PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 1 June 1963 (Hackensack, NJ)

U.S. Citizen

Unmarried

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Geology, Columbia University, October 1990

M. Phil. in Geology, Columbia University, January 1989

M.A. in Geology, Columbia University, May 1987

B.A. in Geology (with highest honors and college honors), Rutgers
University, May 1985

POSITIONS HELD

1990 - present: Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Arts
and Sciences--New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rutgers University

1985 - 1990: Graduate Research Assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory

1987: Teaching Assistant for Structural Geology, Columbia University

1984 - 1985: Adjunct Instructor of Geology, Academic Foundations
Department, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Extensional tectonics
Structural and stratigraphic evolution of rift basins
Growth and development of normal faults
Tectonics of Mesozoic rifting, eastern North America
Kinematics, timing, and origin of rift basin inversion
Role of fractures and fluid flow in rift basins
Use of cyclostratigraphy in structural geology and tectonics
Structural controls on karstification and bedrock-incised streams

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

1995-96: "Field Studies of Normal Faulting and Inversion," Mobil Research
and Development Corp., $2,000.

1995-96: "Integrating Field-Based Computer Systems into the Undergraduate
Geology Curriculum," Rutgers University Teaching Excellence Center grant,
$9,843.

1995-96: "Micronormal fault populations and rift basin inversion," Rutgers
University Research Council, $1,055.

1994-95: "Is Inversion an Integral Part of Rifting?" Rutgers University
Research Council, $1,000.

1993-94: "Lake-Cycle Mapping in the Newark Basin, New Jersey," Rutgers
University Research Council, $1,235.

1991-93: "Tectonostratigraphic Development of the Early Mesozoic Newark
Basin, Eastern North America," National Science Foundation, $90,401

1990-92: Henry Rutgers Research Fellowship, Rutgers University, $15,000

1989: "Timing and Origin of Folding within the Newark Basin, Southeastern
Pennyslvania," Geological Society of America, $540; Sigma Xi, $380

AFFILIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

Geological Association of New Jersey

Sigma Xi

Phi Beta Kappa

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Field Geology, Geology Colloquium, Structural Geology

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Advanced Tectonics, Advanced Structural Geology, Extensional Tectonics,
Field Geology of Mesozoic Rift Basin, Fracture Mechanics, Geodynamics,
Geology Colloquium

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Zev Laden (1993) "A Study on Karst Distribution in Dauphin County and
Franklin County, Pennsylvania"

Peter Thibodeau (1991) "Rift Basin Filling Models Using Variable
Sediment-Supply Rates"

Scott S. Young (1994-1995) "Analysis of Micro-normal Fault Populations in
Selected Mesozoic Rift Basins of North America"

GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Rolf V. Ackermann, Ph.D. candidate (1994-present) "Geologic, Geomorphic,
and Hydrogeologic Aspects of Fracture Networks"

Gregory F. Herman, Ph.D. candidate (1991-present) "Tectonics of the New
York Promontory"

Brian D. Jones, M.S. (1991-1994) "Structure and Stratigraphy of the
Hopewell Fault Block, Newark Basin, New Jersey and Pennsylvania"

Allan Lemon, M.S. candidate (1993-present) "Structural Controls on Karst
Geomorphology of the New Jersey Great Valley"

Kevin D. Orabone, M.S. candidate (1994-present) "Fracture Patterns in
Newark Basin Bedrock and Their Relationship to Groundwater Flow"

ShayMaria M. Silvestri, Ph.D. candidate (1990-present) "Facies and
Biostratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic Passaic Formation of the Newark
Rift Basin, New Jersey and Pennsylvania"

STUDENTS ADVISED

Rolf V. Ackermann, M.S. (1992-1994); Douglas L. Musser, M.S. (1991-1993)

SIGNIFICANT FIELD WORK

1995: Basin and Range of Idaho: normal faulting

1986 - present: Early Mesozoic rift basins of eastern North America:
Geologic mapping, structural and stratigraphic analysis

1986: Metamorphic core complex, Naxos, Greece: Geologic mapping and
structural analysis

1984: Southwestern Utah: Sedimentologic analysis of fluvial deposits of the
Cretaceous-Tertiary Canaan Peak Formation

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES

Schlische, R.W., and Anders, M.H., 1996, Stratigraphic effects and tectonic
implications of the growth of normal faults and extensional basins, in
Beratan, K.K., ed., Reconstructing the Structural History of Basin and
Range Extension Using Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: Geological Society of
America Special Paper 303, in press.

Olsen, P.E., Kent, D.V., Cornet, B., Witte, W.K., and Schlische, R.W.,
1995, High-resolution stratigraphy of the Newark rift basin (early
Mesozoic, eastern North America): Geological Society of America Bulletin,
in press.

Ackermann, R.V., Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1995, Synsedimentary
collapse of portions of the lower Blomidon Formation, Fundy rift basin,
Nova Scotia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, in press.

Schlische, R.W., 1995, Geometry and origin of fault-related folds in
extensional settings: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 79, p. 1661-1678.

Schlische, R.W., and Ackermann, R.V., 1995, Kinematic significance of
sediment-filled fissures in the North Mountain Basalt, Fundy rift basin,
Nova Scotia, Canada: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 17, p. 987-996.

Withjack, M.O., Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1995, Tectonic evolution
of the Fundy basin, Canada: Evidence of extension and shortening during
passive-margin development: Tectonics, v. 14, p. 390-405.

Schlische, R.W., 1994, Rifting in eastern North America: Virginia Explorer,
v. 10, p. 20-23.

Anders, M.H., and Schlische, R.W., 1994, Overlapping faults, intrabasin
highs, and the growth of normal faults: Journal of Geology, v. 102, p.
165-179.

Schlische, R.W., 1993, Anatomy and evolution of the Triassic-Jurassic
continental rift system, eastern North America: Tectonics, v. 12, p.
1026-1042.

Schlische, R.W., 1993, Architecture and evolution of the Triassic-Jurassic
Newark rift basin, New Jersey: JOIDES Planning Committee Field Trip
Guidebook, 43 p.

Schlische, R.W., 1992, Structural and stratigraphic development of the
Newark extensional basin, eastern North America; Implications for the
growth of the basin and its bounding structures: Geological Society of
America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 1246-1263.

Schlische, R.W., 1991, Half-graben basin filling models: New constraints on
continental extensional basin evolution: Basin Research, v. 3, p. 123-141.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1990, Transtensional arm of the early
Mesozoic Fundy rift basin: Penecontemporaneous faulting and sedimentation:
Geology, v. 18, p. 695-698.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1990, Quantitative filling model for
continental extensional basins with applications to early Mesozoic rifts of
eastern North America: Journal of Geology, v. 98, p. 135-155.

Olsen, P.E., Schlische, R.W., and Gore, P.J.W., eds., 1989, Tectonic,
Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins,
Eastern North America: International Geological Congress Field Trip T-351,
Washington, D. C., American Geophysical Union, 174 p.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1988, Structural evolution of the Newark
basin, in Husch, J.M., and Hozik, M.J., eds., Geology of the Central Newark
Basin: Fifth Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey,
Proceedings and Field Guide, p. 43-65.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1988, Unraveling the rules of rifts:
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory [Yearbook] 1988, p. 26-31.

ABSTRACTS

Ackermann, R.V., Schlische, R.W., and Young, S.S., 1995, Anti-clustering of
microfaults around larger normal faults: Differential strain accommodation
in the Danville basin: Eos -American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 76,
in press.

Schlische, R.W., Young, S.S., and Ackermann, R.V., 1995, Geometry and
scaling relations of a population of rift-related normal faults:
Eos-American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 76, in press.

Ackermann, R.V., Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1995, Collapse
structures and associated features in the Blomidon Formation of the Fundy
basin: Paleoenviron-mental implications: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 25.

Schlische, R.W., and Ackermann, R.V., 1995, Rift basin inversion around the
margins of the North Atlantic Ocean: Chronology, causes, and consequences:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 80.

Young, S.S., Schlische, R.W., and Ackermann, R.V., 1995, Micro-normal fault
populations in Mesozoic rift basins: Length-displacement scaling relations:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 94.

Ackermann, R.V., Ashley, G.M., and Schlische, R.W., 1994, Response of a
bedrock-influenced river to sustained elevated discharge: Anthropogenic
induced change: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
26, n. 7, p. A-234.

Schlische, R.W., 1994, Tectonostratigraphic significance of Newark basin
core and outcrop data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 26, n. 7, p. A-336.

Schlische, R.W., 1994, Folds in rift basins: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 3, p. 71.

Ackermann, R.V., Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1993, Triassic buried
interstratal karst, Fundy basin, Canada: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. A69.

Schlische, R.W., and Anders, M.H., 1993, Stratigraphic effects and tectonic
implications of the growth of normal faults and extensional basins:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, n. 5, p. 143.

Schlische, R.W., 1993, Kinematic significance of sediment-filled fissures
in the North Mountain Basalt, Fundy basin, Nova Scotia, Canada: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, p. 76.

Jones, B.D., and Schlische, R.W., 1993, Stratigraphy and structure of the
Hopewell fault block, Newark basin, NJ: Climatic and structural controls on
sedimentation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
25, p. 27.

Olsen, P.E., Withjack, M.O., and Schlische, R.W., 1992, Inversion as an
integral part of rifting: An outcrop perspective from the Fundy basin,
eastern North America: Eos-American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 73,
n. 43, p. 562.

Schlische, R.W., 1992, Rift basin evolution and the growth of normal
faults: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p.
A158.

Schlische, R.W., 1992, Tectonostratigraphic development of Mesozoic rift
basins and the evolution of eastern North America: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. 73.

Schlische, R.W., and Reynolds, D.J., 1992, A new view of folding in early
Mesozoic rift basins: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 24, p. 73.

Silvestri, S.M., and Schlische, R.W., 1992, Analysis of Newark basin drill
cores and outcrop sections: Tectonic and climatic controls on lacustrine
facies architecture: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 24, p. 76.

Musser, D.L., Sheridan, R.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1992, Basin filling,
subsidence, and thermal history of the Norfolk rift basin, mid-Atlantic
margin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p.
65.

Schlische, R.W., Olsen, P.E., Cornet, B., and Silvestri, S.M., 1991,
Preliminary analysis of Newark basin drilling project cores: Implications
for basin tectonics: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 23, p. A251.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1991, Anatomy of a rift system:
Triassic-Jurassic basins of eastern North America: American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, p. 667.

Silvestri, S.M., Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1991, Analysis of
deformed tetrapod footprints from the Jacksonwald syncline of the Newark
basin: Implications for the Triassic-Jurassic extinctions: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. 127.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1990, Tectonic development of the Newark
rift basin: Implications for the growth and evolution of half-graben and
their boundary faults: Eos-American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 71
p. 1606.

Schlische, R.W., 1990, Stratigraphic constraints on models of half-graben
evolution: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p.
A273.

Schlische, R.W., 1990, Timing of faulting and sedimentation in early
Mesozoic rift basins, eastern North America: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. 68.

Reynolds, D.J., and Schlische, R.W., 1989, Comparative studies of
continental rift systems: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 21, p. 61.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1988, A model for the structural
evolution of the Newark basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 20, p. 68.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1988, Unraveling the rules of rift
basins: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, p.
A123.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1988, New quantitative stratigraphic
models of rifts based on orbitally induced lake level cycles (E. Mesozoic,
eastern North America): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 72, p. 231-232.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1988, Quantitative rift basin evolution:
Application of extensional basin filling model to early Mesozoic rifts:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, p. 59.

Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1987, Comparison of growth structures in
dip-slip vs. strike-slip dominated rifts: eastern North America: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 883.

Olsen, P.E., and Schlische, R.W., 1987, Paired half-graben, crestal
collapse graben-examples from the early Mesozoic of eastern North America:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 794.

IN PREPARATION

Schlische, R.W., Young, S.S., Ackermann, R.V., and Gupta, A., Geometry and
scaling relations of of a population of very small rift-related normal
faults: for Geology.

Ackermann, R.V., Ashley, G.M., and Schlische, R.W., 1995, Flow diversion to
a bedrock-influenced river: Anthropogenic induced change.

Schlische, R.W., Olsen, P.E., and Withjack, M.O., Chronology, causes, and
consequences of postrift shortening, eastern North America.

THESES

Ph.D., Columbia University: "Aspects of the Structural and Stratigraphic
Evolution of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins of Eastern North America"

M. Phil., Columbia University: "Rift Basins of the Atlantic Passive Margin:
An Integrated Structural and Stratigraphic Approach"

M.A., Columbia University: "Geology of Wasson Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada"
and "Paleomagnetism of Diabase Dikes in Pennsylvania: Implications for the
Structural Evolution of the Newark Basin"

Senior Honors Thesis, Rutgers University: "Faults of the Northern Newark Basin,
New Jersey"