp. 6685-6717.

  • Kehew, A.E. and Esch, J.M., 2013, Surficial Geology of the Climax 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties, Michigan, Surficial Geologic Map Series SGM-13-03, scale 1:24000.

  • Kehew, A.E., Ewald, S.K., Esch, J.M. and Kozlowski, A.L. 2013, On the origin of tunnel channels of the Saginaw Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Michigan USA. Boreas, Vol. 42, pp. 442–462.

  • Kehew, A.E., Kozlowski, A.L., Bird, B.C. and Esch, J.M. 2013, Contrasting terrains of the Lake Michigan and Saginaw lobes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in southern Michigan, in, Gillespie, R., ed., Insights into the Michigan Basin, Geological Society of American, Field Guide 31, pp. 15-36.

  • Kim, S.Y.and Koretsky C.M. (2013) Effects of road salt deicers on the biogeochemistry of lake sediments. Biogeochemistry, 112, 343-358.

  • Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Al-Dousari, A., Yan, E., 2013, Geologic and hydrologic settings for development of freshwater lenses in arid lands, Hydrologic Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.9823.

  • Sultan, M., Chouinard, K.,  Ahmed, M., Sturchio, N., Yan, M., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Becker, D. and  Wahr, J., 2013, Assessment of the vulnerabilities of the Nubian Sandstone Fossil Aquifer, North Africa. climate vulnerability: understanding and addressing threats to essential resources. Elsevier Inc., Academic Press, pp. 311–333.