The University of St. Thomas

Lisa Lamb

Lamb, Lisa

Professor

malamb@stthomas.edu
Phone: (651) 962-5242
Toll Free: (800) 328-6819, Ext. 2-5242

Mail OWS 153

Office Location: OWS 118

Ph.D.: Stanford University, 1998

Research interests:

  • Tectonics and sedimentation in the Lake Mead region, Southern Nevada
  • Tectonics of southern Mongolia
  • Geoscience education

Courses:

  • GEOL 110: Geology of the National Parks
  • GEOL 111: Introductory Physical Geology
  • GEOL 130: Earth History
  • GEOL 211: Mineralogy
  • GEOL 260: Regional Geology and Geological Field Methods
  • GEOL 340 and 360: Fundamentals of the Lithosphere I and II (Petrology and Structure)
  • GEOL 460: Advanced Field Methods

Recent publications:

Authors in bold are undergraduate students:

Lamb, M., Martin, L., Hickson, T., Umhoefer, P. & Eaton, L., (in press) Deposition and age of the lower Horse Spring Formation in the Longwell Ridges Area, southern Nevada, In Umhoefer, P., Lamb, M., and Beard, L.S. (eds), Miocene Tectonics of the Lake Mead Region Geology Society of America Special Volume. 

 Hickson, T., Ness, A., & Lamb, M., (in press) Deposition and age of the Bitter Ridge Limestone member of the Horse Spring Formation, Bitter Ridge to Gale Hills, Lake Mead, Nevada, In Umhoefer, P., Lamb, M., and Beard, L.S. (eds), Miocene Tectonics of the Lake Mead Region Geology Society of America Special Volume.

Lamb, M., Badarch, G., Navratil, T., & Poier, R., 2008, Structural and geochronologic data from the Shin Jinst area, eastern Gobi Altai, Mongolia: implications for Phanerozoic intracontinental deformation in Asia, in Sorkhabi, R. and Heydari, E, eds., Tectonopysics special  issue: Asia out of the Tethys: Geochronological, tectonic and sedimentary records, v. 451, p. 312-330, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.061. 

Johnson, C.L., Amory, J.A., Zinniker, D., Lamb, M.A., Graham, S.A., Affolter, M., and Badarch, G., 2008, Accretionary tectonics and sedimentation during late Paleozoic arc collision, China-Mongolia border region, In A. Draut, P. Clift, and D. Scholl, (Eds.), Formation and applications of the sedimentary record in arc collision zones, GSA Special Paper 436, p. 363-390.

Piotraschke, R.E., Ross, C.F., Lamb, M.A., and Hickson, T.A., 2008, Structural analysis in the Bitter Spring Quadrangle, Lake Mead, Nevada: unraveling a complex record of extension, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, p. 84. (Joint Meeting of the Rocky Mountain and Cordillera Sections, March, Las Vegas, NV)

Ness, A., Hickson, T., Lamb, M., & Lucius, M. (2006). Miocene extensional tectonics as recorded by the Horse Spring Formation, Lake Mead Area, Nevada: sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of the Bitter Ridge Limestone, Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting, 369.

 Eaton, L., Miley, W., Lamb, M., & Hickson, T. (2006). Miocene extensional tectonics as recorded by the Horse Spring Formation, Lake Mead Area, Nevada: geochemical ash correlation within the Thumb Member, Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting, 369.

 Umhoefer, P., Lamb, M., Hickson, T., Martin, L., & Beard, S. (2006). Miocene extensional tectonics as recorded by the Horse Spring Formation, Lake Mead Area, Nevada: potential for 100-ky time-scale basin analysis using a multi-disciplinary approach, Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting, 346.

Lamb, M., Hickson, T., Martin, K., & Beard, S., 2005, Constraints on the complex Miocene deformational history of the Lake Mead area using detailed basin analysis: new data from the east and west Longwell Ridge area, Bitter Spring quad, NV, Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005), p. 127.

 Lamb, M., Badarch, G., Navratil, T., Unraveling the complex record of growth and deformation in Asia: details from the eastern Gobi Altai, southwestern Mongolia, Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005), p.56.

 Lamb, M., Fundamentals of the lithosphere, an upper-division major’s course that combines structure, petrology and tectonics with best practices in geoscience pedagogy Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005), p. 515.

Lamb, M.A., Umhoefer, P.J., Anderson, E., Beard, L.S., Hickson, T.A., & Martin, K.L., 2005, Development of Miocene faults and basins in the Lake Mead region: a tribute to Ernie Anderson and a review of new research on basins.  In Pederson, J. & Dehler, C.M., (Eds.), Interior Western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide 6 (pp. 389-418).  Denver:  Geological Society of America.

Goeden, J., Lamb, M., and Hickson, T., 2004, Integrating field-based courses and research across the geoscience curriculum at the University of St. Thomas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 7-10, 2004, p. 160.

Hannon, M., Lindberg, J., Barrie, C., Johnson, T., Donatelle, A., Goeden, J., Holter, S., Hickson, T., Theissen, K., and Lamb, M., Using gamma spectrometry to determine U, Th, and K signatures in cap carbonates of the Death Valley region and their relation to other carbonates, American Geophysical Union/Canadian Geophysical Union 2004 Joint Assembly Meeting, Montreal, QC, May 17-21, 2004.

Donatelle, A., Goeden, J., Hannon, M., Hickson, T., Holter, S., Johnson, T., Lamb, M., and Lindberg, J., Implications of stratigraphic and structural data from the Bitter Spring region, Southern Nevada, American Geophysical Union/Canadian Geophysical Union 2004 Joint Assembly Meeting, Montreal, QC, May 17-21, 2004.

Hickson, T.A., and Lamb, M.A., 2003, Three examples of the use of inquiry-based, data-centered exercises in geoscience courses at the University of St. Thomas, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, GSA Annual Mettin, Seattle, WA, November, 2003, p. 120.