Dr. Tenley Banik
Associate Professor
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
Felmley Hall Annex FSA 440
Office Hours
By appointment or stop by
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- About
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
202.001Evolution Of The Earth
287.003Independent Study - Geology
280.001Mineralogy
280.002Mineralogy
280.003Mineralogy
285.001Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
285.002Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
285.003Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
400.006Independent Study
287.004Independent Study - Geology
366.001Volcanic Processes
466.001Volcanic Processes
Teaching Interests & Areas
Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Volcanic Processes, Evolution of Earth, Planetary Geology
Research Interests & Areas
Petrology, Volcanology, Geochemistry; Evolution of silicic crust; Icelandic petrology; porphyry copper systems
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2020
Book, Authored
Jordan, B., Carley, T., & Banik, T. Iceland: The Formation and Evolution of a Young, Dynamic Volcanic Island—A Field Trip Guide. Geological Society of America 54 (2019): 118 p..
Journal Article
Banik, T. J., Carley, T. L., Coble, M. A., Hanchar, J. M., Dodd, J. P., Casale, G. M., & McGuire, S. P. (2021). Magmatic processes at Snæfell volcano, Iceland, constrained by zircon ages, isotopes, and trace elements. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009255. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009255
Carley, T. L., Miller, C. F., Fisher, C. M., Hanchar, J. M., Vervoort, J. D., Schmitt, A. K., Economos, R.C., Jordan, B.T., Padilla, A.J., Banik, T.J. (2020). Petrogenesis of silicic magmas in Iceland through space and time: The isotopic record preserved in zircon and whole rocks. Journal of Geology, 128, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1086/706261
Banik, T., Miller, C., Fisher, C., Coble, M., & Vervoort, J. Magmatic-tectonic control on the generation of silicic magmas in Iceland: Constraints from Hafnarfjall-Skarðsheiði volcano. Lithos 318–319 (2018): 326–339.
Banik, T., Coble, M., & Miller, C. Porphyry Cu formation in the Middle Jurassic Yerington batholith, NV, USA: Constraints from laser Raman, trace element, U-Pb age, and oxygen isotope analyses of zircon. Geosphere 13.4 (2017): GES01351-1.
Malone, D., Craddock, J., Deck, E., Banik, T., & Hampton, B. Detrital zircon geochronology of quartzite clasts in the Permian Abo Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA. The Mountain Geologist 54.2 (2017): 53–68.
Grants & Contracts
MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2021)