Dr. James C. Walters Department Head Professor of Geology Office: Latham 120 Phone: 319-273-2707 (3-2707 on campus) E-mail: walters@uni.edu

Education

• Ph. D. Geology (1975), Rutgers University
• M. Phil. Geology (1973), Rutgers University
• B. A. Geology (1970), Grand Valley State University

Research Interests

• Examines frozen ground and frost action processes and features produced through intensive freeze-thaw activity, both present day and relict.
• Investigates permanently frozen ground (permafrost) distribution and characteristics in arctic and subarctic environments and how these environments are changing with global warming.

Recent Publications

• D. J. Weiss and J. C. Walters. 2004. Incorporating GPS Technology with a Campus Geology Walking Tour: Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 186-190.
• James C. Walters. 2002. The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field: Development and the Biota (Review): Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 77, no. 1, p.92-93.
• James C. Walters. 2002. Advising---Some Advice from a Chapter Advisor: The Compass, Journal of Earth Sciences of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, vol. 76, no. 3, p.57.
• C.H. Racine, James C. Walters, and T.E. Jorgenson. 2002. Thermokarst development in birch and black spruce forests on the Tanana Flats, Interior Alaska: 2nd International Workshop on Northern Peatlands; Roles of Permafrost and Climate Change; Montreal, PQ, Canada.
• M.T. Jorgenson, C.H. Racine, James C. Walters, and T.E.Osterkamp. 2001. Permafrost degradation and ecological changes associated with a warming climate in central Alaska. Climatic Change, vol. 48, no. 4, p.551-579.
• A.I. Paseka, Mohammad Z. Iqbal, and James C. Walters. 2000. Comparison of numerical simulation of solute transport with observed experimental data in a silt loam subsoil. Environmental Geology, vol. 39, no. 9, p.977-989.
• James C. Walters, C.H. Racine, and M.T. Jorgenson. 1998. Characteristics of permafrost in the Tanana Flats, Interior Alaska, p.1109-114 in A.G. Lewkowicz and M. Allard, editors, Permafrost: Seventh International Conference, Proceedings, Centre d' études nordiques de Université Laval, Collection Nordicana no. 57, Québec, Canada.
• C.H. Racine, M.T. Jorgenson, and James C. Walters. 1998. Thermokarst vegetation in lowland birch forests on the Tanana Flats, Interior Alaska, U.S.A., p.927-933 in A.G. Lewkowicz and M. Allard, editors, Permafrost: Seventh International Conference, Proceedings, Centre d' études nordiques de Université Laval, Collection Nordicana no. 57, Québec, Canada.
• C.H. Racine, James C. Walters, and M.T. Jorgenson. 1998. Airboat use and disturbance of floating mat fen wetlands in Interior Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic, vol. 51, no. 4, p.371-377.