Sedimentology — Federal Grants

Conference: 2026 Geobiology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar

Victoria Petryshyn · Gordon Research Conferences

EA: Replacement of a Powder X-ray Diffractometer for Teaching and Geoscience Research at Appalachian State University

Sarah Carmichael · Appalachian State University

CAREER: Quantifying climate induced landscape evolution during early Eocene hyperthermals

Emily Beverly · University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: SedimentSketch, teaching tool in and beyond the sedimentology classroom to provide equitable and inclusive learning for Hispanic students

Tracy Hammond · Texas A&M University

NSF-BSF: Earthquake temporal occurrence variability (clustering) observed in the longest detailed paleoseismic record: climatic modulation on the tectonic signal

Shimon Wdowinski · Florida International University

Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Sandpiper - A community toolchain to support geomorphology from data acquisition to analysis

Andrew Moodie · Texas A&M University

Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Sandpiper - A community toolchain to support geomorphology from data acquisition to analysis

Charles Nguyen · University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Sandpiper - A community toolchain to support geomorphology from data acquisition to analysis

Eric Hutton · University of Colorado at Boulder

Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Sandpiper - A community toolchain to support geomorphology from data acquisition to analysis

Eric Barefoot · University of California-Riverside

RAPID: Assessing the Morphologic Impacts of Sequential Tropical Cyclones on Texas Barrier Islands

Kathleen Wilson · Boston College

EA: Acquisition of a Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer for Research and Education in Earth and Environmental Studies at the University of Memphis

Gary Stinchcomb · University of Memphis

CFS (Track III): The WiscSIMS National Ion Microprobe

Chloe Bonamici · University of Wisconsin-Madison

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PROJECT TITLE: ILLINOIS 2023 STATEMAP PROPOSALPROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 23 - 09 14 24THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL UNDERTAKE HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING OF 4 QUADRANGLES AND REVISE AND UPDATE AREAS PREVIOUSLY MAPPED AT LOWER RESOLUTION INTO MODERN DIGITAL DATA SETS. THE QUADRANGLE MAPPING (1:24,000 SCALE) IS MOST USEFUL FOR LOCAL ANALYSES, WHEREAS THE REGIONAL ( 1:100,000 SCALE) AND STATEWIDE (1:500,000 SCALE) COMPILATIONS ARE SUITED TO REGIONAL- TO NATIONAL SCALE ANALYSES. PROJECT 1 COMPRISES TWO SUBPROJECTS: THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH AND SCALES MOUND WEST QUADRANGLES, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, AND THE BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MONTPELIER AND ILLINOIS CITY QUADRANGLES, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE MAPPING FOCUSES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ESPECIALLY LEAD-ZINC AND PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITS WHICH ARE SOURCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS FOR WHICH THERE IS HIGH DEMAND IN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING. A 300-FOOT-DEEP DRILL HOLE WILL TARGET THE LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS TO UPDATE THE PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY BETWEEN ILLINOIS AND IOWA. PROJECT 2 PROPOSES THE START OF A 5-YEAR PLAN FOR THE GREATER CHICAGO REGION TO CREATE A 3D MODEL FRAMEWORK OF SUPERFICIAL AND SHALLOW BEDROCK GEOLOGY. YEAR 1 WILL INVOLVE COMPILING AN ENGINEERING GEOLOGY DATABASE AND UPPER BEDROCK SURFACES OF COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES. IN PROJECT 3, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF JACKSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, WILL BE DIGITALLY COMPILED FROM 24 PREVIOUSLY MAPPED QUADRANGLES. THE QUADRANGLES, MAPPED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GEOLOGISTS OVER 3 DECADES, WILL BE HARMONIZED AND EDGE-MATCHED BY REVISITING KEY FIELD OUTCROPS. UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXTINCTION EVENT WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPIAN MENARD FORMATION WHERE THE LAST KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF THE NAUTILOID ENDOLOBUS SPECTABILIS WILL BE TRACED BY CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY. PROJECT 4 COMPRISES TWO SUBPROJECTS: THE PHASE 4 COMPILATION OF THE ILLINOIS STATEWIDE SURFICIAL COUNTY MAPS AND GEMS UPDATES OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED COUNTY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY MAPS OF MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES. THE PROPOSED PHASE 4 WILL EXTEND MAPPING INTO NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL ADDRESS QUATERNARY STATE-BORDER MAPPING INTO AN AREA WITH COMPLEX SURFICIAL GEOLOGY AND UNCERTAIN CORRELATIONS FOR ILLINOIS EPISODE GLACIAL TILL UNITS. THESE QUATERNARY MAP COMPILATIONS IN THE PHASE 4 AREA WERE THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL YEARS OF DETAILED 1:24,000 QUADRANGLE MAPPING. HOWEVER, GEMS STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN APPLIED TO THESE DETAILED COUNTY COMPILATIONS. ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY WILL BE USED TO HELP TO DELINEATE POSSIBLE DISCONTINUOUS ESKERS OR MORAINES IN AREAS OF LIMITED PRIOR MAPPING. QUATERNARY GEOLOGY MAPS OF MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT INCLUDE SEISMIC HAZARDS, SAND AND GRAVEL RESOURCES, COAL-MINE SUBSIDENCE, AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL. PROJECT 5 PROPOSES A GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING SURVEY TO MAP A STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX DEEP AQUIFER SYSTEM IN NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO DETERMINE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF A DEEP AQUIFER SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF SANDWICH FAULT ZONE. THE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY WILL CONSIST OF HIGH RESOLUTION ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SOURCE SEISMIC IMAGING AS WELL AS TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD. SIX OF THE 7 MAPS DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS PDFS AND IN GEMS LEVEL 3-COMPLIANT DATABASES. IN ADDITION, THE PREVIOUSLY 26 PUBLISHED MAPS FROM PROJECTS 1, 3 AND 4 WILL BE DELIVERED AS GEMS LEVEL 3-COMPLIANT DATABASES. THE STATEWIDE SURFICIAL GEOLOGY WILL BE A PROGRESS REPORT FOR PHASE 4 INCLUDING GEMS LEVEL 3 IMPLEMENTATION. PROJECT 4 WILL DELIVER A FINAL REPORT WITH DESCRIBING SEISMIC DATA INTERPRETATION AND RAW AND PROCESSED SEISMIC DATA FILES. THE DELIVERABLES WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEBSITE SOON AFTER DELIVERY, SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE ENSUING YEAR.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PROJECT TITLE: CRITICAL MINERALS IN DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES OF THE MIDCONTINENT EMRI INITIATIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FY23PROJECT PERIOD: 06 22 2023 - 06 21 2026PURPOSE: THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THIS COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF CRITICAL MINERALS WITHIN DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN. COLLABORATORS INCLUDE THE IOWA, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. THE STUDY AREA COVERS OUTCROP AND SUBSURFACE OCCURRENCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA,CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, WESTERN INDIANA, AND WESTERN KENTUCKYACTIVITIES: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE TO COLLECT NEW GEOCHEMICAL DATA ON CRITICAL MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS OF DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES ACROSS THE ILLINOIS BASIN AND TO MAP THOSE CONCENTRATIONS BY AGE OF THE DEPOSITS. DELIVERABLES: THIS DATA WILL ALSO HELP FUTURE EVALUATION OF ORE MINERALIZING SYSTEM MODELS BY DOCUMENTING GEOCHEMICAL GRADIENTS, SEDIMENTOLOGY, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BLACK SHALE-ENCLOSING STRATA.