UCLA - Earth and Space Sciences - Ray Ingersoll, Professor of Geology

Ray Ingersoll, Professor of Geology

Mailing Address:	Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of California, Los Angeles 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
Office:	Geology 5635
Telephone:	(310) 825-8634
Fax:	(310) 825-2779
E-mail:	ringer@ess.ucla.edu

Courses Taught

ESS 103B, 111, 121, 133, 141, 195G, 242, 244 and 259

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Current Research Interest

Sedimentation and tectonics; basin analysis; stratigraphy; sandstone petrology; Great Valley forearc; Rio Grande rift; Montana foreland; California Cenozoic and Mesozoic reconstructions.

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Education

The Putney School, 1965
Attended Indiana University, Summer 1968
A.B., 1969, Harvard University, Geological Sciences, cum laude in General Studies
M.S., 1974, Stanford University, Geology
Ph.D., 1976, Stanford University, Geology, with distinction

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Professional Experiences

1967	Field Assistant to graduate student, mapping in Maine
1968	Field Assistant to graduate student, mapping in Vermont
1969	Field Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, mapping in northern Michigan
1969-72	Teacher of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (as well as Athletic Coach, Administrator, Advisor and Dorm Head), The Putney School, Putney, Vermont
1970-71	Associate Instructor, Indiana University Geologic Field Station, Cardwell, Montana
1973-76	Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant and Instructor, Stanford University
1974	Lecturer, Introductory Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, San Jose State University
1975	Lecturer, Petroleum Geology, Geophysics Department, Stanford University
1976	Lecturer, Sedimentary Geology and Tectonics, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley
1976-80	Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of New Mexico
1980-82	Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of New Mexico
1982-85	Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
1983	Visiting Associate Professor, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
1983-84	Faculty, Indiana University Geologic Field Station, Cardwell, Montana
1983	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California
1985 to present	Professor of Geology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
1991 to present	Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

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Awards and Fellowships

1968-9	National Association of Geology Teachers Award for Outstanding Field Work
1972	National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, honorable mention
1978	A.I.Levorsen Award for best paper, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section, W.R.Dickinson coauthor
1981	Elected to Fellowship, Geological Society of America
1987	Elected President, Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
1991	Excellence of Oral Presentation Award, 1991 SEPM Theme Meeting, K.M.Marsaglia and L.D.Gergen coauthors

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Major Conference Participation

First Annual Ewing Symposium:
"Problems in the evolution of island arcs, deep sea trenches, and back-arc basins", 28-31 March 1976: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Harriman, New York.

Penrose Conference:
"Submarine slope, fan and trench sedimentation - new concepts and problem solving", 24-30 March 1978: Geological Society of America, Valberg, France.

Symposium:
"Rift zones of the Earth, tectonics and magmatism of the Rio Grand rift", 8-17 October 1978: Los Alamos National Laboratories, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Penrose Conference:
"Granite II-near surface batholiths -- related volcanism, tectonism, and sedimentation", 25-29 June 1979, key speaker: Geological Society of America, Gregson, Montana.

Symposium:
"Styles of sedimentation in different tectonic regimes", 11 June 1980, invited speaker: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Denver, Colorado.

Symposium:
"Trench and fore-arc sedimentation and tectonics in modern and ancient subduction zones", 23-25 June 1980, invited speaker: London Geological Society, London, England.

Symposium:
"Tertiary continental deposits of northern New Mexico", 13 April 1981, coconvener: Rocky Mountain Section, Society of Economic Paleontol- ogists and Mineralogists, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Symposium:
"The shelf-slope boundary - a critical interface on continental margins", 2 June 1981, invited speaker: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, San Francisco, California.

Symposium:
"Cenozoic nonmarine deposits of the western USA", 16 April 1982, coconvener: Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Anaheim, California.

Penrose Conference:
"Tectonic history of the Ouachita orogen", 23-28 May 1982, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Symposium:
"Tectonics and sedimentation, active continental margins", 5 December 1983, invited speaker: American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California.

Rubey Colloquium:
"Cenozoic basin development in coastal California", 3-5 October 1984, coconvener: University of California, Los Angeles, California.

Symposium:
"Foreland basins", 2-4 September 1985: International Association of Sedimentologists, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Penrose Conference:
"Miocene reconstruction of southern California", 30 May - 4 June 1986: Geological Society of America, Oxnard, California.

Symposium:
"Structure and evolution of the Rio Grande rift", 29 October 1987, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Phoenix, Arizona.

Symposium:
"The Proterozoic biosphere: a multidisciplinary study", 20-22 August 1988: Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, University of California, Los Angeles, California.

Penrose Conference:
"Volcanic influences on terrestrial sedimentation", 28 August - 2 September 1988, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Vancouver, Washington.

Symposium:
"Southern San Joaquin Valley symposium", 10-11 November 1988, invited speaker: San Joaquin Geological Society and Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Bakersfield, California.

Symposium:
"Cretaceous sequences of Sacramento Valley", 6 June 1990, coconvener: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, San Francisco, California.

Symposium:
"Processes controlling the composition of siliciclastic sediments", 21 October 1991, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, San Diego, California.

Symposium:
"Reconstructing the structural history of the Basin and Range extension using sedimentology and stratigraphy", 21 May 1993, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Reno, Nevada.

Penrose Conference:
"Mesozoic evolution of the Cordilleran continental margin in central and southern California", 6-11 October 1995, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Tehachapi, California.

Symposium:
"New Perspectives on the Mesozoic evolution of California: implications for the development of the Great Valley Province", 15 May 1997, invited speaker: Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Bakersfield, California.

Symposium:
"Integrated Earth and environmental evolution of the southwestern US", 13-15 September 1997, invited speaker: White Mountain Research Station, Bishop, California

Penrose Conference:
"Ophiolites and oceanic crust: new insights from field studies and ocean drilling program", 13-17 September 1998, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Marshall, California.

Pardee Symposium:
"Sedimentary extremes: modern and ancient", 15 November 2000, invited speaker: Geological Society of America, Reno, Nevada

Symposium:
"Heart of the Transverse Ranges: geology and tectonics of the LARSE II region (San Fernando Valley, east Ventura basin, and San Gabriel fault)", 10-11 April 2001, invited speaker: Geological Society of America and American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Universal City, California.

The George Thompson Symposium:
"The lithosphere of western North America, and its geophysical characterization", 8-9 December 2001: Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Special Session:
"Deep structure, tectonics, and evolution of the Los Angeles region: new results from LARSE, industry, potential field, earthquakes, and geology", 10 December 2001, invited speaker: American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California.

Supervised Theses

Smith, G.W., 1978, Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petrology of the Cambria slab, San Luis Obispo County, California [MS thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 123p.

Gorham, T.W., 1979, Geology of the Galisteo Formation, Hagan basin, New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 136p.

Steinpress, M.G., 1980, Neogene stratigraphy and structure of the Dixon area, Espanola basin, north-central New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 127p.

Vazzana, M.E., 1980, Stratigraphy, sedimentary petrology and basin evolution of the Abiquiu Formation, north-central New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 115p.

Hunter, J.C., 1980, Laminated evaporites in the Canas Member of the Permian Yeso Formation: petrology in relation to depositional environment [BS honors thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 43p.

Kautz, P.F., 1983, Geology of the Espinaso Formation (Oligocene), north-central New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 153p.

Ekas, L.M., 1985, The Chama-El Rito Member of the Tesuque Formation, Espanola basin, north-central New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 179p.

Cavazza, W., 1985, Sedimentology, petrology, and basin analysis of the Tesuque Formation (Miocene) in the central Espanola basin, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 125p.

Gergen, L.D., 1985, Petrology and provenance of Deep Sea Drilling Project sand and sandstone from the north and northeastern Pacific margins [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 150p.

Packer, B.M., 1985, Provenance and petrology of Deep Sea Drilling Project sands and sandstones from the Japan and Mariana forearc and backarc regions [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 181p.

Fates, D.G., 1985, Mesozoic(?) metavolcaniclastic rocks, Northern White Mountains, California: structural style, lithology, petrology, depositional setting and paleogeographic significance [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 225p.

Valles, P.K., 1985, Sand composition of the Santa Clara River, California: implications for tectonic setting [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 126p

Hendrix, E.D., 1986, Sedimentology and basin analysis of the Upper Oligocene Vasquez Formation, Soledad basin, southern California [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 296p.

Kretchmer, A.G., 1987, Petrology and provenance of modern sands from the Cascade Range forearc and Canadian Rocky Mountain retroarc [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 216p.

Lane, C.L., 1987, Provenance and petrology of Tertiary arkoses of the Santa Monica Mountains, southern California: implications for tectonic history [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 252p.

Perry, F.V., 1988, The evolution of magmatic systems during lithospheric extension: geologic and geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from the Rio Grande rift region [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 158p. (Co-advisor: D.J.DePaolo)

Marsaglia, K.M., 1989, Petrography, provenance, and diagenesis of arc-related sands and sandstones recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project on circum-Pacific, Mediterranean and Caribbean legs [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 394p.

Cavazza, W., 1989, Petrology, diagenesis, sedimentology and tectonics of the Stilo-Capo d'Orlando Formation (Miocene), southern Italy [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 159p.

Sutherland, M.J., 1990, Petrology and provenance of Miocene sedimentary rocks, Point Sur, California: implications for offset along the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 263p. (Co-advisor: C.A.Hall)

Capo, R.C., 1990, Application of strontium isotopes to late Cenozoic paleoceanography and stratigraphy [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 160p. (Co-advisor: D.J.DePaolo)

Diamond, D.S., 1990, Structural and sedimentologic evolution of an extensional orogen, Silver Peak Range and adjacent areas, west-central Nevada [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 338p.

Packer, B.M., 1990, Sedimentology, paleontology, and stable-isotope geochemistry of selected formations in the 2.7-billion-year-old Fortescue Group, Western Australia [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 187p.

Short, P.F., 1990, Petrofacies and provenance of the Great Valley Group, southern Klamath Mountains and northern Sacramento Valley [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 208p.

Linn, A.M., 1991, Isotopic and geochemical stratigraphy and paleotectonic nalysis: Mesozoic Great Valley forearc basin of California [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 133p. (Co-advisor: D.J.DePaolo)

Heins, W.A., 1992, The effect of climate and topography on the composition of modern, plutoniclastic sand [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 465p.

Devaney, K.A., 1992, Provenance evolution of upper Paleozoic sandstones of north-central New Mexico [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 313p.

Geslin, J.K., 1993, Evolution of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Oquirrh-Wood River basin, southern Idaho [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 272p.

Rumelhart, P.E., 1994, Petrology and provenance of the Modelo Formation, Santa Monica Mountains, California: implications for paleotectonic and paleogeographic reconstructions [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 164p.

Large, E., 1995, Miocene and Pliocene sandstone petrofacies of the northern Albuquerque basin, New Mexico [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 113p.

Craig, P.A., 1995, Cenozoic development of the Kuche foreland of the Tarim basin, Xinjiang, China [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 198p. (Co-advisor: A.Yin)

Mongold, C.L., 1996, Provenance and paleotectonic implications of Upper Miocene, Pliocene, and Lower Pleistocene sandstones of the Los Angeles and Ventura basins, southern California [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 84p.

Heirshberg, T.L., 1997, Actualistic petrofacies analysis of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Saugus Formation, Ventura basin, southern California: implications for provenance, paleotectonics and paleogeography [MS thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 95p.

Rumelhart, P.E., 1998, Cenozoic basin evolution of southern Tarim, northwestern China: implications for the uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau [PhD thesis]: University of California, Los Angeles, 268p. (Co-advisor: A.Yin)

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Other Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1984-1988.

Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin 1984-1992.

Lecturer and Fieldtrip Leader, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Seminar on Tectonics and Sedimentation of Turbidites in California, 1984-1991.

Lecturer, Renewed Incentives in Science Education in Los Angeles, 1985-1988.

Member, Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985-present.

Member, Nominating Committee, Geological Society of America, Sedimentary Geology Division, 1986.

Member, New-Programs Committee, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1986-1988.

President Elect, President and Past President, Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1986-1988.

Member, Information Handling Panel, Ocean Drilling Program, 1986-1990.

Vice Chair, Technical Program Committee, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1987.

External Departmental Reviewer, Department of Geology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987.

Member, Joint USA-USSR Baikal - Rio Grande rift cooperative research project (National Academy of Sciences), 1987-1993.

Chair, Member, Nominating Committee, Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000.

Member, Nominating Committee, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1990.

Member, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Panel, National Research Council, 1991-1996.

Member, Chair (1994), Committee on Research Grants, Geological Society of America, 1992-1994.

Citationist for William R. Dickinson, Special Teaching Award, Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Long Beach, 1993.

Member, Nominating Committee, Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America, 1993.

Member, Pettijohn Medal Selection Committee, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 1993-1995.

Principal Investigator, Project ISSUES, Integrated System for Study of Urban Environmental Science, 1993-1997.

Member, Technical Program Committee, Pacific Section, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 1994.

Member, Geodynamics of Sedimentary Basins Panel, National Research Council, 1995-1996.

Citationist for Stephan A. Graham, Special Teaching Award, Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, San Francisco, 1995.

Lecturer, Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Short Course, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society for Sedimentary Geology, San Diego, Salt Lake City and San Antonio, 1996, 1998, 1999.

Principal Investigator, California Science Project UCLA, 1997-2000.

Citationist for Salvatore Critelli, James Lee Wilson Award for Excellence in Sedimentary Geology by a Young Scientist, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Dallas, 1997.

Associate Editor, International Geology Review, 1997-present.

Member, Technical Program Committee, Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America, 1998, 2000, 2001.

Lecturer, Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Short Course, International Sedimentological Congress, Alicante, Spain, 1998.

External Departmental Reviewer, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1998.

Second Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Chair and Past Chair, Sedimentary Geology Division, Geological Society of America, 1998-2002.

Lecturer, Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Short Course, Japan National Oil Corporation, Chiba, Japan, 1999.

Citationist for William R. Dickinson, Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimentary Geology, Geological Society of America, Denver, 1999.

Lecturer, Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, Short Course, II Congreso Latinoamericano de Sedimentologia, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2000.

Lecturer, Basin Tectonics and Late Proterozoic Sedimentary Sequences of the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, Norway, 2000.

Member, Twenhofel Medal Selection Committee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), 2000-2003.

Faculty Advisor and Principal Investigator, California Science Project, 2000-present.

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Graduate Students

Brian Viggiano
viggiano@ucla.edu

Dan Eastmond
eastmond@ess.ucla.edu

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