David Farris Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology

Science Addition 117
540-458-5811
farrisd@wlu.edu

Education

2006 Ph.D., University of Southern California. Major: Geological Sciences. structure / tectonics / magmatic systems.
Farris, David W. (2006). Magmatic and tectonic modification of convergent margins: an example from southern Alaska. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/34795/rec/4.

2000 B.A., Macalester College. Major: Geology.
Farris, David W. (2000). Pluton emplacement and associated phenomena of the South Cascade Stock, North Cascades, Washington. Unpublished bachelor's thesis, Macalester College.

Teaching

*Introductory Geology with field emphasis (GEOL-100)
*Introduction to Geophysics (GEOL-275)

Selected Publications

O'Dea, A., Lessios, H. A., Coates, A. G., Eytan, R. I., Collins, L. S., Cione, A. L. de Queiroz, A., Farris, D. W., Norris, R. D., Restrepo-Moreno, S. A., Stallard, R. F., Woodburne, M. O., Aguilera, O., Aubry, M., Berggren, W. A., Budd, A. F., Cozzuol, M. A., Coppard, S. E., Duque-Caro, H., Finnegan, S., Gasparini, G. M., Grossman, E. L., Johnson, K. G., Keigwin, L. D., Knowlton, N., Leigh, E. G., Leonard-Pingel, J. S., Marko, P. B., Pyenson, N.D., Rachello-Dolmen, P. G., Soibelzon, E., Soibelzon, L., Todd, J. A., Vermeij, G. J., & Jackson, J. B. C. in-review. On the same page, but different books: Response to comments on the Formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Science Advances, 27 pages.

Tull, J.F., Mueller, P.A., Farris, D.W., and Davis, B.L., in-review, Taconic Suprasubduction Zone Magmatism In Southern Laurentia: Geological society of America Bulletin, 38 pages.

Farris, D. W., Tull, J. F., Mueller, P., and Davis, B. L.,in-review, Is the Dadeville Complex the "Missing" Southern Appalachian Taconic Arc? In Georgia Geological Society Guidebooks, vol. 36, no. 1.

Farris, D.W., Cardona, A., Montes, C., Foster, D. and Jaramillo, C., 2017. Magmatic evolution of Panama Canal volcanic rocks: A record of arc processes and tectonic change. PloS one, 12(5), p.e0176010.

Farris, D., & Haeussler, P. (in press). Selected geologic maps of the Kodiak batholith and other Paleocene intrusive rocks, Kodiak Island, Alaska. U.S. Geologic Survey Geologic Investigations Series Maps, 11 pages.

O'Dea, A., Lessios, H. A., Coates, A. G., Eytan, R. I., Restrepo-Moreno, S. A., Cione, A. L.,
Collins, L. S., de Queiroz, A., Farris, D. W., Norris, R. D., Stallard, R. F., Woodburne, M. O., Aguilera, O., Aubry, M., Berggren, W. A., Budd, A. F., Cozzuol, M. A., Coppard, S. E., Duque-Caro, H., Finnegan, S., Gasparini, G. M., Grossman, E. L., Johnson, K. G., Keigwin, L. D., Knowlton, N., Leigh, E. G., Leonard-Pingel, J. S., Marko, P. B., Pyenson, N.D., Rachello-Dolmen, P. G., Soibelzon, E., Soibelzon, L., Todd, J. A., Vermeij, G. J., & Jackson, J. B. C. (2016). Formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Science Advances, 2(8), p.e1600883.