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Geology, Volcanology, Energy & Earth Resources, GIS, Meteorology
Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, Geoheritage, Geodiversity
- Ph D, Geology, Oregon State University, 2002
- MS, Geology, Idaho State University, 1994
- BA, Geology, Hofstra University, 1990
Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.
- Banik, Tenley J., Cobble, Matthew A., Miller, Calvin F., FIsher, Christopher M., Jordan, Brennan, Vervoort, Jeffrey D., and Carley, Tamara L.. Petrogenesis and geodynamic evolution in the northern Westfjords, Iceland, elucidated by Iceland’s oldest silicic rocks , 21. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2023. (DOI: 10.1029/2022JB026265)
- Jordan, Brennan. Sustainability and Natural Hazards. In ESBSCO Pathways to Research, 15. EBSCO, 2022.
- Rosenfeld, S.A., Jordan, Brennan T., and Street, M.E.. Beyond Exotic Goods: Wari Elites and Regional Interaction during the Middle Horizon (AD 600-1000, Peru), 400-416. Vol. 95, Iss. 380 Antiquity, 2021.
- Jordan, Brennan. Reflections from a Geoheritage Sabbatical in Scotland: The View from America, 13-16. Iss. 54 Earth Heritage, 2020.
- Carley, Tamara L., Jordan, Brennan, and . Petrogenesis of silicic magmas in Iceland through space and time: The isotopic record preserved in zircon and whole rocks, 1-28. Vol. 128 The Journal of Geology, 2020.
- Jordan, Brennan, Carley, Tamara L., and Banik, Tenley J.. Iceland: The Formation and Evolution of a Young, Dynamic, Volcanic Island—A Field Trip Guide, 124 p. The Geological Society of America, 2019.
- Sereda, G., Rashwan, K., Saeedi, S., Christianson, D., Fraser, S., and Jordan, B.. Functionalized silk dental floss as a vehicle for delivery of bioactive minerals and ions to the tooth surface, 118-123. Vol. 32 American Journal of Dentistry, 2019.
- Ancuta, L.D., Zeitler, P.K., Idleman, B.D., and Jordan, Brennan. Whole-rock 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, geochemistry, and stratigraphy of intraplate Cenozoic volcanic rocks, Central Mongolia, 12 p.. Vol. 130, Iss. 7-8 Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2018.
- Jarchow, Meghann, Jennings, Ethan, Lynn, Kriston, Olvera, Selena, Seidel, Tyler, LaBelle, Aleisa, Kosola, Shelley, Austin, Shaylyn, Gray-Lobe, Geoffrey, Krasky, Rebecca, Ruiz, Sebastian, Vazquez Maestre, Bethany, Jordan, Brennan, Posthumus, David , Swanson, David, Kerby, Jacob, Wesner, Jeff, Dixon, Mark, Sweeney, Mark, Sayre, Matthew, and Rosenfeld, Silvana. A sustainable approach to environmental management, 54-57. Iss. 120 Research Features, 2017.
- Guerra, M.B.B., Tearny, B.T., Mount, B.J., Asunkis, D.J., Jordan, Brennan, Barker, R.J., Santos, E.E., and Schaefer, C.E.G.R. Post-catastrophe analysis of the Fundão tailings dam failure in the Doce River system, southeast Brazil: potentially toxic elements in soil samples. Vol. 228 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2017.
- Carley, Tamara L., Miller, Calvin F., Wooden, Joseph L., Padilla, Abraham J., Schmitt, Axel K., Economos, Rita C., Bindeman, Ilya N., and Jordan, Brennan. Iceland is not a magmatic analog for the Hadean: Evidence from the zircon record, p. 85-97. Vol. 405 Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014.
- Jordan, Brennan, Pollock, Meagen, and Fromm, Jeanne. Crustal magmatic processes at Hrafnfjordur: Iceland's oldest central volcano. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Keck Research Symposium in Geology, 226-231. Keck Geology Consortium, 2012.
- Jordan, Brennan T., Geoheritage as a Place-Based Tool Promoting Sustainability. Presented at the UMACS 2023 Conference (September 2023)
- Jordan, Brennan, Working group reports. Presented at the USGS Geoheritage Workshop II, Shepherdstown, W. (April 2023)
- Jordan, Brennan, Connecting people with geoheritage: The geoheritage of historical sites of strategic importance. Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting (October 12, 2021)
- Cooke, J. C., and Jordan, Brennan, Assessing geologic ecosystem services in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming: A preliminary approach. Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting (October 10, 2021)
- Jordan, Brennan, Promoting Scotland's Geoheritage: the view from America. Presented at the Scottish Geology Festival: Launch Event (September 01, 2021)
- Jordan, Brennan, Mixing and Mingling: Petrologic Intrigue in the Neogene of Iceland. Presented at the North Dakota State University Seminar (March 31, 2021)
- Jordan, Brennan, Facilitator for the workgroup, "Geoheritage as an Economic Driver, Geotourism, Community Engagement" group. Presented at the "Celebrating America’s Geoheritage… America’s Geoheritage Workshop II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America’s Natural Legacy" (January 2021)
- Jordan, Brennan, The Geoheritage of Iceland: An Overview. Presented at the Hariot-Watt University Seminar, Edinburgh, Scotland. (November 26, 2019)
- Jordan, Brennan T., Diverse volcanic products of injection of plagioclase-ultraphyric basalt magma into a zoned silicic magma chamber in the Neogene of Iceland. Presented at the Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, Portland, ME. (March 2019)
- Jordan, Brennan T., Put your PXRF to work: A K-12 EO module leveraging planetary rovers as robotic geologists to teach about earth and planetary sciences. Presented at the Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, Portland, ME. (March 2019)
- Jordan, Brennan, and Fromm, Jeanne, Leveraging planetary rovers as robotic geologists to teach about earth and planetary sciences in the K-12 classroom: A module including portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Presented at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, Ames, IA. (April 2018)
- Guerra, M., Mount, B., Asunkis, D., and Jordan, Brennan, ICP-MS lab at Black Hills State University. Presented at the Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (May 2017)
- Jordan, Brennan, Mixing and mingling in Iceland: diverse volcanic products of injection of plagioclase-ultraphyric basalt magma into a zoned silicic magma chamber. Presented at the Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Honolulu, HI. (May 2017)
- Jordan, Brennan, Simulating real-world field-based petrologic research in a field course: Incorporation of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in the Iceland Volcanology Field Camp. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (December 2016)
- Carley, Tamara L., Miller, Calvin F., Cobble, Matthew A., Banik, Tenley J., Fisher, Christopher M., Schmitt, Axel K., Jordan, Brennan, Hanchar, John M., Economos, Rita C., and Abraham, Padilla, History of silicic magmatism in Iceland illuminated by isotopes (U-Pb, U-Th, O, Hf) in the zircon record. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. (November 2015)
- Jordan, Brennan, Learning about volcanism and living with volcanoes: Iceland Volcanology Field Camp. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. (November 2015)
- Carley, Tamara L., Miller, Calvin F., Wooden, Joseph, Padilla, Abraham J., Schmitt, Axel K., Economos, Rita C., Bindeman, Ilya N., and Jordan, Brennan, Zircon evidence reveals that Iceland is not a modern analogue for earliest crustal construction (Hadean, >4 Ga). Presented at the Joint Assembly AGU-GAC-MAC-CGU, Montreal, Canada. (May 2015)
- Jarchow, Meghann, and Jordan, Brennan, Developing a sustainability curriculum. Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. (October 27, 2014)
- Jordan, Brennan, Mixing and Mingling: Petrologic Intrigue in the Neogene of Iceland. Presented at the University of Iowa Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences Seminar, Iowa City, IA. (September 26, 2014)
- Hammerstrom, Alex, and Jordan, Brennan, Microprobe Analysis of Silicic and Intermediate Lavas from the Arnes Central Volcano, Northwestern Iceland. Presented at the Geological Society of American North-Central Section Meeting, Omaha, NE. (April 24, 2014)
- Jordan, Brennan, Duncan, Robert A., and Carley, Tamara L., A transect of Tertiary central volcanoes across northwest Iceland. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 12, 2013)
- Uzunlar, Nuri, Lissenbee, Alvis L., Masterlark, Timothy, Jordan, Brennan, Kelley, Daniel F., and Putkonen, Jakko, Mapping the globe: Geologically and culturally. Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting, Denver, CO. (October 29, 2013)
- Carley, Tamara L., Miller, Calvin F., Wooden, Joseph L., Padilla, Abraham D., Sigmarsson, Olgeir, Jordan, Brennan, Fischer, Christopher M., Hanchar, John M., Schmitt, Axel K., and Economos, Rita, Pairing ages and isotopes in the Icelandic zircon record: Adding critical insight to flesic petrogenesis with U-Pb, U-Th, O, and Hf. Presented at the Geological Society of America National Meeting, Denver, CO. (October 27, 2013)
- Jordan, Brennan, Petrologic diversity of Hrafnfjordur central volcano, northwest Iceland: Iceland's oldest central volcano. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 07, 2012)
- Jordan, Brennan, Mixing and Mingling: Petrologic Intrigue in the Tertiary of Iceland. Presented at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Geology Seminar Series, Rapid City, SD. (October 19, 2012)
- Jordan, Brennan, Meagen, Pollock, and Fromm, Jeanne, Iceland Keck 2011: The Hrafnfjordur central volcano. Presented at the Annual Symposium of the Keck Geology Consortium, Amherst, MA. (April 07, 2012)
- Jordan, Brennan, Afield in the Land of Fire and Ice: Science and Experiences of Four Undergraduate Research Expeditions to Iceland. Presented at the Sigma Xi, Vermillion, SD. (November 09, 2011)
- Jordan, Brennan, and Terry, Michael P., Petrotectonic interpretation of the Yates unit of the Poorman Formation (DUSEL bedrock) in the context of other northern Black Hills meta-basalts. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 14, 2010)
- Jordan, Brennan, and Terry, Michael P., Geochemistry and tectonics of the Yates unit of the Poorman Formation (DUSEL Bedrock) in the context of other Northern Black Hills amphibolite. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Rapid City, SD. (April 23, 2010)
- Jordan, Brennan, The Plume Controversy--Getting Students Engaged with Science and the Conduct of Science . Presented at the Understanding Deep Earth: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) - On the Cutting Edge Workshop, Webinar. (February 18, 2010)