O. Don Hermes Professor Department of Geosciences Email: DHERMES@URI.EDU Phone: (401) 874-2192 Fax: (401) 874-2190

1. Education

Ph.D., 1967, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
MS 1963, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
AB, 1961, Washington University (St. Louis)

2. Research Interests:

·           Petrology-Tectonic Settings of Igneous Rocks

·           U-Pb Geochronology

·           Characterization of Archaeological Lithic Materials

·           GIS Applications in Geologic Mapping

·           Virtual Field Trips as Teaching Tools

·           Forensic Geology 

3. Courses:

GEO 103: Understanding the Earth

GEO 120: Geology of U.S. National Parks

GEO 320: Earth Materials

GEO 321: Rocks and Geologic Processes

GEO 530: Petrogenetic Igneous Processes

4. Five Recent Publications

Hermes, O.D., and Zartman, R.E., 1992, Late Proterozoic and­ Silurian alkaline plutons within the southeastern New England ­Avalon Zone: Journal of Geology v. 100, p. 477-486.

Hermes, O. D., Gromet, L.P., and Murray, D. P., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.  Scale = 1;100,000.

Hermes, O.D., and Ritchie, D., 1997, Non-destructive trace element analysis of archaeological fesite by energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy: Geoarchaeology, V. 12, P. 31-40.

Hermes, O.D., and Ritchie, D., 1997, Application of petrographic and       geochemical methods to sourcing felsitic archaeological materials in southeastern New England: Geoarchaeology, V. 12, P. 1-30.

Hermes, O.D., Luedke, B.E., and Ritchie, D., 2001, Melrose green rhyolite: Its geologic setting and petrographic and geochemical characteristics: Journal of Archaeological Science.

5. Professional Organizations:

Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

American Association of University Teachers

6. Favorite Links:

http://virtualparks.org   (Great site for quality digital photography and panoramic vistas)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/climb (It speaks for itself!)

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html  (A fun site, and full of information and links)

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/index.htm  (Good place to see overviews of the national parks; sub-categorized into geologic related parks).

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov (The beautiful Cascade volcanoes, and links to others)

http://earthquakes.usgs.gov (Keep updated with latest shaking of the earth)