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Department of Geological Engineering

Faculty

Office: MG213F

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Email:lsmith@mtech.edu

Phone: (406) 496-4859

Fax: (406) 496-4260

Larry Smith, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1988
M.Sc., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1983
B.Sc., Earth Science, Geology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977

Research: Most of my work centers on stratigraphy, sedimentology, Quaternary geology, subsurface and surface geologic mapping, and petroleum geology. Current projects include:
  • The depositional history of Glacial Lake Missoula and features formed during multiple drainage events of the lake.
  • - Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petroleum geology of Cretaceous strata in north-central Montana.

Teaching: Physical Geology, Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, Geomorphology and Photogeology, Subsurface Methods in Petroleum Geology, Beginning Field Geology, and Geology Field Camp.

Student Opportunities: TBA

 

Selected Publications

  1. Smith, L.N., 2008, Altitude of the top of the Madison Group, Cascade County, Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-Water Assessment Atlas 7B-03, (open-file version), 1 sheet(s), 1:75,000.
  2. Carstarphen, C. A., Smith, L. N., Mason, D. C., LaFave, J. I., Richter, M. G., 2007, Data for sites visited during the Carbon-Stillwater ground-water characterization study: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground-water Assessment Atlas 6B-01 (open-file version), 1 sheet(s), 1:250,000.
  3. Lonn, J. D., Smith, L. N., McCullloch. R. B., 2007, Geologic map of the Plains 30' x 60' quadrangle, western Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Open File Report 554, 43 p., 1 sheet(s), 1:100,000.
  4. Olson, J., Smith, L. N., and LaFave, J. I., 2007, Characterization of the Bull Mountains aquifer system in Treasure and Yellowstone counties, middle Yellowstone River area, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 3B-04 (open-file version), 1 sheet(s), 1:250,000.
  5. Olson, J., and Smith, L. N., 2007, Geography and geology of the middle Yellowstone River Area, Treasure and Yellowstone counties, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground-water Assessment Atlas 3B-02 (open-file version), 1 sheet(s), 1:250,000.
  6. Smith, L. N., 2006, Altitude of the bedrock surface in the Bitterroot Valley: Missoula and Ravalli Counties, Montana (open file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-05, 1 sheet(s), 1:125,000.
  7. Smith, L. N., 2006, Altitude of the bedrock surface, Mineral and Missoula counties, Montana (open-file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-04, 1 sheet(s), 1:150,000.
  8. Smith, L. N., 2006, Hydrologic framework of the Lolo-Bitterroot area, Mineral, Missoula, and Ravalli counties, Montana (open-file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-02, 1 sheet(s).
  9. Smith, L. N., 2006, Patterns of water-level fluctuations, Lolo-Bitterroot area, Mineral, Missoula, and Ravalli Counties, Montana(open file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-10, 1 sheet(s), 1:350,000.
  10. Smith, L. N., 2006, Stratigraphic evidence for multiple drainings of glacial Lake Missoula along the Clark Fork River, Montana, USA: Quaternary Research, v. 66, p. 311–322.
  11. Smith. L. N., 2006, Thickness of Quaternary unconsolidated deposits in the Lolo-Bitterroot area, Mineral, Missoula, and Ravalli counties, Montana (open-file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-03, 1 sheet(s), 1:125,000.
  12. Carstarphen. C. A., Mason, D. J., Smith, L. N., LaFave, J. I., and Richter, 2004, Data for water wells visited during the Upper Clark Fork River area Ground-Water Characterization Study: Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, and Silver Bow counties, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 5B-01, 1 sheet(s), 1:250,000.
  13. Smith, L. N., 2004, Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and implications for deglaciation and subglacial processes of the Flathead Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, Flathead Valley, Montana, USA: Sedimentary Geology, v. 165, p. 295–332.
  14. LaFave, J.I., Smith, L.N., and Patton, T.W., 2004, Ground-Water Resources of the Flathead Lake Area: Flathead, Lake, Sanders, and Missoula Counties, Montana, Part A: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Ground-Water Assessment Atlas No. 2, 132 p.
  15. Locke, W., and Smith, L. N., 2004, Pleistocene mountain glaciation in the state of Montana, USA, in Ehlers, J., and Gibbard, P. L., eds., Extent and Chronology of Glaciations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, p. 117–121.
  16. Carstarphen, C.A., Mason, D. M., Smith, L. N., LaFave, J. I., and Richter, M. G., 2003, Data for water wells visited during the Lolo-Bitterroot Area Ground-Water Characterization Study (open-file version), Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Ground-water Assessment Atlas 4B-01, 1 sheet(s).
  17. Patton, T. W., Smith, L. N., and LaFave, J. I., 2003, Ground-water resources of the Flathead Lake area: Flathead, Lake, Sanders, and Missoula counties, Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Information Pamphlet 4, 4 p.
 

 


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