Teresa Jordan

Teresa Eileen Jordan
BornApril 14, 1953[1]
Dunkirk, New York[2]
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University
ThesisEvolution of the late Pennsylvanian - early Permian, western Oquirrh basin, Utah (1979)

Teresa (Terry) Jordan is a sedimentary geologist known for her research on the geology and hydrology of the Atacama Desert and the use of water and geothermal heat from sedimentary rocks.

Education and career

Jordan has a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1974) and earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University (1979).[3] Following her Ph.D. she moved to Cornell University initially in a research position, and then she joined the faculty in 1984 where she was named the J. Preston Levis Professor of Engineering in 2005.[4]

In 2014, Jordan was named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and the citation was "for integration of geodynamic principles and stratigraphic data that has led to understanding of the coupling of continental basins to mountain belts."[5]

Research

Jordan's research spans geology and engineering. In Chile, she works on the climate and hydrology of the Atacama Desert,[6][7] with a particular focus on the impact of large rainfall events on the region.[8] She also examines the tectonic history of the Central Andes Plateau.[9] More locally, Cornell University is working to use geothermal heat as an energy source, and Jordan is co-investigator on the effort to drill a research borehole to inform the project about the region's geologic conditions.[10][11]

Selected publications

  • JORDAN, TERESA E.; ISACKS, BRYAN L.; ALLMENDINGER, RICHARD W.; BREWER, JON A.; RAMOS, VICTOR A.; ANDO, CLIFFORD J. (1 March 1983). "Andean tectonics related to geometry of subducted Nazca plate". GSA Bulletin. 94 (3): 341–361. Bibcode:1983GSAB...94..341J. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1983)94<341:ATRTGO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0016-7606.
  • Jordan, Teresa E. (1981). "Thrust Loads and Foreland Basin Evolution, Cretaceous, Western United States". AAPG Bulletin. 65. doi:10.1306/03B599F4-16D1-11D7-8645000102C1865D.
  • Jordan, T. E.; Allmendinger, R. W. (1 December 1986). "The Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina; a modern analogue of Rocky Mountain foreland deformation". American Journal of Science. 286 (10): 737–764. Bibcode:1986AmJS..286..737J. doi:10.2475/ajs.286.10.737.
  • Jordan, T. E.; Nester, P. L.; Blanco, N.; Hoke, G. D.; Dávila, F.; Tomlinson, A. J. (2010). "Uplift of the Altiplano-Puna plateau: A view from the west". Tectonics. 29 (5): n/a. Bibcode:2010Tecto..29.5007J. doi:10.1029/2010TC002661. hdl:11336/54246. ISSN 1944-9194. S2CID 129582894.
  • Jordan, Teresa E.; Kirk-Lawlor, Naomi E.; Blanco, Nicolás P.; Rech, Jason A.; Cosentino, Nicolás J. (2014-07-01). "Landscape modification in response to repeated onset of hyperarid paleoclimate states since 14 Ma, Atacama Desert, Chile". GSA Bulletin. 126 (7–8): 1016–1046. Bibcode:2014GSAB..126.1016J. doi:10.1130/B30978.1. ISSN 0016-7606.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Gates, Alexander E. (2003). A to Z of earth scientists. New York: Facts on File. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-1-4381-0919-0. OCLC 234234247.
  2. ^ Gates, Alexander E. (2003). A to Z of earth scientists. New York: Facts on File. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-1-4381-0919-0. OCLC 234234247.
  3. ^ Jordan, Teresa Eileen (1979). Evolution of the late Pennsylvanian - early Permian, western Oquirrh basin, Utah (Thesis).
  4. ^ "Teresa Eileen Jordan | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Jordan". Honors Program. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Architecture of aquifers: Chile's Atacama Desert". ScienceDaily. August 20, 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  7. ^ Jordan, Teresa; Lameli, Christian Herrera; Kirk-Lawlor, Naomi; Godfrey, Linda (2015-10-01). "Architecture of the aquifers of the Calama Basin, Loa catchment basin, northern Chile". Geosphere. 11 (5): 1438–1474. Bibcode:2015Geosp..11.1438J. doi:10.1130/GES01176.1. ISSN 1553-040X.
  8. ^ Jordan, Teresa E.; Lohman, Rowena B.; Tapia, Lorenzo; Pfeiffer, Marco; Scott, Chelsea P.; Amundson, Ronald; Godfrey, Linda; Riquelme, Rodrigo (February 2020). "Surface materials and landforms as controls on InSAR permanent and transient responses to precipitation events in a hyperarid desert, Chile". Remote Sensing of Environment. 237: 111544. Bibcode:2020RSEnv.23711544J. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111544. S2CID 214173663.
  9. ^ Cosentino, Nicolás J.; Jordan, Teresa E. (2017). "87 Sr/ 86 Sr of calcium sulfate in ancient soils of hyperarid settings as a paleoaltitude proxy: Pliocene to Quaternary constraints for northern Chile (19.5–21.7°S)". Tectonics. 36 (1): 137–162. Bibcode:2017Tecto..36..137C. doi:10.1002/2016TC004185. ISSN 0278-7407.
  10. ^ Jordan, Teresa; Fulton, Patrick; Tester, Jefferson; Asanuma, Hiroshi; Bruhn, David (September 10, 2020). "Exploring by Boring: Geothermal Wells as Research Tools". Eos. 101. doi:10.1029/2020eo148771. S2CID 225200034. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  11. ^ "$7.2M grant funds exploratory research into Earth Source Heat". Cornell Chronicle. August 6, 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  12. ^ "GSA Fellowship". www.geosociety.org. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Laurence L. Sloss Award - Sedimentary Geology Division". community.geosociety.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  14. ^ "Jordan". Honors Program. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 SEPM Science Awards Winners". www.sepm.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.