Dr.
Bill Elliott
Chair &
Associate Professor of Geology
Dept. of
Geology and Physics
University
of Southern Indiana
wselliott@usi.edu
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Education Ph.D., 2002, Geological Sciences, Indiana University Background and Research
Interests Dr. Elliott started his teaching career at Southern Oregon
University in 2002 and joined the Geology and Physics Department at the
University of Southern Indiana in August 2009. He specializes in the study of earth
surface processes, low temperature geochemistry, and sedimentary
geology. Dr. Elliott is actively
involved in several research projects with undergraduate students
investigating sedimentary rocks in southern Oregon, studying continental
carbonates in the Cloverly Formation of Wyoming, and analyzing the
distribution and variability of reservoir sediments deposited above Gold Ray
Dam on the Rogue River in southern Oregon. His long term research goals are
to evaluate the impact of tectonically induced climate on the distribution of
depositional systems in ancient sedimentary basins and resolve Mesozoic
tectonics and sedimentation in the western United States. Dr. Elliott has been awarded over $350,000
in external funding from the Murdock Charitable Trust, National Science
Foundation, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and the
Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. |
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Dr. Elliott with interbedded sandstones & conglomerates of the Eocene Payne Cliffs Formation, southern Oregon. |
University Service and Professional Activities
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Chair of the Geology and Physics Department at the
University of Southern Indiana.
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Secretary and former President (2005-07) of the Southern
Oregon Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. The mission of the
Chapter focuses on inducting undergraduate students into membership in
recognition of their research accomplishments.
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Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG), Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG), American Geophysical Union
(AGU), Geological Society of America (GSA), International Association of
Sedimentologists, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), and the
Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM).
Recent Abstracts & Publications (* -
denotes undergraduate student authors)
Elliott, W. S., Jr., 2009,
Sequence stratigraphy and depositional history of the Upper Cretaceous
Hornbrook Formation in southwestern Oregon and northern California: Tectonic
implications for Western North America: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Abstracts with Programs.
*Martin, L. C. and Elliott,
W. S., Jr., 2009, Determining the provenance of clasts within conglomerates of
the Payne Cliffs Formation, Jackson County, Oregon: Proceedings of the Oregon
Academy of Sciences, v. 45, p. 28-29.
*Shapiro, R. and Elliott, W.
S., Jr., 2009, Growth experiments of Acidithiobacillus ferroxidans
to resolve the oxidation rate of sulfide minerals at the abandoned Blue Ledge
Mine, Siskiyou County, California: Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of
Sciences, v. 45, p. 30.
*McKay, L. K., *Brettner, N.
P., and Elliott, W. S., Jr., 2008, Examining the geochemistry of natural waters
underlain by massive sulfide deposits near the Blue Ledge Mine, Siskiyou
County, California: Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Sciences, v. 44, p.
36-37.
Elliott, W. S. Jr., Suttner,
L. J., and Pratt, L. M., 2007, Tectonically induced climate and its control on
the distribution of depositional systems in the continental Cloverly Formation
(Lower Cretaceous) of Wyoming: Sedimentary
Geology, v. 202, p. 730-753.
Elliott, W. S., Jr., 2007, Field Trip Guide to the
Upper Cretaceous Hornbrook Formation and Cenozoic Rocks of southern Oregon and
northern California: Geological Society of the Oregon Country, September 8, 24
p.
*Bywater, S. V., and Elliott, W. S., Jr., 2007,
Petrographic Analysis of Sandstone Concretions in the Upper Cretaceous
Hornbrook Formation, Siskiyou County, California: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 628-629.
*Carrington, E. M., and Elliott, W. S., Jr., 2007,
Geochemistry and Grain Size Analysis of Sediments Recovered from Gold Ray
Reservoir and Implications for Dam Removal on the Rogue River, Jackson County,
Oregon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p.
61.
Elliott, W. S., Jr.,
*Johnson, J. A., *Wikstrom, M. A., and Jones, P., 2007, Acid Mine Drainage and
assessment of recent remediation efforts at the Blue Ledge Mine, Siskiyou
County, California: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 404.
Elliott, W. S. Jr., Douglas, B. J., and Suttner, L.
J., 2003, Structural control on Quaternary and Tertiary sedimentation in the
Harrison Basin, Madison County, Montana: Mountain Geologist, v. 40, p.
1-18. (Best Paper Award, Rocky Mountain
Association of Geologists, 2003)
Grants and Fellowships
l National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2008,
$22,218
l Partners in Science, Murdock Charitable Trust, 2006,
$14,000
l Research Petrographic Microscopes, Donation,
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 2006, $78,000
l Professional Development Grant, Southern Oregon
University, 2005, $3,232
l Carpenter Grant, Southern Oregon University, 2005,
$500
l Major Research Instrumentation Grant, National Science
Foundation, 2004, $219,484
l Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,
seismograph at SOU, 2004, $3,000
l Carpenter Grant, Southern Oregon University, 2003,
$350
l Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society,
2003, $7,000