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Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	1991	University of California, Santa Cruz CA	Geology
M.S.	1979	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI	Geology
B.S.	1976	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI	Geology/Anthropology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Carbonate sedimentology, circumpolar correlation, Paleozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy of central and northern Alaska;
Current research focuses on depositional settings and mineral and energy resource potential of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group, and correlation of lower Paleozoic rocks throughout the Arctic.

Professional Experience

1979 - present

Research Geologist, USGS, Anchorage AK

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Alaskan Geological Society
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geological Society of America
International Association of Sedimentologists
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

Honors and/or Awards

Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 1976
Graduate Training Program Award, USGS, 1985
USGS STAR awards for research and service contributions, 1997, 1999 (2), 2005, 2010

Significant Recent Publications

Dumoulin, J. A., and A. G. Harris. in press. Cambrian-Ordovician sedimentary rocks of Alaska, in Derby, J.R., Fritz, R.D., Morgan, W.A., and Sternbach, C.A., Co-Editors; Kupecz, J.A., Kuykendall, M.D., Longacre, S.A. , and Medlock, P.L., Asst. Editors , The Great American Carbonate Bank: The Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Cambrian- Ordovician Sauk Sequence of Laurentia: AAPG Memoir.

Dumoulin, J. A., M. T. Whalen, and A. G. Harris. 2008. Lithofacies, age, and sequence stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group in the Skimo Creek area, Central Brooks Range, Alaska, chapter B in Haeussler, P., and Galloway, J., eds., Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1739.

Dumoulin, J. A., A. G. Harris, C. D. Blome, and L. E. Young. 2004. Depositional settings, correlation, and age of Carboniferous rocks in the western Brooks Range, Alaska: Economic Geology, 99:1355-1384.

Dumoulin, J. A., A. G. Harris, M. Gagiev, D. C. Bradley, and J. E. Repetski. 2002. Lithostratigraphic, conodont, and other faunal links between lower Paleozoic strata in northern and central Alaska and northeastern Russia, in Miller, E.L., Grantz, A., and Klemperer, S. L., eds., Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses: Boulder, Colorado, GSA Special Paper 360:291-312.

Dumoulin, J. A. and K. J. Bird. 2001. Stratigraphy and lithofacies of Lisburne Group carbonate rocks (Carboniferous - Permian) in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, in Houseknecht, D.W. (ed.), NPRA Core Workshop--Petroleum Plays and Systems in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska: SEPM Core Workshop No. 21:141-166.