Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor

sack@ohio.edu, Clippinger Labs 108, (740) 593–1149
Dr. Dorothy Sack

Web site:

oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~sack/

Present Position:

Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio University

Education:

Ph.D., Geography, U. of Utah, 1988
M.S., Geography, U. of Utah, 1981
B.A., Geography (Geology minor), San Diego State U., 1977

Employment History:

Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio U., 2003–present
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio U., 1994–2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988–1994
Instructor, Department of Geography, U. of Utah, 1985 –1986

Research Interests:

Arid lands geomorphology; geomorphology, sedimentology, and Quaternary stratigraphy of desert basin paleolakes; coastal geomorphology; history of geomorphology; Quaternary geologic and geomorphic mapping, geomorphic impacts of off-road vehicles

Illustrative Publications:

2009
Hemiarid lake basins: Hydrographic patterns. In Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 471-487 (with Currey, D.R.).

Hemiarid lake basins: Geomorphic patterns. In Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 489-514 (with Currey, D.R.).

Evidence for climate change from desert basin palaeolakes. In Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D.(eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 743-756 (with Currey, D.R.).

Physical Geography. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Belmont, California (with Gabler, R.E, Petersen, J.F., and Trapasso, L.M.)

2005
Geology of the Roy 7.5' quadrangle, Weber and Davis Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey MP 05-3, 22 p. 2004 Experiences and viewpoints of selected women geomorphologists from the mid-20th century: Physical Geography 25: pp. 438-452.

2002
Fluvial linkages in Lake Bonneville subbasin integration. Smithsonian Institution Contributions to the Earth Sciences 33: pp. 129-144.

The educational value of the history of geomorphology. Geomorphology 47:313-323.

1999
The composite nature of the Provo level of Lake Bonneville, Great Basin, western North America. Quaternary Research 52: pp. 316-327.

1995
The shoreline preservation index as a relative age-dating tool for late Pleistocene shorelines: An example from the Bonneville basin, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20: pp. 363-377.

1993
Quaternary geologic map of Skull Valley, Tooele County, Utah. Utah Geological Survey Map 150, scale 1:100,000, 15 p.

1992
Radiocarbon chronology of Lake Bonneville, eastern Great Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 99: pp. 225-241 (with Oviatt, C.G., and Currey, D.R.).

New wine in old bottles: The historiography of a paradigm change. Geomorphology 5: pp. 251-263.

1991
The trouble with antitheses: The case of G.K. Gilbert, geographer and educator. The Professional Geographer 43: pp. 28-37.

1989
Reconstructing the chronology of Lake Bonneville: An historical review, in Tinkler, K.J., ed., History of geomorphology, Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium Volume. Unwin Hyman, London pp. 223-256.

Instructional Areas:

Physical geography
Landforms and landscapes
Advanced physical geography of arid lands,
Air photo interpretation,
Graduate seminar in geomorphology