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Dr. Harper may be reached via Email: harpers@ecu.edu
- Director of the North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course
Click here for information on the North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course
- Courses - Spring 2012
Geology 1500 - Dynamic Earth - Syllabus
- Section 003 Schedule (11:00-12:15 TTh) - - Section 007 Schedule (3:30-4:45 TTh)
- Geology 1700
– Environmental Geology
- - Section 002 Schedule
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- Online Course Materials
Geology 1501
9:30 - 10:45 AM, 1:00 – 2:15 PM, and 4:30-5:15 PM Tuesday and Thursday
1:30 - 2:30 PM Monday and Wednesday
and by appointment
Current Professional and Scholarly
Interests
My recent research interests include planning and
implementing learning strategies and techniques and improving learning
materials for the introductory physical and environmental geology classroom and
laboratory. In addition, I have been investigating the impact of vegetative
conversion on landsliding and the role of large landslide events on mechanical
denudation rates of southern
Future research will focus on tectonic
controls of Quaternary erosion rates on the east coast of
Selected Publications
Harper, S.B., 2005, Bedded shell deposit
at Ao Nang, Krabi Province, southern Thailand: A record of a prehistoric
tsunami or extreme
storm event or niether: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Salt Lake City, UT, Annual Meeting, October 16-19,
2005.
V.37, no.7. p.75.
Harper, S.B., 2004, Geologic Photo Field
Trips to View Rocks, Geologic Structures, and Landforms in Introductory
Physical Geology:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Denver, CO, Annual Meeting, November 06-09, 2004, V.36, no.5.
Harper, S.B., 2004, The Role of Mass
Wasting on the Development of the Coastal Tower Karst Landscape in
32nd International Geological Congress,
Harper, S.B., 2004, Significance of
Tropical Storm Tracks and Cycles to Flooding in the Lower Tar, Neuse, and Cape
Fear Drainage
Basins, North Carolina:Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern-Northeastern Section, Tyson's Corner,
VA, March 24-27, 2004, V.36, no.2.
Harper, S.B., 2002, Mass Wasting of Coastal
Headlands in
Abstracts with Programs, Denver, CO, Annual Meeting, October
27-30, 2002, v.34, no.6, p.276.
Harper, S.B., 2001, Structural control
of granite landforms
Fifth International Conference on Geomorphology,
Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union,
August 23-28, 2001, v.22, no.4, p.C-84.
Harper, S.B., 2000, Large-format
table-top charts for rock classification: Journal of Geoscience Education,
v.48, no.5, p.572.
Harper, S.B., 2000, A model for
evaluation of graduate teaching assistants: Geological Society of America
: Abstracts with Programs,
Harper, S.B. and Spruill, R.K., 2000, Overview of the September-October 1999 flooding in the
Tar River Basin, North Carolina:
Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs,
Southeastern Section,
Otteman, R.A., and Harper, S.B., 2000,
Using GIS to model debris flow susceptibility for the Bent Creek Experimental
Forest, North Carolina:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Southeastern Section, Charleston, SC, March 23-24, 2000, v.32, no.2, p.A-65.
Harper, S.B., 1999, Morphology of tower karst in Krabi, southern Thailand:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Denver, Colorado, Annual Meeting, October 25-28,
1999, v.31, no.7, p. A-52.
Harper, S.B., 1998, On the nature of and
advantages and disadvantages of using coursepacks for introductory geology
courses:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Toronto, Canada, Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 1998, p. A-131-132.
Fuller, L.B. and Harper, S.B., 1998, The
"show and tell" method of instruction in introductory geology
laboratories:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Toronto, Canada, Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 1998, p. A-130.
Harper, S.B., 1998, Lithologic and
landuse controls on debris flow susceptibility in southern Thailand:
GEOSEA ‘98 - Ninth
Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources
of Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-19 August 1998,
p.152.
Harper, S.B., 1997, Debris flow
susceptibility in small to medium sized drainage basins in southern
Thailand: Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Annual Meeting, October 20-23, 1997, p.A-411.
Harper, S.B., 1996, Debris flows
triggered by the November 1988 rainstorm in Phipun District, Nakhon Si
Thammarat Province,
Southern Thailand: Ph.D. dissertation, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 271 p.
Harper, S.B., 1996, Erosional impact of
debris flows in the Nakhon Si Thammarat Range, southern Thailand:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Denver, Colorado, Annual Meeting, October 28-31, 1996, p.A-299.
Harper, S.B., 1996, A preliminary
description of tower karst in Phang Nga Bay, Southwestern Thailand: 30th
International
Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August, 1996,
Abstracts, v.3 of 3, p.436.
Harper, S.B., 1995, Identification of
rocks in introductory geology lab using large format (11" x 17") rock
classification flowcharts:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, New
Orleans, LA, Annual Meeting, November 6-9, 1995, p.A-148.
Harper, S.B., 1995, Landslides in
southern Thailand: Contributing factors, sedimentological characteristics, and
denudational
impacts: The International Association of Geomorphologists,
Southeast Asia Conference, Singapore, 18-23 June 1995, p.44.
Harper, S.B., 1995, Using controversial
environmental issues to teach environmental geology: Invited abstract for
Special Theme
Session entitled, "Great Ideas from Great Teachers -
Ideas for Teaching Introductory Geology": Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, Knoxville,
TN, April 6-7, 1995, p.60.
Harper, S.B., 1994, An Earth
materials-Earth processes rock cycle that includes both tectonic and surface
processes: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle, WA,
Annual Meeting, October 24-27, 1994, p.A-45.
Harper, S.B., 1994, Denudation of the
Khlong Kathun drainage basin in southern Thailand due to catastrophic debris
flows, in
Geomorphology and Natural Hazards: 25th Annual Binghamton
Geomorphology Symposium in Memory of Marie Morisawa,
Binghamton, New York, September 24-25, 1994, Poster
Abstract, p.37-38.
Harper, S.B., 1994, Thematic and
awareness goals for teaching non-majors in the geosciences: American
Geophysical Union
Chapman Conference on, "Scrutiny of Undergraduate
Geoscience Education: Is the Viability of the Geosciences in
Jeopardy?", September 7-11, 1994, Washington, D.C.,
p.31.
Harper, S.B., 1993, Use of an
approximate mobility index to identify areas susceptible to landsliding by
rapid mobilization to debris
flows in southern Thailand: Journal of Southeast Asian Earth
Sciences, Special Issue containing the Proceedings of the Seventh
Regional Conference on Geology, Mineral, and Energy
Resources of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA VII Proceedings), Bangkok,
Thailand, 5-8 November 1991, v.8, no.1-4, p.587-596.
Harper, S.B., 1993, Sedimentology of
channelized debris flows: southern Thailand: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with
Programs, v.25, no.4, Southeastern Section, Tallahassee, FL,
April 1-2, 1993, p.21.
Harper, S.B. and Rau,J., 1992, Study on
the benefits to be obtained from rational coastal resource management:
Geoscientific
implications: United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), New York, N.Y., 87p.
Harper, S.B. and Fullagar, P.D., 1981,
Rb-Sr ages of granitic gneisses of the Inner Piedmont of Northwestern North
Carolina and
Southwestern South Carolina: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
Part 1, v.92, no.11, p.864-872.
Stirewalt, G.L., Harper, S.B. and
Spruill, R., 1981, Mesoscopic structure and geochronology of the Buckhorn
pluton and enveloping
rocks of the Raleigh belt Chatham County, North Carolina -
Evidence for late Paleozoic movement in the eastern Piedmont:
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Southeastern Section, v.13, no.1, p.36.
Harper, S.B., 1977, Age and origin of
granitic gneisses of the Inner Piedmont: M.S. thesis, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 92p.
Harper, S.B., Roberts, J.W., and
Fullagar, P.D., 1977, Geochronology of granitic gneisses of the Inner Piedmont,
northwestern
North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Southeastern Section, Winston-Salem, NC.,
v.9, no.2, p.144.