Mark Harris

Professor Emeritus, Geoscience

Education

PhD, Johns Hopkins University
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching Interests

Sedimentology
History of Geology

Research Interests

Professor Harris's research projects focus on the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of carbonate rocks. His most recent project is a collaborative study of the Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian facies and sequences in Estonia with Peter Sheehan (Milwaukee Public Museum), Leo Ainsaar (Tartu University), Linda Hints (Tallinn University of Technology), Peep Männik (Tallinn), Tõnu Meidla (Tartu), and Jaak Nõlvak (Tallinn). After a long delay due to administrative work, retirement has allowed Mark to start preparing reports on the project.

Selected Publications

Rubel, Madis, Nestor, Vee, Harris, Mark T., Sheehan, Peter, Anisaar, Leho, Hints, Linda, Männik, Peep, and Nõlvak, Jaak. “A high-resolution chitinozoan composite for East Baltic Lower Silurian based on numerical analysis” Geological Quarterly 50. (2006): 323-332.

Sheehan, Peter M., and Harris, Mark T. “Microbiolite resurgence after the Late Ordovician extinction” Nature 430. (2004): 75-78.

Pope, MIchael, and Harris, Mark T. “New insights into Late Ordovician climate, oceanography and tectonics” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 210. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology. (2004): 117-118.

Harris, Mark T., Sheehan, Peter M., Anisaar, Leho, Hints, Linda, Männik, Peep, Nõlvak, Jaak, and Rubel, Madis. “Upper Ordovician sequences of western Estonia” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 210. (2004): 135-148.

Harris, Mark T. “Developing geoscience student-learning centered courses” Journal of Geoscience Education 50.5 (2002): 515-523.

Harris, Mark T. “Strategies for implementing pedagogical changes by fault at a research university” Journal of Geoscience Education 49.1 (2001): 50-55.

Harris, Mark T., Lehrmann, Daniel J., and Lambert, Lance L. “Comparison of the depositional environments and physical stratigraphy of the Cutoff Formation (Guadalupe Mountains) and the Road Canyon Formation (Glass Mountains); lowermost Guadalupian (Permian) of West Texas” Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences 32. Ed. Wardlaw, B. R., Grant, R. E., and Rohr, D.. (2000): 127-152.

Lambert, Lance L., Lehrmann, Daniel J., and Harris, Mark T. “Correlation of the Road Canyon and Cutoff formations, West Texas, and its relevance to establishing an international Middle Permian (Guadalupian) series” Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences 32. Ed. Wardlaw, B. R., Grant, R. E., and Rohr, D.. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences. (2000): 153-183.