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Dr. Eric Karlstrom
Eric T. Karlstrom, Ph.D.
POSITION: Emeritus Professor of Geography,
California State University, Stanislaus (retired)
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 54, Crestone, CO 81131
phone: 719-256-4814
email: [email protected]
BIRTH: June 22, 1949, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Dr. Karlstrom created and maintains the www.naturalclimatechange.us website.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Eric Karlstrom came to California State University, Stanislaus in 1990, after five years as an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University, one year as a Visiting Professor at The University of Kansas, and one year as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wyoming. At CSUS, in addition, to teaching physical and environmental geography courses (Geomorphology, Climatology, Introduction to Physical Geography, Human Ecology), he has also taught courses cross-listed with the Geology department (Geology/Geography of Soils, Physical and Environmental Geology), and an honors course (State of the World: The Environmental Perspective).
Throughout his career, Dr. Karlstrom has continued his research program in field and laboratory analyses of soils and geomorphology as means of reconstructing Quaternary paleoclimates. This research has involved field investigations in Montana, northern Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Alberta, and British Columbia. In the 1980’s, Karlstrom served as an officer (Treasurer) of the American Quaternary Association. He has served on numerous university committees at CSUS and has served as advisor to various student clubs, including the Ecology Club and Students for Social Justice and Peace. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Khmer Buddhist Educational Assistance Project (KEAP).
EDUCATION
1981 Ph.D. in Soils and Geomorphology, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1977 M.A. in Soils-Physical Geography, Department of Geography, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
1974 Secondary Education Teaching Certificate, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1971 B.S. in Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1967-9 Attended Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona.
Ph.D. DISSERTATION
Late Cenozoic soils of the Glacier and Waterton Parks area, northwestern Montana and southwestern Alberta, and paleoclimatic implications, 1981, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 358 pp.
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
1990- 2011 Professor of Geography, Department of Anthropology and
Geography, California State University, Stanislaus.
1988.90 Research Associate, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, The University of Colorado, Boulder.
1987.88 Visiting Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, The University of Kansas, Lawrence.
1981-86 Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff.
RESEARCH- AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Soils, geomorphology, Quaternary environments and climate change; paleoenvironmental interpretation of buried and relict paleosols, glacial and periglacial features, and alluvial terrace sequences, geoarchaeology, energy and related contemporary issues.
PUBLICATIONS
2008 Karlstrom, E.T., Oviatt, C.G., and Ranson, M.D., Paleoenvironmental interpretation of a multiple soil-loess sequence at Milford Reservoir, Geary County, northeastern Kansas, v. 72, Catena, 113-128.
2005 Karlstrom, E.T., Late Quaternary landscape history and geoarchaeology of two drainages on Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona, Geoarchaeology, v. 20, no. 1, 1-28.
2001 Karlstrom, E.T. and Barendregt, R.W., Fabric, paleomagnetism and interpretation of pre-Illinoian diamictons and paleosols on Cloudy Ridge and Milk River Ridge, Alberta and Montana, Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 55, no. 2, 141-157.
2001 Karlstrom, E.T., 2001, Description and genesis of buried, sand-filled soil wedges near Flagstaff, Arizona. Physical Geography, v. 22, no. 2, 166-186.
2000 ________, Fabric and origin of multiple diamictons within the pre-Illinoian Kennedy Drift east of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, no. 10, 1496-1506.
2000 ________, Use of soils to identify glacial deposits of various ages east of Glacier National Park, Montana. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, v. 32, no. 2, p. 179-188.
1999 ________, Evidence for coalescence of Laurentide and Rocky Mountain glaciers east of Glacier National Park, Montana, Physical Geography, 20, 3, 225-239.
1999 ________, Tibetan diaspora: the seed pod breaks, the Dharma is scattered. Forefront, v. 6, no. 3, p. 8-11.
1996 ________, Democracy for sale. Forefront, v. 3, no. 3, p. 20-22.
1995 Cioppa, M.T., Karlstrom, E.T., Barendregt, R.W., and Irving, E., Paleomagnetism of tills and associated paleosols in southwestern Alberta and northern Montana: evidence for late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene glaciations. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 32, no. 5, p. 555-564.
1994 Karlstrom, E.T. Paleoclimatic interpretation of a highly-weathered paleosol in till at Topeka, Kansas. Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies- TER-QUA Symposium Series, v. 2, p. 155-177.
1993 ________, Perspectives on sustainability: The changing environment of Chase County, Kansas. The Land Report, no. 48, Fall, p. 35-38.
1993 ________, A pedologist’s ruminations on soil: Observations on the soils of Chase County, Kansas. The Land Report, no. 47, Summer, p. 23-27.
1993 ________, Stewardship of the land: Man’s proper role in nature. Desert Call, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 4-9.
1992 Karlstrom, E.T., and Osborn, G., Genesis of buried paleosols and soils in Holocene and late Pleistocene tills, Bugaboo Glacier area, British Columbia. Arctic and Alpine Research, v. 24, no. 2, p. 108-123.
1991 Karlstrom, E.T., Paleoclimatic significance of Late Cenozoic paleosols of Waterton-Glacier Parks, Alberta and Montana. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. v. 85, p. 71-100.
1991 ________, On the relative importance of natural and human-induced climate changes. ITEST (Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology) Bulletin, v. 22, no. 2, p. 7-8.
1991 Barendregt, R.W., Irving, E., and Karlstrom, E.T., Paleomagnetism of Quaternary and late Tertiary sediments on Mokowan Butte, southwestern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 28, no. 12, p. 1956-1964.
1990 Karlstrom, E.T., Relict periglacial features east of Waterton-Glacier Parks, Alberta and Montana, and paleoclimatic significance. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v. 1, no. 3, p. 221-234.
1990 ________, Marking the Music; the demons behind the noise. Desert Call, Part I: vol. 25, no. 3, p. 21-24, Part II: v. 26, no. 1, p. 7-9.
1989 ________, Tibetan holocaust; compassion for the enemy. Part I, Desert Call, v. 24, no. 2, p. 10-13, Part II, Desert Call, v. 24, no. 3, p. 8-11.
1989 Osborn, G., and Karlstrom, E.T., Holocene moraine and soil stratigraphy, Bugaboo glacier, British Columbia. Boreas, vol. 18, p. 311-322.
1988 Karlstrom, E.T., Multiple paleosols in pre-Wisconsinan drift, northwestern Montana and southwestern Alberta. Catena, v. 15, p. 147-178.
1988 ________, Soil development in late Quaternary deposits, Waterton Park area, southwestern Alberta, Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 42, no. 2, p. 147-162.
1988 ________, Rates of soil formation on Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona: a chronosequence in late Quaternary alluvium, Physical Geography, v. 9, no. 4, p. 307-327.
1988 Osborn, G. and Karlstrom, E.T., Holocene history of the Bugaboo Glacier, British Columbia, Geology, v. 16, p. 1015-1017.
1987 Karlstrom, E.T, Stratigraphy and genesis of five superposed pre-Wisconsinan soils on Mokowan Butte, southwestern Alberta, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 24, no. 11, p. 2235-2253.
1987 ________, Zone of interaction between Laurentide and Rocky Mountain glaciers east of Waterton-Glacier Park, northwestern Montana and southwestern Alberta. in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide Volume 2, p. 19-24.
1987 ________, Multiple pre-Wisconsin soils on Mokowan Butte, southwestern Alberta. in: Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide Volume 2, p. 25-28.
1987 Karlstrom, E. T., and Karlstrom, T. N. V., Late Quaternary alluvial history of the American West: Towards a process paradigm: Summary of a GSA symposium. Geology, January, p. 88-89.
1987 Reider, R. G. and Karlstrom, E. T., Soils and stratigraphy of the Laddie Creek site (48BH345), an Altithermal-age occupation in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. Geoarchaeology, v. 2, no. 1, p. 29-47.
1986 Karlstrom, E.T., Stratigraphic and pedologic evidence for a relatively moist early Holocene on Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona. Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 3, p. 81-83.
1986 ________, Soils and geomorphology of excavated sites: 1983. in Christensen, A.L., and Parry, W.J. , eds., Excavations on Black Mesa, 1983, a descriptive report, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Center for Archaeological Investigations Research Paper No. 46, p. 387-410.
1986 ________, Physiographic context for three archaeological sites in the Grand Canyon. in Jones, A.T., ed., Western Archaeological Conservation Center Publication in Anthropology No. 28, p. 13-33.
1986 ________, Book review of “Arapaho Pass: Glacial chronolgoy and archaeology at the crest of the Colorado Front Range, 1985” (by James B. Benedict), Geoarchaeology, v. 1, no. 2, p. 208-209.
1986 Karlstrom, E. T., and Karlstrom, T. N. V., Late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphy and soils of the Black Mesa-Little Colorado River areas, northeastern Arizona. in Nations, J. D., Conway, C. M., and Swann, G. A., eds., Geology of Central and Northern Arizona; Field Trip Guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, April 30-May 2, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 71-92.
1984 ________, Soils and geomorphology of excavated sites. in Nichols, D.L., and Smiley, F.E., eds., Excavations on Black Mesa, 1982, a descriptive report, Southern Illinois University Investigations Research Paper No. 36, p. 343-348.
1983 ________, Soils and geomorphology of northern Black Mesa. in Smiley, F. E., Nichols, D. L., and Andrews, P. P., eds., Excavations on Black Mesa, 1981, a descriptive report, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Center for Archaeological Investigations Research Paper No. 36, p. 315-342.
1983 ________, Soils and geomorphology of excavated prehistoric sites. in Smiley, F. E., Nichols, D. L., and Andrews, P. P., eds., Excavations on Black Mesa, 1981, a descriptive report, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Center for Archaeological Investigations Research Paper No. 36, p. 343-348.
1983 ________, Mapping Reality: From Buddhism to the new physics: a new honors course at Northern Arizona University. Forum for Honors, National Collegiate Honors Council, v. XIII, no. 3, p. 9-14, 33-35.
1983 Nichols, D. L., and Karlstrom, E. T., The cultural resources of 1981 mitigation areas, Black Mesa Archaeological Report. in Smiley, F. E., Nichols, D. L., and Andrews, P. P., eds., Excavations on Black Mesa, 1981, a descriptive report, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Center for Archaeological Investigations Research Paper No. 36, p. 1-42.
1981 Karlstrom, E.T., Late Cenozoic soils of the Glacier and Waterton Parks area, northwestern Montana and southwestern Alberta, and paleoclimatic implications. Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 355 pp.
1977 ________, Genesis, morphology, and stratigraphy of soils at the Laddie Creek archaeological site, Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. M.A. thesis, Dept. of Geography, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 130 pp.
1977 ________, A preliminary investigation of soils of the Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona. Report for Black Mesa Archaeological Project, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 63 p.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2013 Karlstrom, E.T., Magnitude of Quaternary temperature fluctuations inferred from relict paleosols and periglacial features, Waterton-Glacier Park area, Montana and Alberta, Rocky Mountain GSA Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs, 2013, Volume 45, No. 5, p. 39.
2012 Karlstrom, E.T., Range of Mean Annual Temperatures of the Past Million Years Inferred From Properties of Relict Paleosols and Periglacial Features, Glacier Park Area, Montana, Rocky Mountain Geological Society of America Section Meeting, 9- 11 May, 2012, Vol. 44, No. 6, p. 84.
2009 Karlstrom, E.T., Status of New Proposed Federal Energy Corridors (abs.) Abstracts with Program, California Geographical Society, Solvang, California, May 1-3, 2009.
2008 Karlstrom, E.T., Late Quaternary landscape evolution and geoarchaeology of two drainages on Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona, (abs.) Abstracts with Program, 66th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, Oct. 1-4, p. 47.
1999 Karlstrom, E.T, Pebble fabric and genetic interpretation of multiple diamictons within Kennedy drift (pre-Illinoian) east of Glacier and Waterton National Parks, Montana and Alberta. (abs.) Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Centennial Meeting, Berkeley, California, v. 31, no. 6, A-68.
1998 ________, How the glaciers had a wreck: Evidence for coalescence of Laurentide and Rocky Mountain glaciers east of Glacier National Park, Montana. (abs.) Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America 1998 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada . Vol. 30, no. 7, A-165.
1994 Karlstrom, E.T., and Osborn, G., Chronosequence of buried and surface soils (late Pleistocene and Holocene) in Bugaboo Glacier area, British Columbia. (abs.), Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain Section Geological Society of America Meeting, Durango Colorado, May 4-6, p. 22.
1993 Kar1strom, E.T., Barendregt, R.W., Cioppa, M.T., and Irving, E., Paleomagnetism of superposed pre-Wisconsinan tills and associated paleosols (Kennedy Drift) in northern Montana and southwestern Alberta, and significance for glacial chronology. (abs.), Abstracts, 89th Annual Meeting, American Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6-10, p. 119.
1993 Karlstrom, E.T., Description, distribution, and paleoclimatic significance of relict periglacial features east of Waterton-Glacier Parks, Alberta and Montana (abs.), Abstracts with Programs, Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America Meeting, Reno, Nevada, May 19-21, p. 60.
1991 Cioppa, M., Irving, E., Karlstrom, E.T., and Barendregt, R.W., Paleomagnetism of three Quaternary sequences, southern Alberta and northern Montana. (abs.). Program and Abstracts, Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff., Alberta, May 8-10.
1988 Karlstrom, E.T., Rates of soil development on Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona (abs.). 1988 Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting Program and Abstracts, April 6-10, Phoenix, Arizona, p. 93.
1988 Karlstrom, E.T., and Dort, W., Jr., Paleoclimatic implications of Pre-Wisconsinan paleosols in northwestern Montana and eastern Kansas (abs.). 1988 Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting Program and Abstracts, April 6-10, Phoenix, Arizona, p. 44.
1988 Karlstrom, E.T., Dahms, D., Mandel, R., and Dort, W., Jr., Properties and paleoclimatic significance of a strongly developed soil in “Kansan” till, Topeka, Kansas (abs.). Abstracts with Programs, 22nd Annual Meeting South-Central Section Geological Society of America, March 14-15, Lawrence, Kansas, p. 25.
1988 Karlstrom, E. T., and Reider, R. G., Buried relict, and modern soils on Pliocene (?) and Quaternary terraces of the high plains near Cheyenne, Wyoming (abs.). Abstracts with Programs, 22nd Annual Meeting South-Central Section Geological Society of America, March 14-15, Lawrence, Kansas, p. 25.
1988 Karlstrom, E.T., and Osborn, G.D., Stratigraphy of Holocene tills and buried paleosols, Bugaboo glacier area, British Columbia, (abs.) AMQUA Abstracts, Program and Abstracts of the Tenth Biennial Meeting American Quaternary Association, Amherst, Massachusetts, p. 125.
1988 Oviatt, C.G., Karlstrom, E.T., and Ransom, M.D., Pleistocene loess, buried soils, thermoluminescence dates in an exposure near Milford Lake, Geary County, Kansas (abs.). Abstracts with Programs, 22nd Annual Meeting South-Central Section Geological Society of America, March 14-15, Lawrence, Kansas, p. 103.
1986 Karlstrom, E.T., Soils in late Quaternary alluvium, Black Mesa, Arizona. (abs.), Abstracts with Programs, 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Section Geological Society of America Meeting, April 30-May 2, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 365.
1986 Osborn, G., and Karlstrom, E. T., Holocene fluctuations of the Bugaboo glacier inferred from superposed tills and paleosols. (abs.) Abstracts with Programs, 99th Annual Meeting Geological Society of America National, November 10-13, San Antonio, Texas, p. 712.
1986 Anderson, K. A., and Karlstrom, Paleoclimatic implications of geosols in the Bechan Canyon area, southern Utah. (abs.) Abstracts with Programs, 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Section Geological Society of America Meeting, April 30-May 2, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 337.
1986 Karlstrom, E.T., Probable ice-wedge casts east of Glacier Park, northwestern Montana. (abs.) Program and Abstracts of the Ninth Biennial Meeting American Quaternary Association, June 2-4, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, p. 140.
1985 ________, Quaternary glacial and pedological history of Glacier-Waterton Park area, southwestern Alberta and northwestern Montana. (abs.) CANQUA Symposium on the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the late Wisconsin deglaciation and the Holocene (Program-with-Abstracts and Field Guide), University of Lethbridge, August 21-24, Lethbridge, Alberta, p. 32-33.
1985 ________, Pre-Wisconsin paleosols on Mokowan Butte. in Barendregt, R.W., ed., CANQUA Symposium on the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the late Wisconsin deglaciation and the Holocene, (abs.) Program-with-Abstracts and Field Guide), University of Lethbridge, August 21-24, Lethbridge, Alberta. p. 180-185.
1984 ________, Late Quaternary glacial and pedological history, Glacier-Waterton Parks, International Boundary area. (abs.) Abstracts with Programs, 37th Annual Meeting Rocky Mountain Section Geological Society of America, May 11-12, Durango, Colorado, p. 226.
1983 ________, Periglacial wedges in Flagstaff, Arizona and their paleoenvironmental significance. (abs.) 27th Annual Meeting of Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, v. 18, 1983 Proceedings Supplement, April 16, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 48.
1983 ________, Periglacial features and paleoenvironment in the Flagstaff region, northern Arizona: (abs.) Abstracts with Programs, Fourth International Conference on Permafrost, July 18-22, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 144.
1982 ________, Late Quaternary glacial and pedological history, Glacier and Waterton Park, International Boundary area. (abs.) American Quaternary Association Program and Abstracts, Seventh Biennial Conference, June 28-30, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, p. 112.
1982 ________, Rates of soil formation during the late Holocene, Black Mesa, northeastern Arizona. (abs.) 26th Annual Meeting, Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, April 24, Flagstaff, Arizona, v. 17, p. 31.
1982 ________, Stratigraphy and genesis of soils in “Kennedy drift”, Mokowan Butte, southwestern Alberta, (abs.). Abstracts with Programs, 1982 , 35th Annual Meeting, Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 316.
1977 ________, Morphological characteristics of Altithermal soils of the Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona. (abs.), Great Plains Rocky Mountain Journal, v. 6, no. 2, p. 404-405.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
2011 “Man-Made Climate Change in the Skies.” Invited panelist for The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, March 28, 2011,
2010 “Radical Global Warming and Cooling in the Last Million Years! Evidence from Ancient Soils and Periglacial Features Near Glacier National Park, Montana” at CSUS Faculty Development Center, April 15, 2010.
2006 “An Awakening Journey: Songs and Voices from the Earth,” showing of my original DVD film at the CSUS Faculty Development Center, March 13 and April 6, 2006.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND COURSES TAUGHT
1990-2011: Courses taught at California State University, Stanislaus: Human Ecology, Geomorphology, Geology/Geography of Soils, Climatology, Introduction to the Natural Environment, The Yosemite Region, Physical Geography of the Southwest, Current Trends in Geography, Geography of Europe, Physical and Environmental Geology, State of the World: The Environmental Perspective (Honors course), Mapping Reality: From Buddhism to the New Physics (Honors course), Introduction to Liberal Studies, The First Year Experience.
1987-88 Courses taught at Geography Department at University of Kansas: Principles of Physical Geography (undergraduate), Elements of Soil Geography and Seminar in Quaternary Soils (graduate).
1981-86 Courses taught at Geography Department at Northern Arizona University: Geography of Soils, Introduction to Physical Geography, World Regional Patterns, Climate and Man’s Environment, Field Analysis, Quaternary Environments, Pedology, Topics in Physical Geography: Geomorphology of the Southwest, Geomorphology (upper division geology course), Geology: The Colorado River and the Grand Canyon (Honors course), Mapping Reality: From Buddhism to the New Physics (Honors course). Also, soils/geomorphology portion of Forestry Department’s TREES program.
HONORS, OFFICES, GRANTS, AWARDS, AND OFFICES HELD
2005 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award (CSUS): “Paleoenvironmental Significance of Middle and Late Quaternary Soil/Loess Sequence near Manhattan, Kansas.” $4070 funded.
2002 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award (CSUS): “Geoarchaeology on Black Mesa, Arizona: Alluvial, soils, and paleoenvironmental history in relation to human occupation between early Archaic (6000 BC) and Pueblo III (AD 1300) phases.” $ 2080 funded.
1997 Outstanding graduate alumni, University of Wyoming.
1992 Research, Scholarship, and Create Activity Award (CSUS): “.Paleomagnetism of paleosols and sediments in Alberta, Wyoming, and California.” $2,000 funded.
1985 Northern Arizona University Organized Research Grant proposal: “Soils, geomorphology and Quaternary paleoenvironments of the Canyonlands, Glen Canyon area, Glacier-Waterton Park area, and Black Mesa, Arizona.” $5,900 funded.
1984-86 Treasurer, American Quaternary Association.
1984 Northern Arizona University Organized Research Grant: “Quaternary pedological and geomorphological history of Black Mesa, Arizona and Glacier-Waterton Parks, Montana and Alberta.” $4,500 funded.
1984–present Marquis Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology
1983 Northern Arizona University Organized Research Grant: “Soils and geomorphology research: three projects.” $1,600 funded.
1981-present Izaac Walton Killam Who’s Who
1979-81 Izaac Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta