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Principal Senior Environmental Geologist
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Tech
801 Leroy Place
Socorro NM 87801-4796
(575) 835-5146

Education

• B.S., Geology and Anthropology, Beloit College, 1969
• M.S., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1971 M.S. thesis: Geology of the Rammel Mountain area, Teton County, Wyoming, unpublished, 124 pp. (A general geologic field study of the structure, stratigraphy, and history of a portion of the Teton Mountains. Results of this study are included in two publications.)
• Ph.D., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1980
  Ph.D. dissertation: Quaternary geology of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, unpublished, 613 pp. (A study of the recent geologic history of an archaeologically important canyon in northwestern New Mexico. Results of this study are included in several publications.)

Specialties and Interests

• Environmental geology
• Sedimentology
• Quaternary geology and geomorphology

Current Projects

• Tiltmeter installation around margins of uplift of Socorro magma body
• Establishment of GPS benchmarks in bedrock across surface above Socorro magma body
• Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Isleta area, Albuquerque basin
• Quaternary Terraces in the Albuquerque Basin
• Surficial geology of the Hubbell Spring, Veguita, Isleta, and Dalies Quadrangles (download a 3-d image of Los Lunas volcano)
• Nonaqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) traps--geological and engineered
• Growth of Stalactites
• Geologic Education Outreach:
  • Train-the-trainer earthquake education for K-12th grade teachers
  • Scenic trip to Cimarron area
  • Geology coverage for Rockin' 'round New Mexico
  • Southwest Institute geologic coverage
• A Geologic Odyssey: From Field Curiosity About Nodules to Technical Abstract

University Courses Taught

• Earth Resources
• Environmental Geology
• Oceanography
• Physical Geology
• Sedimentology

Patents

Whitworth, T. M., Love, D. W., and Love, J. C., 1999, Containment system for spills:

This invention is a set of designs for structures to contain light and/or dense non-aqueous phase liquids to prevent release into the subsurface environment; commercial use to be licensed through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Foundation

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