R. Douglas Elmore

Director and Eberly Professor, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics
Associate Provost, The University of Oklahoma

Ph.D., 1981, University of Michigan
M.S., 1976, Duke University
B.A., 1974, Earlham College

Office: SEC 810 / 742
Phone: 405-325-4493
Fax: 405-325-3140
E-mail: delmore@ou.edu

Areas of Interest

Sedimentology, paleomagnetism of sedimentary rocks, diagenesis

Research

Most of my current research projects are focused on diagenetic problems such as determining the timing and origin of fluid flow and burial diagenetic events. We are using a paleomagnetic/ geochemical approach to date diagenetic events and to investigate the nature of the diagenetic alteration. My students and I are currently working on dating fluid flow events along faults in Scotland, in Carboniferous units in the Canadian Cordillera, and in the Phosphoria Formation in Wyoming. We are working on the a diagenetic study of the Barnett Shale and Ellenburger Formation in the Fort Worth Basin that is supported by Devon Petroleum. Other current projects include investigating the origin of syntilting magnetizations in carbonates in the Canadian Cordillera, tectonic rotations of Borneo, and the paleoclimatic signal recorded in Permian spelothems. I am also the PI on a project "Diversity in Geosciences: Development of a "Pipeline" for Native American Students at the University of Oklahoma" which is a supported by NSF (see more details at: http://www.ou.edu/geodiversity/).

Courses Taught

Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology (Undergrad, Spr 2009)

Paleomagnetism (Fall 2009)

Paleomagnetism and Diagenesis (Spr 2009)

Clastic Facies (Fall 2008)

Earth Systems of the Southern Plains (Undergrad, Fall 2008)

Deep Space-Deep time (Honors College Colloquium, Spr 2008)

Faculty Web Page

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Richard.D.Elmore-1/index.htm

Curriculum Vitae

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Richard.D.Elmore-1/vita1-25-09.pdf

Selected Publications

Harms, B., R. D. Elmore and M. H. Engel, 2008, Inferring climate change from stable isotope compositions of ancient speleothems on Earth: implications for climatic reconstructions elsewhere in the solar system, in Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobioogy XI, ed. by R. Hoover, G. Levin, A. Rozanov, and P. Davies, Proceedings of SPIE(Intl. Assoc. for Optical Engineering), 0277-786X, v. 7097, pp. 70970B-1-T0970B-12. Invited paper.

Dulin, S. and Elmore, R. D., 2008, Paleomagnetism of the Weaubleau-Osceola structure, southwestern Missouri, in Evans, K. R. Horton, J. W. Jr., King, D. T., Jr., and Marrow, J. R., eds., The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts: Geological Society of America Speicial Paper 437, 55-64. doi: 10.1130/2008.2437(04).

O'Brien, V. J., K. M. Moreland, R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, and M. A. Evans (2007), Origin of orogenic remagnetizations in Mississippian carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B06103, doi:10.1029/2006JB004699.

Elmore, R. D., and S. Dulin (2007), New paleomagnetic age constraints on the Decaturville impact structure and Weaubleau structure along the 38th parallel in Missouri (North America), Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13308, doi:10.1029/2007GL030113.

G. S. Soreghan, D. E. Sweet, K. R. Marra, C. F. Eble, M. J. Soreghan, R. D. Elmore, S. A. Kaplan, M. D. Blum, 2007, The age of the Unaweep Canyon: A Paleozoic landscape in the rock Mountains, Journal of Geology, 115, 473–481.

Crawford, W. E. Elliott, A. Basu, J. M. Wampler, R. D. Elmore, G. Grathoff, 2006, Comparison of K-Ar Ages of Diagenetic Illite-Smectite to the Age of a Chemical Remanant Magnetization (CRM): An Example from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in press to Clays and Clay Minerals, 54, 314-323.

Elmore, D., Foucher, J., Evans, M., Lewchuk, M., and Cox, E., 2006, Remagnetization of the Tonoloway Fm. and Helderberg Gr. in the Central Appalachians: Testing the origin of syntilting magnetizations, GJI, 166, 1062-1076.

Evans, M. A, andElmore, R.D., 2006, Fluid control of localized mineral domains in Limestone pressure solution structures, Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 284-301.

O'Brien, V. J., Elmore R. D., and Engle, M., 2006, Timing and Origin of Orogenic Remagnetizations in Mississippian Carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89. 297-301.

Elmore, R. Douglas, Dulin, Shannon, Engel, Michael H., and Parnell, John, 2006, Remagnetization and fluid flow in the Old Red Sandstone along the Great Glen Fault, Scotland. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89, 96-99.

Elliott, W. C., Osborn, S., O'Brien, V., Elmore, R. D., Engel, M.H., and Wampler, M., 2006, A Comparison of K-Ar Ages of Diagenetic Illite and the Age Implications of a remagnetization in the Cretaceous Marias River Shale, Disturbed Belt, Montana. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89. 92-95.

Blumstein, R. D., R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, J. Parnell, and M. Baron, 2005, Date and Origin of Multiple Fluid Flow Events Along the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland, J. Geological Society of London, 162, 1031-1045.

Dulin, S., R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, J. Parnell and J. Kelly, 2005, Paleomagnetic dating of clastic dykes in Proterozoic basement, northwest Scotland: Evidence for syndepositional faulting during deposition of the Torridonian, Scot. J. Geology, 41, 149-157.

Cox, E, R. D. Elmore, and M. Evans,2005, Paleomagnetism of Devonian Red Beds in the Appalachian Plateau and Valley and Ridge Provinces, JGR. V. 110, B08102.

Lewchuk, M.T., J. Foucher, and R. D. Elmore, 2005, Paleomagnetism of the Mesozoic Asik Mountain Mafic Complex in Northern Alaska: Implications for the Tectonic History of the Arctic Composite Terrane, 99, 1345-1354.

Blumstein, A.,Elmore, R. D., and Engel, M., 2004, Paleomagnetic Dating of Burial Diagenesis in Mississippian Carbonates, Utah, J. Geophys. Res., v. 109, No. B4, B04101, 10.1029/2003JB002698.

Tramp Tramp, K. L., Soreghan, G. S., and Elmore, R. D., 2004, Integrated sedimentologic,geochemical, and magnetic records of pedogenesis in the Pennsylvanian Maroon Formation loessite: Implications for paleoclimatic interpretations: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116, p. 671-686.

Parnell, J., G. Watt, H. Chen, H. Wycherley, A. Boyce, D. Elmore, R. Blumstein, and M. Engel, 2004, Kaolin polytype evidence for a hot fluid pulse along Caledonian thrusts during rifting of the European Margin, Mineralogic Magazine, 68, 419-432.

Lewchuk, M. T., Evans, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2003, Synfolding remagnetization and Deformation:Results from Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in West Virginia, J. Geophysical International, 152, 266-279.

Elmore, R. D., Blumstein, R., Engel, M., and J. Parnell, 2003, Paleomagnetic Dating of fluid-flow events along the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland, J. Geochemical Exploration, v. 78-79, 45-49.

Evans, M. A, Lewchuk, M.T., and Elmore, R.D., 2003, Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms in limestones: Examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), Journal of Structural Geology, 25, 1525-1549.

Retallack, G. J., Sheldon, N., Cogoini, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2003 Magnetic Susceptibility of early Paleozoic and Precambrian paleosols. Paleo3, v. 198, p. 373-380.

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Douglas Elmore Director and Eberly Professor, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics Associate Provost, The University of Oklahoma Ph.D., 1981, University of Michigan M.S., 1976, Duke University B.A., 1974, Earlham College Office: SEC 810 / 742 Phone: 405-325-4493 Fax: 405-325-3140 E-mail: delmore@ou.edu Areas of Interest Sedimentology, paleomagnetism of sedimentary rocks, diagenesis Research Most of my current research projects are focused on diagenetic problems such as determining the timing and origin of fluid flow and burial diagenetic events. We are using a paleomagnetic/ geochemical approach to date diagenetic events and to investigate the nature of the diagenetic alteration. My students and I are currently working on dating fluid flow events along faults in Scotland, in Carboniferous units in the Canadian Cordillera, and in the Phosphoria Formation in Wyoming. We are working on the a diagenetic study of the Barnett Shale and Ellenburger Formation in the Fort Worth Basin that is supported by Devon Petroleum. Other current projects include investigating the origin of syntilting magnetizations in carbonates in the Canadian Cordillera, tectonic rotations of Borneo, and the paleoclimatic signal recorded in Permian spelothems. I am also the PI on a project "Diversity in Geosciences: Development of a "Pipeline" for Native American Students at the University of Oklahoma" which is a supported by NSF (see more details at: http://www.ou.edu/geodiversity/). Courses Taught Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology (Undergrad, Spr 2009) Paleomagnetism (Fall 2009) Paleomagnetism and Diagenesis (Spr 2009) Clastic Facies (Fall 2008) Earth Systems of the Southern Plains (Undergrad, Fall 2008) Deep Space-Deep time (Honors College Colloquium, Spr 2008) Faculty Web Page http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Richard.D.Elmore-1/index.htm Curriculum Vitae http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Richard.D.Elmore-1/vita1-25-09.pdf Selected Publications Harms, B., R. D. Elmore and M. H. Engel, 2008, Inferring climate change from stable isotope compositions of ancient speleothems on Earth: implications for climatic reconstructions elsewhere in the solar system, in Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobioogy XI, ed. by R. Hoover, G. Levin, A. Rozanov, and P. Davies, Proceedings of SPIE(Intl. Assoc. for Optical Engineering), 0277-786X, v. 7097, pp. 70970B-1-T0970B-12. Invited paper. Dulin, S. and Elmore, R. D., 2008, Paleomagnetism of the Weaubleau-Osceola structure, southwestern Missouri, in Evans, K. R. Horton, J. W. Jr., King, D. T., Jr., and Marrow, J. R., eds., The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts: Geological Society of America Speicial Paper 437, 55-64. doi: 10.1130/2008.2437(04). O'Brien, V. J., K. M. Moreland, R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, and M. A. Evans (2007), Origin of orogenic remagnetizations in Mississippian carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B06103, doi:10.1029/2006JB004699. Elmore, R. D., and S. Dulin (2007), New paleomagnetic age constraints on the Decaturville impact structure and Weaubleau structure along the 38th parallel in Missouri (North America), Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13308, doi:10.1029/2007GL030113. G. S. Soreghan, D. E. Sweet, K. R. Marra, C. F. Eble, M. J. Soreghan, R. D. Elmore, S. A. Kaplan, M. D. Blum, 2007, The age of the Unaweep Canyon: A Paleozoic landscape in the rock Mountains, Journal of Geology, 115, 473–481. Crawford, W. E. Elliott, A. Basu, J. M. Wampler, R. D. Elmore, G. Grathoff, 2006, Comparison of K-Ar Ages of Diagenetic Illite-Smectite to the Age of a Chemical Remanant Magnetization (CRM): An Example from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in press to Clays and Clay Minerals, 54, 314-323. Elmore, D., Foucher, J., Evans, M., Lewchuk, M., and Cox, E., 2006, Remagnetization of the Tonoloway Fm. and Helderberg Gr. in the Central Appalachians: Testing the origin of syntilting magnetizations, GJI, 166, 1062-1076. Evans, M. A, andElmore, R.D., 2006, Fluid control of localized mineral domains in Limestone pressure solution structures, Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 284-301. O'Brien, V. J., Elmore R. D., and Engle, M., 2006, Timing and Origin of Orogenic Remagnetizations in Mississippian Carbonates, Sawtooth Range, Montana. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89. 297-301. Elmore, R. Douglas, Dulin, Shannon, Engel, Michael H., and Parnell, John, 2006, Remagnetization and fluid flow in the Old Red Sandstone along the Great Glen Fault, Scotland. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89, 96-99. Elliott, W. C., Osborn, S., O'Brien, V., Elmore, R. D., Engel, M.H., and Wampler, M., 2006, A Comparison of K-Ar Ages of Diagenetic Illite and the Age Implications of a remagnetization in the Cretaceous Marias River Shale, Disturbed Belt, Montana. Geofluids V volume, J. Geochem. Exploration, 89. 92-95. Blumstein, R. D., R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, J. Parnell, and M. Baron, 2005, Date and Origin of Multiple Fluid Flow Events Along the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland, J. Geological Society of London, 162, 1031-1045. Dulin, S., R. D. Elmore, M. H. Engel, J. Parnell and J. Kelly, 2005, Paleomagnetic dating of clastic dykes in Proterozoic basement, northwest Scotland: Evidence for syndepositional faulting during deposition of the Torridonian, Scot. J. Geology, 41, 149-157. Cox, E, R. D. Elmore, and M. Evans,2005, Paleomagnetism of Devonian Red Beds in the Appalachian Plateau and Valley and Ridge Provinces, JGR. V. 110, B08102. Lewchuk, M.T., J. Foucher, and R. D. Elmore, 2005, Paleomagnetism of the Mesozoic Asik Mountain Mafic Complex in Northern Alaska: Implications for the Tectonic History of the Arctic Composite Terrane, 99, 1345-1354. Blumstein, A.,Elmore, R. D., and Engel, M., 2004, Paleomagnetic Dating of Burial Diagenesis in Mississippian Carbonates, Utah, J. Geophys. Res., v. 109, No. B4, B04101, 10.1029/2003JB002698. Tramp Tramp, K. L., Soreghan, G. S., and Elmore, R. D., 2004, Integrated sedimentologic,geochemical, and magnetic records of pedogenesis in the Pennsylvanian Maroon Formation loessite: Implications for paleoclimatic interpretations: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116, p. 671-686. Parnell, J., G. Watt, H. Chen, H. Wycherley, A. Boyce, D. Elmore, R. Blumstein, and M. Engel, 2004, Kaolin polytype evidence for a hot fluid pulse along Caledonian thrusts during rifting of the European Margin, Mineralogic Magazine, 68, 419-432. Lewchuk, M. T., Evans, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2003, Synfolding remagnetization and Deformation:Results from Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in West Virginia, J. Geophysical International, 152, 266-279. Elmore, R. D., Blumstein, R., Engel, M., and J. Parnell, 2003, Paleomagnetic Dating of fluid-flow events along the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland, J. Geochemical Exploration, v. 78-79, 45-49. Evans, M. A, Lewchuk, M.T., and Elmore, R.D., 2003, Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms in limestones: Examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), Journal of Structural Geology, 25, 1525-1549. Retallack, G. J., Sheldon, N., Cogoini, M., and Elmore, R. D., 2003 Magnetic Susceptibility of early Paleozoic and Precambrian paleosols. Paleo3, v. 198, p. 373-380.