View from along the southern San Andreas fault near McCallum Pond in the Coachella Valley Preserve, California. Photo by Vince Cronin.
Vince Cronin's Credentials
Revised August 5, 2022
Professional Licenses and Certifications
- Certified Professional Geologist, AIPG (CPG-11830)
- Licensed Professional Geologist, State of Texas (#2296)
- Registered Professional Geologist, State of Wisconsin (#336); inactive
Academic Degrees
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B.A. in Geology from
Pomona College
, 1979
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A.M. in Earth Sciences from
Dartmouth College
, 1982 (diploma awarded May 1983)
- Thesis: The physical and magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Skardu
Basin, Baltistan, northern Pakistan
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Ph.D. in Geology (Tectonophysics) from
Texas A&M University
, 1988
- Dissertation: Cycloid tectonics: A kinematic model of finite
relative plate motion
Employment in Geoscience
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Baylor University
Geosciences Department
- Emeritus Professor, June 2022
- Tenured Full Professor, May 2007-2022
- Associate Professor, August 2002-May 2007
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Geosciences Department
- Tenured Associate Professor, August 1994 to May 2002
- Assistant Professor, UW-Milwaukee, August 1988-August 1994
- Staff Geologist, Slosson and Associates, 1979-1980, 1983-84; consultant until 2007
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Internships
- Exxon, 1985
- Amoco (Denver), 1981
- Phillips Uranium Corporation, 1980
Some Appointments, Responsibilities, Accomplishments, and Honors
- Appointed Richard H. Jahns Lecturer for 2022-23, AEG and GSA (Environmental and Engineering Geology Division)
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Editor and principal revision author,
AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology
[11th edition published January 2017; 12th edition published January 2020; 13th edition in preparation].
- International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG)
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Elected Fellow, 2003
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Meritorious Service Award, GSA Engineering Geology Division (EGD), 2004
- Chair, GSA-EGD, 1997-98
- Martine D. Meyers Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2001
- Designated a "Top Community Contributor" to the Science Education Resource Center's geoscience-education collection (2014)
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Solved the 3-plate problem of plate tectonics, explained the sigmoid shape of oceanic fracture zones, discovered the number of unique geometries of plate triple junctions, developed the
cycloid model
for the finite relative motion of plates, and wrote a
primer
on plate kinematics in
Mathematica
that explains it all.
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Developed the seismo-lineament analysis method (SLAM) for finding the ground-surface trace of seismogenic faults using earthquake focal mechanism solutions.
- Provided an early description of compound landslides.
- Described and established the approximate age of the oldest un/semi-consolidated sedimentary sequence in the Karakoram-Himalaya: the Bunthang Sequence of Skardu, Baltistan
- National Merit Scholar, 1975-79 at Pomona College
- Eagle Scout, 1970
Current and Past Memberships and Affiliations
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International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG, US Section
)
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Geological Society of America (GSA)
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Sigma Xi
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National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT)
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International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD
)
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Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG)
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American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
- Paleoseismicity.org
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (
EERI); inactive
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Seismological Society of America (SSA); inactive
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG); inactive
- Boy Scouts of America (BSA); inactive
Institutional representative or co-representative
Other Data
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