Stephen S

Stephen S. Harlan

Associate Professor of Geology

Department of Environmental Science and Policy

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

Telephone: (703) 993-3892

Fax: (703) 993-1066

Ph.D. University of New Mexico

M.Sc. Montana State University

B.Sc. The Evergreen State College

Research Interests:

· Paleomagnetism

· Geochronology

· Structural geology

· Tectonics

· Geologic evolution of western North America

Professional Background:

Dr. Harlan received a B.S in Environmental Sciences from the Evergreen State College in 1980, a M.Sc. degree in Earth Sciences from Montana State University in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of New Mexico in 1992. From 1990 to 1999 he was employed by the U.S. Geological Survey in a variety of capacities, including positions with the Branch of Isotope Geology and the Global Change and Climate Team. In January, 2000, Dr. Harlan joined the Geography and Earth Sciences Department at GMU. He is currently an Associate Professor in the GMU Environmental Sciences and Policy Department. In addition to his regular faculty position at GMU, he served from 2003 to 2006 as a Program Director for the Tectonics Program of the Earth Sciences Division, National Science Foundation. As of 2008, he has returned to NSF and is currently serving as a Program Director in the Deep Earth Processes Section of the Earth Sciences Division, Geosciences Directorate.

Teaching:

GEOL 101 Introductory Geology (Course Notes)

GEOL 308 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

GEOL 401 Structural Geology

Publications:

Selected Publications and Reports

Mafic Dikes of the Beartooth Mountains

Gunbarrel Magmatic Event (note: the Gunbarrel magmatic event was featured as the February 2004 LIP of the Month at the Large Igneous Provinces website)

Adel Mountain Volcanics, Montana

Paleomagnetism Laboratory:

GMU Paleomagnetism Laboratory

Paleomagnetic Sampling in the Cerrillos Hills, NM

Geology Photos:

GMU Field Trip Photos

Photos of Proterozoic mafic dikes and sills in the western U.S.

Internet Resources:

NSF Earth Sciences Division (EAR)

NSF Tectonics Program

NSF Tectonics Program Solicitation (NSF 06-544)

NSF Tectonics Recent Awards (Search on Program Element 1572)

Geological Society of America Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

Teaching Structural Geology in the 21^st Century

Teaching Petrology in the 21^st Century

On the Cutting Edge Workshops for Geoscience Faculty

ISeS—Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

Structural Geology Resources on the Web

Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web

Global Paleomagnetic Database

Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)

Magnetic Declination Calculator

NAVDAT—The Western North American Volcanic Database

Geology Daily News and Links

U.S. Geological Survey

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

USGS Earthquake Center (Detailed information and locations of earthquakes for the last 7 days)

USGS Volcano Hazards Program

NOAA Tsunami Website

Assorted Earth Science Web Links

Various Geology Links (Resources, state geological surveys, geological societies, etc.)

USGS Story of Plate Tectonics

Paleomap Project (Images of the globe during various periods of earth history)

Graduate School and Job Market of the 1990s: A Survey of Young Geoscientists (Required reading for prospective geo majors)