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Robert J. Lillie

Year hired:
1984
Specialty:
Geophysics, tectonics, public interpretation, geology of national parks
Research interests:
Structure and evolution of collisional mountain ranges; presenting geology to the public in national parks
Recent Publications:
Lillie, R.J., 2005, "Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores," New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 298 pp.

Sperner, B., I. Dumitru, and R. J. Lillie, 2004, Slab behavior and its surface expression: New insights from gravity modelling in the southeast Carpathians, Tectonophysics, v. 383, p. 51-84.

Recent Graduate Student Theses:

Truitt, Kimberly, 2006, Interpreting a Weird and Scenic Landscape to Park Visitors: Tectonic and Volcanic Processes of Craters of the Moon National Monumant and Preserve, Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 105 pp.

Natoli, Jenifer, 2004, Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Awaking the Visiting Public's Curiosity of Geology via Interpreta-tion at Redwood National and State Parks, M.S. thesis, 141 pp.

Ashton, Rebecca, 2003, A Dynamic Landscape Formed by the Power of Volcanoes: Geology Training Manual for Interpreters at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, M.S. thesis, 131 pp.

Wagner, Stacy, 2002, Grand Canyon National Park Geology Training Manual, M. S. Thesis, 184 pp.

Courses taught:
Geo 101 The Solid Earth
Geo 307 National Park Geology and Preservation
Geo 407 Geosciences: From Student to Professional
Geo 464/564 Geoscience Interpretation
Degrees:
PhD Geophysics, Cornell University, 1984
M.S. Geophysics, Oregon State University, 1977
B.S. Geology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1975
Office:
218 Wilkinson Hall / phone (541) 737-1242
Email:
lillier@geo.oregonstate.edu

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