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R. Damian Nance
| 1991-present | | Professor |
| 1982-1991 | | Associate Professor |
| 1980-1982 | | Assistant Professor |
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| PhD, 1978 | | University of Cambridge, England |
| B.Sc. (Honors), 1972 | | University of Leicester, England |
Office: 308 Clippinger Laboratories
Office Phone: 740-593-1107
Fax: 740-593-0486
Research Interests
a) Late Precambrian-Paleozoic structural, kinematic and tectonothermal evolution of the Avalon terrane in Maritime Canada, and the Acatlan and Granjeno complexes, Mexico.
b) Late Precambrian continental reconstructions and the tectonic evolution of the Avalonian-Cadomian belt in the northern Appalachians and western Europe.
c) Dextral transpression and Late Carboniferous sedimentation in Maritime Canada.
d) The supercontinent cycle and Earth's long-term tectonic, geochemical, climatic and biological history. | |
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Representative Publications
>¤ Nance, R.D., Miller, J.D., Keppie, J.D., Murphy, J.B., and Dostal, J., 2006. Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Record spanning the assembly and breakup of Pangea. Geology v. 34, p. 857-860.
>¤ Murphy, J.B., Gutierrez-Alonso, G., Nance, R.D., Fernandez-Suarez, J., Keppie, J.D., Quesada, C., Strachan, R.A., and Dostal, J., 2006. Origin of the Rheic ocean: Rifting along a Neoproterozoic Suture? Geology, v. 34, p. 325-328.
>¤ Wessel, Z.R., Nance, R.D., Keppie, J.D. and Murphy, J.B. 2005. Structural analysis of the Creignish Hills mylonite zone, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia: Neoproterozoic core complex development along the northern Gondwanan margin? Journal of Geodynamics, v. 39, p. 231-246.
>¤ Murphy, J.B. and Nance, R.D., 2005. Do supercontinents turn inside-in or inside-out? International Geology Review, v. 47, p. 591-619.
>¤ Dowe, D.S., Nance, R.D., Keppie, J.D., Cameron, K.L., Ortega-Rivera, A., Ortega-Gutiérrez, F. and Lee, J.W.K., 2005. Deformational history of the Granjeno Schist, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: Constraints on the closure of the Rheic Ocean? International Geology Review, v. 47, p. 920-937.
>¤ Nance, R.D., Murphy, J.B. and Keppie, J.D., 2004. Nick Rast and the recognition of the Avalonian plate. Journal of Geodynamics, v. 37, p. 437-455.
>¤ Murphy, J.B. and Nance, R.D., 2004. How do supercontinents assemble? American Scientist, v. 92, p. 324-333.
>¤ Keppie, J.D., Nance, R.D., Dostal, J., Ortega-Rivera, A., Miller, B.V., Fox, D., Muise, J., Powell, J.T., Mumma, S.A. and Lee, J.W.K., 2004. Mid-Jurassic tectonothermal event superposed on a Paleozoic geological record in the Acatlán Complex of southern Mexico: hotspot activity during the breakup of Pangea. Gondwana Research, v. 7, p. 239-260.
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Titles of Recent MS Theses
>¤ Barley, B., 2006. Polyphase deformation in the northern Acaltan Complex: San Miquel Las Minas, Puebla, southern Mexico. M.S. thesis.
>¤ Grodzicki, K., 2006. Structural, geochemical, and geochronological analysis of the Coatlacco area, Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico. M.S. thesis.
>¤ Hinojosa-Prieto, H.R., 2006. Tectonothermal historty of the La Noria-Las Calaveras region, Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico: Implications for Paleozoic tectonic models. M.S. thesis.
>¤ Dowe, D.A., 2004. Deformational history of the Granjeno Schist near Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. M.S. thesis, 106 p
>¤ Wessel, Z.R., 2004. Structural analysis of a potential peri-Gondwanan detachment: George River Suite-Bras dOr Gneiss contact relations in the Creignish Hills, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. M.S. thesis, 104 p.
>¤ Malone, J.W., 2000. Structural and kinematic history of the Tecomate and Cosoltepec Fomations, Acatlan Complex, southern Mexico. M.S. thesis, 103 p.
>¤ Thomas, D.A., 1999. Structural evolution of the Antigonish Basin, Nova Scotia, M.S. thesis, 82 p.
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Courses Taught
 | GEOL 120: The Mobile Earth |
 | GEOL 4/502: International Field School |
| GEOL 4/521: Metamorphic Petrology |
| GEOL 3/560: Structural Geology |
| GEOL 4/561: Advanced Structural Geology |
| GEOL 4/564: Regional Tectonics |
| GEOL 4/566: Geodynamics |
| GEOL 4/548: Basin Tectonics & Hydrocarbon Exploration |
Professional Recognition
>¤ Editorial Board, Geologica Saxonica
>¤ A to Z of Earth Scientists, Facts On File Notable Scientists Series, 1st Edition 2002
>¤ Visiting Professor, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2001
>¤ Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften, (Dresden) 2001-2005
>¤ Adjunct Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia 1999-2005
>¤ Project Director, Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education 1996-2000
>¤ Whos Who in Science and Engineering 1996-2005
>¤ Editorial Board, Geological Magazine (Cambridge University Press) 1995-2005
>¤ W.F. James Professor of Pure and Applied Science, St. Francis Xavier University 1994
>¤ American Men and Women of Science 1994-2005
>¤ College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award, Ohio University 1992
>¤ Distinguished Faculty Award, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University 1992, 2003
>¤ Distinguished Lecturer, Atlantic Provinces Intercollegiate Council for the Sciences 1989
>¤ Peer Review Panelist, DOE Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation 1984-1988
>¤ Ohio University Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award Nominee 1984, 1987
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Memberships
>¤ Geological Society of America Ussher Society, U.K.
>¤ Geological Association of Canada Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, U.K.
>¤ American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society for Industrial Archeology
>¤ American Geophysical Union International Stationary Steam Engine Society
>¤ National Geographic Society Dartmoor Tinworking Research Society
>¤ Sigma Xi Trevithick Society, U.K
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