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Loretta Dickson

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Loretta Dickson Faculty Profile
Title(s)
Professor of Geology
Department
Contact Information

Courses Most Commonly Taught

  • Principles of Geology I
  • Environmental Geology
  • Geology Field Trip
  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Geology Seminar
  • Geology of Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Structural Geology
  • Geophysics and Tectonics

Areas of Expertise

  • Volcanology
  • Igneous Petrology
  • Mineralogy
  • Crystallography
  • Structural Geology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Geophysics

Professional Publications

  • Dickson, L. D., 2012, Geology of the Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania: Guidebook for GEOS260 Geology Field Trip, April 27-29, 2012, 89 p.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2011, Metamorphic Rocks of the Adirondack Mountains: Guidebook for GEOS260 Geology Field Trip, April 8-10, 2011, 37 p.
  • Dickson, L. D., Zimmerman, J., and Krause, A. V., 2010, Instructions for Operating the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM): Laboratory Manual, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, 10 p.
  • Srogi, L., Lutz, T. M., Dickson, L. D., Pollock, M., Gimson, K., and Lynde, N., 2010, Magmatic layering and intrusive plumbing in the Jurassic Morgantown Sheet, Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, in Fleeger, G.M., and Whitmeyer, S.J., eds., The Mid-Atlantic Shore to the Appalachian Highlands: Field Trip Guidebook for the 2010 Joint Meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern GSA Sections: Geological Society of America Field Guide 16, p. 51-67.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2010, Making Petrographic Thin Sections, A Laboratory Manual For Students
  • Dickson, L. D., 2009, Structural geology and mineral resources of the Valley and Ridge Province, Pennsylvania: Guidebook for GEOS260 Geology Field Trip, October 23-25, 2009, 78 p.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Khalequzzaman, Md., 2009, Prospects and Challenges of the Marcellus Shale: The Hemlock, v. 2, i. 6.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2008, Geology of the Adirondack Mountains: Guidebook for GEOS260 Geology Field Trip, October 10-12, 2008, 37 p.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2006, Detailed textural analysis of the Palisades sill, New Jersey [Ph.D. dissertation]: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 183 p.
  • Gray, N. H., Philpotts, A. R. and Dickson, L. D., 2003, Quantitative measures of textural anisotropy resulting from magmatic compaction illustrated by a sample from the Palisades sill, New Jersey: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 121, p. 293-312.
  • Philpotts, A. R. and Dickson, L. D., 2002, Millimeter-scale modal layering and the nature of the upper solidification zone in thick flood-basalt flows and other sheets of magma: Journal of Structural Geology v. 24, p. 1171-1177.
  • Philpotts, A. R. and Dickson, L. D., 2000, The formation of plagioclase chains during the convective transfer in basaltic magma: NATURE, vol. 406, p. 59-61.
  • Dickson, L. D., 1997, Volcanology and geochemistry of Pliocene and Quaternary basalts on Citadel Mountain, Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Pancake Range, Nevada [Master’s thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 146 p.

Professional Presentations

  • Dickson, L. D., Zimmerman, J., Krause, A., and Almeida, B., 2012, Magmatic differentiation in the dike section of the Morgantown Sheet, southeastern Pennsylvania: Geological Society of America Northeastern Section 47th Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, p. 80.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2010, Magmatic Differentiation in the Morgantown Sheet in Southeastern Pennsylvania, [Abstract], presented at the Lock Haven University Celebration of Scholarship, Spring 2010
  • Dickson, L. D. and Philpotts, A. R., 2005, Palisades sill modal layering resulting from compaction: GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 1, p. 83.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Philpotts, A. R., 2001, Analyzing the complex texture of a simple diabase: Palisades Sill, New Jersey: GSA Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-137.
  • Dickson, L. D., Philpotts, A. R. and Gray, N. H., 2000, Methods of estimating compaction of crystal mush in thick mafic flows and sills: GSA Annual Meeting, Abs with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-395.
  • Dickson, L. D., 2000, A method of estimating compaction during the solidification of the Palisades sill, New Jersey: Conference on Layered Mafic Intrusions at Rum, Scotland, August 7-12, 2000, p. 20, Extended Abstracts.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Philpotts, A. R., 2000, Crystallization in the roof of the simplest magma body - a thick flood-basalt flow: Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, Abstract CD #210.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Philpotts, A. R., 2000, Textural difference between the roof and floor of a simple basaltic magma chamber: GSA, NE Section Ann Meeting, Abs with Programs, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-13.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Smith, E. I., 1997, Volcanology and geochemistry of Quaternary basalts on Citadel Mountain, Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Pancake Range, Nevada: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, n. 5, p.11.
  • Dickson, L. D. and Smith, E. I., 1997, Volcanology and geochemistry of Quaternary basalts on Citadel Mountain, Lunar Crater Volcanic Field, Pancake Range, Nevada: Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, v. 32, p. 37.