Peter P. Flaig
2845 Shoal Crest Ave.
Austin, TX 78705

peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu

 


Education:

 

 

Ph.D., Geology (Sedimentology/Stratigraphy)

University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 2010

 

M.S., Geosciences (Sedimentology/Stratigraphy)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2005

 

B.S., Geosciences (Geophysics)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002

 

Minor, Geography (GIS) 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002

 

 

 

Professional History:

 

 

 

1988 – Present

 

 

Professional Freelance

Photographer

 

 
 
  2010 - Present




 Post Doctoral Research Fellow

  The University of Texas-Austin

  Jackson School of Geosciences
  Bureau of Economic Geology

 





 
Dr. Lesli Wood
 University of Texas-Austin
 Bureau of Economic Geology
 10100 Burnet Road
 Austin, TX 78758

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  2010




  Instructor / Geologist
  GEOFORCE Texas
  10th Grade Academy

  The University of Texas-Austin

  Jackson School of Geosciences

 

 -  Geoscience Field Trip, Southwestern United States
        and the Grand Canyon




<> 
 Doug Ratcliff
 University of Texas-Austin
 Bureau of Economic Geology
 10100 Burnet Road
 Austin, TX 78758
<> 
 
 
  2009




 Geologist

  The University of Texas-Austin

  Bureau of Economic Geology

 

 - The Application of Light detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
     to Quantify Sandbody Geometries, Improve Net/Gross
     Calculations, and Develop Subsurface Correlations:
     Sagwon Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska





 Dr. Lesli Wood
 University of Texas-Austin
 Bureau of Economic Geology
 10100 Burnet Road
 Austin, TX 78758

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2005 – 2009

 

Research Assistant,
NSF, North Slope, Alaska

 

Project: OPP 0425636

           OPP 0424594

 

- Collaborative Research: An
     Ancient Arctic Dinosaur

   Ecosystem from the Late

    Cretaceous Prince Creek

    Formation, North Slope, Alaska

   A Natural Case Study in a Greenhouse Climate Model

 

Dr. Paul J. McCarthy

Geology/Geophysics Department

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

900 Yukon Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99775

 


 2008

 

 


Geologist

FEX / Talisman  Energy

 

- Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary Regional Geology
   and Reservoir Potential of the Central North Slope, Alaska


 

 

 


Richard Garrard

FEX / Talisman Energy
3601 C Street, Suite 370

Anchorage, AK 99503


 2008

 

  Teaching Assistant

 

- Sedimentology


- The History of Earth and Life

 

 

Geology/Geophysics Department

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

900 Yukon Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99775

 

2007

 

Geologist,
Alaska DGGS

 

  - Preliminary Reconaissance for Geologic Mapping
    of the Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska

 

Marwan Wartes

Alaska Division of Geological

& Geophysical Surveys
3354 College Rd.

Fairbanks, AK 99709

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2006

 

Field Assistant,
Combined Alaska DGGS and
University of Alaska-Fairbanks Project,
North Slope
, Alaska

 

  - Sedimentology, Geochemistry, and Paleoenvironmental
    Reconstruction of the Lower Cretaceous Pebble Shale
    Unit, Northeast Brooks Range and North Slope Subsurface,
    Alaska

 

Dolores van der Kolk

Geology/Geophysics Department

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

900 Yukon Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99775

 


2005 – 2006

 

 
Teaching Assistant

 

- The Dynamic Earth

 

 

 

Geology/Geophysics Department

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

900 Yukon Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99775

 

2002 – 2005

 

Teaching Assistant

 

- Introduction to the Earth

 

- Introductory Earth Science

  for Teachers                   

 

Geosciences Department

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

3209 North Maryland Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53201

 

 

2003 – 2005

 

 

Mathematics, Physics,

Geosciences, and Geography
Tutor

 

 

 

Tutoring and Academic Resource Center

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Bolton Hall Room 180

Milwaukee, WI 53201

 

 

2003 – 2004

 

Project Assistant, NSF, Antarctica

 

Project: OPP 0126146  

              OPP 0126086

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- Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic

  Fauna, Environment, Climate,

  and Basinal History Beardmore

  Glacier Area, Transantarctic

  Mountains, Antarctica  

 

Professor John L. Isbell

Geosciences Department

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

3209 North Maryland Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53201

 

 

 

 

2003 – 2004

 

Mathematics Teacher

 

 

The Huntington Learning Center

4874 South 74th Street
Greenfield
, WI 53220

 

 

 

 

2002 – 2004

 

Assistant Director of  Photography           

 

 

Photo-fest.com
400 North Broadway Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
      

 

 

 

 

2001 – 2003

 

Outfitter

 

 

Laacke & Joy’s

1433 North Water Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

 

 

 

2001 – 2003

 

Photographic Consultant

 

 

Wolf Camera

275 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

 

 

 

1995 – 2001

 

Production Manager and
Custom Color / Black and White
Printer
  

 

 

Risser Imaging

5330 West Electric Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53219

 

 

 

 

 

1993 – 1995

 

Manager and

Research Consultant

 

 

Yesteryears Classic Images

7700 West Brown Deer Road

Milwaukee, WI 53223

 

 

 

 

1988 – 1993

 

Manager

 

 

Black’s Photography / Ritz Camera

5900 North Port Washington Road

Glendale, WI 53217

 

Awards / Grants:

 

 

  SEPM and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland:
                "Alluvial Architecture and fluvial facies of tidally-influenced, alluvial/delta plain
                deposits of the Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
                Travel Grant for "From River to Rock Record", Aberdeen-Scotland, 2009,  ($650)


  Associated Students of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks
               "Alluvial Architecture and facies of tidally-influenced, alluvial/delta plain
                deposits of the Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
                Travel Grant for "From River to Rock Record", Aberdeen-Scotland, 2009,  ($900)

  Univesity of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
               "Alluvial Architecture and facies of tidally-influenced, alluvial/delta plain
                deposits of the Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
                Travel Grant for "From River to Rock Record", Aberdeen-Scotland, 2009,  ($600)

  University of Alaska-Fairbanks Graduate School- Fairbanks, Alaska:
                Project:  "Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a  Late Cretaceous,
                 high latitude dinosaur ecosystem along the Colville River: Kikak-Tegoseak
                 Dinosaur Quarry to the Liscomb Bonebed, Prince Creek Formation,
                 North Slope, Alaska"
                 Thesis Completion Fellowship2008,  ($12,100)

  AAPG National Meeting Student Awards Session, ,
               "Alluvial Architecture of the Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation,
                North Slope, Alaska.AAPG National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas,
                SEPM Abstract Award, 2008,  ($400)

  Geological Society of America- Boulder, Colorado:
                  Project:  " Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek
                  Formation, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska "
                  Education Grant2007,  ($1500)

  Alaska Geological Society - Anchorage, Alaska:
                  Project:  " Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek
                  Formation, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska "
                  Education Grant2007,  ($1250)

  Evolving Earth Foundation - Issaquah, Washington:
                  Project:  " Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek
                  Formation, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska "
                  Education Grant2007,  ($3000)

  British Petroleum - Anchorage, Alaska:
                  Project:  " Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek
                  Formation, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska "
                  Education Grant2007,  ($1000),  2008, ($600)

AAPG National Meeting Student Awards Session, ,
               "Low Energy  Alluvial Deposits from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation,
                National  Petroleum Reserve, North Slope, Alaska.AAPG National Meeting, Long
                Beach
, California,
                SEPM Abstract Award, 2007,  ($400)

University of Alaska, Museum of the North - Fairbanks, Alaska:
                Project:  " Paleoenvironment of the Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska "
                Geist Fund Education Grant2006, ($2160), 2007 ($2200)


 SEPM  Clastic Sedimentology, Sedimentary Architecture, and Sequence Stratigraphy of Fluvio-Deltaic,
                 Shoreface, and Shelf Deposits, Book Cliffs, Eastern Utah and and Western Colorado, GSA
                 National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Travel Grant2007,  ($240)

Resolving the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age in Time and Space - Salt Lake City, UT:
                 Travel Grant2005,  ($1000)

 

Wisconsin Geological Society - Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

                        Project: " Changing Fluvial style Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary, Antarctica "
                       Education Grant2005,  ( $1200)

 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
                  Chancellor’s Graduate Student Fellowship Award:  2004-2005 ($2600), 2003-2004 ($2000)

 

College of Letters and Science, Tutoring and Academic Resource Center- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:

                  2005: Directors Appreciation Award

                  2004: Outstanding Tutor Award             
   

Lehigh University, Field Camp:

                   2002: Future Performance Award : Best Geologist: - Nomination for GSA Internship

 


Publications:

 

 

    Flaig, Peter P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., (in prep),  Muddy Hyperconcentrated Flows:
                        Dinosaur Killer Crevasse Splays of the Cretaceous Arctic (Prince Creek Formation,
                        Northern
Alaska).

    Flaig, Peter P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., (in prep),  Anatomy, Evolution, and Paleoenvironmental
                        Interpretation of an Ancient Arctic Coastal Plain: Integrated Paleopedology and  Palynology
                         from the Late Cretaceous
(Maastrichtian)  Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska, USA

    Fiorillo, A. R., McCarthy, P. J., and Flaig, P.P., (in press),  Taphonomic and Sedimentologic Interpretations of
                   the Dinosaur-Bearing Upper Cretaceous Strata of the Prince Creek Formation,  Northern Alaska:
                   Insights from an Ancient High-Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystem.
                   (
accepted for publication in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology)

    Flaig, Peter P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., (in press),  A Tidally-Influenced, High-Latitude Coastal-Plain:
                   the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
                  
(accepted for publication in: SEPM Special Publication - "From River to Rock Record: The Preservation
                    of Fluvial Sediments and their Subsequent Interpretation
")
    
Fiorillo, Anthony R., McCarthy, Paul J., Flaig, Peter P., Brandlen, Erik, Norton, David, Jacobs, Louis, Zippi, Pierre
                   and Gangloff, Roland A., 2010, Paleontology and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation
                   of the Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Quarry, (Prince Creek Formation: Late Cretaceous),
                   Northern Alaska: A Multi-Disciplinary Study of an Ancient High-Latitude, Ceratopsian
                  
Dinosaur Bonebed, 
in  Ryan, M.J., Chinner-Algeier, B.J., and Eberth, D. A., eds.,
                   New Perspectives on Horned  Dinosaurs: The Royall Tyrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium,
                   Indiana University Press,  Bloomington, IN,  p. 456-477.

    Fiorillo, A. R., Tykoski, R., Currie, P., McCarthy, P. J., Flaig, P. P., 2009,  Description of two Partial

                    Troodon Braincases from the Prince Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous) North

                    Slope, Alaska., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 178-187.

   
Flaig, Peter P., and van der Kolk, Dolores A., 2009, Depositional Environments of the Prince Creek
                  Formation
along the East Side of the Toolik River: Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope,
                  Alaska,
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report
                  2009-1, Preliminary Results of field Investigations in the Brooks Range Foothills and
                  North Slope, Alaska .
 

  

 

Ph.D. Dissertation and M.S. Thesis:


Flaig, Peter. P., 2010,  Depositional Environments of the Late Cretaceous (Maaastrichtian) Dinosaur-Bearing
                    Prince Creek Formation: Colville River Region, 
North Slope, Alaska
                     Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 311 p.
                    (Dissertation Defense Powerpoint)
                   
                    PhD Dissertation: PDF
(20 Megs)
                   
Fold-outs: Figure 2.12, Figure 2.13, Figure 2.14


 

Flaig, Peter P., 2005. Changing Fluvial Style Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary, Beardmore
<>              Glacier Region, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
                  
Unpublished Master’s Thesis,  The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 288 p.
                  
(Link to Holdings)

                    Master's Thesis: Low Res. PDF (60 Megs), & High Res. PDF (600 Megs)



Abstracts / Presentations:

 

 

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2010, Tidally Influenced Sedimentation on a High-Latitude
                     Cretaceous Coastal-Plain: The Prince Creek Formation, North Slope,  Alaska.

                     Oral Presentation, American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference and
                     Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

   Flaig, P. P., van der Kolk, D. A., and Dunlap, D., 2009, Sedimentology, Alluvial Architecture, and LiDAR
                     (Light Detection And Ranging): Paleocene Prince Creek and Sagavanirktok Formations
                     Sagwon Bluffs, North Slope,  Alaska.
Oral Presentation, Quantitative Clastics Laboratory
                     Industrial Associates Annual Meeting, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas.

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2008, Alluvial Architecture and Fluvial Facies of Tidally-
                     Influenced Alluvail/Delta Plain Deposits of the Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation:
                     Colville Basin, North Slope,  Alaska.
Oral Presentation, From River to Rock Record International
                     Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2008, Tidally-Influenced, High-Latitude Alluvial/Deltaic
                     Deposits of the Dinosaur-Bearing Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation: North Slope,
                     Alaska.
Oral Presentation, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Houston, Texas.

   van der Kolk, D. A., and Flaig, P. P., 2008, Outcrop expression of the Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek
                      Formations along the Toolik River, Sagavanirktok B-4 Quadrangle (1:63,360), North Slope,
                      Alaska, Alaska DNR Technical Review Meeting, BP Energy Center, Anchorage, Alaska.

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2008, Alluvial Architecture of  the Late
                     Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
Poster, AAPG/SEPM
                     National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.


   Anthony R. Fiorillo, Paul J. McCarthy, Erik Brandlen, Peter P. Flaig,, David Norton, Louis Jacobs, Pierre Zippi,
                   and Roland A. Gangloff,  2007, Paleontology,  Sedimentology, Paleopedology, and Palynology
                   of the Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Quarry, (Prince Creek Formation: Late Cretaceous),
                   Northern Alaska
Oral Presentation,  Ceratopsian Symposium, Royal Tyrrell Museum,
                   Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, Alluvial Facies and  Facies Associations Within
                    
the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska. Poster, Geological Society
                     of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado
(Abstract PDF)

   McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., Flaig, P. P., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, Late Cretaceous, High Latitude
                  Paleoenvironments at the Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Site, Prince Creek Formation, North Slope
                  Alaska
Oral Presentation,  Geological Society of America National Meeting,  Denver, Colorado

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, Alluvial Deposits from Low Energy Streams and
                     Associated Floodplain Sedimentation
: The Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope
                     of the Brooks Range, Alaska.
Poster, Alaska Geological Society Meeting,  Fairbanks, Alaska
(Abstract PDF)

  Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, A Late Cretaceous, Alluvial Paleoenvironment:
                  The Prince Creek Formation, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska
Poster, 
                  Joint North-Central and South-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, University of Kansas,
                  Lawrence, Kansas.  (Abstract PDF)

  McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., Flaig, P. P., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, Late Cretaceous, High Latitude
                  Paleoenvironments at the Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Site, Prince Creek Formation, North Slope
                  Alaska
Oral Presentation,  Joint North-Central and South-Central Geological Society of America Meeting,
                  University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.  (Abstract PDF)

  Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2007, Low Energy Alluvial Deposits from the Upper

             <>      Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, National  Petroleum Reserve, North Slope, AlaskaPoster, 
                  AAPG National Meeting, Long Beach, California.  (Abstract PDF)

  Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2006, Sedimentology and Depositional Environments of the Upper

             <>      Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, AlaskaPoster,  Geological Society of America
                 
National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(Abstract PDF)

   Brandlen, E., McCarthy, P. J., Flaig, P. P., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2006, Depositional Environments of the Upper

                 Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Site, North Slope, Alaska.   Poster

                 Combined GSA Cordilleran Section, AAPG Pacific Section, and Western Regional SPE Meeting,

                 Anchorage, Alaska. (Abstract PDF)

 

   Flaig, P. P., and Isbell, J. L.2005. Changes in Fluvial Architecture Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary,

                 Beardmore Glacier Region, Central Transantarctic Mountains, AntarcticaOral Presentation,

                 Geological Society of America National Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah(Abstract PDF)

 

   Isbell, J. L., and Flaig, P. P.,  2005. Fluvial Stratigraphy Across the Permian-Triassic  Boundary in the

                 Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica: Was Plant Extinction or Tectonics the Driving

                 Mechanism for Producing Changes in Fluvial Style?  Invited Oral Presentation, Earth System

                 Processes 2, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Abstract PDF)

 

    Isbell, J. L., Flaig, P. P., Miller, M. F., and Sidor C. A., 2005, Fluvial Architecture of Permian and Triassic
                   Strata in the Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica: was Plant Extinction ot Tectonics the Cause
                   of Fluvial Changes Across the P-T Boundary? in Parkhurst, R. J., and Veiga, G. C., eds.,
                   Gondwana 12: Geological and Biological Heritage of Gondwana, Abstracts, Acadmia Nacional
                   de Ciencias, Cordoba, Argentina, p. 209

   Flaig, P. P., Knepprath, N. E., Borosund, M. N., Isbell, J. L., and Miller, M. F., 2003. Sandstone

                 Composition and Tectonic Setting of the Lower Permian Weller Coal Measures, Southern

                 Victoria Land, Antarctica. Poster, North-Central GSA, Kansas City, MO.  (Abstract PDF)


 

 Invited Talks:

  Flaig, P. P., and McCarthy P.J., 2010,  A Snapshot of a Warm Cretaceous Arctic: The Prince Creek Formation,
                  
North Slope,  Alaska. 
                  
Oral Presentation, Reconstructing Cretaceous Arctic and Beringian ecosystems and environments
                   as proxies for understanding recent high-latitude climate change. International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
                   University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

  Flaig, P. P., 2010,  Depositional Environments on a  High-Latitude, Tidally-Influenced Cretaceous Coastal Plain:
                   The 
Dinosaur-Bearing Prince Creek Formation, North Slope,  Alaska. 
                  
Oral Presentation, Soft Rock Seminar, Jackson Scool of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2010, A Tidally-Influenced, High-Latitude Alluvial/Coastal Plain:
                   The Late Cretaceous
(Early Maaastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation, North Slope,  Alaska. 
                  
Oral Presentation, West Texas Geological Society Meeting, Midland, Texas.

   Flaig, P. P., Garrard, R., and van der Kolk, D. A., 2009,  Regional Geology and Reservoir Potential
                  of the Schrader Bluff, Prince Creek, and Sagwon Member of the Sagavanirktok Formation
                  (Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary) Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska

                  Alaska Geological Society Annual Meeting, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. (Abstract PDF)

   Flaig, P. P., McCarthy, P. J., Brandlen, E., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2008,  A Sedimentological Tour of the
                  Dinosaur-Bearing Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska.
                  Bureau of Economic Geology,  Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.

 

Assisted on:

 

 

 

    Tapp, J. M., Upchurch, G. R., Fowell, S. J., McCarthy, P. J., and fiorillo, A. R., 2008,  A preliminary analysis
                  of Phytodebris assemblages from the Liscomb Bonebed area,
Prince Creek Formation, North Slope,
                  Alaska. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting, Houston, Texas.

  Brandlen, E., McCarthy, P. J.,  and Fiorillo, A. R., 2006,  Upper Cretaceous High Latitude Paleosols Near
                  the Kikak-Tegoseak Dinosaur Site (Prince Creek Formation), North Slope, Alaska.
Poster, 
                  Geological Society of America National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 Knepprath, N. E., Miller, M. F., and Isbell, J. L., 2004. Dense Permian Polar Forests With Large Trees:

                Upper Buckley Formation, Central Transantarctic Mountains.  Paper presented at the GSA

                National Conference, Denver, CO.

 

 Miller, Molly F., and Isbell, John L., 2004. Biogenic Structures Reveal Impact of Permian Extinction on

                Stream Infauna and High Paleolatitude Early Triassic Precipitation Pattern. Paper presented at

                the GSA National Conference, Denver, CO.

 

 Kaufmann, K. E., 2003. Archaeological Geophysical Investigations at a Late Woodland Effigy Mound

                Site, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference,

                Milwaukee, WI.

 

 Powell, T. L., Jansen, J., and Taylor, R., 2003. Time Domain Electromagnetic Induction Survey of the

               Deep Sandstone Aquifer in the Lake Winnebego Area, Wisconsin. Paper presented at the Symposium

               on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), San

               Antonio, TX.

 

 Harris, A., 2002. Distribution of Magnetic Sands on Lake Michigan Beaches Near Milwaukee, WI

<>               Poster, North-Central GSA, Lexington, KY.
 

 

Professional Societies:

 

IAS, SEPM, AAPG, GSA, AGS

 

Foreign Travel:

 

- England

- Scotland
- France

- Belgium

- The Netherlands

- Canada

- New Zealand

- Antarctica

- Alaska  :)

 

Volunteer Work:

<> 
   Outreach -   Flaig, P. P., 2010,  Cretaceous Geology on the North Slope of Alaska.
                     
Oral Presentation, Austin Gem and Mineral Society Meeting, Austin, Texas.

   Outreach -   Interview for and contribution to "Sedimental Journey"  Colllege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
                       bi-annual newsletter, University of Alsaka-Fairbanks (Article)

   Outreach -  Flaig, P.P., and van der Kolk, D. A., 2007. Geology and logistics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
                       on the Dalton Highway, and along the Colville River: "What two crazy University of Alaska-Fairbanks
                       Graduate students did last summer..."
Denali Foundation, Denali Education Center, McKinley Village, Alaska.
                       Oral Presentation

  Donation-  Photography  for "Paleontology in Antarctica" Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
                      University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

 Volunteer- University of Alaska-Fairbanks Chapter , American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
                      Vice President

 Volunteer- "Science Potpourri, Elementary Science for Kids": University of Alaska-Fairbanks
                      Geology, Biology, Chemistry, & Physics Departments

Outreach – “Ask a Geologist”:  Remote Communication with the 4th and 5th Grades of West Ridge

                     Elementary School from McMurdo Station and Beardmore Base Camp, Antarctica

 

Outreach – “What is Antarctica and What Does a Geologist Do?”:  Grade School Presentations,

                    West Ridge Elementary School, Racine, WI; Cooper Elementary School, Milwaukee, WI

                     
Outreach -  Isbell, J., Flaig, P., and Koch Z., 2004. Two Months on Ice: The Adventures of UWM Geologists in

                       Antarctica. American Geographical Society Library’s Academic Adventurers Series,

                       University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Oral Presentation

 

Unpublished Academic Projects:

 

-  Facies Analysis of the Suntrana Formation, and a Revised Tectonic Setting for Deposition of the Usibelli   

          Group and Nenana Gravels: Suntrana, Alaska, 2005.

 

- Digital Elevation Model, Black Hills, South Dakota, 2003.

- Changes in Canopy 1937-1963 and 1963-2003 through the use of Aerial Photography, Digital

         Orthophotos and GIS: Downtown Milwaukee, Near East Side, and Riverwest, 2002-2003.

 

 

 

Advanced Coursework:

 

Geology:

 

-  Seismic Data in Petroleum Exploration
    and Production

- Alaska's Hydrocarbon Resources:

   Geologic Setting & Engineering Approaches
- Fluvial Sedimentology

- Geology of Non-Conventional
  Hydrocarbon Resources

- Geochronology
- Paleopedology
- Fluid Flow in Rocks

- Basin Analysis

- Geologic Evolution of Alaska

- Structural Style in Classic Petroleum Systems

- Sandstone Depositional Environments

- Global Tectonics

- Clastic Sedimentology

- Physical Sedimentology

- Advanced Independent Study: Clastic
   Sedimentology

- Advanced Igneous Petrology

- Volcanology

- Advanced Metamorphic Petrology and
   Tectonics

- Topics in Structural Geology: Structural Styles

  Around the World

- Tectonic Evolution of the Southern
   Appalachians
- Scanning Electron Microscopy

- Field Geophysics

- Geoelectrical Methods

- Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains

 

Advanced Coursework:

 

Geography:

 

- Cartography

- Principals of Landform Geography

- Remote Sensing / Environmental Land Use

- GIS

- Advanced Independent Study: GIS

- Geography of Soils

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GEOLOGY OF THE BREVARD FAULT ZONE, AND THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE
    
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FIELD TECHNIQUES IN CLASTIC SEDIMENTOLOGY, KENTUCKY AND SURROUNDING STATES
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GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN  BLUE RIDGE
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