CSUSB Department of Geological Sciences

Dr. Alan L. Smith

Department Chair and Professor of Geology - Department of Geological Sciences

Office: PS- 217 (winter 2007) BI-110C (starting spring 2007)

Phone: (909) 537-5409
Email: alsmith@csusb.edu

Teaching Responsibilities

Course Number

Course Title

Quarter Taught

Geol 101

Introductory Geology

TBA*

Geol 310

Regional Field Geology

TBA*

Geol 320

Mineralogy and Crystallography

Fall

Geol 321

Optical Mineralogy

Winter

Geol 322

Introduction to Geochemistry

Spring

Geol 325

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

Spring

Geol 395

Directed Studies

as needed

Geol 540

Advanced Topics in Geology

as needed

* For more information please contact the dept. ASC

Current Research Projects

Stratigraphy of the Soufriere Hills-South Soufriere Hills, Montserrat

Petrology of Providencia Island
Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry of Dominica

Educational Background

PhD. 1969 University of California (Berkeley)

BSc 1963 University of Landon

Employment History

2000- Chair and Professor Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino

1980-2000 Professor Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

1979-2000 Chair, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

1973-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

1969-1974 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Selected Publications

Roobol, M. J. and Smith, A. L., 1989, Volcanic and Associated Hazards in the Lesser Antilles: IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology, v. 1, p. 57-85.

Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J., 1990, Mt. Pelee, Martinique: Geological Society of America Memoir, 175, 110p.

Mattioli, G., Jansma, P., Jaramillo, L. and Smith A.L., 1995, Sector collapse in island arc volcanoes: a digital topographic and bathymetric investigation of the Qualibou depression, St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles : Caribbean Journal of Science, v. 31, p.163-173.

Mattioli, G.S. , Jansma, P.E., Jaramillo, L. and Smith, A.L., 1996, A desktop image processing and photometric method for rapid volcanic hazard mapping: Application to air photo interpretation of Mt. Pelée, Martinique: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 58, p. 401-410.

Frost, C.D., Schellekens, J.H. and Smith, A.L., 1998, Nd, Sr and Pb isotopic characterization of Cretaceous and Paleogene volcanic and plutonic island arc rocks from Puerto Rico: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322, p.123-132.

Larue, D.K., Torrini, R., Smith, A.L. and Joyce, J., 1998, North Coast Tertiary basin of Puerto Rico: from arc basin to carbonate platform to forearc slope: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322 p. 155-176.

Mattioli, G.M., Dixon, T.H., Farina, F., Howell, E.S., Jansma, P.E. and Smith, A.L., 1998, GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996: Geophysical Research Letters v. 25, p. 3417-3420.

Roobol, M.J. and Smith, A.L., 1998, Pyroclastic Stratigraphy of the Soufriere Hills Center, Montserrat - Implications for the present eruptions: Geophysical Research Letters v. 25, p. 3393-3396.

Smith, A.L., Schellekens, J.H. and Muriel Diaz, A-L., 1998, Batholith emplacement in the northeastern Caribbean:markers of tectonic change: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322, p. 99-122.

Smith, A.L. Schellekens, J.H., Roobol, M.J. and Joyce, J., 1999, The stratigraphy and age of the White Wall-Sugar Loaf sequence, St. Eustatius: Trans. XIVth Caribbean Geological Conference (July, 1995), p. 2-12.

Roobol, M.J., and Smith, A.L., 2004, Volcanology of Saba and St. Eustatius Islands, Northern Lesser Antilles: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Letters, 310p.

Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J. 2004, Saba, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press.

Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J., 2004, St. Eustatius, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press.

Lindsay, J., Smith, A.L., Roobol, M.J., and Stasiuk, M., 2004, Dominica, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press.

Dr. Alan L. Smith Department Chair and Professor of Geology - Department of Geological Sciences Office: PS- 217 (winter 2007) BI-110C (starting spring 2007) Phone: (909) 537-5409 Email: alsmith@csusb.edu


Teaching Responsibilities
Course Number	Course Title	Quarter Taught
Geol 101	Introductory Geology	TBA*
Geol 310	Regional Field Geology	TBA*
Geol 320	Mineralogy and Crystallography	Fall
Geol 321	Optical Mineralogy	Winter
Geol 322	Introduction to Geochemistry	Spring
Geol 325	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology	Spring
Geol 395	Directed Studies	as needed
Geol 540	Advanced Topics in Geology	as needed * For more information please contact the dept. ASC

Current Research Projects
Stratigraphy of the Soufriere Hills-South Soufriere Hills, Montserrat
Petrology of Providencia Island Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry of Dominica
Educational Background
PhD. 1969 University of California (Berkeley) BSc 1963 University of Landon
Employment History
2000- Chair and Professor Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino 1980-2000 Professor Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1979-2000 Chair, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1973-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1969-1974 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Selected Publications
Roobol, M. J. and Smith, A. L., 1989, Volcanic and Associated Hazards in the Lesser Antilles: IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology, v. 1, p. 57-85. Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J., 1990, Mt. Pelee, Martinique: Geological Society of America Memoir, 175, 110p. Mattioli, G., Jansma, P., Jaramillo, L. and Smith A.L., 1995, Sector collapse in island arc volcanoes: a digital topographic and bathymetric investigation of the Qualibou depression, St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles : Caribbean Journal of Science, v. 31, p.163-173. Mattioli, G.S. , Jansma, P.E., Jaramillo, L. and Smith, A.L., 1996, A desktop image processing and photometric method for rapid volcanic hazard mapping: Application to air photo interpretation of Mt. Pelée, Martinique: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 58, p. 401-410. Frost, C.D., Schellekens, J.H. and Smith, A.L., 1998, Nd, Sr and Pb isotopic characterization of Cretaceous and Paleogene volcanic and plutonic island arc rocks from Puerto Rico: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322, p.123-132. Larue, D.K., Torrini, R., Smith, A.L. and Joyce, J., 1998, North Coast Tertiary basin of Puerto Rico: from arc basin to carbonate platform to forearc slope: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322 p. 155-176. Mattioli, G.M., Dixon, T.H., Farina, F., Howell, E.S., Jansma, P.E. and Smith, A.L., 1998, GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996: Geophysical Research Letters v. 25, p. 3417-3420. Roobol, M.J. and Smith, A.L., 1998, Pyroclastic Stratigraphy of the Soufriere Hills Center, Montserrat - Implications for the present eruptions: Geophysical Research Letters v. 25, p. 3393-3396. Smith, A.L., Schellekens, J.H. and Muriel Diaz, A-L., 1998, Batholith emplacement in the northeastern Caribbean:markers of tectonic change: in Lidiak, E.G. and Larue, D.K., ed., Tectonics and geochemistry of the northeastern Caribbean, GSA Special Paper 322, p. 99-122. Smith, A.L. Schellekens, J.H., Roobol, M.J. and Joyce, J., 1999, The stratigraphy and age of the White Wall-Sugar Loaf sequence, St. Eustatius: Trans. XIVth Caribbean Geological Conference (July, 1995), p. 2-12. Roobol, M.J., and Smith, A.L., 2004, Volcanology of Saba and St. Eustatius Islands, Northern Lesser Antilles: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Letters, 310p. Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J. 2004, Saba, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press. Smith, A.L., and Roobol, M.J., 2004, St. Eustatius, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press. Lindsay, J., Smith, A.L., Roobol, M.J., and Stasiuk, M., 2004, Dominica, in Lindsay J., Roberstson, R., Ali, S., and Shepherd, J. (eds.), Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles, University of the West Indies, in press.