Nels F. Forsman

Title: Assistant Professor
Interests: Sedimentary Petrology, Stratigraphy and Tuff Diagenesis
Office: Leonard 322B
Phone: (701) 777-4349
E-Mail: nels_forsman@und.nodak.edu

Education

Ph.D. Geology, University of North Dakota, 1985

M.S. Geology, University of Houston, 1978

Research Interests

Cretaceous through Miocene Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Great Plains
Zeolite Paragenesis in Tuffaceous Sediments
Diagenesis of Volcanic Tuff
Origin of Bentonite
Recognition and Distinction of Authigenic Clays
Fingerprinting of Earth Materials

Petrographic Inventory of Cenozoic Sandstones of the Great Plains

Petrologic Characterization of Archaeological Lithic Artifact Raw Materials

Identification and Classification of Meteorites

Courses Taught at UND

Geol 101 Introduction to Geology
Geol 111 Views of Earth and Planets
Geol 203 Geology for Engineers
GeoE 337 Cooperative Education

Geol 522 History and Philosophy of Geology

Geol 591 Geology of Mars

 

Recent Publications

Forsman, N.F., Gerlach, T.R., Anderson, N.L., 1996, Impact Origin of the Newporte Structure, Williston Basin, North Dakota. AAPG Bull., v: 80, p. 721-730

 

Murphy, E.C., Nichols, D.J., Hoganson, J.W., Forsman, N.F., 1995, The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary in South-Central North Dakota. North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations no. 98, 74 pp., 2 pl.

 

Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., Forsman, N.F., 1993, The Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota: the Buttes of Southwestern North Dakota. North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations no. 96, 144 pp., 5 plates.

 

Hoganson, J.W., Murphy, E.C., Forsman, N.F., 1998, Lithostratigraphy, Paleontology, and Biochronology of the Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota, in GSA Special Paper 325, Depositional Environments, Lithostratigraphy, and Biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree Groups (Late Eocene to Early Miocene, North America), D.O. Terry, Jr., H.E. LaGarry, and R.M. Hunt, Jr., eds, p. 185-196.

Membership

Geological Society of America
North Dakota Academy of Science
Sigma Xi

Current Graduate Students

Curtis Rockwell, A Petrographic and Geochemical Characterization of Knife River Flint

Address

Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
University of North Dakota
Box 8358
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358
phone (701)777-4349
Fax (701)777-4449
e-mail: nforsman@badlands.nodak.edu