2013 Field Camp Staff
Up to nine instructors will participate in the six week Precambrian field camp. The diverse staff includes UMD faculty, field geologists from Minnesota Geological Survey and the Natural Resources Research Institute, and several faculty from other geology departments. All have considerable field experience in various aspects of bedrock and surficial mapping, mineral prospecting, and field acquisition of geophysical data in Precambrian terranes of the Lake Superior region and elsewhere. Three staff (Hudak, Miller, and Peterson) will be involved in all six weeks of the camp, while other staff will be involved in projects that focus on their specialties. Some background information on each of the Precambrian field camp staff are given in the table below.
| STAFF |
SPECIALTY |
AFFILIATION |
FIELD EXPERIENCE |
CONTACT INFO |
| Terry Boerboom |
Precambrian Geology |
Minnesota Geological Survey |
Bedrock geologic mapping of various MN Precambrian terranes since 1983; most recently Keweenawan volcanic and intrusive rocks along the north shore of Lake Superior |
email |
| George Hudak |
Volcanology/
Economic Geology |
UMD Natural Resources Research Inst.
Precambrian Research Center |
Bedrock geologic mapping and mineral prospecting of Archean greenstone belts in northern MN and Ontario since 1985 |
www,email |
| Mark Jirsa |
Precambrian Geology/
Structural Geology
|
Minnesota Geological Survey |
Bedrock geologic mapping of various MN Precambrian terranes since 1975 |
www,email |
| Phil Larson |
Quaternary Geology/
Economic Geology |
Duluth Metals Ltd
|
Glacial till mapping and mineral exploration in various terranes in MN, Alaska, and Canada
|
email |
| Jim Miller |
Igneous Petrology/
Economic Geology
|
UMD Dept. of Geological Sciences
Precambrian Research Center |
Bedrock geologic mapping and mineral prospecting of 1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift igenous terranes of NE MN since 1978 |
www,email |
| Marsha Patelke |
Sedimentology |
UMD Natural Resources Research Inst.
Precambrian Research Center |
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of Mesabi-type iron formations
|
email |
| Dean Peterson |
Economic Geology
|
Duluth Metals Ltd.
Precambrian Research Center |
Bedrock geologic mapping and mineral prospecting of various Precambrian terranes in MN, Ontario, and western US since 1986 |
www,email |
| Mark Severson |
Economic Geology |
UMD Natural Resources Research Inst. |
Bedrock geologic mapping and mineral prospecting of various Precambrian terranes in Lake Superior area and western US since 1978 |
www,email |
| Nigel Wattrus |
Geophysics
|
UMD Dept. of Geological Sciences |
Field acquisition and modelling of geophysical data in MN since 1982 |
www,email |
|