Education

1969 B.S. in Geology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

1974 M.S. in Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1977 Ph.D. in Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Advisor: Eugene G. Williams

Professional Experience

1977-1983 Assistant Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1983-1989 Associate Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1989-present Professor of Geology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Geophysical Union

Geological Society of America

- Nominating Committee, 1986, 1990, Sed. Geol. Div.

- 2nd Vice Chair, 1992-1993, Sed. Geol. Div.

- Editorial Board of Geology, 1994-1996

International Assn. of Sedimentologists

Sigma Xi

Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

- Nominating Committee, 1984, Eastern Section

- Associate Editor, Journal of Sed. Pet., 1986-90, 1993-present

- Vice-president and President 1988-89, Eastern Section

- Membership Committee, 1991-1993

- Research Committee, 1992-1994

- General Vice Chairman, 1993 SEPM Meeting

Selected Publications

Tucker, G., and R.L. Slingerland. Erosional Dynamics, Flexural Isostasy, and Long-Lived Escarpments: A Numerical Modelling Study. Journal of Geophysical Research, accepted 12/93.

Slingerland, R.L., K. Furlong and J. Harbaugh. Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins/Physical Fundamentals and Computing Procedures, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: 219 pp., 1993.

van Niekerk, A., K.R. Vogel, R.L. Slingerland, and J.S. Bridge, 1992. Routing of Heterogeneous Size-Density Sediments Over a Movable Stream Bed: Model Development. ASCE Jour. of Hydraulic Eng., 118(2): 246-262.

Vogel, K.R., A. van Niekerk, R.L. Slingerland, and J.S. Bridge, 1992. Routing of Heterogeneous Size-Density Sediments Over a Movable Stream Bed: Model Verification and Testing. ASCE Jour. of Hydraulic Eng., 118(2): 263-279.

Snow, R.S. and R. Slingerland, 1990. Stream Profile adjustment to crustal warping: Nonlinear results from a simple model, Jour. Geol., 98: 699-708.

Other Significant Research Publications

Keen, T.R. and R. Slingerland, 1993. Four Storm-Event Beds and the Tropical Cyclones that Produced Them: A Numerical Hindcast, Journal Sedimentary Petrology, 63(2): 218-232.

Keen, T.R. and R. Slingerland, 1993. A Numerical Study of Sediment Transport and Event Bed Genesis During Tropical Storm Delia, Journal Geophysical Research, 98: 4775-4791.

Keen, T.R., S.M. Glenn and R.L. Slingerland, 1994. Circulation and Sedimentation During Severe Storms, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Chicago, IL, edited by M. Spaulding, ASCE, in press.

Ericksen, M., D. Masson, R. Slingerland, and D. Swetland, 1990. Numerical simulation of circulation and sediment transport in the Late Devonian Catskill Sea, In: Cross, T., ed., Quantitative Dynamic Stratigraphy, Prentice-Hall, p. 103-110.

Ericksen, M. and R. Slingerland, 1990. Numerical simulations of tidal and wind-driven circulation in the Cretaceous Interior Seaway of North America, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 102: 1499-1516.