Dr. Lee Potter Geology Research Associate Office: Latham 142 Phone: 319-273-3814 (3-3814 on campus) E-mail: Lee.Potter@uni.edu

Dr. Potter's Environment, Technology and Society (820:140) course website

Education

• Ph. D. Geology, (1996), University of Texas at Austin
• M. S. Geology, (1988), Iowa State University
• B. A. Geology, (1984), University of Northern Iowa

Research Interests

• Petrology and geochemistry of alkaline rocks
• Trace element geochemistry
• Magma evolution
• Material charaterization for process control in mining

Publications

Articles:

Potter, L. S. (1996) Chemical variation along strike in feldspathoidal rocks of the Eastern Alkalic Belt, Trans-Pecos Magmatic Province, Texas and New Mexico: Canadian Mineralogist Special Issue on Alkaline Rocks, 34: 241-264.

Abstracts:

• Potter, L. S. (1994) Influence of the North American Craton margin on chemical and isotopic variation along strike in the Eastern Alkalic Belt, Trans-Pecos Magmatic Province, Texas and New Mexico: Program with Abstracts 19:A89, Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada 1994 Annual Meeting (symposium on the origin of alkaline rocks).
• Potter, L. S. (1992) Trace element variation along strike in the Eastern Alkalic Belt, Trans-Pecos Magmatic Province, Texas and New Mexico: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 1992 Fall Meeting Abstract Supplement, p. 658.
• Potter, L. S., Nordlie, B. E., and Stormer, J. C. (1991) Evolution of the Chico Hills Alkalic Sill Complex, northeast New Mexico: Chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic evidence. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 23(4):57. (symposium on gold deposits in alkaline rocks).
• Potter, L. S. (1990) Evolution of the Chico Hills Alkalic Sill Complex, Colfax County, northeast New Mexico. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 22(7):A344.
• Potter, L. S. and Nordlie, B. E. (1988) Trace elemental constraints on the evolution of peralkaline phonolites, Chico Hills, New Mexico. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 95(1):Abstract 166.
• Potter, L. S. and Khandaker, N. I. (1988) The origin and distribution of certain upper Miocene-Pliocene sediments, north-central Nebraska. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 20(2):126.
• Potter, L. S. (1984) Mineralogy of pyroxene in Tertiary igneous rocks of the Rattlesnake Hills, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 16(4):251.
• Potter, L. S. (1983) Mineralogy of pyroxenes in Tertiary igneous rocks from the Rattlesnake Hills, Wyoming. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 90(1):Abstract 110.