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Dr. Erin P. Argyilan

Office: Marram 236

Phone: 219-980-7124

Email: eargyila@iun.edu

Erin

Curriculum Vitae - Research Projects - Student Research - Podcasting Initiative

Education

Courses Taught

Introduction to Earth Science (Geos101) Physical Meteorology & Climatology (Geog304)
Introduction to Earth Science Laboratory (Geos102) Laboratory & Field Methods (Geos317)
Environmental Geology (Geos107) Principles of Hydrogeology (Geos451)
Global Environmental Change (Geos185) Glacial Geology (Geos435)
Regional Field Trip (Geos220/420) Senior Seminar (Geos490)

Research Interests

  • Water resources and coastal environments
  • Hydrometeorological processes in the Laurentian Great Lakes region related to climate change and climate variability
  • Great Lakes water level change during the Holocene
  • Optically stimulated luminescence dating of relict shorelines in the Great Lakes
  • Landscape dynamics and climate change impacts on watersheds

My Projects & Student Research

Publications

  • Argyilan, E.P., Forman, S.L., Thompson, T.A., Variability of Lake Michigan water level during the past 1000 years reconstructed through optical dating of a coastal strandplain. - submitted to The Holocene
  • Krekeler, M.K., Argyilan, E.P., Lepp, J., Keans, L.E., 2009. Investigation of Calcareous Beach Sands in the Akumal and Tulum areas for use in Constructed Wetlands, Eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Environmental Geology. - PDF
  • Kilibarda, Z., Argyilan, E.P., Blockland, J. 2008. Wind deposition of mud aggregates and their role in development of lamellae in the Fair Oaks Dunes, Indiana. Catena 72:235-247 -PDF
  • Argyilan, E.P., Forman, S.L, Johnston, J.W., Wilcox, D.A., 2005. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of late Holocene raised strandplain sequences adjacent to Lakes Michigan and Superior, upper peninsula, Michigan, USA. (2005) Quaternary Research 63 122-135. - PDF
  • Argyilan, E.P., Forman, S.L., 2003. Lake level response to seasonal climatic variability in the Lake Michigan-Huron system from 1920 to 1995. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(3): 488-500. -PDF