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While a biology major at Syracuse
University in the late 1960's I became interested in recreational
caving through the Outing Club, and decided to make a career out
of it. As cave geology was more interesting to me then cave biology,
after I completed my military obligation I went back for a PhD in
geology. I began my research career by looking at the effects of
glaciation on cave development in New York and Norway. I also did
a lot of work on cave development in western Kentucky. However,
glaciation also causes sea level change, so soon I was looking at
cave development on Bermuda and the Bahamas in response to sea level
fluctuations. The island work led to a research program on the deposition
of limestones. This research, coupled with the cave research, drew
me in to looking at paleoeclimate. My current research involves
cave and karst development on oceanic carbonate islands such as
San Salvador Island, Bahamas; Isle de Mona, Puerto Rico; and Guam
& Saipan in the Marianas, with an eye to determining global
paleoclimate, and development of water resources.
I feel that I have one of the best
jobs in America. I get to do interesting research, I get to go to
exotic places, I get to interact with students in the classroom
and on field trips, and I get to spend time with enjoyable colleagues.
Bahamian
Field Station
Education
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1977
U. S. Navy Fleet Sonar"A" School; U. S. Navy Fleet Electronics,
1972
BS (Zoology), Syracuse University September, 1971
Experience
Professor of Geology, Mississippi State University,
1987-present.
Head of Department of Geology & Geography, Mississippi State
University, 1985-1989.
Associate Professor of Geology, Mississippi State University, 1985-1987.
Associate Professor of Geology, Murray State University, 1982-1985.
Assistant Professor of Geology, Murray State University, 1977-1982.
Instructor of Geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1976.
Recent Publications
Mylroie, J.E., Jenson, J.W., Taborosi, D., Jocson, J.M. U., Vann, D.T., and Wexel, C., 2001, Karst features of Guam in terms of a general model of carbonate island karst: Journal of Cave & Karst Studies, v. 63, no. 1, p. 9-22.
Onac. B. P., Mylroie, J. E., and White, W. B., 2001, Mineralogy of cave deposits on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 16, no. 1, p. 8-16.
Carew, J. L., and Mylroie, J. E., 2001, Quaternary Carbonate Eolianites of the Bahamas: Useful analogues for the interpretation of ancient rocks? In Abegg, F. E.., Harris, P. M. and Loope, D. B., Modern and Ancient Carbonate Eolianites: Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy and Diagenesis. SEPM Special Publication No. 71, p. 33-45.
Vacher, H. L., and Mylroie, J. E., 2002, Eogenetic karst from the perspective of an equivalent porous medium: Carbonates and Evaporites: v. 17, no. 2, p. 182-196.
Bosak P., Mylroie J.E., Hladil J., Carew J.L., Slavik L., 2002, Blow Hole Cave: An unroofed cave on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas, and its importance for detection of paleokarst caves on fossil carbonate platforms: Acta Carsologica, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, pp. 51-74. Ljubljana. ISSN 0583-6050
Hladil, J., Bosak, P., Slavik, L., Carew, J. L., Mylroie,J. E., and Gersl, M., 2003, Early diagenetic origin and persistence of gamma-ray and magnetosusceptibility patterns in platform carbonates: comparison of Devonian and Quaternary sections: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, v. 28, p. 719-727.
Gamble, D. W., Taborosi, D., Mylroie, J. E., Jenson, J. W., Carew, J. L., Jocson, J. M. U., Mylroie, J. R., and Vann, D. T., 2003, The use of water temperature to characterize groundwater discharge of a coastal fracture on Guam, U.S.A.: Journal of Coastal Research, V. 19, no. 2, p. 462-471.
Florea, L. J., Mylroie, J. E., and Price, A., 2004, Sedimentation and porosity enhancement in a breached flank margin cave: Carbonates and Evaporites p. 82-92.
Mylroie, J. E. and Mylroie, J. R., 2004, Glaciated karst: How the Helderberg Plateau revised the geologic perception: Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 26, nos 1&2, p. 82-92.
Taborosi, D., Jenson, J.W. and Mylroie, J.E. 2004. Karren features in island karst: Guam, Mariana Islands: Zeitschrifft fur Geomorphologie. N.F. 48: 369-389.
Hladil, J., Carew, J. L., Mylroie, J. E., Pruner, P., Kohout, T., Jell, J. S., Lacka, B., Langrova, A., 2004, Anomalous magnetic susceptibility values and traces of subsurface microbial activity in carbonate banks on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Facies, v. 50, p. 161-182.
Stafford, K. W., Mylroie, J. E., Taborosi, D., Jenson, J. W., and Mylroie, J. R., 2005, Karst development on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Controls on dissolution in relation to the carbonate island karst model: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, V. 67, no. 1, p. 14-27.
Jenson, J. W., Keel, T. M., Mylroie, J. R., Mylroie, J. E., Stafford, K. W., Taborosi, D., and Wexel, C., 2006, Karst of the Mariana Islands: The interaction of tectonics, glacioeustasy and fresh-water/sea-water mixing in island carbonates: Geological Society of America Special Paper 404, p. 129-138.
Taboroši, D., Mylroie, J. E., and Kirakawa, K. 2006, Stalactites on tropical cliffs: Remnants of breached caves or subaerial tufa deposits? Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, v. 50, p. 117-139.
Mylroie, J. E., (In Press), Late Quaternary sea level position: Bahamian carbonate deposition and dissolution cycles: Quaternary International.
Complete Publication List
Honors, Awards, Affiliations and Activities
Registered Professional Geologist number 165, State
of Mississippi.
BSc., Syacuse University, Summa Cum Laude, 1971.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1970. Phi Kappa Phi, 1971.
Fellow of the National Speleological Society, 1976.
Secretary of the 8th International Congress of Speleology, 1981.
Editor, Western Kentucky Speleological Survey Annual Report Series,
1978 to 1985. Co-convener, GSA Penrose Conference on "Late
Quaternary Sea Level: The Marine and Terrestrial Record", 1987,
Bermuda Biological Station. Instructor of the Summer University
in the Park Series, Mammoth Cave National Park: Advanced Cave Exploration,
Karst Geology, Cave Survey and Cartography, 1985-1995.
Science Award from the National Speleological Society,
2000, for lifetime achievement in the speleological sciences.
Leader and Co-leader of numerous field trips to
the Bahamas for: Geological Society of America (1985), Society of
Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (1986), International
Geological Congress (1989), Convener, 10th Friends of Karst Meeting,
San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 1988. Symposium on the Geology of
the Bahamas series [Program Chairman, 4th Symposium, 1988; Co-Chair
9th Symposium 1998; Field trip leader, 5th (1990), 6th (1992), 7th
(1994), 8th (1996), and 9th (1998) Symposia]. Convener, Paleokarst
Field Conference, 1995. Member, Research Committee, Gerace Research
Center (formally the Bahamian Field Station) to review proposals
for permits and funding support, 1988 to present. Member, Geology
Committee, 1980 to present
Member, Karst Waters Institute Board of Directors,
1991-present; President of the Institute, 1991-1995; Secretary 2001-present.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University,
Spring, 1991. Keynote Speaker: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Conference, 1993; Sixth Multidisciplinary Conference
on Sinkhole and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst,
1997.
Member, National Speleological Society (NSS), 1970
to Present. Chairman, Northeastern Regional Organization of the
NSS, 1972-1975. Chairman, NSS Cave Ownership and Management Committee,
1978-1981. Chairman, McFails Cave Committee (research cave owned
by the NSS), 1976-1977. Member, Editorial Board of the NSS Bulletin,
1980-1983; Member, Advisory Board, 1999-present. Society representative
to the Member Society Council of the American Geological Institute,
1987-1989. Awards Committee Science Award subchair, 1994-1998.
Member, Geological Society of America, 1983 to
Present.
Member, British Cave Research Association, 1980
to Present.
Member, American Geological Institute, 1985 to
present.
Member, Sigma Xi, 1977 to present
Member American Cave Conservation Society, 1983
to present.
Member, Explorers Club, 1998 to present
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