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Dr. Alexander E. Gates
Professor, Department Chair
Graduate Program Director
137 Smith Hall
Phone: (973) 353-5034
Fax: (973) 353-1965
Email: agates@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Field of specialization:
Tectonics with emphasis on structural geology and deformational-chemical interactions.
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Education>>
- B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1979
- M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1981
- Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986
Professional Employment>>
- Professor (7/99-present), Chair of Geology (7/94-7/98, 7/01-present), Director of Environmental Sciences Program (7/94-present), Graduate Program Director (7/00-present), Associate Professor (7/93-7/99), Assistant Professor (7/87-7/93), Rutgers University Newark Campus; lecture and laboratory instruction of graduate courses in Structural Geology, and Tectonics and undergraduate courses in Structural Geology, Geophysics, Field Methods, Introductory, Historical, and Physical Geology. New Brunswick Campus (1/90-5/90), Structural Geology. Member of graduate Faculty in Geological Sciences (NB), Biology, Applied Physics, and Environmental Sciences (New Jersey Institute of Technology).
- Senior Scientist, New York State Geological Survey, Albany, NY, (5/90-7/91); Direct and conduct research in Appalachian Geology in New York.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, (8/86-9/87); lecture and laboratory instruction of Physical Geology, Petrology, Structural Geology, Geophysics.
- Exploration Geologist, Chevron U.S.A., New Orleans, LA (10/81-8/83); Texas Gulf Coast division, Texas State waters.
Honors and Awards>>
- Myron Fuller Award for undergraduate achievement, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook (1979).
- C. G. Tillman Award for outstanding teaching by a TA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1985).
- Henry Rutgers Research Fellowship (1987-89).
- Warren I. Susman Award for teaching Excellence, Rutgers University (2001)
- Palisades Award, Palisades Interstate Park Commission (2002)
- Presidential Public Service Award (Class of 1962), Rutgers University (2003)
- Who’s Who in America (2006-)
- Charles Pine Outstanding Teacher Award (2006)
Memberships and Offices in Professional Organizations>>
- Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1981-1986.
- Member, American Association of University Professors, 1988-present
- Member, American Geophysical Union, 1986-present
- Member, Geological Association of New Jersey, President, 2005-2006, Councilor 2007-present
- Fellow, Geological Society of America, Member 1982-, Fellow 1994-present
- Member, International Association of Structural/Tectonic Geologists, 1991-present
- Member, National Association of Geology Teachers, 1995-present, Vice-President Eastern Section 2004, President Eastern Section 2005.
- Member, International Basement Tectonics Association, 1995-present
- Member, New Orleans Geological Society, 1982 - 1983
- Member, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Chapter President, 1978-79, Faculty Advisor, 1987-present
Professional Service>>
Offices
- Co-Chairman Exhibits Committee, NE Geological Society of America, 1989
- Conference Chair, National Association of Geoscience Teachers – Eastern Section, 2004
- Conference Chair, Geological Association of New Jersey, 2006
- Session Chair, Structural Geology, NE Geological Society of America, 1990
- Coordinator of Poster Sessions, NE Geological Society of America, 2000
- Field Trip Leader, NY State Geological Association, 1989, 2001
- Field Trip Leader, NE-SE Geological Society of America, 1991
- Field Trip Leader, Geological Society of America Annual, 2006
- Field Trip Leader, Geological Association of New Jersey, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2006
- Field Trip Leader, Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, 1994
- Chair and Trip Leader, Friends of the Grenville Conference, 1999
- Field Trip Leader, Long Island Geologists, 2003
- Field Trip Leader, Appalachian Tectonic Studies Group, 2007
- Executive Director, Highlands Environmental Research Institute, 2005-
- Scientific Content Advisor and Coordinator, Liberty Science Center, NJ, 1994-1998
- Scientific Content Advisor, Bear Mountain Trailside Museum, NY, 1996-
- Chief Scientific Content Advisor, Newark Museum, 1999-
- Science Advisory Committee, New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, 2002-
- Chairman, Entertainment Committee, American Association of State Geologists, 1991 Scientist-in-the-Park, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 1997-
- W.A.E., U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, 1987-90, 1993-1996.
Chair of Symposia
- 1989, Geologic Controls on Radon, NE Geological Society of America (with L. Gundersen)
- 1991, Geologic Processes and the Environment: Studies of Natural and Manmade Radionuclides, NE/SE Geological Society of America (with L. Gundersen)
- 1993, Geochemistry and Chronology of Appalachian Mylonite and Shear Zones, Geological Society of America Theme Session (with L. Gundersen and N. Rast)
- 1994, Timing, Location and Nature of Cambrian (Penobscottian?) and Middle Ordovician (Taconic) Collisions in the Central and Southern Appalachians, SE Geological Society of America (with L. Glover, III)
- 1996, Renegade Tectonic Models and other Geologic Heresies: A Session in Honor of Lynn Glover, III, SE Geological Society of America (with D. Valentino).
- 1997, Tectonic Connections between the Northern and Southern Appalachians, NE Geological Society of America (with D. Valentino).
- 2000, Appalachian Evidence of the Assembly and Break-up of Rodinia, NE Geological Society of America (with R. Volkert).
Editorial
Editor
- New Orleans Geological Society Bulletin, 1982-83
Editorial Board
- Journal of Geodynamics, 1995-2002
Reviewer: Journals
- American Journal of Science, Canadian Journal of Earth Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Journal of Geodynamics, Journal of Geology, Journal of Geoscience Education, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Journal of Structural Geology, Northeastern Geology, Ore Geology Reviews, Tectonics, Tectonophysics
Reviewer: Books and Volumes
- American Association of State Geologists, 1991 Field Trip Guide
- Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Mem. 17, "Carboniferous to Jurassic Pangea"
- Carolina Geological Society 50th Anniversary Volume
- Earth Systems by Jose Rial, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
- Environmental Geology by D. Easterbrook, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
- Environmental Geology 8th Ed, by C. Montgomery, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
- Environmental Geology by J. Reichard, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
- Environmental Geology by D. Merritts, A. de Wet, and K. Menking, Freeman Publishing Co.
- Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 326: Active Strike-slip… of the Caribbean...
- Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 268: Mesozoic Igneous Activity...
- Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 331: The Norumbega Fault Zone...
- Geological Society of America DNAG Transects Volume
- Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Basement Tectonics; Kluwer Press,
- IGC Project 233, "Terranes of the Circum-Atlantic Paleozoic Orogen, Scandinavian...
- New York State Geological Association Guidebook, 1989
- New York State Museum Educational Leaflet 28, “Geology of New York: A Simplified...
- Structural Geology, 2nd Edition by R.D. Hatcher Jr., Macmillan Publishing Co., NY
- Understanding Earth by F. Press and R. Siever, Freeman Publishing Co., NY
Reviewer: Grants
- American Chemical Society (Petroleum Research Fund), National Science Foundation (Tectonics Division, Petrology Division), NASA, Nations Bank, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Reviewer: Surveys
- New Jersey Geological Survey, New York State Geological Survey, New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, New York State Dept. of Health, U.S. Geological Survey
Reviewer: Programs
- Department of Earth Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at Oswego, 2004
- Department of Geological Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at New Paltz, 2004
- Environmental Science Program, Essex County College, Newark, 2004
- Department of Earth Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at Oneonta, 2005
Reviewer: Promotions and Tenure
- North Carolina State University, 1988
- SUNY at Oswego, 1998, 2005
- Montclair State University, 2001
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2004
Publications>>
THESES
- Gates, A. E., 1979, The Geology of the southwest portion of the Pleasant Valley Quadrangle, NY; State University of New York at Stony Brook, Senior Thesis, 18 p.
- Gates, A. E., 1981, Geology of the western boundary of the Charlotte Belt at Brookneal, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, M.S. Thesis, 88 p.
- Gates, A. E., 1986, Tectonic Evolution of the Altavista Area, Southwest Virginia Piedmont; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 256 p.
BOOKS
- Ritchie, D., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, New Edition, Facts On File, Inc., New York, ISBN: 0-8160-4372-8, 306 p.
- Gates, A.E., 2002, A-Z Biographies of Earth Scientists, Facts On File, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-8160-4580-1, 336 p.
- Gates, A.E. and Ritchie, D., 2006, Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Third Edition, Facts On File, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-8160-6302-8, 346 p.
- Gates, A.E. and Blauvelt, R.P., 2009, Encyclopedia of Pollution, Facts On File, Inc., New York, in press.
PROFESSIONAL VOLUMES
- Gates, A.E., and Gundersen, L.C.S., eds., 1992, Geologic Controls on Radon; Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 271, 88 p.
- Gates, A.E., and Gundersen, L.C.S., eds., 1995, Special Issue: Geochemistry and Chronology of Appalachian Mylonites and Shear Zones; Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 19, p. 177-377.
- Glover, L., III, and Gates, A.E., eds., 1997, Central and Southern Appalachian Sutures: Results of the EDGE Project and Related Studies; Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 314, 135 p.
- Valentino, D. W. and Gates, A.E., eds., 1999, The Middle Atlantic Piedmont: Tectonic Missing Link of the Appalachians, Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 330, 139 p.
- Ettensohn, F. R. and Gates, A.E., eds., 2004, The Tectonics of the Appalachian Belt; Special issue in honor of Nick Rast, Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 37, no. 3-5, p. 297-681.
PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- Gates, A. E., Simpson, C. and Glover, L., III, 1986, Appalachian Carboniferous dextral Strike-slip faults; an example from Brookneal, Virginia; Tectonics, vol. 5, p. 119-133.
- Gates, A. E., 1987, Transpressional dome formation in the southwest Virginia Piedmont; American Journal of Science, vol. 287, p. 927-949.
- Gates, A. E., Speer, J. A. and Pratt, T. L., 1988, The Alleghanian southern Appalachian Piedmont: A transpressional model; Tectonics, vol. 7, p. 1307-1324.
- Gates, A. E. and Glover, L., III, 1989, Alleghanian tectonothermal evolution of the dextral transcurrent Hylas Zone, Virginia; Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 11, p. 407-419.
- Gates, A. E. and Gundersen, L. C. S., 1989, The role of ductile shearing in the concentration of uranium and radon in the Brookneal Zone, Virginia; Geology, vol. 17, p. 391-394.
- Gates, A. E., 1989, Reply: Transpressional dome formation in the southwest Virginia Piedmont; American Journal of Science, vol. 289, p. 834-837.
- Gates, A. E., Gundersen, L. C. S., and Malizzi, L. D., 1990, Comparison of radon in soil over faulted crystalline terranes: Glaciated versus unglaciated; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 17, p. 813-816.
- Gates, A. E. and Kambin, R.C., 1990, Comparison of the natural deformation of the State-Line serpentinite, USA with experimental studies; Tectonophysics, vol. 182, p. 249-258.
- Gates, A. E., 1991, Shear zone control on mineral deposits in the state-line serpentinite, Pennsylvania Piedmont, in Petruk, W., Vassiliou, A.H. and Hausen, D. (eds.), Applied Mineralogy in Exploration, Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 6, p.171-184.
- Gates, A. E. and Speer, J. A., 1991, Allochemical retrograde metamorphism in shear zones: An example in metapelites, Virginia, USA; Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 9, p. 581-604.
- Gates, A. E. and Valentino, D. W., 1991, Late Proterozoic rift control on the shape of the Appalachians: The Pennsylvania reentrant, Journal of Geology, vol. 99, p. 863-872.
- Gates, A. E., 1992, Domainal failure of serpentinite in shear zones, State-Line mafic complex Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 14, p. 19-28.
- Klewsaat, D.R., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Faulting, fragmentation, and Cretaceous breaching of the Palisades Sill, New Jersey; Northeastern Geology, vol. 16, p. 237-250.
- Speer, J.A., McSween, H.Y., Jr., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Generation, segregation, ascent, and emplacement of Alleghanian granitoid plutons in the southern Appalachians; Journal of Geology, vol. 102, p. 249-267.
- Valentino, D.W., Gates, A.E., and Glover, L., III, 1994, Late Paleozoic transcurrent tectonic assembly of the central Appalachians; Tectonics, vol. 13, p. 110-126.
- Gates, A.E., 1995, Middle Proterozoic dextral strike-slip event in the central Appalachians: Evidence from the Reservoir Fault, NJ; Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 19, p.195-212.
- Gundersen, L.C.S., and Gates, A.E., 1995, Mechanical response, chemical variation, and volume change in the Brookneal and Hylas shear zones, Virginia; Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 19, p. 231-252.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 1995, Iapetan rift related turbidite fan deposits from the central Appalachian Piedmont; American Journal of Science, vol. 295, p. 78-97.
- Laney, S.E., and Gates, A.E., 1996, Extrusional shuffling of horses in strike-slip duplexes: An example from the Lambertville sill, New Jersey, USA; Tectonophysics, vol. 258, p. 53-70.
- Gates, A.E., Langford, R.P., Hodgson, R.M., and Driscoll, J.J., III, 1996, Ground-water-simulation apparatus for introductory and advanced courses in Environmental Geology; Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 44, p. 559-564.
- Gates, A.E., 1996, Megaboudins and lateral extension along the leading edge of a crystalline thrust sheet, Hudson Highlands, New York, USA; Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 18, p. 1205-1216.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Asynchronous extensional collapse of a transpressional orogen: the Alleghanian central Appalachian Piedmont, U.S.A., Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 31, p. 145-168.
- Gates, A.E., 2001, Hands-on exercise in Environmental Structural Geology using a fracture block model; Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 49, p. 443-449.
- Gates, A.E., Walker, M., Grant, E., and Dubrow, A., 2004, Multimedia Model for the Utilization of Geoscience Educational Resources in Public Parks near Urban Centers, Hudson Highlands, New York, Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 52, p. 149-153.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Solar, G.S., and Hamilton, M.A., 2004, Exhumed Himalayan-Type Syntaxis in the Grenville Orogen, Northeastern Laurentia, Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 37, p. 337-359.
- Gates, A.E. and Volkert, R.A., 2004, Vestiges of an Iapetan Rift basin in the New Jersey Highlands: Implications for the Neoproterozoic Laurentian Margin, Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 28, p. 387-409.
- Wishart, D.N., Slater, L., and Gates, A.E., 2006, Self potential improves characterization of hydraulically-active fractures from azimuthal geoelectrical measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, 17314,doi:1029/2006GL027092, 5 p.
- Gilchrist, S., Gates, A.E., Szabo, Z., and Lamothe, P., 2008, Impact of AMD on water quality in critical watershed in the Hudson River Drainage Basin: Phillips Mine, Hudson Highlands, New York, Environmental Geology, in press.
- Wishart, D.N., Slater, L., and Gates, A.E., 2008, Fracture Anisotropy Characterization in Crystalline Bedrock Using Field-Scale Azimuthal Self Potential Gradient; Journal of Hydrology, in press.
CHAPTERS IN VOLUMES AND BOOKS
- Gates, A. E., 1991, Radon; in Parker, S.P., (ed.), 1991, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, New York, p. 356-359.
- Gates, A. E., 1991, Chapter 3: Continents adrift: The plate tectonic history of New York State, in Isachsen, Y. W., Landing, E., Lauber, J. M., Rickard, L. V., and Rogers, W.B. (eds.), Geology of New York: A Simplified Account, New York State Museum Educational Leaflet 28, p. 11-20.
- Isachsen, Y. W. and Gates, A. E., 1991, Chapter 5: Collision! Hudson Highlands and Manhattan Prong, in Isachsen, Y. W., Landing, E., Lauber, J. M., Rickard, L. V., and Rogers, W.B. (eds.), Geology of New York: A Simplified Account, New York State Museum Educational Leaflet 28, p. 45-51.
- Gates, A.E., and Gundersen, L.C.S., 1992, Sensitivity of radon in soil to geology and the distribution of radon and uranium in the Hylas zone, Virginia, in Gates, A.E., and Gundersen, L.C.S., (eds.), Geologic Controls on Radon; Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 271, p. 17-28 .
- Gates, A.E., Malizzi, L.D., and Driscoll, J.J., III, 1992, The distribution of radon in glaciated terranes: An example from the New Jersey Highlands, in Gates, A.E., and Gundersen, L.C.S., (eds.), Geologic Controls on Radon; Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 271, p. 45-51.
- Glover, L., III, Klitgord, K.D., Costain, J.K., Coruh, C., Sheridan, R.E., Evans, N.H., and Gates, A.E., compilers, 1995, E-3 Southwestern Pennsylvania to Baltimore Canyon trough (West Sheet), in Speed, R.C. (ed.), Centennial Continent/Ocean Transect #19, Geological Society of America, Boulder.
- Mancuso, C.I., Gates, A.E., and Puffer, J.H., 1996, Geochemical and petrologic evidence of Avalonian arc to rift transition from granitoids in southeastern Rhode Island, in Nance, R.D. and Thompson, M.D. (eds.), Avalonian and Related Peri-Gondwanan Terranes of the Circum-North Atlantic, Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 304, p. 193-206.
- Gates, A.E., 1997, Multiple reactivations of accreted terrane boundaries: An example from the Carolina Terrane, Brookneal, Virginia, in Glover, L., III, and Gates, A.E. (eds.), Central and Southern Appalachian Sutures: Results of the EDGE Project and Related Studies; Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 314, p. 49-63.
- Gates, A.E., 1998, Early compression and late dextral transpression within the Grenvillian Event of the Hudson Highlands, NY, USA, in Sinha, A.K. (ed.), Basement Tectonics 13; Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 85-98.
- Gates, A.E., and Costa, R.E., 1998, Multiple reactivations of rigid basement block margins: Examples in the northern Reading Prong, USA, in Gilbert, M. C. and Hogan, J.P. (eds.), Basement Tectonics 12: Central North America and Other Regions; Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 123-153.
- Gates, A.E., Muller, P.D., and Krol, M., 1999, Alleghanian transpressional orogenic float in the Baltimore terrane, central Appalachian Piedmont, in Valentino, D. W. and Gates, A.E., (eds.), The Middle Atlantic Piedmont: Tectonic Missing Link of the Appalachians, Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 330, p. 125-139.
- Gates, A.E., 2006, Chapter 9: Geotourism: A Perspective from the USA, in Dowling, R. and Newsome, D. (eds.), Geotourism, Elsevier, Ltd., p. 157-179.
CHAPTERS IN FIELD GUIDES
- Malizzi, L. D. and Gates, A. E., 1989, Late Paleozoic deformation in the Reservoir Fault zone and Green Pond Outlier; N. Y. State Geological Assoc. Field Trip Guidebook, vol. 61, p. 75-93.
- Gates, A. E., Muller, P. D., and Valentino, D. W., 1991, Terranes and tectonics of the Maryland and southeast Pennsylvania Piedmont, in Schultz, A. P. and Compton-Gooding, E. (eds.), Geologic Evolution of the Eastern United States; Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook, no. 2, p. 1-27.
- Costa, R., and Gates, A.E., 1993, Multiple episodes of movement on the Ramapo fault system, northern New Jersey, in Puffer, J.H. (ed.), Geologic Traverse across the Precambrian Rocks of the New Jersey Highlands; Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 10, p. 168-195.
- Gates, A.E., 1993, Chemical changes in cataclasites and mylonites of the Reservoir fault zone, New Jersey Highlands, in Puffer, J.H. (ed.), Geologic Traverse across the Precambrian Rocks of the New Jersey Highlands; Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 10, p. 148-167.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Remnants of an Iapetan rift basin in the western Piedmont of Pennsylvania, in Faill, R.T., and Sevon, W.D. (eds.), Various Aspects of Piedmont Geology in Lancaster and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania; Guidebook for 59th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, p. 35-44.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., and Krol, M.A., 1999, Field Trip to the Grenville Province in the Western Hudson Highlands, southern New York; 1999 Field Conference of Friends of the Grenville, Montreal, Canada, p. 1-26.
- Gates, A.E., (ed.) 2001, Geology of the Lower Hudson Valley, New York State Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, vol. 73, 204 p.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J., Gorring, M., and Hamilton, M., 2001, The Assembly of the Supercontinent Rodinia in the western Hudson Highlands, New York State Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, vol. 73, p. 174-204.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J., Gorring, M., and Hamilton, M., 2003, Field Trip to the Western Hudson Highlands; 2003 Long Island Geologists Conference, 30 p.
- Gorring, M., Valentino, D.W., Solar, G. and Gates, A.E., 2003, Late Ottawan Ductile Shearing and Granitoid Emplacement in the Hudson Highlands, NY, New York State Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, vol. 75, 26 pp.
- Gates, A.E., 2004, (editor) National Association Geoscience Teachers Conference Field Trip Guide, 138 p.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J., Gorring, M., and Hamilton, M., 2004, The Grenville Province in the western Hudson Highlands, New York, in Gates, A.E., ed., National Association Geoscience Teachers Conference Field Trip Guide, p. 3-24.
- Gates, A.E. and Lupulescu, M.V., 2004, Chapter 4. Geochemistry and Structural Setting of the Cortlandt Igneous Complex, Stony Point, NY. Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 21, p. 69-79.
- Valentino, D.W., Solar, G.S., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Gates, A.E., Freyer, P. and Price, R.E., 2004, L- verses S-tectonite fabric variations within the southern Adirondack shear zone system: progressive deformation associated with a sinistral conjugate to a Grenville syntaxis, New York State Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, vol. 76, p.
- Gates, A.E., 2005, (editor) Newark Basin – View from the 21st Century, Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 22, 172 p.
- Gilchrist S. and Gates, A.E., 2006, Geochemistry of acid mine drainage from sulfide-rich spoils at Phillips Mine, Putnam County, NY, Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 23, p. 15-25.
- Lupulescu, M. and Gates, A.E., 2006, Iron deposits from Hudson Highlands, NY: Systematics, mineralogy, mineral chemistry and tectonic setting, Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 23, p.46-59
- Gates, A. E., and Valentino, D.W., 2006 Stop 2: Joints and Faults in the Hudson Highlands, Geological Association of New Jersey Field Guide and Proceedings, vol. 23, p. 103-109.
- Shook, M. and Gates, A.E., 2008, Iron Mine Trail; National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Eastern Section Annual Convention, Field Guide, 14 p.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Gates, A.E. and Hover, V.C., 2005, Laboratory Exercises in Applied Environmental Geology, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA, ISBN 0-7575-1793-5, 110 p.
Maps
- Gates, A.E. and Valentino, D.W., 2000, Geologic map of the Monroe 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report No 1g1436,
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J., and Volkert, R.A., 2001, Geologic map of the Sloatsburg 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report No. 1g1437
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Marsh, T., and Gorring, M., 2003, Geologic map of the Thiells 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report No. 1g1617.
- Valentino, D.W., Pagano, W. and Gates, A.E., 2004, Geologic map of the Popolopen Lake 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report, in press.
- Valentino, D.W., Solar, G.S., and Gates, A.E., 2005, Geologic map of parts of the Greenwood Lake and Warwick 7.5 minute quadrangles, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report, in press.
- Gates, A.E., and Kush, E., 2007, Geologic map of the Maywood 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report, in press
- Mcnamara, I., Cirmo, A., and Gates, A.E., 2008, Geologic map of the Cornwall 7.5 minute quadrangle, NY; New York State Geological Survey Open-file Report, in press
Workshop Manuals
- Gates, A.E., 2001, Hands-On Geoscience Education in Harriman State Park; Dorr Foundation Science Teachers Workshop, Sterling Forest, NY, 43 p.
- Gates, A.E. and Wishart, D.N., 2003, Environmental Education In Harriman – Sterling Forest State Park, New York; Dorr Foundation Science Teachers Workshop, 6/7/03, Sterling Forest, NY, 58 p.
Major Reports
- Glover, L., III, Coruh, C., Gates, A.E., Farrar, S., Patterson, J., Costain, J.K., and Bollinger, G.K., 1992, Seismic reflection data acquisition and interpretation in the central Virginia seismic zone, in Glover, L., III, Coruh, C., Costain, J.K., and Bollinger, G.K. (eds.), Piedmont Seismic Reflection Study: A Program Integrated with Tectonics to Probe the Cause of Eastern Seismicity; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report NUREG/CR-5731, p. 70-84.
- Glover, L., III, Coruh, C., Gates, A.E., Wang, P., Patterson, J., Costain, J.K., and Bollinger, G.K., 1992, Seismic reflection data acquisition and interpretation in the Roanoke River traverse in aseismic south-central Virginia: Comparison with the seismically active James River geologic framework, in Glover, L., III, Coruh, C., Costain, J.K., and Bollinger, G.K. (eds.), Piedmont Seismic Reflection Study: A Program Integrated with Tectonics to Probe the Cause of Eastern Seismicity; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report NUREG/CR-5731, p. 85-99.
Reviews
- Gates, A.E., 1998, Review of: Earth Structure An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics by B. van der Pluijm and S. Marshak; Geological Society of America Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Newsletter, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 13.
Videotapes
- Gates, A.E., 1998, The Underground Menace: Teaching Groundwater and Pollutant Transport to High School Students; Rutgers University Television and Mass Media Production (Sponsored by the USEPA), 18 minutes.
- Gates, A.E., Walker, M., and Dubrow, A., 2002, The Supercontinent Rodinia: Evidence in the Hudson Highlands, Rutgers University Television and Mass Media Production (Sponsored by the NSF and ABC-TV), 9 and 12 minutes (2 versions).
- Gates, A.E. and Dubrow, A., 2003, Planet Earth Laboratory Introductions, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 3 CDs.
- Gates, A.E., Dubrow A. and Hover, V., 2004, Environmental Geology Laboratory Introductions, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 3 CDs.
Forewords
- Gates, A.E., 2001, Foreword: Lost Creatures of The Earth: Mass Extinction in the History of Life by Jon Erickson, Facts On File, Inc.
- Gates, A.E., 2001, Foreword: Quakes, Eruptions, and Other Geologic Cataclysms: Revealing The Earth’s Hazards, by Jon Erickson, Facts On File, Inc.
Miscellaneous Articles
- Gates, A.E., 2003, Learn Area’s Trail Geology Using a New Virtual Field Trip Website; Trail Walker, July/August, p. 5.
- Gates, A.E., 2007, Bedrock Geology of the Hudson Highlands; Trail Walker, January/February, p. 7.
Grants and Research Support>>
MAJOR
- Gates, A. E. (1987-89), Henry Rutgers Research Fellowship ($20,000).
- Gundersen, L. C. S. (P.M.), Gates, A. E. (CO-P.M.) Crespi, J., Schultz, A. P. and Wanty, R., 1988, An investigation of the geology and geochemistry of radon in shear zones; U. S. Department of Energy 05-88-ER60665 ($293,000, 3 years).
- Gates, A. E. (P.M.), Germine, M., Puffer, J. H., Porcello, F. and Renzulli, M., 1988, The Staten Island Serpentinite: Asbestos by Structural Trend Analysis; N.Y.C. Department of Environmental Protection ($158,000 - awarded but not funded).
- Gundersen, L. C. S. (PM), Gates, A. E., Schumann, R. R., Stanton, M., Schultz, A., and Speer, J. A., 1991, Renewal of: An investigation of the geology and geochemistry of radon in shear zones; U.S. Department of Energy 05-88-ER60665 ($385,000 - 3 yrs).
- 1993, Add-on grant to prepare for 1994 renewal, ($50,000, 1 year).
- Gundersen, L.C.S. (P.M.), Schumann, R.R., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Quantitative aspects of highly emanating geologic materials and their role in creating high indoor radon; U.S. Dept. of Energy 05-88-ER60665 ($243,000, 2 years).
- Gates, A.E., 1996, Tectonic Geology of Harriman State Park, NY; New York State Geological Survey, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Harriman Family Foundation, Perkins Family Foundation,($65,000, 3 years).
- Adam, N. (PC), Artigas, F., Atluri, V., Gates, A.E., Hartman, J.M., Henebry, G., Hover, V.C., and Weis, J., 1998, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI); NJ Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. ($3,555,000, 5 years).
- Gates, A.E., 1998, Urban Environmental Research Institute (UERI), Strategic Resource Operation Allocation, Rutgers University, ($90,000, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 1999, Geologic mapping of the Monroe quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($13,200, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2000, Geologic mapping of the Sloatsburg quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($17,300, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2002, Geologic mapping of the Thiells quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($15,600, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E. and Szabo, Z., 2002, Natural Radionuclide Occurrence in Principal New Jersey Aquifers: Mobility and Co-Occurrence of Uranium and Arsenic in Environments with Various Oxidation-Reduction Potentials, Northern New Jersey, New Jersey American Water Company ($60,000, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2003, Geologic mapping of the Popolopen Lake quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($17,300, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2004, Geologic mapping of the Greenwood Lake quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($17,300, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2005-2007, Highlands Environmental Research Institute (HEnRI), Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation ($35,000, 1st year), ($30,000 2nd year), Mary Harriman Foundation ($10,000), Friends of the Palisades Foundation ($25,000), J.M. Kaplan Fund ($5,000), Dorr Foundation ($25,000)
- Gates, A.E., 2006, Geologic mapping of the Maywood quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($15,000, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2007, Geologic mapping of the Cornwall quadrangle, NY; NYGS-USGS STATEMAP program, ($13,000, 1 year).
MINOR
- Gates, A. E., 1987, Shear indicators in the State Line area ($2,200); 1994, Structural analysis of Proterozoic shear zones near Easton, PA ($1,300, 2 years); Pennsylvania Geological Survey.
- Gates, A. E., 1989, Alleghanian dextral transpression in the Central Appalachian Piedmont; Rutgers Summer Fellowship, ($1,500).
- Gates, A. E., 1989, Application of the CPS-3/PC program to soil radon evaluation studies; Radian Corporation, Austin, Texas, ($6,700).
- Gates, A.E., 1991, Geologic mapping in the Hudson Highlands, New York State Geological Survey ($1,750, 2 years).
- Gates, A.E., 1994, Analysis of low strain strike-slip deformation on Venus; Rutgers Graduate School Research Grant ($1,000).
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
- Gates, A.E., 1992, Grant to Attract and Retain Science Majors: Geological Sciences; Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University-Newark, ($1,000, 2 years).
- Gates, A.E., 1994, Macintosh capability for a newly established classwork and student research computer facility in Geology ($3,600); 1995, Increased course utilization of the computer facility in Geology ($2,225); 1996, Enhanced PC capabilities for the computer lab in Geology; ($2,000); Rutgers University-Newark Computer Fund.
- Gates, A.E., 1994, Computer Applications to Geophysical Techniques; Equipment Leasing Fund, New Jersey, ($23,267).
- Gates, A.E., 1994, Redesign of a field methods course in Geology ($905); 1996, Integration of courses on new technologies with classical geological studies using GPS ($1,750); Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University-Newark.
- Gates, A.E., 1995, Flexible model for applied science courses: Environmental Geology; Rutgers University Educational Seed Grant Program, ($5,000).
- Gates, A.E.(PC), and Vassiliou, A.H., 1996, A Scientific Laboratory Course in Environmental Geology in Urban Areas, National Science Foundation, DUE-9554827 ($49,267, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 1996, Incorporation of ground water and subsurface pollutant transport into high school curricula in urban/suburban northern New Jersey; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grant X992564 -10 ($13,882).
- Gates, A.E., 1998, Science Education during Recreation in Wilderness Parks: Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks, NY; National Science Foundation, ISE-9730087 ($41,967, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 1999, Model for Field-Based Geoscience Education in Urban Areas; Rutgers University Educational Seed Grant Program, ($5,000).
- Yrizarry, M. Gebhards, J. and Gates, A.E., 1999, Hands-on geology classroom and field geology curriculum for junior high and high school in Sterling Forest; Dorr Foundation, ($18,000, 2 years).
- Gates, A.E., 1999, New Methods for Science Education in Wilderness Parks; J.M. Kaplan Fund, ($20,000 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2001, Geoscience Education in Public Parks: Harriman State Park, NY, National Science Foundation, Grant GSE- 0122011 ($75,000, 1 year).
- Sterling Forest Partnership and Gates, A.E., 2002, Geology and Environmental Sciences: Our Tools for Handling Environmental Disasters, Dorr Foundation ($20,000, 1 year).
- Gates, A.E., 2003, Improved Learning In Introductory Geology Laboratories Using Multi Media Instruction, Rutgers University Dialogues Grant, ($10,000).
- Gates, A.E., 2004, Improved Learning In Introductory Environmental Geology Laboratories Using Multi Media Instruction, Rutgers University Dialogues Grant, ($7,500).
- Gates, A.E., Calderon, I, and Silva, L., 2006, Graduate Teaching Fellows in the Newark Public Schools: A Collaborative Model for Developing Iquiry-Driven Science Classrooms; National Science Foundation, Grant DGE-0538554 ($1,876,379, 5 years).
- Gates, A.E., Booker, C., Murphy, C and Calderon, I., 2007, Highlands to Piedmont: Geoscience Scholars Program in Newark, NJ, National Science Foundation, Grant OEDG-0703673 ($1,700,000, 5 years).
University Service>>
COMMITTEE WORK
- Member, Teaching Assistant Training Committee, 1989-90
- Member, Science Instrumentation and Facilities Committee, 1989-90
- Member, Secretary, Chair, Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, 1991-94
- Member, Science Fair 2000 Committee, 1992
- Member, Secretary, Teaching Effectiveness Committee, 1994-98
- Member, Provost's Science Advisory Committee, 1995-98
- Member, Appointment and Promotions Committee, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005
- Vice-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Environmental Studies (Univ.), 1995-96
- Member, Undergraduate Programmatic Excellence Award Committee (Univ.), 1997, 1998
- Member, Environmental Science and Engineering Coordinating Council (Univ.), 1997-2000
- Advisory Board, Center for Information Management Integration and Connectivity, 1997-
- Chair, Rutgers-Newark Honors College Task Force, 1998-99
- Member, GS-N, Academic Programs and Policies, 1999-
- Co-Chair, NJIT-Rutgers Environmental Studies Task Force, 2000-
- Member, Rutgers-Newark Writing Across the Curriculum Task Force, 2000-
- Member, NJIT-Rutgers Environmental Studies and Sustainability Executive Committee, 2001-
- Grand Marshall, Rutgers-Newark Graduation, 2003
- Instructor, Rutgers Alumni College, 2003
- Scholars as Teachers Program, 2004
- Chair, CHEN Port of Newark Environmental Institute, 2005-2006
- Member, Undergraduate Assessment Committee, 2005-2006
- Member, Future of Undergraduate Education Committee, 2006-2007
- Member, Graduate Evaluation Committee, 2007-2008
DEPARTMENTAL WORK
- Chairman (7/94- 7/98, 7/01-present)
- Director, Environmental Science Program (1/95-present)
- Graduate Program Director, Environmental Geology and Environmental Sciences (7/00-present)
- Acting Chairman (7/88-8/88, 7/89-8/89, 7/91-8/91)
- Associate Graduate Program Director (1/89-7/89, 9/91-7/94)
- Faculty Advisor, Earth Science Club (1991-1994)
- Library Liaison (1987-1996)
NEW PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED
- BA in Environmental Sciences (interdisciplinary), 1996.
- BSE in GeoScience Engineering (with Civil Engineering at NJIT), 1997.
- MS in Environmental Geology (with NJIT and Geology in NB), 1997, with A.H. Vassiliou.
- Geology Track for PhD in Environmental Sciences (with NJIT), 1999,
THESIS COMMITTEES
GRADUATE
Chair
- Chuhan, S., Ph.D.
- Costa, R.E., M.S., (1991)
- Gilchrist, S., Ph.D.
- Gomes, P. M.S. (1988)
- Kalczynski, M., MS
- Klewsaat, D.R., M.S. (1992)
- Macnamara, I., MS
- Malizzi, L.D., M.S. (1989)
- Mancuso, C., M.S. (1995)
- Price, R., M.S. (2005)
- Sun, D. -F., M.S., (1990)
Member
- Goeller, A., M.S. (1989)
- Hambos, S., M.S. (1990)
- Hassinan, W., M.S. (1992)
- Horter, D., M.S. (1990)
- Jagel, D., M.S., (1989, New Brunswick)
- James, P., M.S. (1995, Temple University)
- Maguire, T., Ph.D. (2003, New Brunswick)
- Mansoor, N., PhD (2006)
- Mortimer, G., Ph.D. (2002, NJIT)
- Okil, J., Ph.D. (2004, Applied Physics)
- Orabone, K., M.S. (1997, New Brunswick)
- Orndorf, W., M.S. (1996, VA Polytech Inst)
- Renzulli, M., M.S. (1988)
- Silvestri, S., M.S. (1991)
- Thompson, W., M.S. (1996, VA Polytech Inst)
- Thuman, C., MS.
- Valentino, D., Ph.D. (1993, VA Polytech Inst.)
- Wishart, D., PhD. (2008)
HONORS (UNDERGRADUATE)
Chair
- Roya Kambin (1989)
- Elizabeth Rosenberg (1993)
- Daniel Gedal (1995)
- Thomas Zega (1996)
- Gayle Martinko (1998)
- Jodi Berkowitz (1998)
- Richard Hodgson (1999)
- Geoff Graham (2006)
STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS
- Bormack, M., 1987, Mapping of the Woodville Dome, Pennsylvania Piedmont; PA Dept. of Environmental Resources, $750.
- Bormack, M., 1989, Variable slip on the basement-cover contact during transpression, Woodville dome, PA; Geological Society of America, $800.
- Driscoll, J.J., 1990, Radon potential of Orange County, NY; Orange Environmental Corp., $5,000.
- Malizzi, L.D., 1988, Research Volunteer: Radon potential of the Reservoir Fault area, NJ; U.S. Geological Survey, $1,200.
- Grant, E., 1996, Radon in drinking water around Cranberry Lake, NJ; Howard Hughes Medical Internship, $3,500 (stipend and research)
- Hodgson, R., 1996, Kinematic and geochemical analysis of the Zero and Rutherford fault zones, Franklin, NJ; Northeastern Section Geological Society of America, $1,050.
- Berkowitz, J., 1997, Acid mine drainage in Harriman State Park, NY, Rutgers University Office of Undergraduate Education ($1,500)
Community Service>>
INVITED PUBLIC LECTURES
- Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 3/86, Alleghanian Dextral Strike-slip faults in the Southern Appalachians: An example from Brookneal, VA
- Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 2/87, Alleghanian Dextral Strike-slip faulting in the Southern Appalachians.
- Sigma Xi, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 3/87, Geologic Control on Radon.
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 9/87, Alleghanian Transpression in the Southern Appalachians
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 10/87, Geology of the Brookneal-Altavista area, Virginia
- Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 10/87, Geology of the southwestern Virginia Piedmont
- Morris Museum Mineralogical Society, 11/87, Structural control on metamorphic minerals
- Morris Museum Mineralogical Society, 3/89, Geologic control on radon
- Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ, 11/89, Geological factors controlling radon production
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 12/89, Geologic controls on radon
- New York State Geological Survey, Albany, NY, 1/90, Alleghanian dextral transpression in the central Appalachians
- S.U.N.Y. at Albany, 9/90, Alleghanian dextral transpression in the central and southern Appalachians
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 9/90, Uplift in strike-slip orogens
- Capital District Mineral Club, Albany, NY, 1/91, Geologic controls on radon.
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 12/92, A Mesozoic compressional event in the Appalachians.
- Boston College, 1/93, Transpressional dome formation in metamorphic terranes: Examples from the southern Appalachians.
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 3/93, Geochemical changes in shear zones.
- S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, 10/93, Geochemical changes in shear zones.
- Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 3/95, The Alleghanian Central Appalachian Piedmont: A dextral restraining-releasing bend model.
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 10/95, Shear zones and radon anomalies in the Appalachians.
- Rotary Club, Montclair, NJ, 7/97, Radon.
- Thendara Mountain Club, Bear Mountain, NY, 3/00, Geological History of Harriman and its Region.
- American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 6/00, The Geology of the western Hudson Highlands, New York
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Special Symposium in Honor of Nick Rast, 4/01, Rodinian interactions of Laurentia and Amazonia, NY-NJ-PA.
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University), Palisades, NY, 7/01, Late fracture systems in the western Hudson Highlands
- Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2/02, Evidence for the Assembly and Break-up of Rodinia in the Reading Prong
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, 3/5/02, Radon in the Environment and Geologic Controls on Radon
- Ramapo River Watershed Conference, Ramapo College, NJ, 4/26/02, Geologic History and Fault and Fracture Control on Ground Water and Acid Mine Drainage in the Western Hudson Highlands.
- American Institute of Professional Geologists, Northeast Section, 5/15/02, Keynote Speaker, Fracture Systems in the Hudson Highlands, New York.
- Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, 11/02, Inaugural Address for Victoria Hall of Science “Reading the Rocks: Evidence for a Supercontinent in the Highland Region.”
- New Jersey Earth Science Teachers Association Convention, 3/25/03, Keynote Address: Making the Rocks Speak: Geoscience of the Highlands Region
- New York Paleontological Society, 3/21/04, Evidence for the Supercontinent Rodinia in the Hudson Highland, NY.
- Montclair State University, 10/05, Environmental Geology in the Highlands region, New York and New Jersey.
- Rockland County New York Audubon Society, 12/06, Geology of the western Hudson Highlands, NY
- Philadelphia Geological Society, 12/06, Grenville Collisional and Escape Tectonics in the Hudson Highlands, NY.
- Ramapo Highlands Coalition, 10/07, Groundwater in the Hudson Highlands, NY
- Boston College, 9/08, Earthquakes and Neotectonics in the Greater New York Area.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
- “Geology: A Permanent Exhibit Outdoor Museum” Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Bear Mountain Trailside Museum, NY, 11/96-1/03
- “E- Quest: Exploring Earth’s Energy” Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ (funded for $1,000,000 by Exxon Inc.).
- "Dynamic Earth: Revealing Nature’s Secrets" Victoria Hall of Science, Newark Museum, NJ, 2/99-11/02.
- “Geology and Iron Mining in the Sterling and Lake Mines area” Lautenberg Visitor’s Center, Sterling Forest, NY Department of Parks and Recreation, 3/02-3/03.
MASS MEDIA
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS
- Gastonia Gazette, Gastonia, NC, 1/89, Radon potential of Gaston County
- Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, 3/91, Radon and Geology
- Rockland Journal News, NY, 7/96, New Geology Exhibit at Bear Mountain
- Rockland Journal News, NY, 12/97; Bear Mountain Scientist in the Park Program
- Rockland Journal News, NY, 1/99; Activists work to get Torne Valley on national landmark list.
- Rockland Journal News, NY, 6/99; Geologist digs into history of state parks.
- New York Times, NY, 9/99; Seeking a Lost Continent a bit West of the Hudson.
- Der Standard, Vienna, Austria, 9/99; Steinaltes New York
- Middletown Times Herald Record, NY, 9/99, In search of the lost world.
- The Focus, Rutgers University, NJ, 4/00, Rodinia project
- New York Times, NY, 3/01, Waiting for the next Big One
- Rockland Journal News, 4/01, Scientist: Fault Overdue for Rumble
- New York Times, 11/01, The Outsider: Admiring (yes really) Rocks along the Road
- Northern Valley Suburbanite, 4/24/02, Drought leaves landscapers high and dry.
- Rockland Journal News, 5/4/02, Experts: Ramapo River at Risk.
- New York Times, 5/12/02, California Here We Come: Scientists Warn of Earthquakes Here
- New York Times, 7/25/02, Making the Rocks Speak
- Rutgers-Newark Connections, NJ, 2/2003, South America, New Jersey – Former Next-Door Neighbors?
- Trenton Times, NJ, 11/16/05, Tests find low levels of petroleum at speedway.
- Newark Star Ledger, 12/10/05, Quake leaves Kinnelon just a wee bit shaken up.
- Rockland Journal News, NY, 8/20/06, Highlands Region Poses Challenge
- Rutgers-Newark Connections, NJ, 9/07, A World Beyond Rocks and Dinosaurs: The Newark Geoscience Scholars Program
MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS
- Hudson Valley Magazine, NY, 11/99, Written in Stone.
RADIO INTERVIEWS
- WAAL, Binghamton, NY, 2/91, Radon and radon potential of the Binghamton area, NY.
- WAMC, Albany, NY, 10/91, Health Talk: Radon and Geology.
- WCTC, Edison, NJ, 1/93, News Talk with Bob Ahrenson: The Los Angeles Earthquake.
- WINS, New York, NY, 9/99, and 11/99 Lost Continent of Rodinia.
- WBGO, Newark, NJ, 1/05, The Indian Ocean Tsunami
TELEVISION INTERVIEWS
- WXTV, Paterson, NJ, 8/99; Are recent Earthquakes Related?
- CTV, Staten Island, NY, 11/18/05; Geology Forum: Earthquakes.
- CTV, Staten Island, NY, 12/16/05; Geology Forum: Volcanoes
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES
- WNJN, Trenton, NJ, 10/04; The Highlands Rediscovered
Abstracts (select)>>
- Gates, A. E. and Glover, L., III, 1983, Metamorphism and deformation at the western boundary of the Charlotte Belt at Brookneal, Virginia; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 15, p. 52.
- Gates, A. E., Simpson, C. and Glover, L., III, 1984, Carboniferous dextral fault zones in the Appalachians: Additional evidence from the Brookneal Zone, Va.; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 16, p. 515.
- Gates, A. E. and Glover, L., III, 1986, Carboniferous dextral fault movement in the central Appalachian Piedmont: Evidence from the Hylas zone, VA; EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 67, p. 376.
- Gates, A. E., Speer, J. A., Pratt, T. L., Glover, L., III, Farrar, S. S., and Costain, J. K., 1986, Geological and geophysical evidence for upwelling in transcurrent fault zones; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 18, p. 610.
- Pratt, T. L., Coruh, C., Costain, J. K., Glover, L., III, and Gates, A. E., 1986, Preliminary interpretation of reprocessed USGS I-64 seismic reflection line in central Virginia; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 18, p. 722.
- Gates, A. E., 1987, Shear zones: Origin and mineralization; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 19, p. 84.
- Gates, A. E. and Mose, D. G., 1987, Carboniferous dextral transpression and the resetting of Rb/Sr ages in the Bowens Creek fault, northern extension of the Brevard zone; EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 68, p. 416.
- Gates, A. E. and Speer, J. A., 1987, Prograde metamorphism and hydrothermal activity at a nappe base, southwest Virginia Piedmont; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 19, p. 84.
- Glover, L., III and Gates, A. E., 1987, Alleghanian orogeny in the central and southern Appalachians; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 19, p. 86.
- Glover, L., III, Pratt, T. L., Costain, J. K., Coruh, C., Mose, D. G., Gates, A. E. and Evans, N. H., 1987, Tectonics and crustal structure in the central Appalachians of Virginia: Reinterpreted from USGS I-64 reflection seismic profile; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 19, p. 86.
- Gates, A. E., 1988, Kinematic indicators in ultramafic rocks from the State-Line district, Pennsylvania Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with programs, vol. 20, p. 20.
- Gates, A. E., 1988, Alleghanian strain partitioning in the southern Appalachians; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 20, p. 266.
- Gates, A. E. and Gundersen, L. C. S., 1988, Soil radon as a function of shear strain in the Brookneal Zone, VA; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 20, p. 266
- Gundersen, L. C. S. and Gates, A. E., 1988, Redistribution and enrichment of uranium in mylonite zones as function of deformational processes; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 20, p. A179.
- Manspeizer, W. and Gates, A. E., 1988, Alleghanian transpression and Triassic gravitational Tectonics: Precursors to the formation of asymmetric conjugate Atlantic margins; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 20, p. A218.
- Bormack, M. and Gates, A. E., 1989, Variable slip on the basement-cover contact during dextral transpression in the Woodville dome, PA Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, p. 6.
- Gates, A. E., 1989, Structural control on talc and asbestos mineralization in the State-Line ultramafic, PA-MD Piedmont; TMS-AIME Abstracts with Programs, vol. 118, p. 112.
- Gates, A. E., 1989, Geologic controls on radon; Bulletin of American Physical Society, vol. 34, p. 1211.
- Gates, A. E. and Gundersen, L. C. S., 1989, Radon distribution around the Hylas Zone, VA: A product of lithology and ductile shearing; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, p. 17.
- Gates, A. E., Gundersen, L. C. S. and Malizzi, L. D., 1989, Case studies of anomalous Radon in soil over shear zones in VA and NJ; Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 70, p. 499.
- Gates, A. E. and Sun, D. F., 1989, Geological and geophysical evidence for thrust faulting in the Taconic suture of the southeastern PA Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 17.
- Gundersen, L. C. S. and Gates, A. E., 1989, The concentration of uranium and Radon in mylonite zones from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia: A function of chemical and deformational processes; Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 70, p. 499.
- Malizzi, L. D. and Gates, A. E., 1989, Soil gas radon distribution in glacial moraines: An example from the New Jersey highlands; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, p. 30.
- Malizzi, L. D. and Gates, A. E., 1989, An Alleghanian positive flower structure in the New Jersey Highlands; EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 70, p. 462.
- Gates, A.E., 1990, Complex structural development of the Towson dome, Maryland Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 22, p. 20.
- Gates, A.E. and Valentino, D.W., 1990, Late Precambrian/Cambrian (?) rift deposits in the PA Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 22, p. 20.
- Gates, A.E., 1991, The Carolina Terrane boundary at Brookneal, Virginia: A fundamental zone of crustal weakness; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 23, p. 33.
- Gates, A.E. and Speer, J.A., 1991, Allochemical retrograde metamorphism of metapelites in shear zones, Virginia; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 23, p. 33.
- Gundersen, L.C.S. and Gates, A.E., 1991, Radionuclides as indicators of geochemical and deformational processes in mylonites; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 23, p. 36.
- Costa, R.E., and Gates, A.E., 1992, Mylonitization of mylonites: Evidence for the opening and closing of the Iapetus Ocean from the Ramapo Fault; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 14.
- Gates, A.E., 1992, Megaboudins and Alleghanian deformation along the northwest edge of the Hudson Highlands, NY; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 22.
- Gates, A.E., 1992, An Appalachian Mesozoic compressional event: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Reentrant-New York Promontory; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. A289.
- Glover, L., III, Gates, A.E., Wang, P., and Valentino, D.W., 1992, Anomalous heat source under the Laurentian margin during Cambrian collision with the Avalonian magmatic arc; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p.112.
- Glover, L., III, Gates, A.E., Wang, P., and Valentino, D.W., 1992; Emplacement of bimodal magma into passive and active margins during collision in the central Appalachians about 500-520 Ma - The result of mantle delamination?; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. A290.
- James, P.D., Jr., Hill, M.L., and Gates, A.E., 1992; The relationship between soil radon concentrations and the Huntingdon Valley shear zone, southeastern PA; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 30.
- Klewsaat, D.R., and Gates, A.E., 1992, Folding, faulting, and Cretaceous breaching of the Palisades sill, New Jersey, as revealed through gravity and well log data; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 32.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 1992, Fault control on the distribution of Late Proterozoic rift deposits in the PA-MD Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 173.
- Valentino, D.W., Glover, L., III, Gates, A.E., and Hill, M.L., 1992, The role of transcurrent shear zones in the tectonic assembly of the central Appalachian Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. 82.
- Valentino, D.W., Kasselas, G.D., Gates, A.E., and Glover, L., III, 1992, Lateral variation in Late Proterozoic rift deposits in the central Appalachians: The VA Blue Ridge to the PA Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 24, p. A364.
- Davin, M.T., and Gates, A.E., 1993, Reversing volume and chemical trends in a low strain shear zone: Transition from dilation to stable mylonitic flow; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. A419.
- Gates, A.E., and Speer, J.A., 1993, Spatial and temporal distribution of cataclasis by retrograde reactions in evolving halogen-rich fluids, Reservoir fault, NJ; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. A420.
- Gundersen, L.C.S., and Gates, A.E., 1993, Variation of major elements and radionuclides with strain in the Brookneal and Hylas shear zones, Virginia; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. A419.
- Laney, S. and Gates, A.E., 1993, Vertical and horizontal "watermelon seed" movements in strike-slip duplexes: An example from the Lambertville sill, New Jersey; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. A32.
- Manspeizer, W., and Gates, A.E., 1993, Seismic profiles uniquely image precursor rifting events beneath the Durham Basin, NC: Implications for Appalachian tectonics; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. A410.
- Speer, J.A., McSween, H.Y., Jr., and Gates, A.E., 1993, Generation, segregation, ascent, and emplacement of Alleghanian granitoid plutons in the southern Appalachians; EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 74, p. 335.
- Gates, A.E., Lanzirotti, A., Glover, L., III, and Mose, D., 1994, Isotopic evidence for Cambrian tectonism in the crystalline southern Appalachians: The Carolinian, not the Taconian; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 26, p. A15.
- Glover, L., III, Gates, A.E., Wang, P., and Valentino, D.W., 1994, Central Appalachian Late Proterozoic/Cambrian melanges may be recycled Laurentian rift facies rocks formed during collision of Carolinia and Laurentia; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 26, p. A15.
- Manspeizer, W., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Permo-Triassic rifting in the southern Appalachians: New seismic evidence from the Durham basin, North Carolina; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 26, p. A26.
- Speer, J.A., Clark, T.W., and Gates, A.E., 1994, Alleghanian sheeted plutons, southern Appalachians: Emplacement by repeated diking in active shear zones; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 26, p. A63.
- Gates, A.E., 1995, Mid-Proterozoic dextral strike-slip event in the Appalachians: Grenville extrusion tectonics and terrane shuffling; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, p. 46.
- Gates, A.E, and Costa, R., 1995, Multiple reactivations of major fault zones in the northern Reading Prong, USA; in Gilbert, M. C. and Hogan, J.P. (eds.), Basement Tectonics 12: Central North America and Other Regions; Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 239-240.
- Gates, A.E., Valentino, D.W., Muller, P.D., and Krol, M., 1995, The Alleghanian central Appalachian Piedmont: A dextral restraining-releasing bend model; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, p. 46.
- Manspeizer, W., and Gates, A.E., 1995, Episodic rifting and basin inversion: Permo-Triassic events; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, p. 66.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 1995, Late Paleozoic dextral strike-slip duplex model for the central Appalachian Piedmont shear system; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 27, p. A-283.
- Gates, A.E., 1996, The Alleghanian Orogeny did not result from the closure of the Iapetus, it was escape tectonism from the Uralian Orogeny, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28 p. A-12.
- Gates, A.E., 1996, Generating interest in Environmental Geology in urban-suburban areas using applied laboratory exercises; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 28 p. A-477.
- Gates, A.E., 1997, Late Grenville strike-slip fault control on Iapetan rifting in the Reading Prong, PA-NJ-NY, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29
- Gates, A.E., 1997, Two distinct events within the Grenvillian Orogeny of the Hudson Highlands, NY, USA; International Conference on Basement Tectonics, vol. 14, p.
- Gates, A.E., 1997, Central Appalachian overlap between an older southern and a younger northern Taconian-Penobscottian arc; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29,
- Hodgson, R.M., Costa, R., and Gates, A.E., 1997, Anastomosing ductile shear zones enclosing brittle horses in duplexes of the Zero and Rutherford Faults, NJ; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29,
- Hover, V., and Gates, A.E., 1997, Introductory Environmental Geology Labs relevant to students in urban/suburban areas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 1997, Ductile extensional deformation in the central Appalachian Piedmont; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29
- Gates, A.E., and Krol, M.A., 1998, Kinematics and thermochronology of late Grenville escape tectonics from the central Appalachians, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30
- Gates, A.E., and Volkert, R.A., 1998, Chestnut Hill Formation: Vestiges of an Iapetan Rift Basin in the Reading Prong, PA-NJ; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30.
- Volkert, R.A., Monteverde, D.H., Gates, A.E., and Dalton, R.F., 1999, Late Proterozoic Rapitan-type iron-formation in the Chestnut Hill Fm., New Jersey Highlands; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31.
- Gates, A.E., Krol, M.A., and Valentino, D.W., 2000, Dextral strike-slip tectonic escape in the final assembly of Rodinia in the Appalachians, Hudson Highlands, NY; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32.
- Martinko, G.S., and Gates, A.E., 2000, Hydrothermal mineralization and chemical changes associated with magnetite ore in Hogencamp Iron Mine, Hudson Highlands, NY; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32.
- Valentino, D.W., Gates, A.E., Chiarenzelli, J., 2000, Conjugate transcurrent zones formed a syntaxis in Grenville rocks in NY similar to that in the Himalayan collision; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32
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- Chiarenzelli, J., Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 2000, Sinistral transpression in the Adirondack Highlands during the Ottawan Orogeny: Strike-slip faulting in the deep Grenville crust; Geological Society of Canada Abstracts with Programs, p.
- Allers, T., Valentino, D.W., Chiarenzelli, J., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Structural analysis of the Indian Hill Shear Zone, Hudson Highlands, NY, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.
- Gates, A.E., Hamilton, M., Chiarenzelli, J., and Valentino, D. W., 2001, Ages of tectonic events in the Hudson Highlands, NY: Results from SHRIMP analyses, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.
- Goerring, M., Gates, A.E., and Valentino, D.W., 2001, Geochemistry and tectonic interpretation of mafic gneisses in the western Hudson Highlands, NY, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.
- Thomas, J., Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Structural control on intrusion of granite sheets in the Hudson Highlands, NY, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.
- Valentino, D.W., and Gates, A.E., 2001, Geologic history of the Hudson Highlands basement massif: Results from new geologic mapping, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33.
