Business:
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287-0104
(602) 965-7533; FAX (602) 965-8313
E-Mail: ronald.dorn@asu.edu

Education:
A.B.(Geography), University of California, Berkeley, 1980
M.A.(Geography), University of California, Berkeley, 1982
Ph.D.(Geography), University of California, Los Angeles, 1985

Biographical Sketch: Ronald I. Dorn has been a Professor of Geography at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona since 1988. He served previously on the faculty at Texas Tech University. He is co-coordinator of the Arizona Geographic Alliance, a K-12 outreach program to promote geographic education in Arizona. He has been President and Secretary/Tresurer of the Geomorphology Specialty Group and as chair of the Nystrom Committee of the Association of American Geographers. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Arizona/Nevada Academy of Science, and a member of the Association of American Geographers and the American Rock Art Research Association. He is married and has two children.

Present Research Activities: rock art conservation, petroglyph analysis, quantification and geography of mineral weathering, geographic education, tyranny of the majority in science, rock coatings

Positions

Arizona State University, Tempe : Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Geography (1988-current); Co-Coordinator, Arizona Geographic Alliance (1996- current)

Texas Tech University, Lubbock: Assistant and Associate Professor of Geography (1985- 1988); Research Associate, International Center Arid and Semi-Arid Land  Studies (1985-1988).
 

Books: Rock Coatings . (No. 6 in Developments in Earth Surface Processes Series) Elsevier, 1998. 429 pp.

Geomorphology: Mojave Desert to Death Valley. Guide to Field Excursion A3. International Association of Geomorphologists Third International Geomorphology Conference. Tempe, Arizona: Arizona State University, Department of Geography Publication #4, 137 p., 1993. (with Norman Meek)

Edited Electronic Computer Capstones:

GeoMath: Integrating   Geography and Mathematics.Arizona Geographic Alliance, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. (2006 CD Version 2.5)
 

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

113. Stumpf, R.J. II, Douglas, J., Dorn, R.I. 2008. Learning desert geomorphology virtually versus in the field.  Journal of Geography in Higher Education: in press.

112. Dorn, R.I., Whiley, D.S., Cerveny, N.V., Gordon, S.J. Allen, C. and Gutbrod, E. 2008. The rock art stability index: A new strategy for maximizing the sustainability of rock art.  Heritage Management 1: in press.

111. Douglas, J, Meek, N., Dorn, R.I., Schmeeckle, M.W. 2008. A criteria-based methodology for determining the mechanism of transverse drainage development, with application to southwestern USA. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America: in press.

110. Hinde, E.R., Osborn Popp, S.E., Dorn, R.I., Ekiss, G.O., Mater, M., Smith, C.B., Libbee, M. 2007. The integration of literacy and geography: The Arizona GeoLiteracy program's effect on reading comprehension. Theory and Research in Social Education 35: 343-365.

109. Mahaney, W.C., Milner, M.W., Sodhi, R., Dorn, R.I., Boccia, S., Beukens, R.P., Tricart, P., Schwartz, S., Chamorro-Perrez, E., Barendregt, R.W., Kalm, V., Dirszowsky, R.W. 2007. Analysis of burnt schist outcrops in the Alps: Relation to historical archaeology and Hannibal's Crossing in 218 B.C. Geoarchaeology, v. 22: 799-818.

108. Dorn, R.I. 2007. Rock varnish, Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes, ed, D.J. Nash and S.J. McLaren, London: Blackwell, pp. 246-297. Chapter 8. ISBN 1-4051-2159-5.

107. 2007. Dorn, R.I. Baking black opal in the desert sun: The importance of silica in desert varnish: COMMENT. Geology, v.  doi: 10.1130/G23410C.1

106. Dorn, R.I. 2007. Online Versus Hardcopy Textbooks.  Science, v. 315: 1220.

105. Dorn, R.I. 2006. Petroglyphs in Petrified Forest National Park: Role of rock coatings as agents of sustainability and as indicators of antiquity. Bulletin of Museum of Northern Arizona 63: 52-63 [W. G. Parker and P. A. Thompson, eds., 2006, A Century of Research at Petrified Forest National Park: Natural and Cultural History]

104. Cerveny, N.V., Kaldenberg, R., Reed, J., Whitley, D.S, Simon, J. and Dorn, R.I. 2006. A New Strategy for Analyzing the Chronometry of Constructed Rock Features in Deserts. Geoarchaeology v. 21, No. 3: 281-303.

103.  Dorn, R.I., Douglass, J.D., Ekiss, G.O., Trapido-Lurie, B, Comeaux, M., Mings, R., Eden, R., Davis, C. Hinde, E. and Ramakrishna. B. 2005.  Learning geography promotes learning math: Results and implications of Arizona's GeoMath Grade K-9 Program. Journal of Geography, v. 104: 95-103.

102. Gordon, S.J. and Dorn, R.I., 2005. In situ  weathering rind erosion. Geomorphology, v. 67: 97-113.

101. Gordon, S.J. and Dorn, R.I. 2005. Localized weathering: Implications for Theoretical and Applied Studies. Professional Geographer, v. 57: 28-43.

100. Douglass, J., Dorn, R.I. and Gootee, B. 2005. A large landslide on the urban fringe of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Geomorphology, v. 65: 321-336.

99.  Tratebas, A., Cerveny, N., and Dorn, R.I. 2004. The effects of fire on rock art: Microscopic evidence reveals the importance of weathering rinds. Physical Geography, v. 25: 313-333.

98. Dorn, R. 2004. Experimental approaches to dating petroglyphs and geoglyphs with rock varnish in the California Deserts: Current status and future directions,  The Human Journal & Ancient Life in California Deserts , ed. M.W. Allen and J. Reed, Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, 211-224.

97. Selover, N.J., Dorn, D., Dorn, R.I. and Brazel, A.J. 2003. Community Partnership Grant Generates Pre-Service Teacher and Middle School Student Motivation for Authentic Science and Mathematics.  School Science and Mathematics, v. 103 (1): 45-56.

96. Dorn, R.I. 2003. Boulder weathering and erosion associated with a wildfire, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Arizona. Geomorphology,  v. 55: 155-171

95. Dorn, R.I., Ekiss, G.B., Ostapuk, M. and Davis, C. 2002. The status of geography  education in Arizona. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v. 11: 171-176. (click here for pdf version)

94. Dorn, R.I. 2002. Analysis of Geomorphology Citations in the Last Quarter of the 20th Century. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 27: 667-672.

93. Frink, D.S. and Dorn, R.I. 2001. BEYOND TAPHONOMY: Pedogenic Transformations  of the Archaeological Record in Monumental Earthworks. Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences Journal, v. 34: 24-44.

92. Dorn, R.I. Stasack, E., Stasack, D., and Clarkson, P.B. 2001. Analyzing petroglyphs and geoglyphs with four new perspectives evaluating what's there and what's not. American Indian Rock Art, v. 27: 77-96.

91. Dorn, R.I. 2001. Chronometric Techniques -- Rock Engravings. in Handbook of Rock Art Research, ed. DS Whitley, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. pp. 167-189.

90. Meek, N. and Dorn, R.I. 2000. Is mushroom rock a ventifact? California Geology, November/December Issue: 18-20.

89. Whitley, D.S., Dorn, R.I., Simon, J.M., Rechtman, R., Whitley, T.L. 1999. Sally's Rockshelter and the archology of the vision quest. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 9: 221-247.

88. Brady, P.V., Dorn, R.I., Brazel, A.J., Clark, J., Moore, R.B., Glidewell, T. 1999. Direct measurement of the combined effects of lichen, rainfall, and temperature on silicate weathering. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63, 3293-3300.

87. Whitley, D.S., Simon, J.M., and Dorn, R.I., 1999, Vision quest in the Coso Range. American Indian Rock Art 25, 1-31

86. Fein, J.B., Brady, P.V., Jain, J.C., Dorn R.I., and Lee, J.-U., 1999, Bacterial effects on the mobilization of cations from a weathered Pb-contaminated andesite. Chemical Geology 158, 189-202.

85. 1998. Dorn, R.I. Response. Science 280: 2136-2139.

84. 1998. Dorn, R.I. Age determination of the Coso Rock Art, Chapter 3, Coso Rock Art. A New Perspective , ed. J.W. Baird and E. Younkin, Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, 69-96.

83. 1997. Kuby, M., Cerveny, R.S. and Dorn, T.I.A new approach to paleoclimatic research using Linear Programming. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 129: 251-267

82. 1997. Welsh, P.H. and Dorn, R.I. Critical analysis of petroglyph radiocarbon ages from Coa, Portugal and Deer Valley, Arizona. American Indian Rock Art 23: 11-23.

81. 1997. Dorn, R.I. Constraining the age of the Côa valley (Portugal) engravings with 14C. Antiquity 71: 105-115.

80. 1997. Shaffer, J.A., Cerveny, R.S., Dorn, R.I. Radiation windows as indicators of an astronomical influence on the Devil's Hole Chronology. Geology, 24: 1017-1020.

79. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Uncertainties in 14C ages for petroglyphs from the Olary province, South Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 31: 214-215.

78. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Uncertainties in the radiocarbon dating of organics associated with rock varnish: A plea for caution. Physical Geography 17: 585-591.

77. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Radiocarbon dating glacial moraines with the aeolian biome: test results at Bishop Creek, Sierra Nevada, California. Physical Geography 17: 157-179.

76. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Climatic Hypotheses of Alluvial-Fan Evolution in Drylands are Not Testable, in The Role of the Philosophy of Science in Geomorphology, ed. B. Rhoads and C. Thorn, Binghamton Geomorphology Series, Chapman & Hall, 191-220.

75. 1996. Liu, T. and Dorn, R.I. Understanding the spatial variability of environmental change in drylands with rock varnish microlaminations. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 86: 187-212.

74. 1996. Stasack, E., Dorn, R.I. and Lee, G. First direct 14C ages on Hawaiian petroglyphs. Asian Perspectives 35: 51-72.

73. 1995. Dorn, R.I. Alterations of Ventifact Surfaces at the Glacier/Desert Interface. Desert Aeolian Processes, ed. V. Tchakerian, Chapman and Hall, pp. 199-217.

72. 1995. Villa, N., Dorn, R.I. and Clark, J. Fine material in rock fractures: aeolian dust or weathering? Desert Aeolian Processes, ed. V. Tchakerian, Chapman and Hall, pp. 219-231.

71. 1995. Dorn, R.I. and Meek, N. Rapid formation of rock varnish and other rock coatings on slag deposits near Fontana, California. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20: 547-560.

70. 1995. von Werlhof, J., Casey, H., Dorn, R.I., and Jones, G.A. AMS 14C age constraints on geoglyphs in the lower Colorado River region, Arizona and California. Geoarchaeology 10 (4): 257-273.

69. 1995. Clarkson, P.B. and Dorn, R.I New chronometric dates for the puquios of Nasca, Peru. Latin American Antiquity 6(1): 56-69.

68. 1995. Dorn, R.I. and Brady, P.V. Rock-based measurement of temperature-dependent plagioclase weathering. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 (13): 2847-2852.

67. 1995. Dorn, R.I. Digital processing of backscatter electron imagery: A microscopic approach to quantifying chemical weathering. Geological Society of America Bulletin 107 (6): 725-741.

66. 1995. Pope, G., Dorn, R.I., Dixon, J. A new conceptual model for understanding geographical variations in weathering Annals of the Association of American Geographers 85 (1): 38-64.

65. 1995. Peterson, F., Bell, J. Dorn, R., Ramelli, A., Ku, T.L. Late Quaternary geomorpholgy and soils in Crater Flat, Yucca Mountain area, southern Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 107 (8): 379-395.

64. 1995. Krinsley, D., Dorn, R.I., Tovey, N.K. Nanometer-scale layering in rock varnish: implications for genesis and paleoenvironmental interpretation. Journal of Geology, v. 103: 106-113.

63. 1994. Dorn, R.I. Surface exposure dating with rock varnish. In Dating in Exposed and Surface Contexts, ed. C. Beck, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque pp.77-113.

62. 1994. Dorn, R.I. and Krinsley, D.New perspectives on colluvial boulder deposits in the Southwestern Great Basin, USA. Physical Geography 15: 62-79.

61. 1994. Dorn, R.I. Dating petroglyphs with a 3-tier rock varnish approach. In New Light on Old Art: Advances in Hunterer-Gatherer Rock Art Research, ed. D.S. Whitley and L. Loendorf, UCLA Institute for Archaeology Monograph Series, no. 36, pp. 12-36.

60. 1994. Dorn, R.I. Rock varnish as an indicator of climatic change. In Geomorphology of Desert Environments , ed. A.D. Abrahams and A.J. Parsons, Chapman & Hall, pp. 539-552

59. 1994. Dorn, R.I. Alluvial fans an an indicator of climatic change. In Geomorphology of Desert Environments , ed. A.D. Abrahams and A.J. Parsons, Chapman & Hall, pp. 593-615.

58. 1993. Francis, J., Loendorf, L., and Dorn, R.I. Results of AMS radiocarbon and cation ratio dating of rock art in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana: New advances for rock art studies. American Antiquity 58: 711-737.

57. 1993. Whitley, D.S. and Dorn, R.I. New perspectives on the Clovis versus Pre-Clovis controversy. American Antiquity: 58: 626-647.

56. 1993. Wasklewicz, T., Dorn, R.I., Clark, S., Hetrick, H., Pope, G., Liu, T., Krinsley, D., Dixon, J. Moore, R. and Clark, J. Olivine does not necessarily weather first. Journal of Tropical Geography 14(1): 72-80.

55. 1993. Nishiizumi, K., Kohl, C.P., Arnold, J.R., Dorn, R., Klein, J., Fink, D., Middleton, R., and Lal, D. Role of in situ10Be and 26Al in the study of diverse geomorphic processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 18: 407-425 cosmogenic nuclides .

54. 1993. Dorn, R.I., Jones, A., Bock, F., and Bock, A.J. Preliminary Data on Radiocarbon Dating Petroglyphs at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona American Indian Rock Art 19: 31-39.

53. 1993. Nobbs, M.F. and Dorn, R.I. New surface exposure ages for petroglyphs  from the Olary Province, South Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 28: 18-39.

52. 1992. Dorn, R.I., Krinsley, D.H., Liu, T., Anderson, S., Clark, J., Cahill, T.A., and Gill, T.E. 1992. Manganese-rich rock varnish does occur in Antarctica. Chemical Geology 99: 289-298.

51. 1992. Hooke, R.LeB. and Dorn, R.I. Segmentation of alluvial fans in Death Valley, California: New Insights from surface-exposure dating. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 17: 557-574.

50. 1992. Dorn, R.I. A review of rock varnish dating of rock engravings. International Newsletter on Rock Art 2: 10-14.

49. 1992. Dorn, R.I. Paleoenvironmental signals in rock varnish on petroglyphs. American Indian Rock Art 18: 1-17.

48. 1992. Dorn, R.I.and Clark, S. Spatial organization in the landforms of Death Valley. Geographical Snapshots of North America, ed. R.G. Janelle, International Geographical Contress Special Publication, 362-366.

47. 1992. Dorn, R.I. and Nobbs, M. Further support for the antiquity of South Australian rock engravings. Australian Aboriginal Studies: No. 1: 56-60.

46. 1992. Dorn, R.I., Clarkson, P.B., Nobbs, M.F., Loendorf, L.L., and Whitley, D.S. Radiocarbon dating inclusions of organic matter in rock varnish, with examples from drylands. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82: 136-151.

45. 1992. Dorn, R.I., Jull, A.J.T., Donahue, D.J., Linick, T.W., Toolin, L.J., Moore, R.B., Rubin, M., Gill, T.E., and Cahill, T.A. Rock Varnish on Hualalai and Mauna Kea, Volcanoes, Hawaii. Pacific Science 46: 11-34.

44. 1991. Krinsley, D.H. and Dorn, R.I. New eyes on Eastern California varnish. California Geology 44(5): 107-114.

43. 1991. Dorn, R.I. and Phillips, F.M. Surface exposure dating: review and critical evaluation. Physical Geography 12: 303-333.

42. 1991. Phillips, F.M., Zreda, M.G., Smith, S.S., Elmore, D., Kubik, P.W., Dorn, R.I., and Roddy, D.J. Age and geomorphic history of Meteor Crater, Arizona, from Cosmogenic Cl-36 and Rock Varnish C-14. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 55: 2695-2698.

41. 1991. Clarkson, P.B., and Dorn, R.I. Nuevos datos relativos a la antiguedad de los geogliofos y pukios de Nazca, Peru. Boletin de Lima, v. 13 (78): 33-45. (Published in 1992)

40. 1991. Dorn, R.I., and Krinsley, D.H. Cation-leaching sites in rock varnish. Geology 19: 1077-1080.

39. 1991. Dorn, R.I. Rock varnish. American Scientist 79: 542-553.

38. 1991. Dorn, R.I., Phillips, F.M., Zreda, M.G., Wolfe, E.W., Jull, A.J.T., Kubik, P.W. and Sharma, P. Glacial chronology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, as constrained by surface-exposure dating. National Geographic Research and Exploration 7: 456-471.

37. 1991. Zreda, M.G., Phillips, F.M., Elmore, D., Kubik, P.W., Sharma, P., and Dorn, R.I. Cosmogenic chlorine-36 production rates in terrestrial rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 105: 94-109.

36. 1990. Kearns, T., Dorn, R.I., Stanford, D. Potential of cation-ratio dating for analyzing the ages of artifacts in southeastern Utah. Current Research in the Pleistocene 7: 84-87.

35. 1990. Dorn, R.I., McGlone, W.R., Leonard, P.M. Age-determination of petroglyphs on sandstone, southeast Colorado, using the cation-ratio method of dating rock varnish. Southwestern Lore 56(2): 21-36.

34. 1990. Dorn, R.I., Cahill, T.A., Eldred, R.A., Gill, T.E., Kusko, B.H., Bach, A.J., and Elliott-Fisk, D.L. Dating rock varnishes by the cation ratio method with PIXE, ICP, and the electron microprobe. International Journal of PIXE 1: 157-195.

33. 1990. Dorn, R.I. and Dragovich, D. Interpretation of rock varnish in Australia: Case studies from the arid zone. Australian Geographer. 21: 18-32.

32. 1990. Benson, L.V., Currey, D.R., Dorn, R.I., Lajoie, K.R., Oviatt, C.G., Robinson, S.W., Smith, G.I., Stine, S. and Thompson, R.S. Chronology of expansion and contraction of four great basin lake systems during the past 35,000 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 78: 241-286.

31. 1990. Dorn, R.I., Jull, A.J.T., Donahue, D.J., Linick, T.W., Toolin, L.J. Latest Pleistocene lake shorelines and glacial chronology in the western Basin and Range Province, USA: Insights from AMS radiocarbon dating of rock varnish and paleoclimatic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 78: 315-331.

30. 1990. Krinsley, D.H., Dorn, R.I. and Anderson, S. Factors that may interfere with the dating of rock varnish. Physical Geography, v. 11: 97-119.

29. 1990. Dorn, R.I. Quaternary alkalinity fluctuations recorded in rock varnish microlaminations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 76 : 291- 310.

28. 1989. Dorn, R.I. Cation-ratio dating: a geographic assessment. Progress in Physical Geography 13: 559-596.

27. 1989. Dorn, R.I. and Dickinson, W.R. First paleoenvironmental interpretation of a pre-Quaternary rock varnish site, Davidson Canyon, south Arizona. Geology 17: 1029-1031.

26. 1989. Dorn, R.I., Jull, A.J.T., Donahue, D.J., Linick, T.W. and Toolin, L.J. Accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating of rock varnish. Geological Society of America Bulletin 101:1363-1372.

25. 1988. Bamforth, D.B. and Dorn, R.I. On the nature and antiquity of the Manix Lake Lithic Industry. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 10: 209-226.

24. 1988. Whitley, D.S. and Dorn, R.I. Cation-ratio dating of petroglyphs using PIXE. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B35: 410-414.

23. 1988. Nobbs, M. and Dorn, R.I. Age-determinations for rock varnish formation  within petroglyphs: cation-ratio dating of 24 motifs from the Olary region of arid South Australia. Rock Art Research 5: 108-26,133-9,144-6.

22. 1988. Dorn, R.I., Nobbs, M., Cahill, T.A. Cation ratio dating of rock  engravings from the Olary Province of arid South Australia. Antiquity 62: 681-689

21. 1988. Dorn, R.I. A rock varnish interpretation of alluvial-fan development in Death Valley, California. National Geographic Research 4: 56-73.

20. 1987. Dorn, R.I., Turrin, B.D., Jull, A.J.T., Linick, T.W., and Donahue, D.J. Radiocarbon and cation-ratio ages for rock varnish on Tioga and Tahoe morainal boulders of Pine Creek, eastern Sierra Nevada in California, and Paleoclimatic Implications. Quaternary Research 28: 38-49.

19. 1987. Whitley, D.S. and Dorn, R.I. Rock art chronology in eastern California. World Archaeology 19: 150-164.

18. 1987. Dorn, R.I., Tanner, D., Turrin, B.D. and Dohrenwend, J.C. Cation-ratio dating of Quaternary materials in the east-central Mojave Desert, California. Physical Geography 8: 72-81.

17. 1987. Dorn, R.I., DeNiro, M.J. and Ajie, H.O. Isotopic evidence for climatic influence on alluvial-fan development in Death Valley, California. Geology 15: 108-110.

16. 1986. Dorn, R.I. Rock varnish as an indicator of aeolian environmental change. In Aeolian Geomorphology, ed. W.G. Nickling, Allen & Unwin, London, pp. 291- 307.

15. 1986. Reneau, S.L., Dietrich, W.E., Dorn, R.I., Berger, C.R., and Rubin, M. Geomorphic and paleoclimatic implications of latest Pleistocene radiocarbon dates from colluvium-mantled hollows, California. Geology 14: 655-658.

14. 1986. Dorn, R.I. (first author with 11 co-authors). Cation-ratio and accelerator- radiocarbon dating of rock varnish on Mojave artifacts and landforms. Science 231: 830-833.

13. 1985. Dorn, R.I. and DeNiro, M.J. Stable carbon isotope ratios of rock varnish organic matter: a new paleoenvironmental indicator. Science 227: 1472-1474.

12. 1984. Dorn, R.I. Geomorphological interpretation of rock varnish in the Mojave Desert. In Surficial Geology of the Eastern Mojave Desert,California, ed. J.C. Dohrenwend, Geological Society of America, Reno, pp. 69-87.

11. 1984. Dorn, R.I. Cause and implications of rock varnish microchemical laminations. Nature 310: 767-770.

10. 1984. Dorn, R.I. and Whitley, D.S. Chronometric and relative age-determinations of petroglyphs in the western United States.Annals of the Association of American Geographers 74: 308-322.

9. 1984. Dietrich, W.E. and Dorn, R.I. Significance of thick deposits of colluvium on hillslopes: a case study in the coastal mountains of northern California. Journal of Geology 92: 147-158.

8. 1983. Whitley, D.S. and Dorn, R.I. Chemical and micromorphological analysis of rock art pigment. Journal of New World Archaeology 6 (3): 48-51.

7. 1983. Dorn, R.I. and Whitley, D.S. Cation-ratio dating of petroglyphs from the western Great Basin, North America. Nature 302: 816-818.

6. 1983. Dorn, R.I. Cation-ratio dating: a new rock varnish age-determination technique. Quaternary Research 20: 49-73.

5. 1982. Dorn, R.I. and Oberlander, T.M. Rock varnish. Progress in Physical Geography 6: 317-367.

4. 1982. Dorn, R.I. Enigma of the desert. Environment Southwest 297: 3-5. (reprinted in Desert Protective Council Educational Bulletin 82-3)

3. 1982. Dorn, R.I. Observations on the use of "desert varnish" in the  age-determination of surfaces. Society California Archaeology Bulletin 16 (1): 15- 18.

2. 1981. Dorn, R.I. and Oberlander, T.M. Rock varnish origin, characteristics and usage. Zeitschrift fur geomorphologie 25: 420-436.

1. 1981. Dorn, R.I. and Oberlander, T.M. Microbial origin of rock varnish. Science 213: 1245-1247.

Non Refereed Publications

42. 2006. Stasack, E., Dorn, R. and Lee, G. The petroglyphs of Kaho'olawe Island, Hawai'i. IRAC Proceedings, Rock Art - Work Heritage, section editor G. Lee, American Rock Art Research Association, p. 137-144.

41. 2005. Dorn, R.I. Review of The Geomorphic evolution of Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada Landscapes: Solving the Riddles in the Rocks, J.P. Shaffer, Wilderness Press (1997) in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95 (2): 491-493.

40. 2005. Dorn, R.I. Why testify for the defense? La Pintura 31 (2): 8-13.

39. 2004. Gordon, S. and Dorn, R.I.Weathering  rinds, in Encyclopedia of Geomorphology , ed. A.S. Goudie, Routledge: London, 853-855.

38. 2004. Dorn, R.I. Case hardening, in Encyclopedia of Geomorphology , ed. A.S. Goudie, Routledge: London, 118-119.

37. 2004. Dorn, R.I. Geomorphological role of fire, in Encyclopedia of Geomorphology , ed. A.S. Goudie, Routledge: London, 367-370.

36. 2004. Dorn, R.I. Desert varnish, in Encyclopedia of Geomorphology , ed. A.S. Goudie, Routledge: London, 251-254.

35. 2004. Dorn, R.I. Rock coatings, in Encyclopedia of Geomorphology , ed. A.S. Goudie, Routledge: London, 870-873.

34. 2000. Dorn, R. Rock varnish. in Dictionary of Physical Geography, ed. D.S.G. Thomas and A. Goudie, Blackwell: London, p. 417

33. 2000. Dorn, R. Rock coatings. in Dictionary of Physical Geography, ed. D.S.G. Thomas and A. Goudie, Blackwell: London, p. 417-419

32. 2000. Dorn, R. Sieve deposits. in Dictionary of Physical Geography, ed. D.S.G. Thomas and A. Goudie, Blackwell: London, p. 444

31. 2000. Dorn, R. Rock-art dating. in Archaeological method and theory, ed. L Ellis, Garland Publishing: New York. pp. 523-527.

30. 1997. Dorn, D. and Dorn, R. Basic Map Reading. Arizona Geographic Alliance, 64 pp. (Also distributed to K-12 Teachers as a part of February 1998 GeoDayTrip Outreach Field Trip)

29. 1996. Dorn, R. A change of perception. La Pintura 23 (2): 10-11.

28. 1996. Bach, A., Dorn, R., Liu, T., Phillips, F.M., Zreda, M., Elmore, D. Elliott-Fisk, D. and Clark, J. Last 200,000 years of glacial history at Bishop Creek, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1119: 9-11.

27. 1996. Rock Varnish Microlaminations as a Paleoclimatic Indicator in Drylands. Educational Slide Set, Paleoclimatic Program, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado.

26. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Review of Rock Weathering and Landform Evolution, ed. D.A. Robinson, and R.B.G. Williams, Wiley (1994) in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 86: 146-147.

25. 1996. Dorn, R.I. In the dog house. La Pintura 22 (2): 11-14.

24. 1996. Dorn, R.I. Radiocarbon dating. In 1996 McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, ed. S.P. Parker, McGraw-Hill, p. 288-230.

23. 1995. Dorn, R.I. Comment on "Evidence suggesting that methods of rock-varnish cation-ratio dating are neither comparable nor consistently reliable". Quaternary Research 43: 272-273.

22. 1993. Dorn, R.I. Review of Geomorphic responses to climatic change, W.B. Bull, Oxford University Press (1991) in Progress in Physical Geography 17: 377-378.

21. 1992. Bach, A.J., Dorn, R.I., Elliott-Fisk, D.L. and Phillips, F.M. 1992. Glacial Avulsion in Pleistocene moraine complexes of the East-central Sierra Nevada, California. In The History of Water: Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyon Mountains White Mountains Research Station Symposium Volume 4, ed. C.A. Hall, Jr., V. Doyle-Jones and B. Wadawski, University of California Press, Los Angeles, pp. 17-31.

20. 1992. Dorn, R.I. and Krinsley, D.J. Reply to comment on "Cation-leaching sites in rock varnish". Geology 20: 1051-1052.

19. 1992. Dorn.R.I. Comment. Geology 20: 470-471.

18. 1992. Dorn, R.I. Comment. Geology 20: 283.

17. 1992. Meek, N. and Dorn, R.I. Regional geomorphology: Las Vegas to San Diego. Field Trip Guide #1, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Diego, Ca. April 15-18, 1992. 92 pp.

16. 1991. Dorn, R.I. Letter to editor. American Scientist 80: 112-113.

15. 1991. Dorn, R.I., Dixon, J.C., and Orme, A.R. Integrating geomorphic processes and landscape evolution: an editorial. Physical Geography 12: 301-2.

14. 1991. Dorn, R.I. A discussion on the ethics of sampling petroglyphs for dating. La Pintura, v. 18(2), p. 6. (Translated and reprinted in Boletin Sociedad de Ivestigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia, 1992, no. 1 issue)

13. 1991. Dorn, R.I. and Clark, J. Thinking on the run. Nature (London) 352: 10.

12. 1991. Phillips, F.M., and Dorn, R.I. Penrose Conference Report on New Methods of Dating Geomorphic Surfaces. GSA Today 1:102.

11. 1991. Dorn, R.I. Reply (to comment on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Dating of Rock Varnish), Geological Society of America Bulletin 103: 312-314.

10. 1990. Dorn, R.I. Rock varnish dating of rock art: State of the art perspective. La Pintura 17(2): 1-2, 10-11.

9. 1990. Phillips, F.M. and Dorn, R.I. Geological Society of America, Penrose Conference Field Guide, "New Methods in Surface Exposure Dating", Mammoth Lakes, October 12-17, 35 pp.

8. 1990. Nobbs, M. and Dorn, R.I. Reply to Further Invited Comments on "Age- determinations for rock varnish formation within petroglyphs: cation-ratio dating of 24 motifs from the Olary region of arid South Australia." Rock Art Research: 7: 51- 52.

7. 1989. Nobbs, M. and Dorn, R.I. Reply to Further Invited Comments on "Age- determinations for rock varnish formation within petroglyphs: cation-ratio dating of 24 motifs from the Olary region of arid South Australia." Rock Art Research 6: 63- 67.

6. 1989. Dorn, R.I. Comment on "A note of the characteristics and possible origins of desert varnishes from SE Morocco" by B.J. Smith and W.B. Whalley. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 14: 167-170.

5. 1988. Nobbs, M. and Dorn, R.I. Reply to Invited Comments on "Age-determinations for rock varnish formation within petroglyphs: cation-ratio dating of 24 motifs from the Olary region of arid South Australia." Rock Art Research 5: 143-144.

4. 1988. Dorn, R.I. Reply to letter by A. Gillespie on "Radiocarbon and cation-ratio ages for rock varnish on Tioga and Tahoe morainal boulders of Pine Creek, eastern Sierra Nevada in California, and Paleoclimatic Implications. Quaternary Research 30:104-105.

3.1987. Dorn, R.I., DeNiro, M.J., and Ajie, H.O. 1987. Reply to comment by Wells and McFadden on "Isotope evidence for climatic influence on alluvial-fan development in Death Valley, California. Geology 15: 1179-1180.

2. 1987. Dorn, R.I. Review of Geomorphology and Soils, ed. K.S. Richard, R.R. Arnett and S. Ellis, Allen & Unwin (1985) in Professional Geographer 39: 124.

1. 1987. Dorn, R.I. Response to Presentation of the Kirk Bryan Award. Geological Society of America Bulletin 99: 155.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Physical Geography
Applied Geomorphology
Introduction to Landform Processes
Regional Geomorphology
Quaternary Environments
Principles of Remote Sensing
Digital Image Processing
Landforms of the Western United States
Environmental Change
Weathering Seminar
Field/Lab Methods in Quaternary Research
Physical Geography Forum
ST: Desert Geomorphology
Introduction to Research Methods
Honors, Physical Geography
Global Change
Physical Geography Seminar
Teaching Geography Standards
Rock Coatings
Research on Teaching College Geography
Field Methods

Theses and Dissertations Supervised or Co-Supervised
 

Student	Title	Year, Degree	First Appointment After Degree
Peter Goodwin	Geomorphic interpretation of digital SPOT imagery; Hanaupah Canyon alluvial fan, Death Valley, California	1988, M.A. Thesis Texas Tech University	Chevron Overseas Remote Sensing Unit, San Francisco
Steve Stadelman	Pedogenesis and geomorphology of Hanaupah Canyon alluvial fan, Death Valley, California	1989, M.A Thesis Texas Tech University	Ph.D. Student, Texas Tech University
Gregory Pope	Quartz decrystallization in glacial tills, eastern Sierra Nevada, California	1990, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Ph.D. Student at Arizona State University
Thad Wasklewicz	Importance of environment on basalt weathering, Hawaii	1992, M.A. Thesis Arizona State University	Ph.D. Student at Arizona State University
Thomas R. Paradise	Weathering-constrained erosion of sandstone at the Roman Theather, Petra Jordan	1993, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii at Hilo
Gregory Pope	A weathering boundary layer model to interpret spatial variation in quartz weathering	1994, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor  Montclair State University
Tanzhuo Liu	Visual microlamina-tions in rock varnish: a new paleoenviron-mental and geomor-phic tool in drylands	1994, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Postdoctoral Fellow at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Molly Pohl	Radiocarbon dating in drylands	1995, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	NSF Graduate Fellow, Ph.D. Student at Arizona State University
Steve Gordon	Assessing the effects of temperature on plagioclase weathering, Iztaccihuatl, Mexico	1996, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Ph.D. Student at Arizona State University
Donald Friend	Evolution of desert colluvial boulder fields, eastern California	1997, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, Mankato State University (Now Minnesota State University)
Steve Gordon	An analysis of volcanic glass weathering, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA	1999, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
Niccole Cerveny	Relationships between internal fractures and surface microtopography of quartz grains	2000, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Instructor, Scottsdale Community College
Brandon Vogt	Weathering of a tombstone sphere, Tempe, Arizona	2000, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Ph.D. Student Arizona State University
Michael Henze	Sediment yield on Spook Hill Pediment, Arizona	2000, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Consultant, J.E. Fuller
Lorenzo Vazquez Selem	Glacial Chronology of Iztaccihuatl Volcano,  Central Mexico. A Record of Environmental Change on the Border of the Tropics	2000, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Research Professor, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO, Mexico City
Mike Applegarth	Interpretation of pediment form using geographic information  technology and field data	2001. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, Shippinsburg State University
Evan Palmer	Analysis of  lateral channel stability for a portion  of New River, Arizona, Between 1964-2000	2002, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	United States Air Force
Kathryn Anne   Gross	Feasibility  and implications of a rock coating catena: Analysis of a desert hillslope	2002, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Hydrologist, Maricopa County Flood Control District
Daniel A. Gilewitch	Military Geography: The Interaction of Desert Geomorphology and Military Operations	2003, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, United States Army Military Academy, West Point
Kevin A. Green	Debris slope/pediment adjustment to hydraulic processes through analyses of particle size-slope relations in different lithologies	2003, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Ph.D. Student, University of Oregon
Rebecca S. Beard	Stream channel change in response to cattle exclosures in semi-arid riparian ecosystems	2003, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Research Assistant, Ecuadorian Andes Land Use Change Project, University of Texas, Austin
Kathleen M. Bergmann	Urban impacts on Rillito Creek	2004, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Army Corp of Engineers
John C. Douglass	Criterion approach to transverse drainages	2005, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Full-time instructor, Paradise Valley Community College, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Susan Johnson	Combining geography instruction with reading: Exploring the interplay in 3rd and 5th grade classrooms	2005, M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University	Elementary School Teacher, Virginia
Niccole Villa Cerveny	A weathering-based perspective on rock art conservation	2005, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Full-time Instructor, Mesa Community College
Wendy Bigler	Historical biocomplexity in irrigation agriculture: The Akimel O'Odham (Pima) and the Gila River, Arizona	2007, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University
Douglas Frink	Explorations into a dynamic process-oriented soil science	2007, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Visiting Professor, Valdosta State University
Casey Allen	Using rock art as an alternative science pedagogy	2008, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University	Assistant Professor, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Manuscript Reviewer

American Chemical Society, Symposium Volume (Archaeological Chemistry)
American Indian Rock Art
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Geoarchaeology: An International Journal
Geological Society of America Bulletin
Geological Society of America Centennial Volume on Geomorphology
Geology
Geomicrobiology Journal
Geomorphology
Israel Journal of Earth Science
Journal of Archaeological Science
Journal of Geology
Landscape Ecology
Mountain Research and Development
National Geographic Research
Nature (London)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Physical Geography
Plains Anthropologist
Professional Geographer
Quaternary Research
Radiocarbon
Rock Art Research
Science
Wiley, Physical Geography texts
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
Scanning Microscopy International

Proposal Reviewer

American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Chemical Society
Cotrell Science Advancement Program
International Science Foundation
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory-University of California Program
Los Alamos-Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Program
NASA
National Geographic Society
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Center Preservation Technology and Training Program
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
National Science Foundation Programs: Anthropology Archaeology Climate Dynamics
Ecological Studies Geography Geology Instrumentation Polar Programs EPSCoRm Small Business Innovation Research
NOAA
U.S. Geological Survey

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Quaternary Association
American Rock Art Research Association
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences
Association of American Geographers
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Geological Society of America
National Council for Geographic Education

Awards

Enhancement of Geographic Literacy Cram Award, 2005 for GeoMath, National Council for Social Studies (with G.B. Ekiss and E. Hinde)
Professor of the Year Special Recognition, 2005, Arizona State University Parents Association
Enhancement of Geographic Literacy Cram Award, 2003 for GeoLiteracy, National Council for Social Studies (with G.B. Ekiss and E. Hinde)
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1996-1997
Wiley Award, Presented for Excellence in Geomorphological Research, British
Geomorphological Research Group, 1993 (with Roger LeB. Hooke)
Castleton Award, Presented for Excellence in Rock Art Research, American Rock Art Research Association, 1992
G.K. Gilbert Award, Presented for Excellence in Geomorphological Research, Geomorphology Specialty Group of the Assoc. American Geographers, 1988
New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University, 1988
Presidential Young Investigator Award of the National Science Foundation, 1987
New Faculty Award, Texas Tech University, 1987
Kirk Bryan Award of the Geological Society of America (with T.M. Oberlander),  For Excellence in Geomorphological Research, 1986

Honors

Fellow of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences, 1996
Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 1992
Sigma Xi, 1986
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1980-1984
Phi Beta Kappa, 1979