Teaching
The "hard rock" disciplines are at the center of my teaching and research, but I view myself as a geology generalist - especially in the teaching arena. I have taught numerous introductory level geology courses aimed at a variety of audiences. In addition to staples such as "Intro to Earth Science" and "Physical Geology", offerings that I've taught at the introductory level include focused courses such as "Geology of the National Parks" and "Mountains and Moving Plates". Mineralogy, Petrology, and Tectonics are the core, upper-level undegraduate courses that I teach for geology majors and minors. In the future I would like to teach courses in Field Methods (including field trips and/or summer field camp) and Geochemistry on a regular basis, as well. I would also look forward to teaching specialized seminars in related areas (volcanology, isotope geology and geochronology, etc.), and possibly contributing to collaborative teaching efforts in Sedimentary Basin Analysis. I'm also open-minded about the possibility of teaching (or team-teaching) undergraduate Sedimentology, Structural Geology, and Economic Geology, although I don't claim expertise in any of these fields.
Fall 2001 Courses:
Spring 2002 Courses:
- Natural Science 102 - Intro to Geology
- Geology 222 - Mineralogy/Petrography
Research
My Ph.D. research has used provenance analysis to address issues of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene tectonics and paleogeography of California.
My future research will focus in three areas:
- the application of geochemical and isotopic techniques to sedimentary provenance and basin analysis studies
- the integrated study of petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic evolution of large scale magmatic systems (focusing on the Mesozoic batholiths of California)
- the application of petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic studies to problems of terrane motions and the assembly and evolution of the North American Cordillera
Service
I am an advisor to the LSSU Geology Club.
I am webmaster for the Geology & Physics Department.
Publications
Publications related to my current research:
- Schott, Ronald C., Johnson, Clark M., and O’Neil, James, in prep., Contrasting oceanic and continental sources for Upper Cretaceous conglomerates of the Gualala Formation, northern California: for submission to JGR
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 2001, Garnet-bearing trondhjemite and other conglomerate clasts from the Gualala basin, California: Constraints on Eocene provenance, Paleogene tectonics, and Early Cretaceous magmatism, GSA Bulletin, v. 113, no. 7, p. 870-880. Abstract
- Schott, Ronald C., 2000, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Middle Eocene Gualala basin, California: Geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence from conglomerate clasts: Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 273 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Late Cretaceous to Eocene Gualala basin provenance constraints from conglomerate clasts: Implications for the origin and early evolution of the Salinian block, in Elder, W. P., ed., Geology and tectonics of the Gualala block, northern California: Pacific Section, SEPM, Book 84, p. 75-94.
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Sedimentary record of the Late Cretaceous collapse of the Salinia-Mojave magmatic arc: Geology, v. 26, p. 327-330. Abstract
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Paleogene Gualala basin: Geochemical, isotopic, and U/Pb zircon age evidence from conglomerate clasts: AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, no. 5A, p. 857. Abstract
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1997, Do Late Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments of the Gualala basin (Calif.) record the collision and/or passage of outboard terranes?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 5, p. 63. Abstract
- Dott, R. H., Jr., Medaris, L. G., Jr, and Schott, R. C., 1997, Post-1760 Ma deposition of the Baraboo Quartzite: Confirmation from detrital zircon ages and new field evidence: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 4, p. 13.
- Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1996, Conglomerates of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Changing provenance and implications for Cordilleran paleogeography: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 445. Abstract
- Medaris, L. G., Jr., Johnson, C. M., Schott, R. C., Dott, R. H., Jr., and Van Wyck, N., 1996, The Baraboo quartzite, Wisconsin: Proterozoic deposition and deformation in the Lake Superior region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 376.
- Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1995, Orphaned Conglomerate Cobbles of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin: Still Seeking a Home. Abstract
- Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1994, U/Pb zircon ages of conglomerate cobbles, Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Implications for provenance and San Andreas fault offset history: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 147. Abstract
- Johnson, Clark, Schott, Ronald, and O'Neil, James, 1994, Isotope and elemental chemistry of sedimentary clasts of the Cretaceous and Eocene Gualala basin, northern California: Ties to Salinia, Mojave, or Sierra Nevada Cordilleran batholiths?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 193. Abstract
- Schott, Ronald C., 1993, Provenance Characteristics of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Gualala Basin and Implications for the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault: Geochronologic and Geochemical Evidence from Conglomerate Cobbles: M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 88 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)
Other Publications:
- Schott, Ronald C., 1995, A bibliographic database of geologic hazards publications in northern California on the World Wide Web, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-661, 6 pp.
- Schott, Ronald; Meyer, Wendy; Sherwood, Elizabeth; Schulist, Michael; and Goldstein, Arthur, 1991, Deformational and metamorphic history of Taconic flysch, eastern New York and western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 124.
- Goldstein, Arthur; Cushing, Janet; and Schott, Ronald, 1991, History of folding and thrusting in the Taconic fold-thrust belt, western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 36.
- McLelland, James; Ylagan, Robert; Schott, Ronald; and Gamache, Michelle, 1990, Magma mixing and commingling in the Roaring Brook intrusion breccia, Giant Mt. Adirondack highlands, N.Y., Geological Society of America, Northeast section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 2, p. 55.
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