Dr. Tenley Banik
Associate Professor
Geography-Geology-Environment

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FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 206
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By appointment or stop by
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- About
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
GEO 285.001 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 285.002 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 285.003 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 400.006 Independent Study
GEO 287.004 Independent Study - Geology
GEO 366.001 Volcanic Processes
GEO 466.001 Volcanic Processes
GEO 202.001 Evolution Of The Earth
GEO 287.003 Independent Study - Geology
GEO 280.001 Mineralogy
GEO 280.002 Mineralogy
GEO 280.003 Mineralogy
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
Outstanding College Teacher Award (Mathematics/Sciences)
Illinois State University
2023
Fulbright–NSF Arctic Research Scholar
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program and the National Science Foundation
2022
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., Coble, M., Miller, C., Fisher, C., Vervoort, J., Jordan, B., & Carley, T. Petrogenesis and geodynamic evolution in the northern Westfjords, Iceland, elucidated by Iceland's oldest silicic rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research--Solid Earth 128.6 (2023)
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.
Grants & Contracts
MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2021)