Geology and Geological Engineering

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Geology and Geological Engineering
training professional geologists and
geological engineers with exceptionally strong
technical backgrounds and superior field
expertise, well prepared to live and work in a
diverse global environment
Master of Science in Paleontology (only degree in
US) Master of Science in Geology and Geological
Engineering Geology Geological
Engineering PhD in Geology and Geological
Engineering Geology Geological Engineering
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I-90 Development Corridor
Lisenbee, Davis, Stetler, Sawyer, Paterson
Geological mapping
Geological hazards identification
Aquifer vulnerability, depth to aquifer, mineral
resources, slope stability Septic system
efficiency
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I-90 Development Corridor
Final Product Black Hills
Development Suitability Risk Model
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GIS based model built on 10 data layers
SPONSORS WDWDD, SDGS, Penn. Co., USGS EdMap,
RESPEC, Inc.
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Homestake DUSEL Research
Water reduction data from the No 6 winze
Water quality sampling in Ross shaft from the
4550-ft level
Earth tides recorded from tiltmeters
Tiltmeter setup on the 2000-ft level
Currently funded projects Roggenthen
(microseismicity) Stetler (water quality,
dewatering, climate, tiltmeters) Davis
(dewatering) Price (database) Proposed
projects PODS working group (Paterson, Terry,
Uzunlar, Duke)
SPONSORS NSF, SDSTA, LBNL, SDSMT (Nelson
Research Grant), Fermilab
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Environmental Research
Offsite contamination from abandoned uranium
mines in Harding Co, USFS-US EPA (Stetler)
Surface and ground water, soil, and dust
sampling for U contamination
Ground subsidence from dewatering using InSAR,
(Katzenstein)
Arsenic in drinking water, SBIR (Davis) Abandoned
mine water quality, USFS (Davis) Hg deposition in
SD, SD DENR (Stetler)
C14 b attenuation aerosol monitor, Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, NOAA (Stetler)
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Geological Research
HyMap Mosaic (true color)
Earthscope Terry Unconventional hydrocarbon
resource exploration Sawyer Geochemistry and
evolution of ore deposits Duke, Paterson,
Uzunlar
5 km
Hyperspectral remote sensing, NASA, NSF,
Kennecott Exploration (Duke, Paterson)
Geologic evidence of tectonic activity Terry,
Lisenbee, Structural and Petrologic study of the
Rochford Area, Black Hills Terry Analysis the
Strike- Slip Faulting, Anatolia, Turkey Terry,
Uzunlar, Lisenbee Countries Namibia, Norway,
Turkey
185 meters
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Paleontology Research
Juvenile plesiosaur discovered in Antarctica by
J. Foster Sawyer Displayed in SDSMT Museum of
Geology
Theropod diversification, evolution, and
paleobiology (Asia, US, Europe)
New Technologies (CT-Scan synchrotron)
Titanosauria (Sauropoda) Patagonia, Argentina,
Campanian
Projects Juvenile plesiosaurs mosasaurs from
the Late Cretaceous of South Dakota New dinosaurs
from Antarctica Biostratigraphy of mosasaurs,
Antarctica Miocene biostratigraphy and faunal
change among fossil mammals (California, South
Dakota, Nebraska, central Oregon) Research and
education Badlands National Park, Agate Fossil
Beds National Monument, Scottsbluff National
Monument, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Faculty
Gerald Grellet- Tinner Darrin Pagnac, Haslem
PostDoc Jim Martin