Assistant Professor, Geology

Office: Jones 99A - tmuntean@adrian.edu

Degrees

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Ph.D., Geology
University of Nevada, Reno, M.S., Geology
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.S., Geology

Specialties

sedimentary basin analysis
environmental geology

Biography

Publications

Cashman, P.H., Trexler, J.H., Jr., Muntean, T.W., Faulds, J., Louie, J., and Oppliger, G., 2009, Neogene tectonic evolution of the Sierra Nevada – Basin and Range transition zone at the latitude of Carson City, Nevada, in Late Cenozoic Structure and Evolution of the Great Basin–Sierra Nevada Transition: GSA Special Paper 447, p. 171-188.

dePolo, C., Ramelli, A., and Muntean, T., 2000, Preliminary geologic map of the Gardnerville quadrangle, Douglas County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report OF00-9, scale 1:24,000, 1 page.

Muntean, T.W., 2012, Muddy Creek Formation: A record of Late Neogene tectonics and sedimentation in southern Nevada [Ph.D. Dissertation]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Muntean, T.W., 2001, Evolution and stratigraphy of the Neogene Sunrise Pass Formation of the Gardnerville sedimentary basin, Douglas County, Nevada [M.S. Thesis]: University of Nevada, Reno, 250 p.

Trexler, J.H., Jr., Cashman, P.H., Henry, C.D., Muntean, T., Schwartz, K., TenBrink, A., Faulds, J.E., Perkins, J.E., and Kelly, T., 2000, Neogene basins in western Nevada document the tectonic history of the Sierra Nevada – Basin and Range transition zone for the last 12 Ma, in Lageson, D.R., Peters, S.G., and Lahren, M.M., eds., Great Basin and Sierra Nevada: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Field Guide 2, p. 97-116.

Conference Presentations/Abstracts

Muntean T.W., and Hanson, A.D., 2010, Detrital zircons from the Neogene Muddy Creek Formation in southern Nevada indicate a mixed Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range provenance: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5.

Muntean T.W., and Hanson, A.D., 2008, Muddy Creek Formation: reevaluating misconceptions of Late Miocene tectonics and sedimentation in southern Nevada: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1.

Cashman, P., Trexler, J., Muntean, T., Faulds, J., Louie, J., Oppliger, G., Abbott, R., and Clark, M., 2003, Neogene tectonic history of the Sierra Nevada – Basin and Range transition zone at the latitude of Carson City, Nevada: Geological and geophysical evidence: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6.

Muntean, T.W., Cashman, P., and Trexler, J., 2000, Tectonic evolution of the Neogene Sunrise Pass sedimentary basin, western Nevada: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7.

Muntean, T.W., Cashman, P., Trexler, J., and Henry, C., 1999, Tectonic evolution of the Neogene Gardnerville sedimentary basin, western Nevada: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 6.

Invited Lectures

Nevada Petroleum Society, Reno, Nevada, 2010

Muddy Creek Formation, Clark County, Nevada: Evidence for syn-tectonic Neogene deposition within the Lake Mead fault system

Professional Experience Senior Geologist, 2004-2011 (Part-time from 09/2005 to 07/2011) Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.

Geologist, 2000-2004

Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.

Professional Licenses

Professional Geologist: California, License No. 7698

Certified Environmental Manager: Nevada, License No. 1918

Association Memberships

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Geological Society of America

Phi Kappa Phi