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Northern Illinois University

Geology and Environmental Geosciences

Jay Stravers

Jay Stravers

Associate Professor
Glacial Geology, Quaternary Stratigraphy, Geomorphology
Office: 506 Davis Hall
Phone:  (815) 753-7927
E-mail: jstraver@niu.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D,1986; University of Colorado

 

 

Research Interests

  • Reconstructing the glacial history and climate change
  • Modeling former ice sheets and fjord-outlet glaciers
  • Geomorphology
  • Geologic history and evolution of Mars atmosphere.
  • Hydrogeologic studies of glacial deposits

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Research Activities

  • Reconstructing the glacial history and climate change record from Quaternary terrestrial and marine sedimentary sequences. Collection and analysis of high-resolution seismic data from fjord and continental shelf sedimentary sequences; lithologic and sedimentologic analysis of marine sediment cores (A, B, C).
  • Modeling former ice sheets and fjord-outlet glaciers from seismic- and litho- stratigraphic studies (A, B, C).
  • Geomorphology and evolution of surface environments of the terrestrial planets.
  • Geologic history and evolution of Mars atmosphere.
  • Hydrogeologic studies of glacial deposits in the upper midwest and related environmental problems. Geomorphological process studies and terrain analysis using Digital Elevation Models (D).

Selected Publications

Stravers, J., Kulczycki, D., and Gaskill, K., 2001, Quaternary Geologic Map of the Fox Lake Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, NE Illinois. United States Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, EDMAP Series.

Stravers, J., Hibben, K., Konen, M., and Kulczycki, D., 2000, Quaternary Geologic Map of the Big Rock Quadrangle, NE Illinois. United States Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, EDMAP Series.

Curry, B.B., Grimley, D.A., and Stravers, J.A.,1999, Quaternary geology, geomorphology and climate history of Kane County, Illinois. GSA, Field Trip Guidebook, North Central, Spring 1999, 67p

Hibben Kathi L., Malburg, Julie A., and Stravers, Jay A., 1998, Canal Errazuriz: Site of a significant younger dryas ice margin readvance in the central Chilean Fjords. 28th Arctic Workshop, Abstracts, p. 75-77, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Davies, T.A., Bell, T., Cooper, A.K., Josenhans, H., Polyak, L., Solheim, A., Stoker, M.S., and Stravers, J.A., 1997, Glaciated Continental Margins: An Atlas of Acoustic Images. Chapman and Hall, 315p.

Teaching

  • GEOL 103 Planetary and Space Science
  • GEOL 442 Geomorphology
  • GEOL 544 Glacial Geology
  • GEOL 547 Quaternary Stratigraphy