LAWRENCE H. TANNER              

Department of Biological Sciences                                 
Professor, Natural Systems Science                                        
Director, Center for the Study of Environmental Change          
Le Moyne College                                                              
1419 Salt Springs Road                                                 
Syracuse, NY  13214                                                          

(315) 445-4537 (office)                                                     
Email: tannerlh@lemoyne.edu

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

  University of Massachusetts at Amherst

   Doctor of Philosophy, major: geology, 1990.

  University of Tulsa

   Master of Science, major: geology, 1980.

  Williams College

   Bachelor of Arts, major: geology, cum laude, 1978.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 Teaching

  Le Moyne College

   Professor                                          2008 - Present

   Associate Professor                           2006 - 2008

   Adjunct/Visiting Professor                  2004 – 2006

    Courses taught: Paleobiology of Dinosaurs, Earth: History and Inhabitants,

    Global Ecosystems, Global Systems Science, Physical Geology, Earth's Surface

  

 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

   Professor                                           1999 - 2005

   Associate Professor                           1996 - 1998

   Assistant Professor                            1992 - 1996    

     Courses taught: Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, Earth Materials, Volcanoes, Natural

     Disasters, Physical Geology, Environmental Geology, Historical Geology.  

 

 Colgate University

   Visiting Assistant Professor                1991 - 1992

     Courses taught: Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology, Hydrogeology.

 

 Colby College

   Visiting Assistant Professor                1990 - 1991

     Courses taught: Stratigraphy, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Environmental Geology.

 

  University of Massachusetts

   Lecturer                                            1990, 1991 (summer)

   Course taught: Dynamic Earth           

 

 

Industry

  Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp., Tulsa, Oklahoma 

   Production Geologist             1981 - 1986

 

 

Research Interests

   

Mesozoic Systems. Much of my work focuses on the paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Mesozoic world (probably a consequence of my childhood fascination with dinosaurs).  My current research in this area examines the environmental conditions (climatic, atmospheric, etc.) as dinosaurs rose to ascendancy in the Late Triassic, the record and causes of extinctions for the early Mesozoic, and the processes responsible for mass extinctions in general.  Primarily, this research is conducted through field studies (sedimentology and stratigraphy) of early Mesozoic formations in the Four Corners area and the Canadian Maritimes.

Studying the Lower Jurassic Whitmore Point Member of the Moenave Formation

 

 

 

Volcanology. A secondary interest is in volcanology, particularly the recognition of volcanic processes through the study of volcanoclastic deposits.  Most of my work in this area has been concentrated on the volcanoes of southern Italy (like Etna), where I have worked for some years with Dr. Sonia Calvari of the INGV in Catania, Sicily; we are completing work on another text, Volcanoes and Our Dynamic Planet. 

 

                       

                                                              On the summit of Volcan Irazu, Costa Rica

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   


Our Environment. Finally, I have passionate concern for our Earth environment.  The realization that modern climate change is already having a significant impact on the ecology has motivated me to start a new line of research investigating changes in soil structure and composition in such diverse locations as Iceland and Costa Rica.

 

                       

 


 

 

PUBLICATIONS: refereed journals and volumes (* undergraduate student co-author)

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

Jourdan, F., Marzoli A., Bertrande, H., Cirilli, S., Tanner, L.H., Kontak, D.J., McHone, G.,
   Renne, P.R., Bellieni, G., 40Ar/39Ar ages of CAMP in North America: implications for the
   Triassic-Jurassic boundary and the 40K decay constant bias. Submitted to Lithos.

Tanner, L.H. and Khalifa, M.A., Origin of ferricretes in coastal deposits of the Cenomanian
   Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, submitted to Journal of African
   Earth Sciences.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PRESS

Tanner, L.H., Terrestrial carbonates as indicators of palaeoclimate. In: Alonso-Zarza, A.M. and
   Tanner, L.H. (Ed.), Carbonates in Continental Environments: Processes, Products and
   Applications. Elsevier Developments in Sedimentology Series vol. 61.

Tanner, L.H., Kyte, F.T. and Walker, A.E.*, in press. Multiple Ir anomalies in uppermost
   Triassic to Jurassic-age strata of the Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, eastern Canada. Earth
   and Planetary Science Letters.

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., in press. The Whitmore Point Member of the Moenave
   Formation: Early Jurassic dryland lakes on the Colorado Plateau, Southwestern USA.
   Volumina Jurassica.

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., in press. Tetrapod trace fossils from lowermost Jurassic strata
   of the Moenave Formation, northern Arizona, USA. Volumina Jurassica.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PRINT

Lucas, S.G. and Tanner, L.H., 2008. Reexamination of the end-Triassic mass extinction. In:
   Elewa, A.M.T. (ed.) Mass Extinction. Springer Verlag, pp. 66-103.

Tanner, L.H., Smith, D.L., and Allan, A.*, 2007. Stomatal response of swordfern to
   volcanogenic CO2 and SO2 from Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Geophysical Research Letters 34:
   L15807, doi:10.1029/2007GL030320.

Lucas, S.G. and Tanner, L.H., 2007. The nonmarine Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the
   Newark Supergroup of eastern North America. Earth-Science Reviews 84: 1-20.
 

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., 2007. The Moenave Formation: Sedimentologic and stratigraphic
   context of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Four Corners area, southwestern U.S.A.
   Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 244: 111-125.

Lucas, S.G. and Tanner, L.H., 2007.Tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology of the
   Triassic-Jurassic transition on the southern Colorado Plateau, USA. Palaeogeography,
   Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 244: 242-256.

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., 2007. Origin of sandstone casts in the Upper Triassic Zuni
   Mountains Formation, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History
   and Science Bulletin 40:  209-214.

Tanner, L.H., Ciarapica, G., Reggiani, L., and Atudorei, V., 2007. Upper Triassic carbon
   isotope stratigraphy of the Lagronegro succession, southern Apennines, Italy. New Mexico
   Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41: 406-410.

Lucas, S.G., Taylor, D.G., Guex, J., Tanner, L.H., and Krainer, K.L., 2007. The proposed global
   stratotype section and point for the base of the Jurassic system in the New York Canyon area,
   Nevada, USA. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40: 139-168.

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., 2006. Calcretes of the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Four
   Corners region, southwestern U.S.A.: climatic implications, in Alonso-Zarza, A.M. and
   Tanner, L.H., eds., Special Paper 416: Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of
   Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates: Geological Society of America, pp. 53-74.

Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., and Zeigler, K.E., 2006. Late Triassic atmospheric oxygen: fusain,
   geochemical models and evolutionary implications, in The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial
   Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37: 4-11.

Tanner, L.H., Schiattarella, M., and di Leo, P., 2006. Carbon isotope record of Upper Triassic
   strata of the Lagronegro basin, southern Apennines, Italy: preliminary results, in The Triassic-
   Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin
   37: 23-28.

Tanner, L.H., 2006. Synsedimentary seismic deformation in the Blomidon Formation (Norian-
   Hettangian), Fundy basin, Canada, in The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico
   Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37: 35-42.

Lucas, S.G. and Tanner, L.H., 2006. The Springdale Member of the Kayenta Formation, Lower
   Jurassic of Utah-Arizona, in The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico
   Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37: 71-76.

Lucas, S.G., Klein, H., Lockley, M.G., Spielmann, J.A., Gierlinski, G.D., Hunt, A.P., and
   Tanner, L.H., 2006. Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphic distribution of the theropod ichnogenus
   Eubrontes, in The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural
   History and Science Bulletin 37: 86-93.

Lucas, S.G., Lockley, M.G., Hunt, A.P., Milner, A.R.C., and Tanner, L.H., 2006. Tetrapod
   footprint biostratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic transition in the American Southwest, in The
   Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
   Bulletin 37: 105-108.

Lucas, S.G., Lockley, M.G., Hunt, and Tanner, L.H., 2006. Biostratigraphic significance of
   tetrapod footprints from the Triassic-Jurassic Wingate Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau, in
   The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
   Science Bulletin 37: 109-117.

Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., and Smith, D.L., 2006. Terrestrial trace fossils of the Upper
   Triassic-Lower Jurassic Dinosaur Canyon Member, Moenave Formation, northern Arizona.
   Ichnos 13, 1-9.

Tanner, L.H. and Kyte, F.T., 2005. Anomalous iridium enrichment in sediments at the

   Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, Canada. Earth and

   Planetary Science Letters 240, 634-641.


Tanner, L.H., Eyer, C., Edmiston, L. and Fisher, L., 2005. Sedimentology of Permo-

   Carboniferous fluvial red beds, Prince Edward Island, Canada. New Mexico Museum of Natural

   History Bulletin 30, 315-322.


Lucas, S.G., Guex, J., Tanner, L.H., Taylor, D., Kuerschner, W.M., Atudorei, V., and Bartolini,

   A., 2005. Definition of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Albertiana 32, 12-16.


Tanner, L.H., and Calvari, S., 2004. Unusual sedimentary deposits on the SE side of Stromboli 

   volcano, Italy: products of a tsunami caused by the c. 5,000 years b.p. Sciara del Fuoco

   collapse? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Resources 137, 329-340.


Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., and Chapman, M.G., 2004. Assessing the record and causes of

   Late Triassic extinctions. Earth-Science Reviews 65, 103-139.


Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2004. Late Triassic extinction events. Albertiana 31, 31-40.


Calvari, S., Tanner, L.H., Gropelli, G, and Norini, G., 2004. Valle del Bove, eastern flank of

   Etna volcano: a comprehensive model for the opening of the depression and implications for

   future hazards, In: Bonnacorso and otheres (eds.) Mt. Etna: A Natural Laboratory. American 

   Geophysical Union Monograph 143, 65-75.


Tanner, L.H. 2003. Pedogenic record of paleoclimate and basin evolution in the Triassic-  

   Jurassic Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada. In: LeTourneau, P.M., Olsen., P.E. (Eds.), The Great

   Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Columbia University Press, New York, pp.

   108-122.


Tanner, L.H. and Brown, D.E., 2003. Tectonostratigraphy of the Orpheus graben, Scotian

   basin, offshore eastern Canada and relationship to the Fundy rift basin. In: LeTourneau, P.M.,

   Olsen., P.E. (Eds.), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Columbia

   University Press, New York, pp. 59-68.


Tanner, L.H., Chapman, M.G., and Zeigler, K.E., 2003. Facies analysis and sedimentologic

   model for deposition of bone-bearing strata in the Petrified Forest Formation at Snyder Quarry,

   north-central New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 24,

   p. 41-48.


Tanner, L.H., 2003. Pedogenic features of the Chinle Group, Four Corners region: evidence of

   Late Triassic aridification. New Mexico Geologic Society Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, p. 

   267-279.


Tanner, L.H., 2003. Possible tectonic controls on Late Triassic sedimentation in the Chinle

   basin, Colorado Plateau. New Mexico Geologic Society Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, p.   

   261-267.


Tanner, L.H., 2002. Formation of borate deposits in a perennial lacustrine setting, Miocene-  

   Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation, Death Valley Region, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 148,

   259-273.


Tanner, L.H. 2002. Mesozoic atmospheric CO2 spike: Comment and Reply. Nature 415: 388.


Tanner, L.H., Hubert, J.F., Coffey, B.P., and McInerney, D.P., 2001. Stability of atmospheric

   CO2 levels across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary. Nature 411: 675-677.


Tanner, L.H., 2000. Palustrine/lacustrine and alluvial facies of the Norian Owl Rock Formation

   (Chinle Group), Four Corners region, southwestern USA: Implications for Late Triassic

   paleoclimate. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 70. No. 5.


Tanner, L.H., 2000. Miocene-Pliocene lacustrine and lake margin sequences of the Furnace Creek   

   Formation, Death Valley Region, Great Basin, USA. In, Lake Basins Through Space and Time, E.  

   Gierlowski-Kordesch and K. Kelts, editors, American Association of  Petroleum Geologists Studies in   

   Geology 46, p. 481-490.


Tanner, L.H., 2000. Triassic-Jurassic lacustrine deposition in the Fundy rift basin, eastern

   Canada. In, Lake Basins Through Space and Time, E. Gierlowski-Kordesch and K. Kelts,

   editors, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology 46, p. 159-166.


Tanner, L.H. and Brown, D,E., 2000. The Upper Triassic Chedabucto Formation,                             

  Guysborough County, Nova Scotia: depositional and tectonic context. Atlantic Geology, v. 35,    

  p. 129-138.


Calvari, S. and Tanner, L.H., 1999. Etna avalanche deposit prompts call for hazard

   reassessment. EOS, 80, 30, p. 345-346.


Tanner, L.H. and Calvari, S., 1999. Facies analysis and depositional mechanisms of

   hydroclastite breccias, Acicastello, eastern Sicily. Sedimentary Geology, 129, p. 127-141.


Calvari, S., Tanner, L.H., and Gropelli, G., 1998. Debris-avalanche deposits of the Milo-               

  Lahar sequence and the opening of the Valle del Bove on Etna volcano (Italy). Journal of

   Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 87, p. 193-209.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Pedogenic record of Early Jurassic climate in the Lower Jurassic McCoy        

  Brook Formation, Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada, in, The Continental Jurassic, M. Morales

   (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Bull. 60, p. 565-574.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Armoured mudballs revisited. Atlantic Geology, 32, p. 123-125.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Formal definition of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy rift basin,

  eastern Canada. Atlantic Geology, 32, p. 127-136.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Clast imbrication on the deflating backshores of beaches on Prince Edward    

  Island, Canada. Sedimentary Geology, 101, p. 145-148.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. The Milankovitch Theory in sedimentary geology and its role in geological

   education. Journal of Geoscience Education, 44, p. 294-299.


Tanner, L.H., 1994. Distribution and origin of clay minerals in the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook   

   Formation, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia: Sedimentary Geology, 92, p. 229-239.


Tanner, L.H. and Hubert, J.F., 1992. Depositional environments, palaeogeography and         

   palaeoclimatology of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy basin, Nova Scotia:     

   Palaeogeogeography,  Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 96, p. 261-280.


Tanner, L.H. and Hubert, J.F., 1991. Basalt breccias and conglomerates in the Lower Jurassic

   McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy basin, Nova Scotia: differentiation of talus and debris-flow        

   deposits: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 61, p. 15-27.

 

TEXTBOOKS

Chernicoff, S., Fox, H., and Tanner, L.H., 2001. Earth: Geologic Principles and History (1st

   ed.). Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co.


Tanner, L.H. and Calvari, S. Volcanoes and Our Dynamic Planet (in prep.).

 

 

MEETING ABSTRACTS

International

 

Tanner, L.H., 2007. Interpreting the Upper Triassic carbon isotope record. (Global Triassic
   Symposium) New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41: 404-405.
 

Marzolli, A., Jourdan, F., Bertrand, H., Renne, P.R., Cirilli, S., Tanner, L.H., Kontak,
   D., McHone, G., and Bellieni, G., 2007. 40Ar/39Ar ages of CAMP in North America
   (Hartford, Deerfield and Fundy basins). Goldschmidt International Geochemistry Conference
   Abstract Volume A632.

Tanner, L.H. and Lucas, S.G., 2006. Onset of Erg Sedimentation During the Early Jurassic on

   the Colorado Plateau, Southwestern U.S.A.: Climatic, Eustatic and Tectonic Controls. 7th

   International Congress on the Jurassic (Krakow, Poland), Volumina Jurassica, vol. IV, p. 106.


Lucas, S.G., Guex, J., and Tanner, L.H., 2006. Criterion for definition of the Triassic/Jurassic

   boundary. 7th International Congress on the Jurassic (Cracow, Poland), Volumina Jurassica,

   vol. IV, p. 291.


Tanner, L. H., and Lucas, S.G., 2006. Environmental controls on latest Triassic tetrapod

   turnover. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Abstracts of Papers, Annual Meeting), v. 26,

   suppl. to no. 3, p. 130A.


Tanner, L. H., Lucas, S.G., and Zeigler, K.E., 2005. Tetrapod evolution and atmospheric oxygen

   in the Late Triassic. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Abstracts of Papers, Annual

   Meeting), v. 25, suppl. to no. 3, p. 120A.


Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L. H., 2006. Fossil vertebrates and the position of the Triassic-Jurassic

   boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Abstracts of Papers, Annual Meeting), v. 26,

   suppl. to no. 3, p. 91A.


Lucas, S., Gierlinski, G., Haubold, H., Klein, H., Lockley, M., Tanner, L., Hunt, A., Heckert,

   A., Thulborn, T., 2005. Triassic records of the theropod footprint ichnogenus Eubrontes.

 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Abstracts of Papers, Annual Meeting), v. 25, suppl. to no.    

   3, p. 85A.


Tanner, L.H. and Kyte, F.T., 2005. Iridium enrichment in sediments at the Triassic-Jurassic

   boundary, Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, Canada. IGCP 458 5th Field

   Conference and Workshop on the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Events, Abstracts p. 24-25.


Tanner, L. and Lucas, S.G., 2005. Lithostratigraphy of the Dinosaur Canyon Member, Moenave

   Formation, in northern Arizona and southern Utah. The Triassic/Jurassic Terrestrial

   Transition, Abstract volume p. 25.


Lucas, S.P., and Tanner, L.H., 2005. Stratigraphic resolution and the supposed mass extinction

   at the end of the Triassic. The Triassic/Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, Abstract volume p. 15.


Lucas, S.G., Tanner, L.H., Heckert, A.B., and Hunt, A.P., 2005. Tetrapod biostratigraphy

   across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary on the southern Colorado Plateau, USA. The

   Triassic/Jurassic  Terrestrial Transition, Abstract volume p. 16.


Tanner, L., 2004. Variations in calcrete maturity during deposition of the Upper Triassic Chinle

   Group, Four Corners region, southwestern USA. 32nd International Geological Congress,

   Florence, Italy.


Tanner, L., Kyte, F., 2004. Geochemical characterization of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in

   the Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, Canada. 32nd International Geological Congress,

   Florence, Italy.


Tanner, L., Schiatarella, M., Di Leo, P., 2004. Variations in isotopic composition of carbonate

   in Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic pelagic strata of the Lucanian Apennines, southern Italy. 32nd   

   International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy.


Lucas, S., Tanner, L.H., 2004. Stratigraphic resolution and the supposed mass extinction at the

   end of the Triassic. 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy.


Tanner, L.H., 2002. Degassing of CAMP basalts and end-Triassic extinctions: cause and effect?

   Chapman Conference on Volcanism and Earth’s Atmosphere, Santorini, Greece.


Tanner, L.H., 2001. The Triassic-Jurassic boundary event: searching for the mechanism. Earth

   System Processes Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland.


Tanner, L.H., 1999. Hydrothemal origin of borate deposits in the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace

   Creek Formation, Death Valley region, California, USA. 2nd International

   Conference on Limnogeology. Brest, France.


Tanner, L.H., DeAngel, J.F., and Welker, B.H., 1999. Cyclic palustrine carbonates in the

   Upper Triassic Owl Rock Formation, Four Corners region, southwestern USA. 2nd

   International Conference on Limnogeology. Brest, France.


Tanner, L.H. and Calvari, S. 1998. Debris avalanche and debris flow deposits of the Milo Lahar

   Sequence, Mt. Etna, Italy. Particulate Gravity Currents Conference, University of Leeds,

   Abstract volume p. 55.


Tanner, L.H., 1998. Pedogenic record of Late Triassic climate change in North America. 15th       

   International Sedimentological Congress Abstract volume. Alicante, Spain.


Tanner, L.H., 1998. Volcaniclastic breccia beds deposited by subaqueous debris flows, coastal

   Sicily. 15th International Sedimentological Congress Abstract volume. Alicante, Spain.


Tanner, L.H., 1995. Tectonic controls on sedimentation of  the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace            

   Creek Formation, Central Death Valley and Furnace Creek basins, Death Valley, California,

   U.S.A. Internat. Limno-Geolog. Congress Abstracts Vol. p. 134. Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

National

Lucas, S.G., Tanner, L.H., and Heckert, A.B., 2006. Vertebrate biostratigraphy and the Triassic-

   Jurassic boundary. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 37, no. 7.


Tanner, L.H., 2003. Far-reaching seismic effects of the Manicouagan impact: record from the

   Fundy basin. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 34.


Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2003. Rethinking the mass extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic

   boundary. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 34.


Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., Reser, P.K., and Chapman, M.G., 2002. Revisions of stratigraphy

   across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Four Corners region, Colorado Plateau. Geol. Soc. Am.

   Abst. Progr. 34(6), 138.


Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., and Chapman, M.G., 2002. Degassing of basalts and end-Triassic

   extinctions: cause and effect? Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 34(6), 462.


Chapman, M.G., French, B.M., Killgore, M., Lauretta, D.S., Lucas, S.G., McHone, J.F.,

  Tanner, L.H., Wohlbach, W.S., Zeigler, K.E., 2002. Investigating causes of widespread

   wildfire and associated dinosaur deaths in the Upper Triassic Snyder Quarry site of New

   Mexico: preliminary results. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 34(6), 536.


Lucas, S.G., Tanner, L.H., and Chapman, M.G., 2002. End-Triassic extinction or the compiled

   correlation effect? Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. Progr. 34(6), 536.


Tanner, L.H., 2001. On the origin of parting-step lineation in eolian sandstones. Geol.

   Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 33, no. 6, p. 74.


Tanner, L.H. and Calvari, S., 2001. Deposits of the ~5000 y b.p. Sciara del Fuoca tsunami,

   Stromboli Volcano, Italy. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 33, no. 6, p. 284.


Tanner, L.H., 2000. Nature of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Four Corners region:

   equivalence of the Rock Point and Moenave Formations. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with

   Programs, 32, no. 7.


Tanner, L.H., Hubert, J.F., and Coffey, B.P., 1999. Isotopic composition of early Mesozoic

   calcretes: implications for atmospheric composition. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with

   Programs, 31, no. 7, p. 462.


Tanner, L.H., Carpenter, S., and Conolly, J. 1998. Genesis of borate deposits in the Ryan

   Plateau area, Death Valley, California. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 30, no. 6.


Tanner, L.H., 1997. Pedogenic carbonates of the Owl Rock Formation (Norian), Chinle Group,    

   Four Corners Region. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 6, p. 43.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Basinal lacustrine facies of the Miocene-Pliocene Furnace Creek Formation,

   Death Valley region, California. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 28-7, 459.


Tanner, L.H. and Brown, D.E., 1996. Formation and early sedimentary fill of the Orpheus

   graben, offshore eastern Canada. Aspects of Triassic-Jurassic Rift Geoscience Abstracts. State

   Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Misc. Reports 1, p. 52.


Tanner, L.H., 1996. Playa/sandflat deposition in the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation,

   Fundy rift basin, Eastern Canada. The Continental Jurassic, M. Morales (ed.), Museum of

   Northern Arizona Bulletin 60, p. 545.


Tanner, L.H., 1994. Origin of authigenic smectite and zeolites in the Lower Jurassic McCoy     

   Brook Formation, Fundy Basin,  Nova Scotia. AAPG-SEPM Annual Convention Program,

   v.3, p.269.


Tanner, L.H., 1993. Sedimentary record of Mesozoic Paleoclimate changes in the Fundy rift

   basin, Nova Scota: SEPM Conference Stratigraphic Record of Global Change, p. 30.


Tanner, L.H., 1993. Pedogenic features of the Triassic-Jurassic  Fundy Group, Fundy Basin,     

   Nova Scotia: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog. v. 25, no. 6, p. 69.


Tanner, L.H., 1989. Tectonic controls on sedimentation in the Fundy rift basin, Nova Scotia:     

   Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog., v. 21, p. 367.


Tanner, L.H. and Hubert, J.F., 1988. Diverse terrestrial sedimentary environments of the

   Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy basin, Nova Scotia: Abstr. Vol., SEPM,

   Columbus, Ohio, p. 54. SEPM Mid-year Meeting, Ohio State University.

 

Regional

Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2005. Depositional system of the Upper Jurassic Brushy Basin

   Member of the Morisson Formation, Four Corners region, USA. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts

   with Programs, 37, no. 6, p. 12-13.


Lucas, S.G., Tanner, L.H., Heckert, A.B., and Hunt, A.P., 2005. Tetrapod biostratigraphy across

   the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Four Corners region, USA. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with

   Programs, 37, no. 6, p. 45.


Zeigler, K.E., Tanner, L.H., and Lucas, S.G., 2005. Mass mortality and post-paleowildfire

   erosion: evidence from a Late Triassic death assemblage, Chama basin, north-central New  

   Mexico.Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 37, no. 6, p. 7.


Tanner, L.H., 2002. Stratigraphic record in the Fundy rift basin of the Manicouagan impact:   

   bolide with a bang or a Wimper? Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 34, no. 1, A-31.


Tanner, L.H., 1997. The Chedabucto Formation: evidence of a Mesozoic broad terrain in the

   Canadian Maritimes. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 1, p. 84.


Tanner, L.H., 1995. Paleoclimatic interpretation of the Upper Triassic Blomidon Formation,

   Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog., v. 27, p. 86.


Tanner, L.H., 1995. Clast imbrication on a deflated backshore  surface, Prince Edward Island,      

   Canada. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog., v. 27, p.86.


Tanner, L.H., 1994. Applications of the Milankovitch hypothesis to cyclic sedimentary          

   sequences: quo vadis? Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 3, p. 76.


Tanner, L.H., 1993. Clay petrology of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Rift

   Basin, Nova Scotia: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog. v. 25, no. 2, p. 83.


Tanner, L.H. and Hubert, J.F., 1988. Debris-flow and talus-slope conglomerates in the Lower      

   Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr.                

   with Prog., v. 20, p. 74.

 

STUDENT COAUTHORED ABSTRACTS

Walker, A., Curry, J., Tanner, L.H. and Smith, D.L., 2007. Soil development and floral
   colonization on recently exposed land surfaces in southern Iceland. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts
   with Programs, 39, no.1,    p. 44.                                                                                                                                          

Fisher, L. and Tanner, L.H., 2001. Application of climatostratigraphy to the Fundy rift basin,
   Canadian Maritimes. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 33, no. 6, p. 445.

Welker, B.H., DeAngelo, J.F., and Tanner, L.H., 1999. Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic
  interpretation of the Late Triassic Owl Rock and Rock Point Formations, Chinle Group, Four Corners
  region. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 31, no.1.

Fisher, L.M. and Tanner, L.H., 1997. Paleoclimatology of Permo-Carboniferous alluvial deposits
   in the Maritime provinces, Canada. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no.1, p.  46

 

Hicks, L. and Tanner, L.H., 1997. Sedimentary sequences in the Late Pennsylvanian-Early

   Permian Prince Edward island Group Redbeds, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Geol. Soc.

   Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 1, p. 52.


Karavage, J. and Tanner, L.H., 1997. Integrated use of X-ray diffraction in an undergraduate

   geology curriculum. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 6, p. 454.

 

Sorber, S.P. and Tanner, L.H., 1997. Weathering trends of subaerial exposed alkaline basalt

   flows of Hualalai Volcano, Hawaii. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 1, p.

   82.

 

Sorber, S.P. and Tanner, L.H., 1997. Examination of feldspar weathering in alkaline olivine

   basalts by XRD analysis.Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, 29, no. 6, p. 402.

 

Clapp, C.J. and Tanner, L.H., 1995. Sedimentology and cyclicity of Permian redbeds on Prince

   Edward Island, Canada. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. with Prog., v. 27, p. 36.

 

Hittle, D.W. and Tanner, L.H., 1995. Fluvial record of the Upper Devonian-Lower                       

   Mississippian transition at Ricketts Glen State Park, Northeastern Pennsyvania. Geol. Soc.

   Amer. Abstr. with  Prog., v. 27, p. 54.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 Aeolian Sediments: Ancient and Modern, reviewed in Journal of  Sedimentary Research, vol.

   B64, p. 433 (1995).

 
Orbital Forcing and Cyclic Sequences, reviewed in Journal of  Sedimentary Research, vol. B64,

   p. 433 (1995).


 Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy, reviewed in Northeastern Geology, vol. 17, p. 368 (1995).

 

  

INVITED LECTURES/SEMINARS

 

 

2008     U.S. Climate and Energy Policies: Complementary or Conflicting? (w/ Peter Wilcoxen)
 Intelligent Conversations Series, Le Moyne College

2008     Geologic Record of Climate Change - STANYS Climate Change Workshop - Le Moyne

                College

2008    Global Climate Change: Past and Future - Corinthian Club of Syracuse

2006     Mystery of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Was it murder? Sigma Xi – Syracuse chapter

             Annual Banquet

2006     Sequence stratigraphy and paleosols of the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Colorado Plateau,  

             southwestern USA – Presented at Menoufia University, Shiben El Kom, Egypt

2003     Earth, Air, Fire, and Dinosaurs: Late Triassic Atmospheric Composition and

             Dinosaurian Evolution – Presented at Le Moyne College

            2003     Record of Late Triassic Extinctions and Possible Mechanisms – Presented at:

                            Syracuse University

                            Northern Arizona University

                            Northern Illinois University

            1996     Lower Jurassic Paleosols of the Fundy Basin, Canada: Record of Paleoclimate –

  Presented at Lafayette College

OTHER INTERESTS

     Research isn’t everything you know.  I wouldn’t be doing all the neat stuff without the support of my great family.  Emily, now in eighth grade, is a talented pianist, and loves animals and reading.  My wife Linda LeMura, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne, is a noted researcher in the field of Exercise Science, with a specialty in the study of pediatric obesity.  I’m fortunate to have them accompany me (occasionally) in the field.  We all enjoy attending the concerts of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the jewel in the firmament of Syracuse cultural life.  When we’re away from the house, Checkers the Cat holds down the fort and keeps the neighborhood rodent-free.

                                      

                                      On vacation in Montreal (at the Botanical Garden) in August, 2006

                                       

                                     Don't let the relaxed posture fool you; he is always vigilant for rodents!