Lindsay McHenry
Assistant Professor
324 Lapham Hall
(414) 229-3951
lmchenry@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf-22kb)
Degrees:
Ph.D., Rutgers University
M.S., Dartmouth College
B.S., Dartmouth College
Research Interests: Tephrostratigraphy, geoarchaeology, and potential Mars analogues.
Teaching Areas: Mineralogy
Selected Publications:
McHenry, L.J., 2009. Element mobility during zeolitic and argillic alteration of volcanic ash in a closed-basin lacustrine environment: Case study Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Chemical Geology 265: 540-552. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.05.019.
Mollel. G.F., Swisher, C.C. III, McHenry, L.J., Feigenson, M.D., Carr, M.J., 2009. Petrogenesis of basalt-trachyte lavas from Olmoti Crater, Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 54: 127-143. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.03.008.
McHenry, L.J., Mollel, G.M., Swisher, C.C. III, 2008. Compositional and textural correlations between Olduvai Gorge Bed I tephra and volcanic sources in the Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands, Tanzania. Quaternary International 178: 306-319. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.01.004
McHenry, L.J., 2005. Phenocryst composition as a tool for correlating fresh and altered tephra, Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Stratigraphy 2(2): 101-115.
Blumenschine, R.J., Peters, C.R., Masao, F.T., Clarke, R.J., Deino, A.L., Hay, R.L., Swisher, C.C., Stanistreet, I.G., Ashley, G.M., McHenry, L.J., Sikes, N.E., van der Merwe, N.J., Tactikos, J.C., Cushing, A.E., Deocampo, D.M., Njau, J.K., Ebert, J.I., 2003. Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Science 299: 1217-1221.