WALTER  STEVEN  BOROWSKI

 

 

Department of Earth Sciences                                                                    email: w.borowski@eku.edu

Eastern Kentucky University                                                                      Phone: (859) 622-1277

Richmond  KY  40475-3102                                                                      Fax:     (859) 622-1451

 

 

 

 

Professional  Experience

 

Eastern Kentucky University            2006 - Present      Associate Professor

 

Eastern Kentucky University            2001 - 2006          Assistant 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.

 

Case Western Reserve University     1978 -1979           Research Technician.

 

 

 

 

 

Education

      

Ph.D, Geology                   1991 - 1998                 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.                                                                                                               Advisor: Dr. Charles K. Paull.

                                                                                              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 Tennessee, Knoxville.       

                                                                                       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 Clinton, Tennessee.

 

                                 

B.A. Geology                     1974  - 1978                Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

         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 Colorado & Utah.

 

DePauw University                           2000-2001            Global Environmental Problems (seminar),

   Assistant Professor (visiting)                                         Oceanography, Environmental Geology

                                                                                       (titled Physical Geography), & Dinosaurs.

 

University of North Carolina, CH    1991-1996            Honors Introductory Geology Laboratory,

   Graduate Teaching Assistant                                         Upper-level Stratigraphy Laboratory, 

                                                                                        Replacement lectures for Geological

         Oceanography & Stratigraphy

 

Graduate teaching assistant                     1979-1982            Introductory Geology Laboratory,

University of Tennessee                                                Graduate-level Carbonate Sedimentology

                                                                                       Laboratory, Graduate-level Clastic

         Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory.

 

 

Research Experience

 

2006-7    Principal Investigator, Wilgreen Lake Project.

 

2002       Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 204 (Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts) as an Inorganic

Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists: Anne Trehu and Gerhard Bohrmann. Leg 172 drilled nine

sites on an accretionary prism associated with Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, North America.

 

2001       Sea-going expedition, ROV and coring, Monterey Bay.

 

2000       Sea-going expedition, piston coring, Blake Ridge, R/V Cape Hatteras.

 

1997       Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 172 (Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts) as an Organic

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

North America.

 

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 Blake Ridge (offshore southeastern North America).

 

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 Cape Hatteras (Duke Marine Lab); Knorr (Woods Hole), and Edwin Link (Harbor Branch).


 

 

Professional Activities

 

2007       Session Chair, Marine/Coastal Sciences, Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (GSA).

               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 Union (AGU), Spring Meeting, Ocean Sciences.

 

Grants Received

 

 

2007       Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, United States Geologic Survey            $5,000

                   Walter S. Borowski (PI) and Theresa Aguiar

                      Determination of nutrient sources in a eutrophic lake impacted by human

                      activity, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky: A first step toward

                      development of remediation strategies

 

2006       Madison County Fiscal Court                                                                                        $ 15,000

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Assessing the Water Quality of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky:

                      A First Step toward Best-Practices in Watershed Management

 

 

2006       Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Center                                                              $ 16,700

                  Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Assessing the water quality and nutrient sources in Wilgreen Lake (Madison

County, Kentucky): A study to guide effective watershed management and policies

 

 

2005       EKU Office Institutional Effectiveness & University Assessment Committee                     $  1,721        

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Assessing active learning within groups in an introductory Earth Science class

      

 

2004       Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society,                                                 $35,000

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Testing a hypothesis: Recognition of methane-rich diagenetic systems

and gas hydrate settings using 34S-enrichments in authigenic sulfide

minerals

 

 

2003       EKU Research Committee. Walter S. Borowski, PI.                                                        $5,000

                      Recognition of ancient methane-rich and gas-hydrate environments:

34S-enrichments and active sulfide mineralization in modern and ancient

methane-rich marine sediments

 

 

2003       Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Programs                     $42,285

                  (JOI/USSSP). Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Methane flux, sulfur cycling, and the deep biosphere in a gas hydrate

setting, South Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon.

 

 

 

 

Total grant monies secured as PI, at EKU                                                    $ 120,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001       Earth Sciences Department, start-up funds.                                                                       $ 7,000

 

1997       Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Programs                   $ 18,444           

   (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/United States Science Support Programs                    $ 25,750

                  (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

 

2006       EKU Office Institutional Effectiveness & University Assessment Committee                       $  1,799

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Assessing active learning within groups in an introductory Earth Science class.

 

2004       National Science Foundation                   $29,362

                  W.S. Borowski, Participant (Sub-contractor);

   D. Steer, D. McConnell, K. Owens (co-PIs, University of Akron)

Validation and Reliability of Formative Geoscience Conceptes Questions

 

2002       Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program, Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI).         $ 23,000

   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 Kentucky University, College of Arts and Sciences Research Award

 

1998       Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

1997       Roy L. Ingram Research Award for Excellence in Research, Geology Department,                               

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

1995       American Geophysical Union (AGU) Award for Best Student Paper, Spring Meeting, Ocean

Sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Society Memberships

 

               American Geophysical Union (AGU)

               American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Geological Society of America (GSA)

Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists (KSPG)

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, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 12- 14 April, 2007.

 

·    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, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 26-29 June 2006.

 

·    Kentucky Geological Survey, 46th Annual Seminar, Lexington, Kentucky, 21 April 2006.

 

·    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, Denver, 6 November 2004.

 

·    A. Egger, Creating an online learning environment with Visonlearning, GSA national meeting, Denver, 7

      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, University of Akron.

 

·    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 Akron.

 

·    D. Hanson and T. Wolfskill, 2003. Process-oriented guided inquiry learning, Chautaugua Short Course.

 

 

 

Other Pedagogical and Staff Training

 

·    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, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (4 May 2004).

·    D. Robertson, Teaching portfolios: Documenting teaching for promotion, tenure, and merit, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (28 April 2004).

·    T. Boyer & L. Norman-Sparrow, Using the New York Times to teach: Teaching with a living textbook, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (21 April 2004).

·    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, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (18 Feb. 2004).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Using Web-based Tools to Avoid Teacher Overload, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (22 Jan. 2004).

·    Drs. Betsy Bohannon & Judy Spain, Handling Disruptive Students, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (25 November 2003).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Coping with Overload in Teaching, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (18 Nov. 2002).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Gender, Teaching, and Learning, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (28 October 2002).

·    Dr. Stephen Brookfield, Teaching to Today’s Students, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (3 October 2002).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Giving Effective Feedback: How to Provide Students with Constructive Feedback, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (September 2002).

·    Dr. R. Eugene Rice, Changing Faculty Roles and the Future of the American University, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (7 March 2002).

·    Dr. James Rhem, The Teacher in the Movies, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (7 March 2002).

·    Dr. Bruce Davis, The Learning Paradigm in Higher Education, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (12 Nov. 2001).

·    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

America, national meeting (5 Nov. 2001).

·    Strategies for Promoting Active Learning in Large Entry-Level Courses, Session of the Geological Society

of America national meeting (5 Nov. 2001).

·    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, Alverno College, Assessment for Teaching and Learning, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (October 2001).

·    Dr. Douglas Robertson, Enhancing the Lecture, EKU Teaching & Learning Center 15 Sept. 2001.

 

·    Tips and discussion for teaching freshman seminars. First-Year-Seminar Workshop, DePauw University

(2001).

·    Course and Syllabus Workshop, First-Year-Seminar Workshop, DePauw University (2001).

·    Faculty Mentor Program, DePauw University (2000-2001).

·    Students with disabilities, First-Year-Seminar Workshop, DePauw University (2000).

·    Teaching a Diverse Student Body, First-Year-Seminar Workshop, DePauw University (2000).

·    Plagiarism Workshop, First-Year-Seminar Workshop, DePauw University (2000).

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Accepted, First Author Products

 

       None pending

 

First-Author Publications

 

Borowski, W.S., 2006, Student publications and presentations in science – Writing the abstract as a model in

teaching scientific writing. A contribution to Hal Blythe & Charlie Sweet, Editors, It Works For Us, Collaboratively, in preparation.

 

Borowski, W.S., Student poster presentations as a venue for personal and professional growth. 2006. A

       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 Oregon. In Tréhu, A.M., Bohrmann, G., Torres, M.E., and Colwell, F.S. (Eds.), Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 204 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.odp.tamu.edu/publications/204_SR/105/105   105.htm>.

       Peer reviewed publication.

 

Borowski, W.S., 2004. A review of methane and gas hydrates in the dynamic, stratified system of the Blake

Ridge region, offshore southeastern North America. Chemical Geology, 205(3-4):311-346.

An invited paper for a theme volume: Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry of Gas Hydrate Systems.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, And William Ussler III. 2002. The meeting of two microbial worlds:

Geochemistry of the sulfate-methane interface. http://joiscience.org:16080/greatesthits2/ pdfs/borowski.pdf.

A peer-reviewed internet publication, ODP Greatest Hits 2.

 

Borowski, W.S., N. Cagatay, Y. Tournois, and C.K. Paull. 2001. Data report: Carbon isotopic composition of

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 E. Arnold (Eds.), 2001, Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 172 [Online]. Available from the World Wide Web: http://wwwodp.tamu.edu/publications/ 172_SR/VOLUME/ CHAPTERS/SR172_03.PDF.

 

Borowski, W.S., T.M. Hoehler, M.J. Alperin, N.M. Rodriguez, and C.K. Paull. 2000. Significance of anaerobic

methane oxidation in methane-rich sediments overlying the Blake Ridge gas hydrates. In: C.K. Paull, R.

Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 164: College Station, TX

(Ocean Drilling Program), 87-99.

 

Borowski, W.S., and C.K. Paull. 2000. Nitrogen isotopic composition of pore water ammonium, Blake Ridge,

Site 997, ODP Leg 164. In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP,

Scientific Results, 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 171-172.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1999. Global and local variations of interstitial sulfate gradients

in deep-water, continental margin sediments: Sensitivity to underlying methane and gas hydrates. Marine

Geology, 159:131-154.

 

Borowski, W. S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1998. New technique detects gas hydrates. American Oil and

Gas Reporter, 41(9):120-129.

 

 

 

 

Borowski, W. S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1997. Carbon cycling within the upper methanogenic zone of

continental-rise sediments: An example from the methane-rich sediments overlying the Blake Ridge gas

hydrate deposits. Marine Chemistry, 57:299-311.

 

Borowski, W. S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1997. Recognition of shallow-subbottom gas hazards in deep-

water operation areas: The gas hydrate detection problem. Proceedings Offshore Technology Conference,

OTC 8297, 211-216.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1996. Marine pore water sulfate profiles indicate in situ methane

flux from underlying gas hydrate. Geology, 24(7):655-658.      

 

Borowski, W.S. 1990. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf Onshore in 1989.  AAPG Bulletin,

74(10B).

 

Borowski, W.S. 1989. Oil and Gas Developments in the  Louisiana Gulf Onshore in 1988. AAPG Bulletin,

73(10B):73-80.

 

Borowski, W.S. and J.A. Ver Hoeve. 1988. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf Onshore in 1987.

AAPG Bulletin, 72(10B):75-81.

 

Borowski, W.S. 1987. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf Onshore in 1986. AAPG     Bulletin,

71(10B):75-82.

 

Borowski, W.S. and D.H. Wilson. 1985. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf Onshore in 1984.

AAPG Bulletin, 69(10):1608-1614.

 

Borowski, W.S., N. Shukla, and J.S. Rives II. 1984. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf Onshore

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 (Wilgreen Lake, Madison County,

       Kentucky): A first step in cleansing a lake system impaired by nutrient loading. EKU Undergraduate        Presentation Showcase, 13 April 2007.

 

Deigert, D. and W.S. Borowski, 2007. Sulfur geochemistry and diagenesis in a gas hydrate terrane, Cascadia

       margin, offshore Oregon: Role of anaerobic methane oxidation. Geological Society of America (GSA)

       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,

       Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky. Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute        Symposium,        March 2007.

 

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 Oregon.        Kentucky Academy Sciences, November 2006.

 

Jolly, E.C., J. Hunter, D. Diegert, W.S. Borowski, A. Jones, and D. LaSage, 2007. Dynamics of a eutrophic lake

       (Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky): A first step in cleansing a lake system impaired by nutrient

       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. Borowski, W. Ussler III, and C.K.Paull, 2005. Relative concentration of solid-phase

     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, Blake Ridge,

       offshore southeastern United States. GSA Abstracts Programs, 36(2), March 2004, 47.

 

Thompson, M.K., W.S. Borowski, W. Ussler III, and C.K.Paull, 2004. Sulfide mineralization in deep-water

       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 Blake Ridge diapir and Monterey Canyon. EKU Undergraduate Presentations, April 2004.

 

 

Thompson, M.K., W.S. Borowski, W. Ussler III, and C.K.Paull, 2004. Sulfide mineralization in deep-water

        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. Kentucky Academy of Sciences.

 

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 Blake Ridge, offshore southeastern United States. EKU Graduate Research Papers.

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 Blake Ridge, offshore southeastern United States. EKU Natural Sciences Research Poster Day.

 

 

 

Student Presentations – Accepted

 

None pending

 

 

Theses at EKU

 

K.G. Takacs, 2005. Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals of deep-water marine sediments of the Blake Ridge,

    offshore southeastern United States. EKU Master’s Thesis.

 

V.L. Means, 2004. Sulfide sulfur concentration and sulfur isotopic composition of methane seep sediments.

       EKU Undergraduate Thesis.

 

Jones, William T., 2002. Petroleum Source and Reservoir Rock Properties of the (Devonian-Mississippian)

Illinois Basin New Albany Shale and Appalachian Basin Ohio Shale. EKU, Masters Thesis, Literature Review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Authored Publications

 

Tomaru, H., R. Matsumoto, M.E. Torres, and W.S. Borowski, 2006, Geological and geochemical constraints on

the isotopic composition of interstitial waters from the Hydrate Ridge region, Cascadia continental margin. In Tréhu, A.M., Bohrmann, G., Torres, M.E., and Colwell, F.S. (Eds.), Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 204 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: < http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications /204_SR/VOLUME /CHAPTERS/109.PDF>.

 

McConnell, D.M., D.N. Steer, J.R. Knott, S. Van Horn, W.S. Borowski, J. Dick, A. Foos, M. Malone, H.

McGrew, L. Greer, and P.J. Heaney. 2006. Using Conceptests to assess and improve student conceptual understanding in introductory geosciences courses. J. Geoscience Education, 54(1):61-68.

 

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 Oregon. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 239: 168-175.

 

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 Oregon. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 226:225-241.

 

Milkov, A.V., G.E. Claypool, Y.-J. Lee, M.E. Torres, W.S. Borowski, , H. Tomaru, R. Sassen, P.E. Long, and

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 Oregon. Organic Geochemistry, 35: 1067-1080.

 

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. Borowski, M.E. Torres, W. Xu, H. Tomaru, A.M.

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 (Oregon margin): Evidence from prolonged degassing of a pressurized core. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 222 (3-4): 829-843.

 

Milkov, A.V., G.E. Claypool, Y.-J. Lee, W.S. Borowski, M.E. Torres, A.M. Trehu, W. Xu, H. Tomaru and the

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 Oregon: new constraints on the global gas hydrate inventory from an active margin, Geology, 31: 833-836.

 

 

Paull, C.K., T. Lorenson, G. Dickens, W.S. Borowski, W. Ussler III, and K. Kvenvolden. In press,

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 North Atlantic: Evidence from pore water and sediment geochemistry.

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: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 113-126.

 

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: College Station,

TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 439-443.

 

Hoehler, T.M., W.S. Borowski,  M.J. Alperin, N.M. Rodriguez, and C.K. Paull. 2000. Model, stable isotope

and radiotracer characterization of anaerobic methane oxidation in gas-hydrate-bearing sediments of the

Blake Ridge. In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 79-85.

 

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, Blake Ridge. In: C.K. Paull,

R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 164: College Station,

TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 59-66.

 

Paull, C.K., T.D. Lorenson, W.S. Borowski, W. Ussler III, K. Olsen, and N.M. Rodriguez.  2000. Isotopic

Composition of CH4, CO2 species, and sedimentary organic matter within samples from the Blake Ridge:

Gas source implications. In: C.K. Paull, R. Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP,

Scientific Results, 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 67-78.

 

Rodriguez, N.M., C.K. Paull, and W.S. Borowski. 2000. Zonation of authigenic carbonates within gas-hydrate-

bearing sedimentary sections on the Blake Ridge, offshore southeastern North America. In: C.K. Paull, R.

Matsumoto, P.J. Wallace, and W.P. Dillon, Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, 164: College Station, TX

(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. Borowski, N.M. Rodriguez, and the ODP Shipboard Scientific Party, 1998. Marine gas

hydrate inventory: Preliminary results of the ODP Leg 164 and implications for gas venting and slumping

associated with the Blake Ridge gas hydrate field. In: J.P. Henriet and J. Mienert (Eds.) Gas Hydrates.

Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 137:153-160.

 

Paull, C. K., W. J. Buelow, W. Ussler III, and W. S. Borowski, 1996. Increased continental-margin slumping

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 Carolina continental rise:

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. Annals New York Academy Sciences, 715:392-409.

 

Wilson, D.H. and W.S. Borowski. 1986. Oil and Gas Developments in the Louisiana Gulf  Onshore in 1985.

AAPG Bulletin, 70(10):1351-1359.

 

 

 

Abstracts & Conferences

 

Borowski, W.S.,  and M.S. Albright, 2006. Preliminary results of a fecal microbe survey in an eutrophic lake,

       Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky. Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute        Symposium,

       March 2007.

 

Borowski, W.S.,  K.G. Takacs, and M.K. Thompson, 2006. A geologic record of competing sulfate-depletion

processes within continental-rise sediments overlying methane gas hydrates of the Blake Ridge region (continental rise, offshore southeastern United States), Geological Society America, Regional meeting, Knoxville, TN, March 2006.

 

Borowski, W.S. and E.C. Jolly, 2006. Preliminary results of a nutrient source study in Wilgreen Lake, Madison

       County, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy Sciences, November 2006.

 

Borowski, W.S., K.G. Takacs, and M.K. Thompson, 2005. A geologic record of methane consumption

       associated with methane gas hydrates at Blake Ridge region (continental rise, offshore southeastern United        States), Kentucky Academy Science, October 2005.

 

Borowski, W.S., 2004. Stressing concepts and teaching in the classroom: A low-technology approach using

concept tests and classroom polls. GSA Abstracts Programs, 36(5), abstract number 211-12.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and William Ussler III. 2000. Geologic implications of sulfide mineralization at the

sulfate-methane interface in marine sediments. GSA Abstracts Programs, 32(7), A-256.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and William Ussler III. 2000. Isotopic composition of authigenic sulfide minerals

at the base of the sulfate-reduction zone:  Implications for diagenesis at the sulfate-methane interface. EOS

Transactions American Geophysical Union (AGU).

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III, 1997. Geochemical clues to gas hydrate distribution: Sulfate

gradients as sensors of underlying methane inventory. EOS       Transactions, 78(46):F343.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1996. Carbon cycling at the base of the sulfate reduction zone.

EOS Transactions, 77(17):S149.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1995. Gas hydrates, methane inventory, and     sulfate profiles:

Predicting methane flux and gas hydrate occurrence from sulfate profiles in piston cores. EOS Transactions, 76(17):164.

 

Borowski, W. S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III, 1995. Do pore water sulfate profiles sense methane diffusing

upward from continental rise gas hydrates? First SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology, 1:31-32.

 

Borowski, W.S., C.K. Paull, and W. Ussler III. 1994. Influence of methane flux from gas hydrate on pore water

sulfate profiles. EOS Transactions, 75(44):331-332.

 

Borowski, W.S.  1982.  Resolution of depositional subenvironments through use of lithotype vertical-contact

associations in a peritidal carbonate setting, Middle Ordovician, eastern Tennessee. GSA Abst. Prog SE/NE,

pp 6-7.

 

 

Co-Authored Abstracts & Conferences

 

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.

 

Torres, M.E.,  N. L. Bangs, G. Bohrmann, W. S. Borowski, L-H. Chan , J. Chevalier, H. Tomaru, A, M. Trehu,

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 America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, 35(6): 441.

 

Rodriguez, N.M., C.K. Paull, and W.S. Borowski, 1997. Diagenetic zonation within gas-hydrate bearing

sedimentary sections on the Blake Ridge: ODP Leg 164. EOS Transactions, 78(46):F343.

 

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

 

Borowski, W.S. 2005, Preliminary assessment of active learning within groups in an introductory Earth

Science class, Educational Objectives Assessment Grants RFP 2005, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the University Assessment Committee Eastern Kentucky University.

 

 

Presentations

 

Borowski, W.S., Preliminary assessment of active learning within groups in an introductory Earth Science

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, University of Kentucky, 26 January 2006.

 

Borowski, W.S., Using Chemistry to Identify Geo-Chemical Processes with Marine Sediments in Deep-Water

Localities Containing Gas Hydrates, Department of Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University, 2 December 2005.

 

Borowski, W.S., Research activities of Team Sulfur!, Department of Earth Sciences, Seminar Series, Eastern

Kentucky University, 8 September 2004.

 

Borowski, W.S., Pore-water geochemistry in deep-water, methane-rich sediments overlying gas hydrate

deposits, Department of Geosciences, Ohio University, 12 April 2002