Education
BA, Geology, Western State College, 1982
MS, Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1996
Professional Affiliation
Society for Sedimentary Geology
Professional Specialties for ESP Team
Laboratory: Manager of XRD and carbon analyses laboratory. Various laboratory analyses include: basic mineralogy, petrography, mineral separations, clay mineral preparations, particle size determinations, percent organic and inorganic carbon determinations.
Field Work: Coring unconsolidated lake sediment using an array of coring equipment; core photographing, logging, and sampling; and dust collection in the desert southwest.
Bibliography
Dubial, R.F., and Skipp, G., 1989, Stratigraphic and Sedimentologic Studies of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Western Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-2, 26 p.
Hansley, P.L., Collins, S.P., Brownfield, I.K., and Skipp, G.L., 1989, Mineralogy of Uranium Ore from the Crow Butte Uranium Deposit, Oligocene Chadron Formation, Northwestern Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-225, 28 p.
Dubial, R.F., Skipp, G.L., Hasiotis, S.T., 1992, Continental Depositional Environment and Tropical Paleosols in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Eagle Basin, Western Colorado: in R.M. Flores, ed., Mesozoic of the Western Interior, Field Guidebook, Denver: Rocky Mountain Section, SEPM, p. 21-37.
Skipp G.L., and Aubrey, W.M.. 1992, X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the <2-µm Fraction From the Upper Part of the Brushy Basin Member of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and the Lower Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation in the Four Corners Area, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1808-K, 11 p.
Dickinson, K.A., and Skipp, G.L., 1992, Clay Mineral Depositional Facies And Uranium Resource Potential in Part of the Tertiary Kenai Group, Kenai Pennisula, Alaska: in Bradley, D.C., and Ford, A.B., eds., Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1999, p. 81-99.
Dickinson, K.A., and Skipp, G.L., 1992, A Reconnaissance Study of Radon Levels in Soils Developed on The Upper Pierre Shale just above the Sharon Springs Member in the Missouri River Valley in Southwestern South Dakota and Northeastern Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-592, 12 p.
Skipp, G.L., Brownfield, I.K., 1993, Improved Density Gradient Separation Techniques Using Sodium Polytungstate and a Comparison to the Use of Other Heavy Liquids: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-386, 16 p.
Collins, D.S., and Skipp G.L., 1995, Detailed Lithologic Log of the Dow Chemical #1 B.L. Garrigan Drill Hole, Mississippi County, Arkansas: U. S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, Map MF-2296.
Skipp, G.L., 1997, Characterization and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of Pedogenic Carbonate at the J-K Boundary, East-Central Utah and West-Central Colorado: Unpublished MS thesis, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 113 p.
Muhs, D.R., Stafford, T.W., Jr., Been, J., Mahan, S.A., Burdett, J., Skipp, G., and Rowland, Z.M., 1997, Holocene Eolian Activity in the Minot Dune Field, North Dakota: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 34, p. 1442-1459.
Turner, C. and Peterson, F. with contributions of Chure, D., Demko, T., Dunagen, S., Ekart, G., Engelmann, E., Evanoff, A., Fiorillo, S., Good, S., Hasiotis, B., Kowallis, R., Litwin, D., Newell, M., Schudack, M. and Skipp, G., 1998, Reconstruction of the Late Jurassic Ecosystem in the Western Interior of the United States: Abstract. 5th International Symposium on the Jurassic System; Vancouver, p. 91-92.
Rosenbaum, J., Dean, W., Honke, G., Skipp, G., Haskell, B., Schnurrenberger, D., Kelts, K., Palacios-Fest, Nieldon, D., 2000, GLAD800 Drilling in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho: EOS (Trans. American Geophysical Union), v. 81, p. F709.
Skipp, G., Dean, W., Bischoff, J., Rosenbaum, J., Liu, A., Forester, R., Simmons, K., Swarzenski, P., Anderson, R., and Thornburg, D., 2001, Unusual Modern and Holocene Carbonate Sedimentation in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: EOS (Trans American Geophysical Union), v. 82, p. F755.
Dean, W.E., Bischoff, J.L, Forester, R.M., Rosenbaum, J.R., Simmons, K.R. and Skipp, G.L., 2002, Glacial-interglacial Contrasts in Carbonate Sedimentation in Bear Lake Utah/Idaho -- A Downstream Recorder of Pacific Climate: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 292.
Muhs, D.R., Reynolds, R.L., Been, J., and Skipp, G., 2003, Eolian sand Transport Pathways in the Southwestern United States: Importance of the Colorado River and Local Sources: Quaternary International, v. 104, p. 3-18.
Dean, W., Forester, R., Colman, S., Liu, A., Skipp, G., Simmons, K., Swarzenski, P., and Anderson, R., 2005, Modern and Glacial-Holocene Carbonate Sedimentation in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1124, 21 p.
Dean, W., Rosenbaum, J., Skipp, G., Colman, S., Forester, R., Liu, A., Simmons, K., and Bischoff, J., 2006, Unusual Holocene and Late Pleistocene Carbonate Sedimentation in Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho, U.S.A.: Sedimentary Geology, v. 185, p. 93-112.
Muhs, D.R., Budahn, J., Reheis, M., Beann, J., Skipp, G., and Fisher, E., 2007, Airborne Dust Transport to the Eastern Pacific Ocean off Southern California: Evidence From San Clemente Island: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007577.
Muhs, D.R., Bettis III, E.A., Aleinikoff, J.N., McGeehin, J.P., Beann, J., Skipp, G., Marshall, B.D., Roberts, B.D., Roberts, H.M., Johnson, W.C., Benton, R., Ager, T.A., 2007, Origin and Paleoclimatic Significance of Late Quaternary Loess in Nebraska: Evidence from Stratigraphy, Chronology, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, no. 3, 15 p.
Muhs, D.R., Budahn, J.R., Johnson, D.L., Rehies, M., Beann, J., Skipp, G., Fisher, E., and Jones, J.A., 2008, Geochemical Evidence for Airborne Dust Additions to Soil in Channel Islands National Park, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 106-126.
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