Jon C. Boothroyd Professor Department of Geosciences Email: JON_BOOTHROYD@URI.EDU Phone: (401) 874-2191 Fax: (401)874-2190

1. Education

Ph.D., 1974, University of South Carolina-Columbia (Geology)
M.S., 1972, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Geology)
BA, 1962 , University of New Hampshire-Durham (Economics)

2. Research Interests:

I am primarily a field geologist specializing in coastal, braided river, and various glacial environments.  I have 35 years of field experience in New England, South Carolina, Alaska, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, Ecuador and Mexico. My current research interests focus on:

• Coastal geologic hazards and management issues.
• Long-term (years) beach changes.
• Processes and development of barrier and headland shorefaces in glaciated terrain.
• Geologic mapping of Quaternary (surficial) deposits
• Late glacial and post-glacial landscape development.
• Geotechnical aspects of highway construction through, and use of, glacial materials
• Holocene stratigraphy of microtidal lagoons.
• Geoarchaeology of  New England.

3. Courses:

1. Coastal Geologic Environments (GEO 277)
2. Introduction to Sedimentary Geology (GEO 450)
3. Glacial Geology (GEO 515)
4. Sedimentary Processes and Environments(GEO 550)
5. Coastal Geologic Hazards (GEO 577)

4. Five Recent Publications

Coastal Resources Management Council, (1995), Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Plan: CRMC, 200 p. (major rewrite and additions to the geology and coastal hazards sections of  approximately 30 manuscript pages and 27 shoreline retreat maps).

Coastal Resources Management Council, (1999), Special area management plan for the Salt Ponds of Rhode Island: CRMC, 150 p. (major rewrite and additions to the geology and coastal hazards sections of 50 manuscript pages and 14 figures).

Boothroyd, J.C., Klinger, J.P., Galagan, C.L., 1998, Coastal geologic hazards on the south shore of Rhode Island: in Murrray, D.P., ed., Guidebook to field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, New England Intercollegiate Conference Guidebook, p. A5-1-A5-27.

Boothroyd, J.C., Freedman, J.H., Brenner, H.A., Stone, J.R., 1998, The glacial geology of southern Rhode Island: in Murrray, D.P., ed., Guidebook to field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, New England Intercollegiate Conference Guidebook, p. C5-1-C5-25.

Boothroyd, J.C., 1997, Surficial geology of the Great East Lake Quadrangle, ME: Maine Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence Map (scale: 1:24,000), Materials Map (scale: 1:24,000), Report, 14p.

5. Professional Organizations:

Association of American State Geologists
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
Society for Sedimentary Geologists - SEPM  (National and Eastern Section)
International Association of Sedimentologists
American Geophysical Union

6. Favorite Links:

Best for weather info, particularly the regional radar links: www.intellicast.com
Weather and climate links: www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/
United Nations site for climate change info: www.ipcc.ch/
Images/weather from the highest point in the Northeast: www.mountwashington.org
Just relax: www.sodaplay.com/constructor/