Ron and the Grand Tetons

Ronald C. Schott

Assistant Professor of Geology

Tectonics, Petrology, Mineralogy, Geoinformantics, Isotope Geochemistry, and U/Pb Geochronology
 
B.A. 1991, Colgate University
M.S. 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. 2000, University of Wisconsin-Madison

rschott@fhsu.edu
(785) 628-5348 phone
(785) 628-4096 fax

237 Tomanek Hall
Dept. of Geosciences
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Hays, Kansas 67601-4099

Fall 2008 Schedule - tentative

Teaching

My teaching focus is in the "hard-rock" disciplines of geology (though at heart I am a geology generalist). At Fort Hays State University I teach Intro Geology (GSCI 100) and Environmental Geology (GSCI 340) at the introductory level and Mineralogy (GSCI 310), and Petrology (GSCI 320) for geology concentrators on a regular basis. Some other topics that I would enjoy teaching in the future include Field Geology, Geochemistry, Tectonics, Volcanology, Isotope Geology and Geochronology, Sedimentary Basin Analysis, Forensic Geology, and the Geologic Writings of John McPhee. In the past (at other universities) I have also taught a variety of introductory geology classes such as Earth System Science, Physical Geology, Geology of the National Parks, Mountains and Moving Plates, and Oceanography and upper level classes in Optical Mineralogy and Tectonics.

Research

My Ph.D. research used provenance analysis to address issues of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene tectonics and paleogeography of California.

I intend to continue research in the North American Cordillera focusing in three areas:

  • the application of geochemical and isotopic techniques to sedimentary provenance and basin analysis studies
  • the integrated study of petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic evolution of large scale magmatic systems
  • the application of petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic studies to problems of terrane motions and the assembly and evolution of the North American Cordillera

Some additional startup (pilot) projects in the Canadian Shield and the Rocky Mountains are also possibilities. Further opportunities for student research are available - interested students should contact me to discuss possible projects:

  • petrographic and geochemical evolution of a Nipissing diabase-granophyre dike, near Desbarats, Ontario
  • field and geochemical relations between Keweenawan basaltic and rhyolitic bodies, near Whiskey Point, Ontario
  • petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic evolution of granitoids in the region between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa, Ontario

Finally, I am very interested in employing the internet in the service of geoscience education. This research manifests itself in a number of ways:

Service
  • I am co-faculty advisor to the Sternberg Geosciences Club.

    Publications

    Publications related to my current research:

    • Schott, Ronald C. 2004, Utilization of a large geochemical – geochronologic database to determine the paternity and wanderings of orphaned conglomerate clasts in the Gualala basin, California: Implications for provenance studies and tectonic reconstructions in the North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 10. Abstract

    • Schott, Ronald C., Johnson, Clark M., and O’Neil, James, 2004, Late Cretaceous tectonic history of the Sierra-Salinia-Mojave arc as recorded in conglomerates of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Gualala Formation, northern California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, B02204, doi:10.1029/2003JB002845.

    • Medaris, L. G., Jr., Singer, B. S., Dott, R. H., Jr., Naymark, A., Johnson, C. M., and Schott, R. C., 2003, Late Paleoproterozoic Climate, Tectonics, and Metamorphism in the Southern Lake Superior Region and Proto–North America: Evidence from Baraboo Interval Quartzites: Journal of Geology, v. 111, p. 243-257.

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 2001, Garnet-bearing trondhjemite and other conglomerate clasts from the Gualala basin, California: Sedimentary record of the missing western portion of the Salinian magmatic arc?, GSA Bulletin, v. 113, no. 7, p. 870-880. Abstract

    • Schott, Ronald C., 2000, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Middle Eocene Gualala basin, California: Geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence from conglomerate clasts: Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 273 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Late Cretaceous to Eocene Gualala basin provenance constraints from conglomerate clasts: Implications for the origin and early evolution of the Salinian block, in Elder, W. P., ed., Geology and tectonics of the Gualala block, northern California: Pacific Section, SEPM, Book 84, p. 75-94.

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Sedimentary record of the Late Cretaceous collapse of the Salinia-Mojave magmatic arc: Geology, v. 26, p. 327-330. Abstract

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Paleogene Gualala basin: Geochemical, isotopic, and U/Pb zircon age evidence from conglomerate clasts: AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, no. 5A, p. 857. Abstract

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1997, Do Late Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments of the Gualala basin (Calif.) record the collision and/or passage of outboard terranes?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 5, p. 63. Abstract

    • Dott, R. H., Jr., Medaris, L. G., Jr, and Schott, R. C., 1997, Post-1760 Ma deposition of the Baraboo Quartzite: Confirmation from detrital zircon ages and new field evidence: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 4, p. 13.

    • Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1996, Conglomerates of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Changing provenance and implications for Cordilleran paleogeography: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 445. Abstract

    • Medaris, L. G., Jr., Johnson, C. M., Schott, R. C., Dott, R. H., Jr., and Van Wyck, N., 1996, The Baraboo quartzite, Wisconsin: Proterozoic deposition and deformation in the Lake Superior region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 376.

    • Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1995, Orphaned Conglomerate Cobbles of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin: Still Seeking a Home. Abstract

    • Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1994, U/Pb zircon ages of conglomerate cobbles, Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Implications for provenance and San Andreas fault offset history: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 147. Abstract

    • Johnson, Clark, Schott, Ronald, and O'Neil, James, 1994, Isotope and elemental chemistry of sedimentary clasts of the Cretaceous and Eocene Gualala basin, northern California: Ties to Salinia, Mojave, or Sierra Nevada Cordilleran batholiths?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 193. Abstract

    • Schott, Ronald C., 1993, Provenance Characteristics of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Gualala Basin and Implications for the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault: Geochronologic and Geochemical Evidence from Conglomerate Cobbles: M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 88 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)

    Other Publications:

    • Schott, Ronald C., 1995, A bibliographic database of geologic hazards publications in northern California on the World Wide Web, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-661, 6 pp.

    • Schott, Ronald; Meyer, Wendy; Sherwood, Elizabeth; Schulist, Michael; and Goldstein, Arthur, 1991, Deformational and metamorphic history of Taconic flysch, eastern New York and western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 124.

    • Goldstein, Arthur; Cushing, Janet; and Schott, Ronald, 1991, History of folding and thrusting in the Taconic fold-thrust belt, western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 36.

    • McLelland, James; Ylagan, Robert; Schott, Ronald; and Gamache, Michelle, 1990, Magma mixing and commingling in the Roaring Brook intrusion breccia, Giant Mt. Adirondack highlands, N.Y., Geological Society of America, Northeast section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 2, p. 55.
    • Dr. Ron Schott, Assistant Professor of Geology
    Fort Hays State University - Geosciences Dept.
    600 Park Street, Hays, KS  67601-4099
    Phone: (785)628-5348  Fax: (785)628-4096
    E-mail: rschott@fhsu.edu
    Web: http://hays.outcrop.org/schott/
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