Dr. David Malone

Distinguished Professor of Geology

Office

FSA Felmley Halll Of Science Annex 442

Office Hours

Open or by appointment

Office Phone

(309) 438-2692office
phone

dhmalon@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Selected Research

Biography

B.S. Geology Illinois State University
M.S. Geology University of Wisconsin
Ph.D. Geology University of Wisconsin

Current Courses

GEO 299.002 Independent Honor Study

GEO 499.003 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

GEO 499.009 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

GEO 400.003 Independent Study

GEO 287.001 Independent Study - Geology

GEO 298.001 Professional Practice: Coop/Intern In Geology

GEO 306.001 Regional And Area Studies: Big Bend Area Texas

GEO 306.001 Regional And Area Studies: West Texas/New Mexico

GEO 406.001 Regional And Area Studies: West Texas/New Mexico

GEO 296.001 Stratigraphy

GEO 296.002 Stratigraphy

GEO 291.002 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Geography-Geology

Teaching Interests & Areas

Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Field Geology

Research Interests & Areas

Structure and Stratigraphy of Eocene volcanic rocks of the Absaroka Range of Wyoming, The Heart Mountain Slide, 3-D Geologic Mapping, Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Bedrock and Surficial Geology of central Illinois. Teaching: Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Geology Field Camp, various Regional and Area Studies field courses.

Ph D Geology

University of Wisconsin

MS Geology

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

BS Geology

Illinois State University

Normal, IL

Field Camp Excellence Award

ExxonMobil - Geological Society of America

2017

Distinguished Lecturer

College of Arts and Sciences

2017

Janice Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences

2015

Fellow

Geological Society of America

2013

Outstanding College Researcher

College of Arts and Sciences

2013

Shaw Teaching Fellowship

College of Arts and Sciences

2013

College Fundraising Award

2009

Busy Bee

University Research Office

2009

Million Dollar Club

University Research Office

2008

Outstanding University Teacher

2006

College Fundraising Award

College of Arts and Sciences

2005

Outstanding College Teacher

College of Arts and Sciences

2002

Outstanding Cooperator

Illinois State Geological Survey

2002

Grants and Contracts

Geologic Map of the Hebron Quadrangle, McHenry County, Illinois.

David Henry Malone.

U.S. Geological Survey EDMAP Research. 2009 - 2010

Geologic Map of the Nora Quadrangle, Jo Davies County, Illinois

David Henry Malone.

U.S. Geological Survey EDMAP Research. 2008 - 2010

Geologic Map of the Streator South Quadrangle, Livingston County, Illinois

David Henry Malone.

U.S. Geological Survey EDMAP Research. 2008 - 2010

Hydrogeology of the Ashmore tongue of the Henry Formation in McHenry County, Illinois

David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geological Survey Research. 2008 - 2010

Kingdom Suite Geophysical Software

David Henry Malone.

Seismic Microsystems Inc.. 2008 - 2010

Abstract

Geochemistry and Geochronology of Monroe Peak Volcanics: Emplacement Age of the Sevier Gravity Slide, Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah, USA

David Henry Malone, McKenna Holiday.

American Geophysical Union, (2023)

Journal Article

Baraboo Interval Quartzites in Iowa: Assessing the Provenance of the Washington County Quartzite

John E Malone, David Henry Malone, Amira A Harris-Bommarito, Ryan Clark, Raymond Anderson.

(2025)

Catastrophic gravity sliding during growth of the Cenozoic Marysvale Volcanic Field, southwest Utah, USA

David Hacker, Robert Biek, Peter Rowley, David Henry Malone, W Ashley Griffith, Tiffany Rivera, Michael Braunagle.

(2025)

Claron basin provenance shift from Sevier-Laramide compression to Basin and Range extension—detrital zircon geochronology from the Eocene-Oligocene Brian Head Formation, Utah

David Henry Malone, Gracie Stevens, Sarahrose Lessman, Tiffany Rivera, Robert Biek, Michael Braunagel, W Ashley Griffith, David Hacker, Peter Rowley.

(2025)

Deformation of the "Anorogenic" Wolf Rover Batholith, Wisconsin, USA: Understanding the Baraboo Orogeny Hinterland

John Craddock, David Henry Malone, John Malone, Erica Craddock, Steve Baumann, Ryan Porter.

(2025)

Emplacement age of the Sevier Gravity Slide, Utah, USA

Tiffany Rivera, Mckenna Holiday, Brian Jicha, David Henry Malone, Robert Biek, Micheal Braunagle, Alex Padilla, W Ashley Griffith, David Hacker.

(2025)

Provenance Analysis of the Oligocene Mountain Meadow Formation, Black Hills, South Dakota

Moll Joseph, Ryan Helgerson, David Henry Malone, John Craddock.

(2025)

Provenance of Post- Laramide Paleogene Strata (White River Group) at Pumpkin Buttes, Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Joseph Moll, Adam Trzinski, Celeste Saul, David Henry Malone.

(2025)

Tectonic Influence of the Transcontinental Arch on Sediment Provenance: Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Middle Cambrian Flathead Sandstone, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Joseph Moll, Ali Shah, David Henry Malone, Jen Arkle, Jeff Strasser.

(2025)

The growth and collapse of a volcanic field: Detrital zircon U/Pb geochronology and provenance of the Oligocene Bear Valley Formation, southwest Utah, USA

Tiffany Rivera, David Henry Malone, Robert Biek, Sarahrose Lesmann, Gracie Stevens, David Hacker, Michael Braunagle, W Ashley Griffith, Peter Rowley.

(2025)

Zircon geochronology shows long runout landslide floated on pressurized fluids

Michael Braunagel, David Henry Malone, W Ashley Griffith, Robert Biek, David Hacker, Peter Rowley, Danika Mayback, Tiffany Rivera.

(2025)

A reinterpretation of the stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous section near the Boulder-Weld Fault Zone east of Boulder, Colorado

Ken Kittleson, David Henry Malone.

(2024)

Geologic Map of the Spanish Point Quadrangle, Big Horn County, WY

Gracie Stevens, Sarahrose Lesmann, William Finucane, David Henry Malone.

(2024)

Mechanical Stratigraphy and Deformation of the Gobbler Anticline, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Joseph Syzdek, Chris Zahm, Charlie Kerans, David Henry Malone.

(2024)

Petrologic relationship between lamprophyres, carbonatites, and heavy rare-earth element enriched breccias at Hicks Dome

Jarek Trela, Jared Frieburg, David Henry Malone.

(2024)

Provenance Paleogene Strata at Slim Buttes, South Dakota: Implications for the post-Laramide evolution of the western Laurentia

Joseph Moll, Harmon Maher, Joshua Malone, David Henry Malone, John Craddock.

(2024)

Unmixing detrital zircon U-Pb ages reveals tectonic and climatic depositional influences on the Carboniferous Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, Western Argentina

Joshua Malone, John Malone, John Isbell, David Henry Malone, John Craddock.

(2024)

Cratonic basins as effective sediment barriers in continent‑scale sediment routing systems of Paleozoic North America

Andrea Goddard Stevens, Olivia Thurston, David Henry Malone, Patrick McGlaughlin.

Nature Scientific Reports, 13:11126, 1-9, (2023), 10.1038/s41598-023-37863-x.

Emplacement age of the Markagunt Gravity Slide in Southwestern Utah, USA

McKenna E Holiday, Tiffany Rivera, Brian A Jicha, Robert Biek, Michael Braunagle, W Ashley Griffith, David Hacker, David Henry Malone, Danika Mayback, Traylor B R.

Terra Nova, (2023), DOI: 10.1111/ter.12630

Geologic Map of the Bald Mountain Quadrangle, northern Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

David Henry Malone, Mike Sell, Aiden Krieger, Matthew Huisman.

Mountain Geologist, 60, 21-46, (2023), 10.31582/rmag.mg.60.1.21

Linking the Pinware, Baraboo, and Picuris orogens: Recognition of a trans-Laurentian ca. 1520–1340 Ma orogenic belt

Chris Daniel, Aphrodite Indares, Levi Gordon Medaris, Ruth Aronov, David Henry Malone, Josh Schwartz.

Geological Society of America Memoir, 220, 1-16, (2023)

Structural relationships across the Sevier gravity slide of southwest Utah and implications for catastrophic translation and emplacement processes of long runout landslides

Mike Braunagle, Ashley Griffith, Bob Biek, David Hacker, Peter Rowley, Danika Mayback, Tiffany Rivera, David Malone, Zach Loffer, Zach Smith.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, 18, (2023), 10.1029/2022GC010783

Continental-Scale Sediment Dispersal for the Proterozoic Baraboo Interval Quartzites in the Laurentian Midcontinent

David Henry Malone, John Craddock, Dan Holm, Aidan Krieger, Steve Baumann.

Terra Nova, 1-9, (2022), DOI:10.1111/ter.12615

Geochronology of Cambrian Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks in the Illinois Basin: Defining the Illinois Aulacogen

Jared Freiburg, David Henry Malone, Matthew Huisman.

The Sedimentary Record, (2022)

Geologic Map of the Woodrock Quadrangle, Sheridan County, Wyoming

Jackie Epperson, Danika Mayback, John Malone, David Henry Malone.

Mountain Geologist, (2022), DOI:10.31582/rmag.mg.59.1.25

Groundwater flow path and travel time using numerical models to understand radium transport in deep bedrock aquifers

Prince O'Ware, Wondwosen Seyoum, David Henry Malone.

Environmental Earth Science, (2022)

Map/Diagram/Artwork

Surficial Geologic of the 7.5-Minute Gibson City West Quadrangle, Champaign, Ford, and McLean Counties, Illinois

Hannah Wirth, Eric Peterson, David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geological Survey EDMAP Series, (2018)

Geologic Map of the Secor 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

Kelly M Sanks, David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map of Bloomington East, McLean County, Illinois

Jessica Ludwikowski, David Henry Malone, Eric Peterson.

Illinois State Geological Survey EDMAP Series, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Germantown Hills 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

David Henry Malone, Allivia R Stoller.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Gridley 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

Crystal K Williams, David Henry Malone.

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Surficial Geologic Map of the Pontiac Northeast 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Livingston County, IL.

David Henry Malone, Eric A Deck, William E Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Pontiac Northwest 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Livingston County, IL

Holly Gregorich, David Henry Malone, William E Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Saybrook 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

David Henry Malone, Ellyn K Rickels.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2016)

Surficial Geologic Map, Colfax Quadrangle, McLean County, Illinois

Eileen L Maxwell, David Henry Malone, Eric Peterson, Robert Stanley Nelson.

Illinois State Geological Survey EDMAP Series, (2015)

Surficial Geology of Garden Prairie 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Boone and McHenry Counties, Illinois

Logan C Seipel, Jason Fleming Thomason, David Henry Malone, Eric Peterson.

Illinois State Geological Survey EDMAP Series, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Arrowsmith 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, IL

Caelan J Murphy, David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2014)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Normal East, IL 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, IL

David Henry Malone, Laura R Sugano.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2014)

Surficial Geology of the Chenoa, IL 7.5 Minute Quadrangle

Ray T Olson, David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geoylogical Survey, (2014)

Other

Teacher’s Guide to the Rocks and Resources of the Starved Rock State Park and Wedron Areas, Illinois

Robert Stanley Nelson, Lisa Tranel, David Henry Malone.

Teacher’s Guide to the Rocks and Resources of the Starved Rock State Park and Wedron Areas, Illinois, Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers Teachers’ Workshop: Rocks, Minerals, and Mining in Today’s Society, (2016)

, Surficial Geologic Map of the Eureka 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL:

Tom Bouleneau, David Henry Malone, William E. Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Benson 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL:

Brett M Kenning, David Henry Malone, William E. Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Bloomington West 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, McLean County, IL

Krista M McGillavray, David Henry Malone, William E. Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Eureka 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

Gates M Gwendolyn, David Henry Malone, William E. Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Gridley 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

Crystal K Williams, David Henry Malone.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Metamora 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL:

Kyle Schusler, David Henry Malone, William E. Shields.

Illinois State Geological Survey, (2015)

Surficial Geologic Map of the Roanoake 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Woodford County, IL

Elena M Topping, David Henry Malone, .

(2015)

Bringing EarthScope Science into the Middle and High School Earth Science Classroom: Central United States EarthScope Teachers Workshop

Robert Stanley Nelson, David Henry Malone, P Hoefle, L Hanna, M Mahan, M W Hamburger.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 44 (7), 180, (2012)

CALCITE TWINNING STRAIN ANALYSIS OF THE ALLOCHTHONOUS JURASSIC SUNDANCE, SOUTH FORK DETACHMENT

M G MATHISEN, J P CRADDOCK, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44 (5), 10, (2012)

PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF PENNSYLVANIAN SANDSTONES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN USING DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY

J J CALHOUN, David Henry Malone, J P CRADDOCK.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44 (5), 71, (2012)

Provenance Analysis of the Lower Eocene Willwood Formation in the Absaroka Basin using U/Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

A M Leonard, David Henry Malone, J P Craddock.

Annual Geological Society of America Meeting, 44 (7), (2012)

Provenance Analysis of the Pass Peak, Pinyon, and Harebell Formations using U/Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

A E Hinds, David Henry Malone, J P Craddock.

Annual Geological Society of America Meeting, 44 (7), (2012)

THE TIMING AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE HEART MOUNTAIN DETACHMENT AT WHITE MOUNTAIN AND SILVERGATE, WYOMING: DETRITIAL ZIRCON AND ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUCEPTIBILITY ANALYSIS

B S KRAUSHAAR, J P CRADDOCK, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44 (6), 20, (2012)

NEW INSIGHTS ON THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE EOCENE SOUTH FORK DETACHMENT

David Henry Malone, A Macnamee, K A Kravitz, S Kenderes, M Mathisen, J P Craddock.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 43 (5), 115, (2011)

PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF THE WILLWOOD AND WAPITI FORMATION (EOCENE) SANDSTONES IN THE ABSAROKA BASIN, WY USING DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY

David Henry Malone, A L Kelly, B S Kraushaar, K Schroeder, J L Bardwell, J P Craddock.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 43 (5), 114, (2011)

VERTICAL INJECTITES OF DETACHMENT CARBONATE ULTRACATACLASITE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN, HEART MOUNTAIN DETACHMENT

J D Geary, J P Craddock, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 43 (5), 98, (2011)

3-D GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS USING GIS AND PETREL IN WALWORTH COUNTY, WI

David Henry Malone, J A Lau, J Thomason.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 42 (5), 278, (2010)

HEAVY MINERAL ANALYSIS OF THE BASAL WAPITI FORMATION IN THE SOUTH FORK SHOSHONE RIVER VALLEY

David Henry Malone, A E Hinds, J Trela, K A Kravitz, J P Craddock.

GSA Denver Annual Meeting, (2010)

HEAVY MINERAL PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF THE WILLWOOD FM., ABSAROKA RANGE

David Henry Malone, J J Calhoun, J D Geary, K E Schroeder, J P Craddock.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 42 (5), 289, (2010)

SURFICAL GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE PECATONICA 7.5” MINUTE QUADRANGLE

David Henry Malone, N D Fox, S E Runyon.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 42 (5), 105, (2010)

3-D MAPPING OF THE QUATERNARY GLACIAL DEPOSITS IN THE HEBRON QUADRANGLE, McHenry COUNTY, ILLINOIS

D Carlock, J Thomason, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41 (4), 14, (2009)

COMPARISON OF GROUNDWATER FLOW UNDER VARYING HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS USING MODFLOW

E K Roche, E Mehnert, E W Peterson, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41 (4), 15, (2009)

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LONG CREEK QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, MACON AND MOULTRIE COUNTIES, IL

S E Runyon, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41 (7), 285, (2009)

ILLINOIS EARTHSCOPE I, A PILOT TEACHER WORKSHOP

David Henry Malone, R S Nelson, Pipis, A Stefanie, B D King.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 41 (7), 597, (2009)

Presentations

LATE PALEOZOIC SEDIMENT DISPERSAL ACROSS LAURENTIA THROUGH DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY:

Emily Finzel, David Henry Malone.

Geological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2023

Constraints on Frictional Properties of the Brian Head Formation: Towards Understanding Landslide Initiation in the Marysvale Gravity Slide Complex, Utah

Danika Mayback, Mike Braunagle, Ashley Griffith, David Henry Malone, David Hacker, Tiffany Rivera, Robert Biek.

American Geophysical Union, Chicago, IL, December, 2022

Thermal Pressurization Within an Evolving Basal Zone During Emplacement of the Long Runout Sevier Gravity Slide, Utah

Mike Braunagle, Ashley Griffith, Danika Mayback, David Henry Malone, David Hacker, Tiffany Rivera, Robert Biek.

American Geophysical Union, Chicago, IL, December, 2022

Arenites of the Laurentian midcontinent

David Henry Malone.

Jackson School of Geosciences Colloquium, Austin, TX, November, 2022

CONSTRAINING THE AGE OF THE SEVIER GRAVITY SLIDE (UTAH) THROUGH ZIRCON AND FELDSPAR GEOCHRONOLOGY

Francis Bonilla, Tiffany Rivera, David Henry Malone, Mckenna Holliday, Brian Jicha, Sarah Rose Lessman, David Hacker, Grace Stevens, Mike Braunagle, Ashley Griffith, Robert Biek, Brian Jicha.