Warner Cribb
Professional
Experience:
Professor of Geology,
Middle Tennessee State University (2002-present)
Associate Professor of Geology, Middle Tennessee State University (1997
- 2002)
Assistant Professor of Geology, Middle Tennessee State
University (1993 - 1997)
Education:
PhD - The Ohio State
University, 1993 (Geology)
MS - The George Washington University, 1986 (Geology)
BS - Vanderbilt University, 1983 (Geology)
Professional Memberships:
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Tennessee Science Teachers Association
Tennessee Earth Science Teachers Association
Honorary Society
Memberships:
Sigma Gamma Epsilon –
National Earth Science Honorary Society
MTSU Instructional
Responsibilities:
Earth Science
Mineralogy
Geology Field Course
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Problems in Geology
Inorganic Geochemistry
Applied Geochemistry
Seminar in Geology
MTSU Non-Instructional Responsibilities:
Development and management
of MTSU analytical geochemistry labs: Acquired National Science
Foundation funding for equipment and
construction of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma
mass spectrometer (ICPMS) laboratories.
Faculty supervisor of MTSU
analytical geochemistry labs: Instruction of students and faculty on use
of XRF and ICPMS. Development of sample preparation techniques and
analytical methodologies.
Department of Geosciences
representative to the MTSU Microanalysis and Imaging Center.
Department of Geosciences
representative to the MTSU Faculty Senate
Analytical Expertise and
Experience:
X-ray Fluorescence
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
X-ray Diffraction
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Electron Microprobe
Current Research
Interests:
Development of new x-ray fluorescence and inductively coupled plasma
mass spectrometry analytical methods for analysis of natural and
synthetic solids
Geochemical characteristics
and distribution of coal ash in stream/river systems surrounding
coal-fired power plants
Improved methods for the
analysis of arsenic by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Mobility and transport
mechanisms of metals in stream and river systems surrounding
mine-affected landscapes
Geochemical origin and
evolution of lavas erupted at northern Oregon Cascade Range volcanoes
External Funding:
Distributions, Concentrations, and Transport
Processes of Toxic Metals Released from TVA Coal-Ash Surface
Impoundments into Public Waterways and River Sediments. National Science Foundation
(STEP-MT)/College of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2009; $17,500
Integration of an
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer into the Undergraduate
Concrete and Geology Curricula and Research Programs.
(Heather Brown, Principal Investigator; Warner Cribb,
Co-Principal Investtigator); National Science Foundation. 2005 - 2008;
$122,000.
X-ray Fluorescence
Spectrometry: Inter/Intra Applications Applied to Geosciences and Social
Science (Warner Cribb, Principal Investigator; Doug Heffington,
Co-Principal Investigator). National Science Foundation. 1999-2002;
$92,000.
Former MTSU
Students/Graduate Schools Attended
Betsy Gorisch
BS,1994
Vanderbilt University (completed MS)
Clark Cropper
BS,1995
The University of Tennessee (completed MS, current PhD student)
Andrew Scott
BS,1997
Southern Illinois University (completed MS)
Scott Kaufmann
BS,1997
Vanderbilt University (completed MS)
Kelly Woody
BS, 2000
SUNY, Stony Brook (completed MS)
Whitney Nelson
BS, 2001
The University of Tennessee (completed MS, PhD)
Steve Lehner
BS, 2002
Vanderbilt University (completed MS, PhD)
Jason Powell
BS, 2003
Southern Illinois University (completed MS)
Scott Crombie
BS, 2004
Vanderbilt University (completed MS)
Beverly Buchanan
BS, 2004
Northern Arizona University (current MS student)
Brian Cosky
BS, 2004
Miami of Ohio University (current MS student)
Roberta Challener
2004,2006
Vanderbilt University (completed MS), University of Alabama at
Birmingham (current PhD student)
Josh Gordon
BS, 2006
University of Memphis (completed MS)
Catherine Cox
BS, 2007
University of Oklahoma (current MS student)
Jessica Beard
BS, 2008
University of Notre Dame (current PhD student)
Richard Anderson
BS, 2008
Northern Illinois University (current MS student)
Matt Dede
BS, 2008
University of Tennessee Space Institute (current MS student)
Aaron Mayfield
BS, 2009 Central Washington
University (current MS student)
Brad Anderson
BS, 2009 University of Toledo
(current MS student)
Publications, Presentations
and Abstracts
(student authors: * MTSU, ** Vanderbilt, *** Ohio State):
*Mayfield, A., *Anderson, B. and Cribb, W.,
2009. Hazardous metals in Tennessee Copper Basin stream sediments:
sources, concentrations and distributions.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol 41,
No.1
*Pickering, J., *Tonish, J., *Cares, J. and
Cribb, W., 2009. Optimization of x-ray fluorescence spectrometry for
environmental analysis of arsenic at low concentrations in sediment and
soil materials. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol 41, No. 1.
**Weinman, BA., Goodbred,
SL., Savage, K., Zheng, Y., Radloff, K., Singhvi, A., Charlet, L., Berg,
M., Eiche, E., Cribb, W., and van Geen., A., 2008. The co-evolution of
Asian aquifers and arsenic: how understanding sedimentary history can
help predict patterns of arsenic heterogeneity. Oral presentation.
Session H71. Arsenic and Other Metals as Contaminants in Hydrologic
Systems at AGU's Fall 2008 meeting, San Francisco.
*Anderson, R, and Cribb, W.
2007. Investigation of petro-tectonic setting(s) of felsic igneous
rocks, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. with
Progs. 39, 6.
* Anderson. R., *Beard, J.
and Cribb, W., 2007. Geochemical investigation of petro-tectonic
setting(s) of felsic igneous rocks, St. Francois Mountains, Maine. Geol.
Soc. Amer. Abst. with Progs. 39, 3.
*Cosky, B., **Crombie,
S., *Baxter, J., *Gordon, J. and Cribb, W. 2005. Potential Formation of
'Hybrid' Adakite Magmas Within the Northern Oregon Cascadia Subduction
Zone. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. with Progs. 37, 7.
*Gordon, J., Belfton, F., Cribb, W and Henry, J. 2005. Influences of
Changing Lunar Cycle and Barometric Pressure on the Eruption of
Natrocarbonatite Lava, Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano, Tanzania. Geol. Soc.
Amer. Abst. with Progs. 37, 7.
*Gordon, J., Belton, F., Cribb, W. and Henry, J., 2005. Effects of the
lunar cycle and changing barometric pressure on the timing and intensity
of eruptions at Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania. Geol. Soc. Amer.
Abst. with Progs. 37, 2.
**Harper, B.E., Miller,
C.F., Koteas, G.C., Cates, N.L., Wiebe, R.A., Lazzareschi, D.S. and
Cribb, J.W., in review, Granites, dynamic magma chamber processes, and
pluton construction: Aztec Wash pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada, USA:
Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh: Earth Sciences (Hutton Symposium Volume).
*Cosky, B., *Crombie,
S., *Baxter, B. and *Buchanan, B., 2003. Geochemical investigation of
the mechanisms of magma formation beneath the northern Oregon Cascade
Range. Annual meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences.
*Crombie, S.,
*Buchanan, B., *Baxter, J., *Cosky, B. and Cribb, W., 2003. Geochemical
and tectonic attributes for melting of subducted oceanic lithosphere,
Mt. Hood volcano, Oregon. GSA Abst. with Progs. 35, 6.
Cribb, W. and Heffington,
D., 2003. Applications of geochemical problem-solving exercises in
undergraduate social science curricula. GSA Abst. with Progs. 35, 6.
**Harper, B.E., Miller,
C.F., Wiebe, R.A., Cates, N.L and Cribb, W. 2003. Granite accumulation
and fractionation in a dynamic, open-system magma chamber, Aztec Wash
pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada. GSA Abst. with Progs. 35, 4.
*Crombie, S., *Powell,
J. and Cribb, W., 2002. Potential magma formation by partial melting of
both mantle and subducted lithosphere at Mt. Hood volcano, Cascade Range
volcanic arc. GSA Abst. with Progs. 34, 6.
**Lang, N.P., Miller, C.F.,
Faulds, J.E., Heizler, M.T. and Cribb, J.W., 2002. Constraining the
evolution of the Secter Pass Canyon volcanic center, northern Colorado
River extensional corridor, northwest Arizona: implications for a source
and possible relation to the Peach Springs tuff. GSA Abst. with Progs
34, 5.
**Lang,
N.P., Miller, C.F., Faulds, J.E. and Cribb, W., 2001. Eruptive history
and syn- and post-volcanic tectonism of the Union Pass volcanic center,
Arizona. GSA Abst. with Progs 33, 3.
Cribb, W., *Ooten,
L., and Heffington, J., 2000. Application of multi-dispersive x-ray
fluorescence spectrometry to archaeological provenance studies, north
central Taos Valley, New Mexico. GSA Abst. with Progs 32, 7.
*Ooten,
L., Cribb, W., and Heffington, J., 2000. Multi-dispersive x-ray
fluorescence spectrometry: applications to archeaological provenance
studies in the north-central Taos Valley, New Mexico. GSA Abst. with
Progs. 32, 7.
*Gaskin,
P.E., Cribb, J.W. and Barton, M., 1998. Evaluation of the effects of
deep crustal assimilation on the chemical evolution of mantle-derived
magmas. GSA Abst. with Progs.
Cribb, W., 1998. Dana's
Minerals and How to Study Them, Fourth Edition (Book Review), EOS
79.
***Comerford,
M.C., Barton, M., and Cribb, J.W., 1997. Long-term geochemical evolution
of the Santorini volcanic field, Greece. EOS 78.
Barton, M., ***Comerford,
M.C. and Cribb, J.W., 1997. Constraints on the source regions of active
continental margins, Greece. EOS 78.
Cribb, J.W. and Barton, M.,
1997. Significance of crustal and source region processes on the
evolution of compositionally similar calc-alkaline lavas, Mt. Hood,
Oregon. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 76, 229-249.
Cribb, J.W., and Barton, M.,
1997. Significance of magma mixing on the evolution of compositionally
similar lavas and pyroclastic deposits, Mt. Hood, Oregon. EOS, 78.
Cribb, J.W. and Barton, M.,
1996. Geochemical effects of decoupled fractional crystallization and
crustal assimilation. Lithos 37, 293-307.
***Osborn
T., Barton, M., ***Comerford, M. and Cribb, J.W., 1996. New
thermobarometric and modal data for the Waldoboro plutonic complex,
Maine: constraints on in-situ magma genesis. EOS 77.