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Daniel C. Douglass

Ph.D. Candidate—Quaternary Research Group
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Phone: (608) 262-8960
Fax: (608) 262-0693
douglass@geology.wisc.edu
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~douglass

Biographical

Born: September 23, 1974, Urbana, Illinois.
Married: July 24, 2004, Madison, Wisconsin.

Education

Ph.D. Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison [expected 2005]
M.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison [2000]
B.S. Earth Science, Northland College, Magna cum Laude [1997]

Professional Affiliations

Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
American Quaternary Association

Teaching

Experience:
Classroom-based teaching assistant appointments:
Introduction to Physical Geology [Northland College - Fall 1997]
General Geology [UW-Madison - Fall 1999; Spring 1999]
Geology of the National Parks [UW-Madison - Fall 1998]
Glacial and Pleistocene Geology [UW-Madison - Spring 2000; Spring 2001]
Geomorphology [UW-Madison - Fall; 2001]

Internet-based teaching assistant appointments:
Science Behind the News [UW-Madison - Spring 2002]
Gems and Precious Stones [UW-Madison - Spring 2000]

Field-based teaching assistant appointments:
Introduction to Geologic Structures [UW-Madison - Fall 2000]

Seminar Co-Facilitation:
Principles of Sustainability [Northland College - Spring 1997]

Experiential education experience:
Five summers leading or co-leading 12-17 year-old boys on 5-32 day wilderness experiences

Awards:
Distinguished Graduate Student Award [2005]
Graduate Student Council Mentor Award [2004]
Berg Teaching Award - Glacial and Pleistocene Geology with Dr. Cutler [2000]
Berg Teaching Award - Glacial and Pleistocene Geology with Dr. Mickelson [2001]

Research

Interests:
Quaternary geochronology and rates of landscape evolution
Pleistocene glacio-climatic reconstructions and glacial geomorphology
Pedogenesis and the application of soil science to address geologic problems

Grants and Awards:
NSF - Glacial and Paleoclimate History of the Southern Andes: The Last 15,000 Years (assisted) - $480,982 [in review]
NSF - Glacial and Plaleoclimate Record of the Southern Andes, 46°S, for the Late Pleistocene (assisted) - $301,742 [2002]
Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellowship - 9 month research assistanceship [2002]
Geological Society of America Research Grant - $2,000 [2001]
Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research -$300 [2001]

Publications:
Douglass, D.C., Glacial Geology, Soil Development and Paleoclimate Reconstruction for Mid-Latitude South America, 1 Ma to Recent: Ph.D. Dissertation University of Wisconsin-Madison (in preparation).

Douglass, D.C., Bockheim, J.G., Elemental mass balance in Patagonian soils over the last one million years: Geoderma (in preparation - 50% complete).

Douglass, D.C., Singer, B.S., Kaplan, M.R., Mickelson, D.M., Caffee, M.W., Interpreting moraine ages from cosmogenic surface-exposure ages of erratic boulders: an example from Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (in preparation - 90% complete).

Douglass, D.C., Bockheim, J.G., Soil-forming rates and processes on Quaternary moraines near Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina: Quaternary Research (in review).

Kaplan, M.R., Douglass, D.C., Singer, B.S., Ackert, R.P., Caffee, M.W., 2005, Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glaciation maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46°S, Argentina: Quaternary Research, v. 63, p. 301-315.

Douglass, D.C., Singer, B.S., Kaplan, M.R., Ackert, R.P., Mickelson, D.M., Caffee, M.W., 2005, Evidence for Early Holocene glacial advances in southern South America from cosmogenic surface exposure dating: Geology, v. 33, n. 3, p. 237-240.

Kaplan, M.R., Ackert, R.P., Singer, B.S., Douglass, D.C., and Kurz, M.D., 2004, Indistinguishable O-isotope stage 2 ice ages in mid-latitude South America and the Northern Hemisphere: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, n. 3/4, p. 308-321.

Douglass, D.C., 2000, Glacial History of the West Fork of Beaver Creek, Uinta Mountains, Utah: M.S. Thesis University of Wisconsin-Madison, 64 p.

Bockheim, J.G., Munroe, J.S., Douglass, D., Koerner, D., 2000, Soil development along an elevational gradient in the southeastern Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA: Catena, v. 39, n. 3, p. 169-185.

Abstracts:

Douglass, D.C., Singer, B.S., Kaplan, M.R., Ackert, R.P., Mickelson, D.M., Caffee, M.W., Evidence for Early Holocene glacial advances in southern South America from cosmogenic surface exposure dating: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union (in press).

Kaplan, M.R., Douglass, D.C., Singer, B.S., Ackert, R.P., Hulton, N.J, Sugden, D.E., Caffee, M.W., Kubik, P.W., 2004, Cosmogenic dating of late Quaternary glacial events in the middle and high latitudes of South America: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 36, n. 5, p. 344.

Douglass, D.C. Bockheim, J.G., Mickelson, D.M., Singer B.S., Kaplan, M.R., 2003, Soil-forming rates and processes on Quaternary moraines near Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 35. n. 6, p.258.

Kaplan, M.R., Douglass, D.C., Ackert, R.P., Singer, B.S., Elmore, D., Caffee, M.W., 2003, Cosmogenic dating of old and young moraines in southern South America and paleoclimate implications: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 35, n. 6, p. 540.

Douglass, D.C., Kaplan, M.R., Singer, B.S., and Mickelson, D.M., 2002, A low gradient outlet glacier of the Patagonian Ice Cap at Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the Last Glacial Maximum: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 34, n. 6, p. 506.

Douglass, D.C., Bockheim, J.G., Singer, B., Kaplan, M., and Mickelson, D., 2001, One million years of soil development in Patagonia: Preliminary results from Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina (46°S): Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 33, n. 6, p. A253.

Kaplan, M.R., Singer, B.S., Douglass, D.C., Ackert, R.P., Caffee, M.W., 2001, The last two glacial maxima recorded in the middle latitude Argentina: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 33, n. 6, p. A388.

Douglass, D.C., Mickelson, D. M., 2000, Evidence for glacial advance between the Smith's Fork and Black's Fork glaciations, West Fork Beaver Creek, Uinta Mountains, Utah: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 32, n. 5, p. A-8.

Munroe, J.S. and Douglass, D.C., 1998, Physical and chemical evidence for eolian additions to subalpine soils in the eastern Uinta Mountains, northeastern Utah: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 30, n. 7, p. 138.

Munroe, J.S., and Douglass, D.C., 1998, Anomalous Hummocky Lateral Moraines in the Eastern Uinta Mountains, Northeastern Utah: Evidence for Extensive Mass-Wasting-Derived Supraglacial Debris?: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v.30, n. 2, p. 63.

Douglass, D.C., and Munroe, J.S., 1998, Soils in the glaciated headwaters of South Fork Ashley Creek, Uinta Mountains, northeastern Utah: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 30, n. 2, p. 15.

Graduate Advisors:

M.S. - David Mickelson, James Bockheim, Vance Holliday
Ph.D. - Bradley Singer, David Mickelson, James Bockheim