Faculty and Staff

Ron Counts

PhD candidate

countsrc@mail.uc.edu
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/about/biographies/countsbio.htm

Education

B.S., University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, 1999 (geology).

M.S., Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 2005 (geomorphology).

PhD candidate, University of Cincinnati, 2007-present, (geology).

Published Abstracts

Counts, Ronald C Van Arsdale, Roy Woolery, Ed (2009). Investigation of Quaternary displacement on the Uniotown Fault, western Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41(1), 20.

Counts, R.C., Wang, H., Grimley, D., and Mahan, S (2008). Luminescence and radiocarbon chronology of loess-paleosol sequences in the lower Ohio River valley [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 40(5), 3. [Link]

Grimley, D., Wang, H., and Counts, R.C (2008). A record of last glacial climate changes and paleoecology from a loess-paleosol record in western Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 40(5), 4. [Link]

Counts, R.C., Woolery, E., and Van Arsdale, R. (2008). Quaternary faulting in Union County, KY: Preliminary results [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 40(5), 80. [Link]

Counts, Ronald C., Waninger, Scott, and Obermeier, Stephen (2007). Liquefaction Evidence for a Strong Earthquake in the Lower Ohio River Valley During the Mid To Late Holocene [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 39(3), 4. [Link]

Andrews, William M. Jr, Martin, Steven L., Counts, Ronald C., Crawford, Matthew M., and Weisenfluh, Gerald A. (2006). Using Digital Technology to Collect, Manage, Interpret and Deliver Geologic Mapping Data in Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(7), 163. [Link]

Andrews, W. M., & Counts, R. C. (2006). Communicating new Quaternary mapping results to nongeological end users [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(3), 64. [Link]

Counts, R. C., & Andrews, W. M. (2006). New mapping of late Pleistocene slackwater deposits in the lower Ohio River valley, western Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(4), 26-27. [Link]

Martin, S. L., Andrews, W. M., Counts, R. C., Thompson, M. F., & Murphy, M. (2006). Digital techniques supporting Quaternary geologic mapping in the Ohio River valley, western Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(3), 29. [Link]

Thompson, M. F., Andrews, William M, Jr., Counts, R. C., Martin, S. L., & Murphy, M. (2006). Quaternary facies models from new Ohio River valley mapping in western Kentucky [Abstract]. , 38(3), 76. [Link]

Counts, R. C., Andrews, W., & Martin, S. L. (2005). New interpretations of Quaternary deposits in the Ohio River valley in western Kentucky [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 37(5), 31. [Link]

Martin, S. L., Andrews, W. M., Counts, R. C., & Thompson, M. F. (2005). Surficial geologic mapping along the Ohio River, western Kentucky; preliminary results [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 37(5), 31. [Link]

Counts, R. C., Andrews, W. M., & Martin, S. L. (2005). Producing digital surficial geologic maps for diverse audiences [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,, 37(2), 48. [Link]

Pederson, Joel L., and Counts, R.C. (2004). Paleoflooding and integration of the Green River over the Uinta Mountains; information from new surficial mapping [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 36(4), 13. [Link]

Counts, R. C., & Pederson, J. (2003). Evidence for a large-scale paleoflood in the northeastern Uinta Mountains [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 35(6), 542. [Link]

Counts, R. C., & Pederson, J. L. (2002). Climatic controls evident in the late Cenozoic record of the eastern Uinta Mountains [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 31(5), 11. [Link]

Beck, E. G., Pena, Y. E. M., Grove, J. H., & Counts, R. C. (2000). Using geostatistical modeling to determine the best remediation plan for an abandoned feedlot [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33(4), 15. [Link]

Peer Reviewed Publications

Moore, D. W., Newell, W. L., Counts, R. C., Fraser, G. S., Fishbaugh, D. A., & Brandt, T. R. (2007). Surficial geologic map of the West Franklin Quadrangle, Vanderburgh and Posey Counties, Indiana, and Henderson County, Kentucky, 31; 5 (), 11.

Maria, A. H., & Counts, R. C. (2008). From the Cincinnati Arch to the Illinois Basin; geological field excursions along the Ohio River valley, 31; 5 (), 11.

Book Chapters

Counts, R.C., Durbin, J.M., and Obermeier, S.F (2008). Seismic ground-failure features in the vicinity of the Lower Wabash and Ohio River valleys. Maria, A.H.,and Counts, R.C (Eds.), From the Cincinnati Arch to the Illinois Basin: Geological Field Excursions along the Ohio River Valley. (pp. 57-79). Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America.[Link]

Counts, R., and Pederson, J (2005). The nonglacial surficial geology of the Henrys Fork, Uinta Mountains, Utah and Wyoming. Dehler, C.M., Pederson, J.L., Sprinkel, D.A., and Kowallis, B.J (Eds.), Uinta Mountain Geology. (pp. 155-169). Salt lake City, Utah:[Link]

Technical Reports

Bauer, R., Su, W., Counts, R., and Karaffa, M, (2007). , Shear wave velocity, geology, and geotechnical data of earth materials in the central U.S. Urban Hazard mapping areas, . National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Final Technical Report, , 40 p., . [Link]

Van Arsdale, R., Counts, R., and Woolery, E (2009). QUATERNARY DISPLACEMENT ALONG THE HOVEY LAKE FAULT OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. [Link]

Other Publications

Maria, Anthony Counts, Ronald (2008). From the Cincinnati Arch to the Illinois Basin: Geological Field Excursions along the Ohio River Valley. Geological Society of America Field Guide 12, 180 p..

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

August 2005 thru May 2006, Adjunct Faculty: , University of Southern Indiana, , Evansville, Indiana.

Geological Society of America.

American Quaternary Association.

American Geophysical Union.

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM).

International Association of Sedimentologists.

Seismological Society of America.

Department of Geology
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Cincinnati OH 45221-0013

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