Gary
S. Solar, Ph.D. |
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Contact Information: |
Office:
Science
Building Room 260 / 271 (main office) |
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Education: |
Ph.D., 1999,
University of Maryland |
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Research emphasis on the interaction of metamorphic and deformational processes, development of tectonic models and the elucidation of tectonic processes, based upon the synthesis of field, microscopic and geochemical data yielded from rocks formed during mountain-building events. Related work
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focused upon the elucidation of tectonic models that specifically
illustrate the processes and mechanisms by which granite melt transfers
through deforming crust. Click here for details on
Dr.
Solar's research interests Click
here for an article in the Fulton Daily News about the grant
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Geology Field
Camp - Through SUNY
Oswego |
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Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Solar, G.S. and Hamilton, M. 2004. Himalayan-type syntaxis in the Grenville orogen, northeastern Laurentia, southern Adirondacks and Hudson Highlands, New York, USA., Journal of Geodynamics. 37: 337-359. (link to pdf) Johnson, T.E., Brown, M. and Solar, G.S. 2003, Low-pressure subsolidus and suprasolidus phase equilibria in the MnNCKFMASH system. Constraints on conditions of regional metamorphism in western Maine, northern Appalachians. American Mineralogist. 88: 624-638. (link to pdf) Solar,
G.S.
and Brown, M. 1999. The classic high-T -- low-P metamorphism of
west-central Maine, USA: Is it post-tectonic of syn-tectonic? Evidence
from porphyroblast-matrix relations. Canadian
Mineralogist, Kretz
Volume. 37: 311-333. Solar, G.S. and Brown, M. 2001. Deformation partitioning during transpression in response to Early Devonian oblique convergence, northern Appalachian orogen, USA. Journal of Structural Geology. 23: 1043-1065. (link to pdf) Solar, G.S. and Brown, M. 2001. Petrogenesis of stromatic and inhomogeneous migmatite in Maine, USA: potential source of peraluminous granite? Journal of Petrology. 42: 789-823. (link to pdf) Solar,
G.S.,
Pressley, R.A., Brown, M. and Tucker, R.D. 1998. Granite ascent in
convergent orogenic belts: testing a model. Geology. 26: 711-714. (link to pdf) Tomascak, P.B., Brown, M., Solar, G.S., Becker, H.J., Centorbi, T.L. and Tian, J. 2005. Source contributions to Devonian granite magmatism near the Laurentian border, New Hampshire and western Maine, USA. Lithos. 80: 75-99. (link to pdf) |
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Department of
Earth Sciences and Science Education - Department Chair (2006-present)
- Department Associate Chair (2004-2006) - Faculty Advisor, Buffalo State College Geology Club (2001-2006) - Faculty Advisor, Buffalo State College Wilderness Adventures Club College
Service - College
Senator
(At-Large, 2004-2008)
- Senate Curriculum Committee (2002-present) - Undergraduate Research Advisory Board (2004-present) - Judicial Board (2003-2005) - Dean’s Advisory Board for renovation of the Science Building (2004-present) - Review Committee for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2004) - High-Performance Computing (HIPERC) Faculty member since 2002 - Participant in Commencement ceremonies - Representative to the Research and Creativity Council (2001-2003) |
Professional Service: |
Professional
Geosciences Organizer and General Chair of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Buffalo, New York, March 27-29, 2008 Organizer and
Chair of Theme Sessions for the Annual Meetings of the
Geological Society of America: National
Meeting, Session T119, 2006, Philadelphia, PA
National Meeting, Session T132, 2003, Seattle, WA Northeastern
Section Meeting, 2003, Tysons Corner, VA
Northeastern
Section Meeting, Session 19, 2006, Harrisburg, PA
Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin. Click here to
go to the journal home page. Co-editor of
a
Special Issue in the Journal of Metamorphic Geology, entitled
“Linked
Processes of Metamorphism and Deformation.” This volume will be in
print in issue #6, 2005. Click here to
view the contents of the issue. Field Trip Leader The Geological
Society of America National
Meeting, 2001 USA Editorial Board of the international peer-reviewed journal the Journal of the Virtual Explorer (http://www.virtualexplorer.com.au/) Campus Representative of the Geological Society of America Teaching Service Author of Introductory
Geology Textbook Web Resources (Prentice Hall) including chapter key concepts, online
quizzes with feedback and hints, chapter tests and links to virtual
field trips and other Internet sources. Tarbuck
and Lutgens, Earth, 8th edition, 2005
Lutgens and Tarbuck, Essentials of Geology, 9th edition 2006 Adjunct Professor and Graduate Faculty, Department of Geology, SUNY University at Buffalo. |
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