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
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 volcaniclastic 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.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PRESS
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
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
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.
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
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. 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 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
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!