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New Mexico State University

Department of Geography

Dr. Daniel P. Dugas,

Assistant Professor

Phone # (505) 646-1045

Office: BRE 105, Breland Hall

E-mail: ddugas@nmsu.edu

Webpage: Geomorphology

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1993. Formation Processes and Chronology of Dune Islands at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon.
  • M.S., Geology, Geography, and Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1989. Middle-Miocene Fossil Grasses and Associated Paleosol from Fort Ternan, Kenya: Geology, Taphonomy, and Taxonomy.
  • B.S., Geology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1981. The Geology of the Clear Creek Oil and Gas Field, Allen and Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Geomorphic aspects of landscape ecology, with studies of the spatial edge influences of arroyo channels on ant nesting patterns
  • Remote sensing and geographic information system study of semi-arid grassland desertification processes funded by NASA.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Recent Submissions:

  • Dugas, D.P. and R. Czerniak
    The Evaluation of Student Map Reading Abilities based on a Serial Map Reading Test. Journal of Geography. Submitted 2/28/02.
  • Dugas, D.P.
    Influences of Landform Scale on Pogonomyrmex rugosus Nest Distributions in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. Southwestern Geographer. Submitted 5/21/02.

Publications:

  • Dugas, D.P.
    2003 The Spatial Interpretation of Site Formation Processes Using Stratigraphic Relationships: An example from north-central Nevada. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 23(2): in press.
  • Dugas, D.P.
    2002 The Fall of Threatening Rock: A Geomorphic Adaptation Exercise. Journal of Geography, 101(3): 117-120.
  • Dugas, D.P.
    2001 The Influence of Arroyo Edges on Pogonomyrmex rugosus Nest Distribution in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments, 47:153-159.
  • Dugas, D.P.
    1998 Late Quaternary Variations in the Level of Paleo-Lake Malheur, Eastern Oregon. Quaternary Research, 50(3):272-283.
  • Dugas, D.P.
    1996 Formation Processes and Chronology of Dune Islands at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Cultural Resource Series, Number 12. U.S.D.I. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
  • Dugas, D.P., R.G. Elston, J.A. Carter, K. Ataman, and M. Bullock
    1995 Stubblefield Lookout Tower Site: Archaeological Testing of 35Ha53. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Cultural Resource Series, Number 11. U.S.D.I. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
  • Dugas, D.P. and M.B. Bullock, editors
    1994 Headquarters Site: An Archaeological and Stratigraphic Assessment of HA403. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Cultural Resource Series, Number 10. U.S.D.I. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
  • Dugas, D.P. and G.J. Retallack
    1993 Middle Miocene Fossil Grasses and Wooded Grassland at Fort Ternan, Kenya. Journal of Paleontology 67(1):113-128.
  • Elston, R.G. and D.P. Dugas, editors
    1993 Dune Islands and the Archaeological Record in Malheur Lake. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Cultural Resource Series, Number 7. U.S.D.I. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
  • McDowell, P.F. and D.P. Dugas
    1996 Holocene Eolian and Lake Level Variations in the Oregon Great Basin. In Ongoing Paleoclimatic Studies in the Northern Great Basin. U.S.G.S Water Resources Investigation Circular 1119, editor L. Benson.
  • Retallack, G.J., E.A. Bestland, and D.P. Dugas
    1995 Miocene Paleosols and Habitats of Proconsul on Rusinga Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 29:53-91.
  • Retallack, G.J., D.P. Dugas, and E.A. Bestland
    1990 Fossil Soils and Grasses of a Middle Miocene East African Grassland. Science 247:1325-1328.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

  • Remote sensing and geographic information system study of semi-arid grassland desertification processes funded by NASA.

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Geography of the Natural Environment (GEOG 111)
  • Map Use and Analysis (GEOG 281)
  • Geomorphology (GEOG 353)
  • Climatology (GEOG 357)
  • Aerial Photo Interpretation (GEOG 382)
  • Applied Geomorphology (GEOG 553)
  • Advanced Geographic Field Methods (GEOG 583)

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