Dr. David Lageson

Affiliations

Earth Sciences
Montana Nanotechnology Facility (MONT) Affiliate/User
Energy Research Institute
Thermal Biology Institute
College of Letters & Science

Education

Ph.D. University of Wyoming, Structural Geology, 1980

M.S. University of Wyoming, Sedimentary Geology, 1977

B.A. Western State Colorado Univ, Geology, 1973

Research Interests

Structural geology and tectonic evolution of the U.S. Rocky Mountains; Himalayan geology and tectonics

Teaching Interests

Structural geology, tectonics

Courses Taught

ERTH 594	Geology Sem:Geol of Earthquake	Summer 2024
GEO 585	Mineralogy for Science Teacher	Summer 2024
ERTH 516	North Rocky Mtn Geology	Summer 2024
ERTH 101IN	Earth System Sciences	Fall 2023
GEO 439	Geophysics	Fall 2023
ERTH 201IN	Honors Earth System Science	Fall 2023

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ERTH 594	Geology Sem:Geol of Earthquake	Summer 2023
GEO 585	Mineralogy for Science Teacher	Summer 2023
ERTH 516	North Rocky Mtn Geology	Summer 2023
GEO 211	Earth History and Evolution	Spring 2023
ERTH 101IN	Earth System Sciences	Spring 2023
HONR 204D	Great Expeditions	Spring 2023

Selected Intellectual Contributions

Dixon, J., Nicholas, G., Pierce, K., Lageson, D. (2024) Morphology, timing, and drivers of post-glacial landslides in the northern Yellowstone region. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: v. 10.1002 p. esp.5943
Kennedy, R., Orme, D. A., Lageson, D., Laskowski, A. K., Morrow, Z., Moss, K., Murray, K. (2024) EVIDENCE OF LATEST ARCHEAN TO HADEAN CRUSTAL MATERIAL IN THE NORTHERN WYOMING PROVINCE AND THE DEEP-TIME TECTONOTHERMAL HISTORY OF THE BRIDGER RANGE, MONTANA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: v. 56 i. 5
Larson, K. P., Cottle, J. M., Kylander-Clark, A., Lageson, D. (2022) A plate tectonic view from the top of the world. Terra Nova (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.): v. 34 p. 224-230
Lageson, D. (2022) Atlas of Yellowstone . University of California Press: i. Second Edition p. 124-125; 130-131; 136-137; 140-141
Lageson, D., Kalakay, T. J., Foster, D. A. (2022) Mountain Building: The Orogenic Evolution of Montana. Geology of Montana . Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: v. Special Publication 122, Volume 1 (Geologic History) i. Special Publication 122 p. 65
Larson, K. P., Graziania, R., Cottle, J. M., Apen, F., Corthouts, T. (2020) The structural evolution of the Qomolangma Formation, Mount Everest, Nepal. Journal of Structural Geology (Elsevier Pub.): v. vol. 138 p. 14
Dunham, E. C., Fones, E. M., Lindsay, M. R., Steuer, C., Fox, N. R., Willis, M., Walsh, A., Colman, D. R., Baxter, B. K., ... Lageson, D., ... Boyd, E. (2020) Influence of salinity on the potential for dolomite formation and biosignature detection in a saline, lacustrine environment. No. Geobiology
Dunham, E. C., Fones, E. M., Fang, Y., Lindsay, M. R., Steuer, C., Fox, N. R., Willis, M., Walsh, A., Coleman, D., ... Lageson, D., ... Boyd, E. S. (accepted January 2020) An Ecological Perspective on Dolomite Formation in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology
Lageson, D., Kalakay, T. J., Foster, D. A. (2019) Channel flow hypothesis for K-PG magmatism in western Montana and Idaho. No. Geological Society of America: v. 51 i. 5
Kalakay, T. J., Lonn, J. D., Foster, D. A., Lageson, D. (2019) Channel flow in the Cordilleran hinterland: Footwall rocks of the Anaconda metamorphic core complex of western Montana . Northwest Geology (Annual TRGS Field Guide Series). Northwest Geology: v. 48

Selected Awards

Nominated for Elected Fellow ()
Geological Society of America
Nominated for Elected Fellow ()
Geological Society of London
Nominated for Elected Life Member Nepal Geological Society (2019)
Nepal Geological Society
Nominated for U.S. Professor of the Year Nomination (2014)
Carnegie Foundation
Nominated for CASE National Circle of Excellence Gold Award (2013)
Council for the Advancement of Support of Education

Selected Engagement, Outreach, and Service

Committee Member (Jan 2013 - Present) Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, State Map Advisory Board
Editor (Jan 2013 - Present) Rocky Mountain Geology
Program Organizer (2018 - 2019) 34th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop
Field trip co-leader (Jun 2019) 34th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop
Field trip co-leader (Jun 2019) 34th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop
Guest Speaker (Apr 2013) Sons of Norway
Guest Speaker (Apr 2013) Leadership Bozeman
Guest Speaker (Apr 2013) MSU Library's Distinctive Dialogues
Guest Speaker (Feb 2013) CLS Aspen Pointe Speaker Series
Guest Speaker (Feb 2013) Leadership MSU

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