SHEILA MARLENE ROBERTS
Professor of Geology and Chemistry



ADDRESS:
121 Block Hall
Department of Environmental Sciences
The University of Montana - Western
710 South Atlantic
Dillon, Montana 59725
(406) 683-7017
Email: s_roberts@umwestern.edu

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EDUCATION:
B.A., English, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1970
M.S., Geology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1982
Ph.D., Geology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1996

EMPLOYMENT SYNOPSIS:
Presently, Professor, The University of Montana - Western
Also 7 years - geological editor; 5 years - petroleum and minerals exploration geologist

TEACHING AREAS:
General geology
Environmental geochemistry
Geology 226, Rocks and Minerals
 Soils and paleosols
ENVS 348, Soil Science
Paleoclimates and global change
Surficial processes and Quaternary geology
Mineralogy and petrology
Montana and regional geology
Geology 409, Seminar in Geoarcheology
Introductory chemistry

CURRENT RESEARCH:
General geology of Montana
Quaternary climate indicators in Southwest Montana
Tombstone weathering rates
Environmental geochemistry

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS

Geological Society of America student presentation:
GEOMORPHIC PROCESS RATES AND STATISTICS -
A NATURAL MARRIAGE FOR REINFORCING
QUANTITATIVE SKILLS WITH APPLIED RESEARCH

Beaverhead River Project

 The Rock Garden


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