TAMRA ANDRAKE SCHIAPPA

 

Geography, Geology and the Environment                                                     Phone: Work (724) 738-2889

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania                                                                  Home (724) 458-0799

Slippery Rock University                                                                                                    Fax:  (724) 738-4807

Slippery Rock, PA 16057                                                                                     Email: tamra.schiappa@sru.edu

 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Early Permian Ammonoid and Conodont Paleontology

Upper Paleozoic Biostratigraphy, Stratigraphy and sedimentology, Western US and Northern Pangaea

Carbonate Depositional Environments: Using San Salvador Bahamas as a Case Study

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Idaho, 1999, Paleontology and Stratigraphy

Dissertation Title: “Stratigraphy and Ammonoid and Conodont Biostratigraphy of Novogafarovo and Kondurovka, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia”

 

M.S. Boise State University, 1993, Paleontology and Earth Science Education

Thesis Title:  "Selected Early Permian Ammonoids from Portuguese Springs, White Pine County, Nevada."

 

B.A.  State University of New York, Plattsburgh, 1983, Geology

 

EXPERIENCE

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA (8/2002 to present)

Assistant Professor

Specialities: paleontology, stratigraphy, geoscience education

Teaching: Sedimentation and Stratigraphy Lecture and Lab, Physical Geology Lecture and Lab, Historical Geology Lecture and Lab, Concepts of Evolution and the Fossil Record, Paleontology Lab, Geotechniques: Reports, and Oceanography.  Classes involve: both instructive and constructive teaching methods; students in field exercises; and hands-on active learning. 

Research interests: Early Permian ammonoid and conodont biostratigraphy and Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy and sedimentology of Nevada, and Southern Ural Mountains, Russia

 

Boise State University, Boise Idaho (1994-1996, 1999 to 7/2002)

Assistant Research Professor (1999- present), Research Associate (1994-1996)

Specialities: paleontology, stratigraphy, earth science education

Research areas: Nevada, West Texas, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia; Early Permian ammonoid and conodont biostratigraphy and Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy and sedimentology

Teaching: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Invertebrate Paleontology, Historical Geology, Sedimentary Petrology, Fundamentals of Geology, Women in Science (Internet course), Earth System Science (Internet course), and Earth History (Internet course), Dinosaur Field Paleontology Lab.  Classes involve students in field exercises, hands-on active learning, all online courses are virtual. Supervise undergraduate students and graduate students at M.S. level. 

 

Idaho Geological Survey, Boise Idaho (1993-1994, 7/2002)

Research Geologist (2001-7/2002), Project Field Geologist (1993-1994)

Projects: Geologic mapping of Jerome and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho; geologic mapping and technical report

Abandoned Mine Lands Surveys, Boise and Challis National Forests, Idaho; land surveys and technical reports.

 

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Boise State University.  Research and Teaching Assistant, (1990 - 1993).

Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic - Topographic Center, Washington, DC. Cartographer, (1988 - 1990).

West Carteret High School, Morehead City, NC. High School Biology Teacher, (1986 - 1988)

Rural Education Institute, Greenville, NC. High School Science and Technology Instructor, (1985)

 

 

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Slippery Rock University Faculty-Student Research Grant

Differentiation of the Upper Pennsylvanian Strathearn and Hogan Basins, East Central Nevada: A study based on detailed stratigraphy and ammonoid and conodont biostratigraphy, 2003

The objective of this grant was to assess the lithologic and paleontologic data to determine whether indeed the Strathearn Basin and the Hogan Basin are actually two distinct basins - an older and a younger basin - or if they are just higher order eustatic or tectonic disruptions within a single, long-lived basin

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Technology Grant

tc \l1 "Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Technology GrantEnhanced Student Learning in the Environmental Geosciences, 2002

Objective of this grant is to utilize a digital imaging microscopic - computer system capture, manipulate and project microfossils and petrographic images on a screen for detailed analysis.                

National Science Foundation

Web Tools for Global Time Scale Development:  An Example from the Pennsylvanian-Cisuralian, 2002-2005

Collaborative grant with Boise State University, University of Northern Iowa, Russian Academy of

Sciences, Russia.  Objective of this grant is to develop a suite of Web-based tools that will facilitate the international debate toward defining the GSSP=s for the Cisuralian.  Provide access to a wide breath of biostratigraphic, stratigraphic and geochronologic data to assist researchers in making decisions regarding the Cisuralian GSSP. 

Biotic Patterns and Tectonostratigraphy of Lower Permian Stratotype Sections, Ural Mountains: Implications for Global Correlation,  1993-1995.

Detailed biostratigraphic and stratigraphic studies were conducted on several key sections including the GSSP for the Permian System in order to understand the tectonic development of the southern Pre-Uralian Foredeep and for global correlation. Co-PI with  Dr. Walter Snyder (BSU Geosciences), Dr. Vladimir Davydov (St. Petersburg Russia and BSU Geosciences) and Dr. Jim Trexler (UNR Geology)

Extent, Style and Tectonic Significance of Pennsylvanian Deformation in the Great Basin: A Test of Late Paleozoic Tectonic Models for the Western U.S. 1999 - 2001.

Cooperation with Boise State University and University of Nevada, Reno to conduct a structural, stratigraphical and biostratigraphical study to document the extent, style and timing of Pennsylvanian deformation in the western Great Basin.  Co-PI with  Dr. Walter Snyder (BSU Geosciences), Dr. Vladimir Davydov (St. Petersburg Russia and BSU Geosciences) and Dr. Jim Trexler (UNR Geology)

State Board of Education Idaho Technology Incentive Grant    

Digital Atlas of Southern Idaho, 1998-1999 and 2001-2002 (Phase I and II)

Cooperation with Boise State University and Idaho State University to develop a online digital atlas of southern Idaho for instructional purposes at all levels.  The atlas contains several sections including:  Geology, Biology, Hydrology, Historical Geography, Climatology with a number of associated teaching modules. Co-PI with Dr. Jim McNamara(1998-1999) and Dr. David Wilkins (2001-2002) (Dept. of Geosciences, BSU) and Dr. Paul K. Link (2001-2002) (Dept. of Geosciences, ISU) http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/

Idaho Virtual Campus Phase I and Phase II, 1997-2000

Cooperation with Boise State University, University of Idaho and Idaho State University to develop a series of online courses as part of a university wide system.  Co-PI with Dr. Ted Singletary (Ed. Department, BSU) and Dr. Walter Snyder (Dept. of Geosciences, BSU)

Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society

Graphic Correlation of the Carboniferous-Permian Boundary and Type Lower Permian in the Urals Region: Implications for Biostratigraphy, 1995-1997

Conduct graphic correlation of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian strata exposed in the southern Urals with those in the subsurface of the northern Pre-Caspian basin.  Assessment of faunal similarity and Late Paleozoic biotic interchange between the southern Uralian Foreland basin and other parts of northern Pangaea.  Co-PI with Dr. Walter Snyder (BSU Geosciences) and Dr. Vladimir Davydov (St. Petersburg Russia and BSU Geosciences)

 

PUBLICATIONS

Schiappa, T.A., Hemmesch, N.T., Spinosa, C, and Nassichuk, W.W., 2005, Cisuralian Ammonoid Genus Uraloceras in North America, Journal of Paleontology, vol. 79, no 2, pg 366-377.

 

 

Davydov, V.I., Schiappa, T.A., and Snyder, W. S., 2002, Testing the Sequence Stratigraphy Model:  Response of

Fusulinacean Fauna to Sea-Level Fluctuations, (examples from Pennsylvanian and Cisuralian of the Pre-Caspian-Southern Urals region), Micropaleontologic Proxies for Sea-Level Change and Stratigraphic Discontinuities, SEPM Special Publication No. 75, p. 359 B 375.

Davydov, V.I., Chernykh, V.V., Chuvashov, B.I., Northrup, C.J., Schiappa, T.A., and Snyder, T.A., 2001, Volcanic

Ashes in the Upper Paleozoic of the southern Urals:  their biostratigraphic constraints and potential for radiometric dating, Permophiles, No. 39, p. 13 B 19.

Gillerman, V. and Schiappa, T. A., 2001, Geology and Hydrology of western Jerome County, Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey Staff Report 01-2, 48 p.

Wardlaw, B.R., and Schiappa, T.A, 2001, The proposed new marine standard scale for the Permian and some progress on potential correlation to the continental Permian, Proceedings from the International Congress on Continental Permian, Brescia Museum of Natural Sciences, special issue.

Wardlaw, B.R., Leven, E.Ya, Davydov, V.I., Schiappa, T.A., Snyder, W.S., 1999, The Base of the Sakmarian Stage: Call for Discussion (Possible GSSP in the Kondurovsky Section, Southern Urals, Russia, Permophiles No. 34, p. 19-26.                                  

Schiappa, T.A. and Snyder, W.S., 1998, Stratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy of Kondurovka and Novogafarovo: The Potential Sakmarian Boundary Stratotype, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia, Permophiles No. 32, p. 2-6.

Schiappa, T.A., Spinosa, C. and Snyder W. S., 1994, Nevadoceras, New Early Permian Adrianitid (Ammonoidea) from Nevada, Journal of Paleontology, vol. 69, no.6, p. 1073-1079.

Gillerman, V. and Schiappa, T. A., 1994, Geologic map of western Jerome County, Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey, 100,000, unpublished report, 1 sheet.

 

ABSTRACTS (students authors in bold)

Harris, Daniel,  Domier, Matthew, Quinn, Thomas, and Schiappa, Tamra, 2004,  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Ely Limestone, Illipah Section, Northeastern Nevada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 80

Livingston, Jack and Schiappa, Tamra, 2004, Appropriateness of Technologies in Undergraduate Field Experiences, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 158.

Campbell, Patricia, Schiappa, Tamra, Stapleton, Michael G., Smith, Langdon, Zieg, Michael, Mathieu, Robert J., Livingston, Jack, and Hathaway, James T, 2004, Studying Earth Systems Using Multidisciplinary Department Field Trips, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 160

Schiappa. Tamra, A, Spinosa, Claude, Davydov, V. I., and Wardlaw, B. R., 2004, Cisuralian Biostratigraphy of the Great Basin, Western United States, 32^nd International Geological Congress Abstracts with Programs, pg. 581

Schiappa, Tamra, 2004, Upper Paleozoic Biostratigraphy of Nevada:  Key for Unraveling the Tectonostratigraphy, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 18.

Taylor, Tyson, Davydov, V.D., Groves, J., Schiappa, T., Wardlaw, B.R., 2004, Further Development of the Web Tools for the Chronostratigraphy: Paleostrat.com version 2.0, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 65

Sweet, Dustin, Snyder, W., Schiappa, T., Davydov, V.I., Trexler, J. H., 2004, Style and Spatial Distribution of the C5 Unconformity (Desmoinesian) in eastern Nevada:  Implications for the Destruction of the Ely Basin and Initiation of the Hogan Basin, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 27

Hemmesch, N, Spinosa, C., Schiappa, T., 2004, Cisuralian Ammonoids of Buck Mountain Paleogeographic Indicators for the Dry Mountain Trough, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 19

Schiappa, Tamra A., Snyder, Walter S., Trexler, James H., Davydov, V.I., Sweet, Dustin, 2003, Depositional

architecture of basins of the Upper Paleozoic Antler Foreland, Northen Pangaea: Examples from Nevada, USA, XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht Netherlands, Abstracts and Programs, p. 468-469.

Davydov, V.I, Groves, J.R., Northrup, C.J., Schiappa, T.A., Snyder, Walter S., Taylor, T., Wardlaw, B.R., Web

tools for global time scale development: an example from the Pennsylvanian-Cisuralian (Early Permian) XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht Netherlands, Abstracts and Programs, p. 117-119.

Snyder, Walter S., Schiappa, Tamra A., Trexler, James H., Cashman, P., Davydov, V.I., Sweet, Dustin, 2003,

Permo-Carboniferous tectonostratigraphic framework for Western North America:  Implications for global correlation, XVth International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy, Utrecht Netherlands, Abstracts and Programs, p. 510-512.

Erney, Bradley M., Schneider, J.,Vandyne, A, and Schiappa, T., 2003, Use of Stratigraphic Analysis to

Reconstruct the Pennsylvanian Depositional History of Western Pennsylvania, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 3

Hemmesch, Nikki, T.  Schiappa, Tamra. A., Spinosa, Claude., North American occurrences, of the Lower Permian ammonoid Uraloceras, Geological Society of America, National Meeting, Denver, Abstract with Programs, v. 34, no. 6., 66-12, p. 149.

Schiappa, TA, Wardlaw, Bruce R., 2002, Biostratigraphic characterization in the type Cisuralian Region (Lower Permian) and correlation to West Texas, Geological Society of America South Central Section, Abstract with Programs, v. 34, no. 3 p. A-30.

Schiappa, T.A., Chuvashov, B.I., Snyder, W.S. and, Davydov, V.I., 2000, Stratigraphic framework for the type Cisuralian, southern Pre-Uralian Foredeep - II: The Ural sub-basin and Sakmarian and Artinskian Proposed Boundaries, 31^st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Abstract with Programs, pg. 98 and published on Abstract Volume CD-Rom.

Dunston, J.F., Northrup, C.J., Schiappa, T.A., and Snyder, W.S., 2000, Post-Early Triassic final emplacement of the Golconda Allochthon, Clearwater Canyon, Sonoma Range, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v. 32, p. 170.

Payne, J.D. and Schiappa, T., 2000, Biostratigraphic characterization and tectonostratigraphic implications of a newly recognized middle Pennsylvanian unit, Buck Mountain, White Pine County, Nevada: GSA Rocky Mountain Sec. Program with Abstracts, Vol. 35, No. 5.

Davydov, Vladimir.I., Wardlaw, Bruce R., Chuvashov, Boris I., Chernykh, V.V., Leonova, T.B., Schiappa, Tamra A., Spinosa, Claude, Bogoslovskaya, M.F., 2000, Lower Permian Cisuralian Series: Biostratigraphic Characteristic in The Type Area and Surrounding Regions, 31^st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Abstract with Programs, pg. 98 and published on Abstract Volume CD-Rom

Groves, J. R., Schiappa, T. A., Davydov, V. I., and Snyder, W. S., 2000, Middle Carboniferous foraminifers from the Lower Permian Novogafarovo and Kondurovsky sections: Biostratigraphic implications and age constraints for the unroofing of the Southern Urals, 31^st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Abstract with Programs, pg. 98 and published on Abstract Volume CD-Rom.