Dr. Brennan Trew Jordan
Educational Background
Ph.D. Geology, Oregon State University, 2002, Dissertation: Basaltic volcanism and tectonics of the High Lava Plains, southeastern Oregon. Advisors: Anita Grunder and Dave Graham
M.S., Geology, Idaho State University, 1994, Thesis: Emplacement and exhumation of the southeastern Atlanta lobe of the Idaho batholith, south-central Idaho. Advisor: Dave Rodgers.
Geology Field Camp, Northern Arizona University, 1990, Director: Karl Karlstrom.
B.A., Geology,
Hofstra University, New York, 1990, Outstanding Senior Geology Major
Experience
Associate Professor
2009- University of South Dakota, courses: Earth Materials I: Mineralogy, Earth Materials II: Petrology; Principles of Earth Science I, Meteorology, Earth Structures, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Isles of Greece (co-taught), Honors Seminar: Environmental Movements, First Year Experience Seminar.
Assistant Professor
2006-2009 University of South Dakota, courses: listed above
Visiting Assistant Professor
2005-2006 Whitman College, courses: Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Environmental Geology,
& 2002-2003 The Physical Earth, Environmental Studies Special Topics: The "Not in My Back Yard" Perspective, Regional Geology, History of the Earth, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.
2003-2005 The College of Wooster, courses: Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, and Geology of Natural Hazards.
Instructor
2001-2002 Oregon State University, courses: Earth Materials I: Mineralogy, Earth Materials II: Petrology, Physical Geology, and Earth System Science.
1999-2001 Southern Oregon University, courses: Crystallography, Mineralogy, Lithology, and Advanced General Geology; labs: Physical Geology and General Chemistry.
1992-1993 Idaho State University, courses: General Geology and Physical Geography.
Teaching Assistant
1994-1998 Oregon State University, courses: Metamorphic Petrology, Lithology, Mineralogy, Optical Mineralogy, Environmental geology, and General Earth Science.
1990-1992 Idaho State University, courses: Igneous Petrology, Optical Mineralogy, Geomorphology, General Geology and Physical Geography.
Field Instruction
2008-2011 South Dakota School of Mines Geology Field Camp, Instructor.
2001&2002 Oregon State University Geology Field Camp, Instructor.
2000 Idaho Geology Field Camp, Idaho State University, Instructor: (volcanology and igneous petrology specialist).
1996 Oregon State University Geology Field Camp, Teaching Assistant.
1992&1993 Idaho Geology Field Camp, Idaho State University, Teaching Assistant.
Research Assistant
1997-1999 Oregon State University, field work, sample preparation, Ar/Ar lab work, ICP-MS lab work, and data reduction for project: Origin of basaltic magmatism in the tectonically enigmatic High Lava Plains of southeastern Oregon.
1995 Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences; laser-ablation ICP-MS analysis of obsidian from the Newberry Volcano area for geoarchaeological sourcing investigations (summer).
1990&1991 Idaho Geological Survey; geologic mapping and sample collection in the Smoky Mountains, Idaho (summers).
Additional Professional Development
GSA Short Course: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Using ArcGIS9 for Geological Applications, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah
AGU Chapman Conference: The Great Plume Debate, 2005, Fort William, Scotland
Wilderness First Aid Certification, 2004
RIDGE Iceland Summer School, Plume-Ridge Interactions, 2000, Lake Myvatn, Iceland
GSA Short Course: Thermochronology, 1991, San Diego, California
Research Funding
Keck Geology Consortium, 2011-2012, The Hrafnfjördur central volcano, Northwestern Iceland: $40,000
NASA Space Grant Consortium Development Competition, 2010-2011, NASA-DUSEL Research Center for Probing the Earth’s Interior, co-PI with Dongming Mei (USD) and Barbara Szczerbinska (Dakota State University), $194,742.
USD New Faculty Development Grant, 2008, Origin of the DUSEL Bedrock: Petrology and Geochemistry of the Yates Unit of the Poorman Formation: $7,019
Keck Geology Consortium, 2007-2008, The Arnes central volcano, Northwestern Iceland: $37,890
Keck Geology Consortium, 2006-2007, Geology of the Hangay Mountains, central Mongolia (co-director with Bob Carson, Whitman College): $59,000
Keck Geology Consortium, 2004-2005, The Hrafnfjördur central volcano, Northwestern Iceland: $36,000
Keck Geology Consortium, 2003-2004, Geology of an abandoned oceanic rift: The Skagi area north-central Iceland.: $54,000
GSA Student Research Grant, 1997, Basaltic Volcanism of the Oregon High Lava Plains: $1,400
Professional and Institutional Service
NSF Geoscience Education Merit Review Panel
NSF Peer Reviews
Textbook Reviews: John Wiley & Sons, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, Holt
County Coordinator (Clay, Union, and Yankton) for the CoCoRaHS precipitation monitoring network
USD University Senate 2009-
Division Chair, USD Science and Mathematics, 2010-
Chair, Sustainability Major Planning Committee, 2009-
USD Academic Buildings Taskforce, 2009-
USD General Activity Fee Committee 2007-
USD Student Response Systems Taskforce 2008
USD Foundations for Excellence in the First College Year 2006-2007
USD College of Arts and Sciences Library Committee 2006-2009
Professional Affiliations
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Publications
* denotes undergraduate student coauthor
Graham, D.W., Reid, M.R., Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., and Leeman, W.P. and Lupton, J.E., 2009, Mantle source provinces in the Pacific Northwest revealed by helium isotope variations in basalts: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.12.004.
Meigs, A., Scarberry, K., Grunder, A., Carlson, R., Ford, M., Fouch, M., Grove, T., Hart, B., Iademarco, M., Jordan, B., Milliard, J., Streck, M., Trench, D., and Weldon, R., 2009, Geological and geophysical perspectives on the magmatic and tectonic development, High Lava Plains and northwest Basin and Range, in O’Connor, J.E., Dorsey, R.J., and Madin, I.P., eds., Volcanoes to Vineyards: Geologic Field Trips through the Dynamic Landscape of the Pacific Northwest: Geological Society of America Field Guide 15, p. 451–486, doi: 10.1130/2009.fl d015(21).
Jordan, B.T., 2007, The mantle plume debate in undergraduate geoscience education: Overview, history, and recommendations, in, Foulger G.R., and Jurdy, D.M., eds., Plates, plumes, and planetary processes: Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, p. 933–944, doi: 10.1130/2007.2430(43).
*Brossy, C.C., Jordan, B.T., and Champion, D., 2007, Reconstructing a breached cinder cone at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve: A geographic information systems approach, in Hughes, S., Orr, B., Freiberg, D., and Boyak, D., eds.: Proceedings of the Great Rift Science Symposium, Idaho Museum of Natural History, p. 67-72.
*Hinderliter, J.M., Carson, R.J., and Jordan, B.T., 2006, The Big Sink: A large landslide in Oregon's Blue Mountains: Eastern Oregon Science Journal, v. 19, p. 52-60.
Jordan, B.T., 2005, Age-progressive volcanism of the Oregon High Lava Plains: Overview and evaluation of tectonic models, in Foulger, G.R., Natland, J.H., Presnall, D.C., and Anderson, D.L., Plates, Plumes, and Paradigms: Geological Society of America Memoir 388, p. 503-515.
Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., Duncan, R.A., and Deino, A.L., 2004, Geochronology of age-progressive volcanism of the Oregon High Lava Plains: Implications for the plume interpretation of Yellowstone: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, B10202, doi:10.1029/2003JB002776.
Jordan, B.T., Streck, M.J., and Grunder, A.L., 2002, Bimodal volcanism and tectonism of the High Lava Plains, Oregon, in Moore, G., ed. Field guide to geologic processes in Cascadia: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Special Paper, p. 23-46.
Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation
Jordan, B.T., submitted, A unique composite lava and diverse associations in the Tertiary of Iceland: Products of injection of an ultraphyric basaltic magma into a zoned silicic magma chamber, submitted to Bulletin of Volcanology
Jordan, B.T.,Grunder, A.L., Streck, M.J., Hart, W.K., Carlson, R.W., Ford, M.T., in prep, Basaltic volcanism of the Oregon High Lava Plains and adjacent Basin and Range in the post-flood basalt era.
Jordan, B.T., *Tielke, J.A., *Ekstrand, A., Kastl, B.D.,Wegmann, K.W., Carson, R.J., Bayasgalan, A., Idleman, B.D., in prep, Basaltic volcanism of the central Hangay Mountains, Mongolia: for submission to Asian Journal of Earth Sciences.
Presentation Abstracts
Jordan, B.T., and Terry, M.P. 2010, Petrotectonic interpretation of the Yates unit of the Poorman Formation (DUSEL bedrock) in the context of other northern Black Hills meta-basalts: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 91. Fall Meeting Supplement.
Jordan, B.T.,
and Terry, M.P. 2010, Geochemistry and tectonics of the Yates unit of
the Poorman Formation (DUSEL Bedrock) in the context of other Northern
Black Hills amphibolites: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 42, n. 3, p. 51.
Jordan, B.T., 2009, Geochemistry and Tectonic Setting of the Yates unit of the Poorman Formation (DUSEL Bedrock) and other northern Black Hills amphibolites: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, n. 7, p. 271..
Jordan, B.T., and Olin, P.H., 2008, Voluminous intermediates at three Tertiary central volcanoes in northwestern Iceland: Implications for crustal magmatic processes during tectonic evolution of Iceland: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 89. Fall Meeting Supplement.
Grunder, A., Streck, M., and Jordan, B., 2008, Bimodal volcanism in the High Lava Plains. Oregon, USA; an example of intracontinental growth of basaltic crust: IAVCEI 2008 Abstracts.
*Hadley, D.R., and Jordan, B.T., 2008, Silicic volcanism at Reykjarfjordur, northwestern Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, n. 5, p. 27.
*Perlman, C., Harpp, K., and Jordan, B., 2008, A Declining Tertiary rift zone: Norðurfjörður, Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, n. 2.
*Bernstien, M.J., Jordan, B.T., and Cheney, J.T., 2008, Rhyolite petrogenesis at the Arnes central volcano, northwestern Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, n. 2.
Jordan, B.T., 2007, Why aren't we doing this? The value of circular polarization in petrography and photomicroscopy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 555.
*Brossy, C., Jordan, B.T., Champion, D.E., 2007, A GIS approach to reconstruction a breached cinder cone, Craters of the Moon lava field, Idaho: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 124.
*Ekstrand, A.L., Jordan, B.T., Rougvie, J.R., 2007, Petrogenesis of Quaternary basalts in the southern Hangay Mountains, central Mongolia: Mantle source and magmatic evolution: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 387.
Graham, D.W., Reid, M.R., Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., Leeman, W.P., and Lupton, J.E., 2007, Mantle source provinces beneath the Nacific Northwest revealed by helium isotope variations in basaltic lavas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 455.
*Tielke, J.A., *Kastl, B.C., and Jordan, B.T., 2007, Origin and evolution of Tertiary Lavas of the Hangay Mountains, central Mongolia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, n. 6, p. 387.
Jordan, B.T., 2006, Mixing and mingling in Iceland: The origin of a diverse suite of Tertiary lavas: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 87. Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V11A-0568.
Graham, D.W., Reid, M.R., Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., Leeman, W.P., and Lupton, J.E., 2006, A helium isotope perspective on mantle sources for basaltic volcanism in the Northwestern US: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 87. Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V43D-02.
Jordan, B.T., *Adzima, C.M., *Meganck, A.C., *Kapelanczyk, L.N., *Schuyler, L.J., *Baldwin, E.A., and *Ackerly, K.C., 2005, Consequences of injection of an ultraphyric basaltic magma into a zoned silicic magma chamber: A diverse suite of Tertiary lavas in north-central Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 7, p. 289.
*Randall, J.B., *Johnson, S., *Styger, S., Jordan, B.T., Rougvie, J., 2005, Petrogenesis of early volcanism of the Skagi-Snaefellsnes Rift, Westfjords, Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, n. 7, p. 289.
*Baldwin, E.A., Jordan, B.T., and Noblett, J.B., 2005, Petrology of mafic, intermediate, and silicic lavas in an abandoned rift zone, Laxárdalsfjöll, Iceland: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 86, Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract V13A-3.
Jordan, B.T., 2004, Do processes of rhyolite genesis change as Icelandic rifts drift off of the plume?: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 85. Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V34B-07.
Jordan, B.T., and Duncan, R.A., 2004, Rift abandonment in Iceland: The waning phase of the northern Snaefellsnes rift: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36. n. 5, p. 221.
Jordan, B.T., and Grunder, A.L., 2004, On the relationship between the Oregon High Lava Plains and Yellowstone-Snake River Plain system: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, n.4, p. 96.
*Rider, D.E., and Jordan, B.T., 2004, Volcaniclastic stratigraphy of northern Vididalsfjall: An abandoned Icelandic rift: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, n. 4, p. 40.
*Bissel, A., Jordan, B.T., 2004, Diverse intrusive and volcanic rocks in the axis of the abandoned Snaefellsnes rift, North-central Iceland: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, n. 4, p 89-90.
*Klingsporn, S., and Jordan, B.T., 2003, GIS analysis of evolution of the Brothers Fault Zone, High Lava Plains, Oregon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.35, n. 6, p. 551.
Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., and Nelson, B.K., 2002, Basaltic volcanism of the Oregon High Lava Plains: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, n. 5, p. 37.
Jordan, B.T., 2001, Reconciling the misfit between the Yellowstone plume trace and global plate motion models: Channelized and pancake plume flow on basal lithospheric topography: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, Fall Meeting Supplement, p. 1218.
Jordan, B.T., Graham, D.W., and Grunder, A.L., 2000, Do helium isotopes in basalts of the Oregon High Lava Plains implicate a Yellowstone plume component?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. 150.
Jordan, B.T., Graham, D.W., and Grunder, A.L., 1999, Helium isotope composition of basalts of the Oregon High Lava Plains: Testing the relationship to Snake River Plain magmatism: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, v. 80, Abstract V52B-15.
Grunder, A.L., Jordan, B.T., and Dieno, A., 1999, Oregon High Lava Plains: Relevance to the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain problem: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, n. 4, p. 15.
Jordan, B.T., Grunder, A.L., and Graham, D.W., 1998, Variations in primitive basalts of the Oregon High Lava Plains: a province of migrating silicic volcanism: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 79, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V21D-03.
Grunder, A., Streck, M., Maclean, J., Johnson, J., and Jordan, B., 1998, Bimodal volcanism on the High Lava Plains, Oregon, USA, and the roles of basalt in crustal magmatism: GSA Penrose Conference, "Processes of Crustal Differentiation: Crust-Mantle Interactions, Melting, and Granite Migration Through the Crust", Verbania, Italy.
Jordan, B.T., and Rodgers, D.W., 1994, Systematic variation of emplacement pressure of the southeastern Atlanta lobe, Idaho batholith: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 6, p. 21.
Jordan, B.T., Rodgers, D.W., and Dokka, R.K., 1993, Emplacement, exhumation and tilting of the southeastern Idaho batholith and outlying stocks: EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 74, Spring Meeting Supplement, p. 123.