Karl W. Leonard
ADDRESS:
Department
of Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State University Moorhead,
Moorhead MN 56563 218/477-2682
(work) 218/287-5323
(home)
http://web.mnstate.edu/leonard
EDUCATION:
Ph. D., 1999, Geology, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN
Dissertation:
Sequence stratigraphy of the Muscatatuck Group (Middle Devonian) in southern
Indiana: A new framework for
paleoecological analysis
Minor: Biology
M. S., 1990, Geology, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
Thesis: Conodont distribution and
paleoecology within genetic units of the Iola Limestone (Missourian, Upper
Pennsylvanian) of northeastern Kansas
B. S., 1985, Geology, Eastern Washington
University, Cheney, WA
Minor: Physics
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
2006 – Present Associate Professor, Department of
Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead,
MN
2001 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of
Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead,
MN
2000 – 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of
Akron, Akron, OH
1999 – 2000 Instructor, Department of Geography and Geology,
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
1998 – 1999 Instructor, Department of Geological
Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1994 – 1998 Instructor, Department of Geography,
Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
1993 – 1994 Mineralogist [part-time], Beck Analytical,
Bloomington, IN
1991 (Summer) Summer Intern, Exxon Company U.S.A.,
Southwestern Division, Operations Geology, Midland, TX
1990 (Summer) Summer Research Assistant, Indiana
Geological Survey, Bloomington, IN
1989 – 1993 Associate Instructor, Department of
Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1988 – 1989 Research Assistant, Kansas Geological
Survey, Lawrence, KS
1986 – 1988 Teaching Assistant, Department of
Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Pander
Society
Geological
Society of America (GSA)
National
Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Paleontological
Society (PS)
Society
for Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
Minnesota
Representative for NAGT
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS / COMMITTEES:
2007-Present Member of the Global
Studies Committee
2006-2007
Member of the Dragon Core Committee
2004-2006 Member
of the Student Technology Fee Committee
2003-2006 Member
of the program committee for the Student Academic Conference
2001 Co-writer
of the proposal for the new major in Geosciences at MSUM
2008 Faculty
Grant (19A) – MSUM - $1573.50
2006 Faculty
Grant (19A) – MSUM - $1859.00
2004 Faculty
Grant (19A) – MSUM - $1589.00
2004 CTL
grant for GPSÕs with Paul Sando - $ 3114.00
PUBLICATIONS:
Kopiaz,
Nicholas D., and Leonard, K. W., 2008, Belemnite rostrum used as an
indicator of marine flooding surfaces in the Jurassic Sundance Formation:
Seminoe Reservoir Wyoming, USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 40, No. 5, p. 74.
Wright,
Nathan T., and Leonard, K. W.,2008, This transgression will not stand: a
comparison and characterization of a high frequency sequence and flooding
surfaces using conodont distribution patterns and sequence stratigraphy: Iola Limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian;
Iowa and Kansas), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40,
No. 5, p. 75.
Park,
Lisa E., Sipahioglu, Sara, Beuning, Kristina R. M., Siewers, Frederick D., and Leonard, K. W.,
2007, Hurricanes and their effect on sedimentation and faunal dynamics in two
tropical saline lakes, Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 433.
Claerbout,
Nick, and Leonard, K. W., 2007, Sequence stratigraphy of marine host
rocks and preferential zones of gold mineralization: Carlin Trend, Northeastern
Nevada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 39, No. 3, p. 60.
Wright,
Nathan, and Leonard, K. W., 2007, A tale of two cyclothems: A comparison of two sections of the Iola
high frequency sequence using sequence stratigraphy and conodont distribution
patterns (Upper Pennsylvanian, Iowa and Kansas), Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 3, p. 57.
Park,
Lisa E., Siewers, Frederick D., and Leonard, K. W., 2006, Discerning the
record of event deposition and paleosalinity fluctuation from saline
lakes: Insights from sediment
cores from StorrÕs Lake and Salt Pond, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
38, No. 7, p. 81.
Leonard,
K. W., 2006, Correlating and characterizing
small-scale flooding surfaces within a high-frequency sequence using conodont
distribution patterns: Iola Limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian) Midcontinent USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
38, No. 4, p. 4.
Leonard,
K. W., 2005, Sub-cyclothem scale stratigraphy of
the Iola Limestone
(Missourian/Upper Pennsylvanian) along the outcrop belt from Iowa to Kansas; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol.
37, No. 5, p. 80.
Leonard,
K. W., 2003, Recognizing and characterizing key
stratigraphic surfaces and horizons that delineate genetic units within the
Iola Limestone using temporal and spatial trends in conodont distribution
patterns and taphonomy: Upper Pennsylvanian of Kansas, Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 2.
Foos, A., and Leonard, K. W., 2002, A
Comparison of Guided Inquiry and Open Inquiry Field Exercises; Geological
Society of America, Abstracts With Programs.
Leonard, K. W., 2002, Conodont Taphonomy
and Distribution Patterns as a Tool for Recognizing and Characterizing Key
Surfaces and Horizons within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework in the Upper
Pennsylvanian of Kansas; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs.
Leonard,
K. W., 2001, Conodont distribution patterns as a
tool for identification and characterization of key stratigraphic surfaces
within Paleozoic sequences of the
Midcontinent, U.S.A., Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA.
Leonard,
K. W., 2001, Conodont paleoecology examined within a
sequence stratigraphic framework: Middle Devonian of the Illinois Basin;
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 33, p.21.
Leonard, K. W., 2000, Sequence
stratigraphic framework of Middle Devonian Carbonates in the Illinois Basin: A
sequence stratigraphic framework interpreted using an allostratigraphic
approach, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.
http://rock.geosociety.org/absindex/annual/2000/51051.htm
Park,
Lisa E., Siewers, Frederick D., Metzger, Thadeus G., Sipahioglu, Sara, and Leonard, K. W., in review, Event
deposition and faunal fluctuations after storm deposits: a multi-proxy sediment core analysis
from Salt Pond, San Salvador Island, Quaternary International.
Park, Lisa E., Siewers, Frederick D., Metzger, Thadeus G., Sipahioglu, Sara, and Leonard, K. W., 2007, Event deposition and faunal fluctuations after storm deposits: a multi-proxy sediment core analysis from Salt Pond, San Salvador Island, Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Carbonate Regions, p. 1-9.
Colson, Russell O., and Leonard K.W., in review, Essay and
multiple choice assessment of earth science content knowledge among earth
science teachers in Minnesota and North Dakota: An evaluation of factors important in teacher preparation,
Journal of Geoscience Education, NAGT.
Leonard, K. W., in manuscript,The
Paraspirifer acuminatus biofacies: paleoecological analysis of a fossil
assemblage relative to flooding surfaces within a Middle Devonian sequence,
Palaios.
Leonard, K. W., 1996, Chapter 306-17,
Sequence stratigraphy of the lower part of the Muscatatuck Group (Middle
Devonian) along the outcrop belt in southeastern Indiana, in Witzke, B. J., Ludvigson, G. A., and Day, J, eds., Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy:
Views from the North American Craton, Geological Society of America, Special
Paper 306, p. 243-257.
Dodd, J. R., Zuppan, C. W., Leonard, K. W., and Harris, C.
D., 1993, Petrologic method for distinguishing eolian and marine grainstones,
Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Mississippian) of Indiana, in Keith, B. D., and Zuppan, C. W., eds., Mississippian Oolites and Modern Analogs: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology No. 35, p. 49-59.