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Amy Ellwein

Amy Ellwein

Research Professor of Geology

Education

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Soil Geomorphology, 2011
M.S. University of New Mexico, Geology, 1997
B.S. University of Minnesota, Geology and Geophysics, 1993

Biography

Courses Taught

  • Physical Geology
  • Physical Science (Physics, Astronomy, and Geology)
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Geology
  • Soils and Climate Change
  • Watersheds and River Systems
  • Geobotany
  • Using Scientific Data for Multidisciplinary Science Instruction
  • Communicating Science
  • Teaching the Methods of Geoscience
  • Teaching the Process of Science
  • Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science

Select Publications

  • Ellwein, A.L., Shroder, J., Engelmann, G., Engelmann, C., Yuhas, B., and Feeney, C.M., 2022, Geology Underfoot on Colorado’s Western Slope, Mountain Press Publishing Co., 323 p.
  • Huth, T.E., Cerling, T.E., Marchetti, D.W., Bowling, D.R., Ellwein, A.L., Passey, B.H, Fernandez, D.P., Valley, J.W., and Orland, I.J., 2020, Laminated soil carbonate rinds as a paleoclimate archive of the Colorado Plateau, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.022
  • Huth, T.E., Cerling, T.E., Marchetti, D.W., Ellwein, A.L., Bowling, D.R., and Passey, B.H, 2019, Seasonal bias in soil carbonate formation and its implications for interpreting high-resolution paleoarchives: evidence from southern Utah, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, doi: 10.1029/2018JG004496. 
  • Ellwein, A.L., McFadden, L.D., McAuliffe, J., and Mahan, S.A, 2018, Late Quaternary soil development enhances aeolian landform stability, Moenkopi Plateau, southern Colorado Plateau, USA, Geosciences, doi: 10.3390.
  •  Ellwein, A.L., Mahan, S.A., and McFadden, L.D., 2015, Impacts of climate change on the formation and stability of late Quaternary sand sheets and falling dunes, southern Colorado Plateau, USA, Quaternary International, v. 362, p.87-107.
  • Ellwein, A.L., Hartley, L.M., Donovan, S., and Billick, I., 2014, Using rich context and data exploration to improve climate and data literacy: bringing a field station into the classroom, Journal of Geoscience Education – Special Volume: Outcomes from Climate Literacy Efforts, v. 62, n. 4, p. 578-586.
  • Gellis, A.C., Pavich M.J., Ellwein, A.L., Wieczorek, M.E., and Viger, R.J., 2012, Sources of sediment in the current arroyo cycle using a sediment budget for two subbasins of the Rio Puerco, New Mexico, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, p. 817-841.

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