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    Professor of Geosciences
    Earth and Environment
    House Don
    Bonchek College House
    717-291-4134
    Benjamin Franklin
    Office: BEN-105
    Office Hours: Mornings - Bonchek 105; afternoons - HAC 128
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    Professional Biography

    Education

    Ph.D., University of Arizona, geosciences
    M.S., University of Arizona, geosciences
    B.S., Cornell University, engineering physics

    Research Interests

    Archaeomagnetic secular variation of direction
    Archaeomagnetic secular variation of paleointensity
    Archaeomagnetic dating
    Paleomagnetic studies of clinkers
    Geophysical prospection at archaeological sites
    Magnetic properties of obsidians
    Geophysics pedagogy
     

    Course Information

    NTW 117 - Field Studies of the Natural History of the Lower Susquehanna Valley (syllabus); field trip location map
    GEO/ENV 114 - Earth, Environment and Humanity (syllabus)
    GEO/PHY 237 - Physics of the Earth (syllabus)
    GEO/ANT 205 - Archaeometry (syllabus)