Jon Boothroyd   Job Title: Research Professor Emeritus - Quaternary Geology Address: Woodward 314, Phone: 401-874-2265 Email: jon_boothroyd@uri.edu

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Education: Ph.D., 1974, University of South Carolina-Columbia (Geology) M.S., 1972, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Geology) BA, 1962 , University of New Hampshire-Durham (Economics) Courses: Introduction to Sedimentary Geology (GEO 450) Glacial Geology (GEO 515) Sedimentary Processes and Environments(GEO 550) Coastal Geologic Hazards (GEO 577) Lectures:

Research Areas

I am primarily a field geologist specializing in coastal, braided river, and various glacial environments. I have 40 years of field experience in New England, South Carolina, Alaska, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, Ecuador, Mexico, and the Azores

Research Interests

Geology of Essential Fish Habitat and aquaculture sites Coastal geologic hazards and management issues Geologic mapping of Quaternary (surficial) deposits Geotechnical aspects of highway construction through, and use of, glacial materials Late glacial and post-glacial landscape development Long-term (years) beach changes Processes and development of barrier and headland shorefaces in glaciated terrain Holocene stratigraphy of microtidal lagoons Geoarchaeology of New England

Research Activity

1. Boothroyd, J.C., McCandless, S.J., and Dowling, M.J. , 2003, Quaternary Geologic Map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence map (scale: 1:100,000) (Interim map, 21 quadrangles).
2. Boothroyd, J.C., and McCandless, S.J., 2003, Quaternary geology of the East Greenwich and parts of the Bristol and Crompton Quadrangles, RI: Open File Map 2003-01, Rhode Island Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence Map (scale: 1:24,000, 7½ min).
3. Boothroyd, J.C., and McCandless, S.J., 2002, Quaternary geology of the Providence-East Providence Quadrangle, RI: Open File Map 2002-01, Rhode Island Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence Map (scale: 1:24,000, 7½ x 15 min), Report, 15p.
4. Boothroyd, J.C., Sirkin, Les, 2002, The Quaternary geology of Block Island and adjacent regions: in Paton, P. ed., The Ecology of Block Island: Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston, RI, p. 13-27, 7 cd images.
5. Boothroyd, J.C., 2001, Quaternary geology of the Carolina-Quonochontaug Quadrangles, RI: Open-File Report RIGS 01.2001, Rhode Island Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence Map (scale: 1:24,000), Report, 14p.
6. Coastal Resources Management Council, (1999), Special area management plan for the Narrow River watershed, Rhode Island: CRMC, 150 p. (major rewrite and additions to the geology and coastal hazards sections of approximately 20 manuscript pages).
7. Coastal Resources Management Council, (1999), Special area management plan for the Salt Ponds of Rhode Island: CRMC, 150 p. (major rewrite and additions to the geology and coastal hazards sections of 50 manuscript pages and 14 figures).
8. Boothroyd, J.C., Freedman, J.H., Brenner, H.A., Stone, J.R., 1998, The glacial geology of southern Rhode Island: in Murrray, D.P., ed., Guidebook to field trips in Rhode Island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, New England Intercollegiate Conference Guidebook, p. C5-1-C5-25.
9. Boothroyd, J.C., Klinger, J.P., Galagan, C.L., 1998, Coastal geologic hazards on the south shore of Rhode Island: in Murray, D.P., ed., Guidebook to field trips in Rhode island and adjacent regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, New England Intercollegiate Conference Guidebook, p. A5-1 - A5-27.
10. Boothroyd, J.C., 1997, Surficial geology of the Great East Lake Quadrangle, ME: Maine Geological Survey STATEMAP Program, Glacial morphosequence Map (scale 1:24,000), Materials Map (scale 1:24,000), Report, 14p.
11. Coastal Resources Management Council, 1995, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Plan: CRMC, 200 p. (major rewrite and additions to the geology and coastal hazards sections of approximately 30 manuscript pages and 27 shoreline retreat maps).