WALTER STEVEN
BOROWSKI
Department
of Earth Sciences email:
w.borowski@eku.edu
Eastern
Eastern
Kentucky University 2006 -
Present Associate Professor
DePauw
University 2000
- 2001 Assistant Professor
(visiting)
Exxon
Exploration Company 1998 - 2000 Exploration Geologist.
ARCO Oil
and Gas Company 1982 - 1991 Production/Exploration Geologist.
Ph.D, Geology
1991 - 1998 University of
Committee:
Drs. T.J. Bralower, C.S. Martens,
A.C. Neumann, William Ussler
III.
Dissertation: Pore-Water Sulfate
Concentration Gradients, Isotopic Compositions, and Diagenetic Processes
Overlying Continental Margin, Methane-Rich Sediments Associated with Gas
Hydrates.
M.S. Geology 1979
- 1982 University of
Advisor:
Dr. Kenneth R. Walker.
Committee:
Drs. T. Broadhead, R.E. McLaughlin
Thesis: Petrology, Depositional
Environments, and Stratigraphic Analysis of a Part of the Middle Ordovician
Chickamauga Group Limestones near
B.A. Geology 1974 - 1978 Case
Western Reserve University,
Biology
Teaching
Experience
Eastern
Kentucky University 2001 -
Present Introductory Geology, Intro. Geology
Laboratory,
Associate Professor Historical Geology, Low-Temperature
Geochemistry;
Research Methods in Geology,
& Climate and
Paleoclimate, Honors Global
Change, General
Geochemistry, Oceanography, Earth
Processes
(Surface Processes), Global
Environmental Obstacles,
Earth Sciences Graduate Seminar,
& Scientific
Communication in the Geosciences.
Dinosaurs, Field
Excursion to
DePauw University 2000-2001 Global Environmental Problems
(seminar),
Assistant Professor (visiting) Oceanography, Environmental Geology
(titled Physical Geography), &
Dinosaurs.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Upper-level Stratigraphy Laboratory,
Replacement lectures for Geological
Oceanography & Stratigraphy
Graduate
teaching assistant 1979-1982 Introductory Geology Laboratory,
Laboratory, Graduate-level Clastic
Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory.
2006-7 Principal Investigator, Wilgreen
2002 Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 204 (
Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists:
Anne Trehu and Gerhard Bohrmann. Leg 172 drilled nine
sites on an accretionary prism
associated with Hydrate Ridge, offshore
2001 Sea-going expedition, ROV and coring,
2000 Sea-going expedition, piston coring,
1997 Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 172 (
Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists:
Lloyd D. Keigwin and Domenico Rio. Leg 172 drilled eleven
sites on the Carolina Rise,
Blake-Bahama Ridge, and northwest
Bermuda Rise, offshore eastern
1995 Sailed on ODP Leg 164 (Gas Hydrates) as
an Inorganic Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists: Ryo
Matsumoto
and Charles K. Paull. Leg 164 drilled seven sites on the Carolina Rise and
1991- Laboratory experience in measuring
pore-water inorganic ions and interstitial gases using
1998 colorimetry, ion chromatography, and gas
chromatography. Separation of various
species for isotopic analyses
using wet chemical and cryogenic vacuum techniques.
1991- Sea-going experience in piston coring and
seismic acquisition (7 expeditions) aboard the
1993 R/V
Professional
Activities
2007 Session Chair, Marine/Coastal Sciences, Southeastern Section,
Geological Society of
Reviewer:
Manuscript, Geochimica Cosmochima Acta, May 2007
Reviewer:
Manuscript, Chemical Geology.
Reviewer:
Manuscript, Cosmochima Acta, March 2007
2006 Reviewer: Proposal, National
Science Foundation (NSF).
Reviewer:
Manuscript, Island Arc journal.
Reviewer:
Manuscript, Marine Geology journal.
2005 Reviewer: Manuscript, Scientific Results, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Reviewer: Proposal, Civilian Research and Development Foundation.
2004 Reviewer:
2 manuscripts, Chemical Geology journal.
Reviewer : National Science
Foundation (NSF), 1 proposal, Hydrologic Sciences.
2003 Reviewer:
3 proposals, National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Reviewer: 2 manuscripts, Chemical Geology journal.
Reviewer: Manuscript, Journal of Geophysical Research journal.
Reviewer: Manuscript, Canadian Survey of Canada Bulletin journal.
Judge: Geology oral
presentations, Kentucky Academy Science, November 2003.
2002 Reviewer:
Proposal, National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Reviewer: Manuscript, Terra Nova journal.
Reviewer: 2 manuscripts, Marine Geology journal.
Reviewer: Textbook, Geochemistry:
Exploration, Environment, Analysis.
2001 Reviewer: (NSF), Proposal, Marine Geology
and Geophysics, National Science
Foundation.
2000 Reviewer: 5 proposals, Marine Geology and
Geophysics, National Science Foundation
(NSF).
Reviewer: Manuscript, Marine Geology journal.
1999 Reviewer: Manuscript, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta journal.
1998 Reviewer: National Science Foundation (NSF), Arctic
Natural Sciences.
Reviewer: Textbook, Marine Geochemistry,
M. Zabel and H.D. Schultz (eds.).
1996 Session Chair, American Geophysical
Grants Received
Determination of
nutrient sources in a eutrophic lake impacted by human
activity,
development of
remediation strategies
Assessing the Water Quality of
A
First Step toward Best-Practices in Watershed Management
Testing a hypothesis:
Recognition of methane-rich diagenetic systems
and gas hydrate settings using
34S-enrichments in authigenic sulfide
minerals
Recognition of ancient
methane-rich and gas-hydrate environments:
34S-enrichments and active sulfide
mineralization in modern and ancient
methane-rich marine sediments
(JOI/USSSP). Co-written with Charles K.
Paull (PI).
Isotopic calibration of geochemical signals
associated with gas
hydrates: Methane and sulfate co-consumption
in gas hydrate settings.
1996 Joint Oceanographic Institutions/
(JOI/USSSP). Co-written with Charles K.
Paull (PI).
(1)
Isotopic assessment of the effect of gas hydrates on pore water sulfate profiles: Estimating in situ methane flux associated with gas hydrates.
(2) Documenting microbial
fermentation reactions in the methanogenic zone of gas hydrate terranes: Recognition of
ammonium isotopic gradients.
Pending
Grants
None
Unsuccessful
Grants
2004 National Science Foundation $29,362
W.S. Borowski, Participant (Sub-contractor);
D.
Steer, D. McConnell, K. Owens (co-PIs,
Validation and Reliability of Formative
Geoscience Conceptes Questions
2002
W.S.
Borowski and K.G. Takacs, (graduate student support)
Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals
of deep-water marine sediments,
Academic Awards
and Honors
2005 Eastern
1998 Dissertation Fellowship, The
1997
1995 American Geophysical
Sciences.
Professional
Society Memberships
American Geophysical
American Association of Petroleum
Geologists (AAPG)
Geological Society of
National Association Geoscience
Teachers (NAGT)
Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM)
Workshops
·
Cathryn Manduca, David Mogk, and Michael
Williams, Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of tectonics, life, and the
early atmosphere,
·
Donald G. Sullivan and P. Kelly Williams, Geology and Ecology of the Colorado Western
Slope, Chautauqua Short Course #79, Grand Junction, Colorado and Moab, Utah,
30 July to 3 August, 2006.
·
Cathryn Manduca, Jennifer Wenner, Eric Baer, Sam
Patterson, Ken Heller, Len Vacher, and Steven Galovitch, Infusing
Quantitative Literacy into Introductory Geoscience Courses,
·
·
P. Maki, Assessing for learning: Building a sustainable commitment across the
institution, Workshop sponsored by the EKU Honors Program, 10-12 May 2005.
·
B. Tewksbury, Teaching tools, EKU Department of Earth Sciences, 11 August 2005.
·
B. Tewksbury, Designing an effective and innovative geoscience course, EKU Department
of Earth Sciences, 10 August 2005.
·
D. Coleman, Implications of ASBOG on
undergraduate curriculum, EKU Department of Earth Sciences, 9 August 2005.
·
A. Benbow & C. Mably, Earth science
inquiry-based student-centered curriculum from the AGI, GSA
national
meeting,
·
A. Egger, Creating an online learning
environment with Visonlearning, GSA national meeting,
November 2004.
·
D.M.
McConnell, 2004, EKU Earth Sciences Teaching and Learning Workshop, August
2004.
·
T. Short & J. Holcomb, Real data in the
statistics classroom. At EKU, in conjunction with the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, 26-28 May,
2004.
·
D.M.
McConnell and D. Steer, 2004. Conceptest Workshop II,
·
Disruptive/unethical behavior: A coordinated
University response. At EKU, in conjunction with the Honors
Program, May 10-12, 2004.
·
D.M.
McConnell and D. Steer, 2003. Rapid
In-Class Assessment Techniques for Introductory Courses,
Conceptest Questions in Five
Days, A Workshop for the Geosciences, University of
·
D.
Hanson and T. Wolfskill, 2003. Process-oriented guided inquiry learning,
Chautaugua Short Course.
· Served as a panelist (W.
Borowski, A. Jones, D. LaSage, N. Pederson, S. Richter, L. Wilson), Life is
a group project: The challenges and rewards of collaborative research. EKU
Teaching and Learning Center (28 March 2006).
· EKU Panelists, Discussion on the qualities of online
teaching and learning: When it works and when it doesn’t. EKU Teaching and
Learning Center (12 April 2006).
· Katy Allen, Workshop on testing, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (27 January
2006).
· Sandra
Hill, Technology, service learning, and
the technical writing curriculum,
· D.
Robertson, Teaching portfolios: Documenting
teaching for promotion, tenure, and merit,
· T.
Boyer & L. Norman-Sparrow, Using the
New York Times to teach: Teaching with a living textbook,
· Dr. Douglas R. Robertson, Teaching Insight: Facilitating Change, EKU
Teaching & Learning Center (31 March 2004).
· Drs. Thompson, Kenkel, Bryant,
and Banaziak, Student Retention and
Literacy Development: University,
Department,
Classroom, and student Perspectives,
· Dr. Doug Robertson, Using Web-based Tools to Avoid Teacher
Overload,
· Drs. Betsy Bohannon & Judy
Spain, Handling Disruptive Students, EKU
Teaching & Learning Center (25 November 2003).
·
Dr.
Doug Robertson, Coping with Overload in
Teaching,
·
Dr.
Doug Robertson, Gender, Teaching, and
Learning, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (28 October 2002).
·
Dr.
Stephen Brookfield, Teaching to Today’s
Students,
·
Dr.
Doug Robertson, Giving Effective
Feedback: How to Provide Students with Constructive Feedback,
·
Dr.
R. Eugene Rice, Changing Faculty Roles
and the Future of the
·
Dr.
James Rhem, The Teacher in the Movies,
·
Dr. Bruce Davis, The Learning Paradigm in Higher Education,
·
Teaching Geology to Pre- and
In-Service Teachers,
Session of the Geological Society of America national
·
Meeting
(6 Nov. 2001).
·
Sulfur Cycling – Precambrian to
Recent – Ocean-Atmosphere System,
Session of the Geological Society of
·
Strategies for Promoting Active
Learning in Large Entry-Level Courses,
Session of the Geological Society
of
·
Dr.
Donald Siegel, Surviving Academia: From
Getting the Job to Winning Tenure, Workshop at the Geological Society of
America national meeting (4 Nov. 2001).
·
Dr.
Douglas Robertson, Classroom Assessment
Techniques, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (29 Oct. 2001).
·
Drs.
Jill Moore & Bob O’Brian,
·
Dr.
Douglas Robertson, Enhancing the Lecture,
·
Tips
and discussion for teaching freshman seminars. First-Year-Seminar Workshop,
(2001).
·
Course
and Syllabus Workshop, First-Year-Seminar Workshop,
·
Faculty
·
Students
with disabilities, First-Year-Seminar Workshop,
·
Teaching
a Diverse Student Body, First-Year-Seminar Workshop,
·
Plagiarism
Workshop, First-Year-Seminar Workshop,
Accepted, First Author Products
None pending
First-Author Publications
teaching scientific writing. A contribution to Hal Blythe & Charlie Sweet, Editors, It
Works For Us, Collaboratively, in preparation.
contribution to Hal Blythe & Charlie Sweet, Editors, It
Works For Us, Collaboratively, in preparation.
Borowski, W.S. 2006. Data Report: Dissolved sulfide concentration
and sulfur isotopic composition of sulfide
and sulfate in pore waters, ODP Leg 204, Hydrate Ridge and
vicinity, Cascadia margin, offshore
Peer reviewed publication.
Ridge
region, offshore southeastern
An
invited paper for a theme volume: Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Gas
Hydrate Systems.
Geochemistry of the sulfate-methane interface.
http://joiscience.org:16080/greatesthits2/ pdfs/borowski.pdf.
A
peer-reviewed internet publication, ODP Greatest Hits 2.
dissolved
CO2, CO2 gas, and methane, Blake-Bahama
Ridge and northeast Bermuda Rise, ODP Leg 172. In L.D. Keigwin, D. Rio, G.D. Acton, and
methane
oxidation in methane-rich sediments overlying the
Matsumoto,
P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings
ODP, Scientific Results, 164:
(Ocean
Drilling Program), 87-99.
Site
997, ODP Leg 164. In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP,
Scientific Results, 164:
in
deep-water, continental margin sediments: Sensitivity to underlying methane and
gas hydrates. Marine
Geology, 159:131-154.
Gas Reporter, 41(9):120-129.
continental-rise
sediments: An example from the methane-rich sediments overlying the
hydrate
deposits. Marine Chemistry,
57:299-311.
water
operation areas: The gas hydrate detection problem. Proceedings Offshore Technology
Conference,
OTC
8297, 211-216.
flux
from underlying gas hydrate. Geology,
24(7):655-658.
74(10B).
73(10B):73-80.
AAPG Bulletin, 72(10B):75-81.
71(10B):75-82.
AAPG Bulletin, 69(10):1608-1614.
in
1983. AAPG Bulletin,
68(10):1370-1376.
Products
Produced by Student Researchers Under My Supervision
Student Presentations
.
Jolly, E.C. and W.S. Borowski, 2007. Dynamics of a
eutrophic lake (
Deigert, D. and W.S. Borowski, 2007. Sulfur geochemistry and diagenesis in a gas hydrate terrane, Cascadia
margin, offshore
Abstracts Programs,
volume 39, number 2, p. 34.
Jolly, E.C. and W.S. Borowski, 2007. Preliminary physical and chemical characteristic of a eutrophic lake,
Deigert, D. and W.S. Borowski, 2007. A preliminary study of sulfide mineral formation in methane-rich, marine
sediments
associated with anaerobic methane oxidation, Cascadia continental margin,
offshore
Jolly, E.C., J. Hunter, D. Diegert, W.S. Borowski, A. Jones, and D. LaSage, 2007. Dynamics of a eutrophic lake
(
loading. Posters at the Capitol, February 2007.
Spicer, M.D. & W.S. Borowski, 2006. A preliminary comparison of the sulfur geochemistry
between two
gas hydrate terranes, Geological Society of America (GSA)
Abstracts Programs, volume 38, number 3.
Spicer, M.D. & W.S. Borowski, 2005. A preliminary comparison of the sulfur geochemistry
between two
gas hydrate terranes, Kentucky Academy of Science, October
2005.
Thompson,
M.K., W.S.
sulfide species in marine sediments
overlying gas hydrate deposits: Recognition of the role of anaerobic
methane oxidation in authigenic sulfide formation. GSA Abstracts Programs, Vol. 37 (2).
M.K. Thompson
& W.S. Borowski, 2005. Sulfide
mineralization within modern, deep-sea marine
sediments and oxygenation of the early Earth. Posters at the Capital, February 2005.
Thompson,
M.K. and & W.S. Borowski, 2004. Sulfide mineralization within modern, deep-sea
marine
sediments and oxygenation of the early
Earth. Submitted abstract to Posters at
the Capital.
Takacs,
K.G. and W.S. Borowski, 2004.
Changes in sulfur concentration and sulfur isotopic composition within
authigenic sulfide minerals from
sediments of Miocene age to the present, ODP Site 995,
offshore southeastern
Thompson,
M.K., W.S.
marine sediments related to methane
transport, methane consumption, and methane gas hydrates. GSA
Abstracts Programs, 36(2), March 2004, 124.
Means,
V. Lynn, W.S. Borowski, 2004.
Isotopic concentration of sulfide sulfur and d34S from methane seeps
on
the
Thompson,
M.K., W.S.
marine sediments related to methane
transport, methane consumption, and methane gas hydrates. EKU
Undergraduate Presentations, April 2004.
Thompson,
M.K. and & W.S. Borowski, 2003. Sulfide mineralization in deep-water marine
sediments related
to methane transport, methane
consumption, and methane gas hydrates.
Takacs,
K.G. and W.S. Borowski, 2003.
Authigenic sulfide mineralization induced by anaerobic
methane
oxidation in methane-rich, gas-hydrate-associated sediments: Stratigraphic
patterns of sulfide sulfur concentration and sulfide-sulfur isotopic
composition. GSA Abstracts Programs, 35(1), March 2003, 4.
Takacs,
K.G. and W.S. Borowski, 2003.
Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals of deep-water marine
sediments
of the
Winner of the EKU Graduate
Student Research Paper Award! Spring 2003.
Takacs,
K.G. and W.S. Borowski, 2003.
Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals of deep-water marine
sediments
of the
Student
Presentations – Accepted
None pending
K.G.
Takacs, 2005. Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals of deep-water
marine sediments of the
offshore southeastern
V.L.
Means, 2004. Sulfide sulfur concentration and sulfur isotopic composition of
methane seep sediments.
EKU Undergraduate Thesis.
Co-Authored Publications
Torres, M.E., K. Wallman, A.M. Trehu, G. Bohrmann, W.S. Borowski, H. Tomaru, 2005. Reply
to comment on “Gas
hydrate growth, methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern
summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin off
Torres, M.E., B.M.A. Teichert, A.M. Trehu, G. Bohrmann, W.S. Borowski, H. Tomaru, 2005,
Relationship of pore
water freshening to accretionary processes in the Cascadia margin; fluid
sources and gas hydrate abundance, Geophysical
Research Letters,
31(22): 1-4.
Torres,
M.E., K. Wallmann, A.M. Trehu, G.
Bohrmann, W.S. Borowski, H. Tomaru.
2004. Gas hydrate
growth,
methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern summit of Hydrate
Ridge, Cascadia margin off
Milkov,
A.V., G.E. Claypool, Y.-J.
ODP
Leg 204 Scientific Party. 2004. Ethane enrichment and propane depletion in
subsurface gases indicate gas hydrate occurrence in marine sediments at
southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore
Trehu,
A.M., P.E. Long, M.E. Torres, G. Bohrmann, F.R. Rack, T.S. Collett, D.S.
Goldberg, A.V. Milkov, M.
Riedel,
P. Schultheiss, N.L. Bangs, S.R. Barr, W.S. Borowski, G.E. Claypool, M.E. Delwiche, G.R., Dickens, E. Gracia,
G. Guerin, M. Holland, J.E. Johnson, Y.-J. Lee, C.-S. Liu, X. Su, B. Teichert,
H. Tomaru, M. Vanneste, M. Watanabe, J.L. Weinberger. 2004. Three-dimensional
distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from
ODP Leg 204. Earth Planetary Science
Letters, 222 (3-4): 845-862.
Milkov,
A.V., G.R. Dickens, G.E. Claypool, Y.-J. Lee, W.S.
Trehu,
and P. Schultheiss. 2004. Co-existence of gas hydrate, free gas, and brine
within the regional gas
hydrate
stability zone at the southern summit of Hydrate Ridge (
Milkov,
A.V., G.E. Claypool, Y.-J. Lee, W.S.
ODP
Leg 204 Scientific Party. 2003. Free gas in the gas hydrate stability zone:
Direct evidence from an ODP PCS degassing experiment. Geology, 31(10): 833-836.
Milkov,
A.V., G.E. Claypool, Y.-J. Lee, G.R. Dickens, W. Xu, W.S. Borowski, and the ODP Leg 204 Scientific
Party
(2003). In situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge offshore
Paull,
C.K., T. Lorenson, G. Dickens, W.S.
Engineering
Foundation.
Comparisons of in situ and core gas
measurements in ODP boreholes.
Cagatay,
N., W.S. Borowski, Y.G. Ternois,
2001. Factors affecting the diagenesis of Quaternary sediments at
ODP
Leg 172 sites in wwestern
Chemical Geology, 175(3-4): 467-484.
Dickens,
G.R., P.J. Wallace, C.K. Paull, and W.S. Borowski.
2000. Detection of methane gas hydrate in the
pressure
core barrel sampler (PCS): Volume-pressure-time relations during controlled
degassing
experiments.
In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP, Scientific
Results, 164:
Dickens,
G.R., W.S. Borowski, H. Wehner, C.K.
Paull, and the ODP Shipboard Scientific Party.
2000.
Additional
shipboard information from the pressure core barrel sampler (PCS). In: C.K. Paull, R.
Matsumoto,
P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings
ODP, Scientific Results, 164:
TX
(Ocean Drilling Program), 439-443.
Hoehler,
T.M., W.S. Borowski, M.J.
and
radiotracer characterization of anaerobic methane oxidation in gas-hydrate-bearing
sediments of the
Matsumoto,
R. and W.S. Borowski. 2000. Gas
hydrate estimates from newly determined oxygen isotopic
fractionation
(?GH-IW) and ?18O
anomalies of the interstitial waters: Leg 164,
R.
Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings
ODP, Scientific Results, 164:
TX
(Ocean Drilling Program), 59-66.
Paull,
C.K., T.D. Lorenson, W.S.
Composition
of CH4, CO2 species, and sedimentary organic matter
within samples from the
Gas
source implications. In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P.
Dillon, Proceedings ODP,
Scientific Results, 164:
bearing
sedimentary sections on the
Matsumoto,
P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings
ODP, Scientific Results, 164:
(Ocean
Drilling Program), 301-312.
Ussler,
W. III, C.K. Paull, and W.S. Borowski.
1999. Freshwater ice rafting: An additional mechanism for the
formation
of some high-latitude submarine pockmarks. Geo-Marine
Letters, 19:164-168.
Paull,
C.K., W.S.
hydrate
inventory: Preliminary results of the ODP Leg 164 and implications for gas
venting and slumping
associated
with the
Geological
Society of
Paull,
C. K., W. J. Buelow, W. Ussler III, and W.
frequency
during sea-level lowstands above gas hydrate-bearing sediments. Geology,
24(2):143-146.
Paull,
C.K., W. Ussler III, and W. S. Borowski.
1995. Methane-rich plumes on the
Association
with gas hydrates. Geology, 23:89-92.
Paull,
C.K., W. Ussler III, and W. S. Borowski.
1993. Sources of biogenic methane to form marine gas
hydrates:
In situ production or upward migration? In: Sloan, E.D., J. Happel, and M.A. Mnatow.
International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates.
Wilson,
D.H. and W.S. Borowski. 1986. Oil
and Gas Developments in the
AAPG Bulletin, 70(10):1351-1359.
March 2007.
processes
within continental-rise sediments overlying
methane gas hydrates of the
County,
associated with methane gas hydrates at
concept
tests and classroom polls. GSA Abstracts
Programs, 36(5), abstract number
211-12.
sulfate-methane
interface in marine sediments. GSA
Abstracts Programs, 32(7), A-256.
at
the base of the sulfate-reduction zone:
Implications for diagenesis at the sulfate-methane interface. EOS
Transactions
American Geophysical
gradients
as sensors of underlying methane inventory. EOS
Transactions, 78(46):F343.
EOS Transactions, 77(17):S149.
Predicting
methane flux and gas hydrate occurrence from sulfate profiles in piston cores. EOS Transactions, 76(17):164.
upward
from continental rise gas hydrates? First
SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, 1:31-32.
sulfate
profiles. EOS Transactions,
75(44):331-332.
associations
in a peritidal carbonate setting, Middle Ordovician, eastern
pp
6-7.
Owens,
K., D.A.McConnell, D. Steer, S. Van Horn, J. Knott, W.S. Borowski, H. McGrew, J. Dick, L. Greer,
M.
Malone, 2004. The impact of changing pedagogy to include conceptests and peer
instruction in introductory geoscience courses at multiple institutions. GSA Abstracts Programs, 36(5), abstract number 87-22.
and
Leg 204 Science Party; 2003. Dissolved lithium and chloride distributions at
Hydrate Ridge: Implications for reaction zones, fluid sources, and flow
pathways, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly,
April 2003.
McConnell,
D.M., D.N. Steer, W.S. Borowski, et
al., 2003, Using concept tests in multiple introductory
Courses.
Geological Society of
sedimentary
sections on the
Paull,
C.K., F. Speiss, W. Ussler III, and W.S. Borowski. 1994.
Natural gas venting associated with gas
hydrate
capped diapirs on the Carolina Continental Rise. EOS Transactions, 75(3):174.
Reports
Science
class,
Educational Objectives Assessment Grants RFP 2005, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the
Presentations
class, EKU Assessment Exemplar, 16 February 2006.
Borowski,
W.S., Does methane consumption occurring
at methane gas hydrate localities result in focused
authigenthic
sulfide mineral formation? Evidence and implications.
Department of Geosciences,
Localities
Containing Gas Hydrates,
Department of Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University, 2 December 2005.
deposits, Department of Geosciences,