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Doctor of Philosophy Geology, August 1994, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Dissertation title: Petrogenesis of Middle Proterozoic Alkaline Granites, Franklin Mountains, West Texas (Advisor: Dr. Calvin G. Barnes).

Master of Science Geology (Chemistry minor), August 1986, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas. Thesis title: Lithogeochemical Characterization of Intrusive Rocks Comprising the Quitman-Sierra Blanca Igneous Complex, Hudspeth County, Texas (Advisor: Dr. Phillip C. Goodell).

Bachelor of Science Chemistry (Geology minor), August 1979, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas.

01/19/98 to 09/30/01, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho: Worked on a 4 year DOE funded project to measure sub-nanogram quantities of the rare earth elements (REE) in geothermal waters. Implemented and improved sampling, extraction, and analysis protocols for the REE, additional cations, and anions. Ordered and coordinated delivery of supplies for sample collection in Oregon, Nevada, California, and New Zealand. Used a Perkin Elmer Elan 250 ICP-MS and a Hewlett Packard model 4500 ICP-MS for REE analysis. Trained and supervised 1-2 students/semester for lab work. Assisted graduate students in the lab and in interpretation of lab results for their research. Supervised and maintained both a Perkin Elmer 3000 XL ICP-AES for cation analysis and a Dionex model AI-450 for anion chromatography. Specified, assembled, maintained, and administered Windows NT networked computers to interface the analytical instruments. Wrote quarterly reports to the DOE and published results.

12/19/96 to 1/16/98, International Technology Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico contracted to: Sandia National Laboratories Environmental Restoration Chemistry Laboratory: Responsible for EPA TAL and additional metals analysis on environmental samples using Hewlett Packard model 4500 ICP-MS. Implemented sample preparation, laboratory operating procedures, and quality control for metals. Trained and supervised technician for sample preparation. Specified and set up CEM microwave digestion system to give clean room performance in dirty environment. Performed all maintenance on these instruments and interface computers. Built and set up Windows NT computers for my co-workers. Co-author of visual basic routines to calculate results for reporting and qualification against method QC criteria. Assisted in maintenance of HP GC-MS’s for volatiles and semivolatiles as well as solid phase extraction for semivolatiles and explosives and capillary electrophoresis apparatus for explosives.

08/94 to 10/4/96, Assaigai Analytical Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Group leader of ICP metals section and co-supervisor of metals preparation section. Operated and maintained Thermo Jarrel Ash model 61E (ICP-AES) for analysis of metals in environmental samples by methods 200.8 and 6010. Specified and set up a CEM microwave digestion system to improve digestion of samples and lower laboratory blanks. Maintained, upgraded and repaired metals section computers used for instrument data acquisition. Participated in the specification of a reporting and quality control database for metals analysis using Borland PARADOX including: set up and maintenance of Windows and OS/2 computers; set up network hardware to link work stations to an in-house laboratory information management system.

09/92 to 08/94, Lubbock Christian University Institute of Water Research, Lubbock, Texas: Environmental analysis of metals, PCBs, and pesticides in runoff water, ground water, soil, and solid and liquid waste. I routinely performed all stages from sample prep through analysis and quality control. I am proficient in analytical procedures and quality control for organic and inorganic analytes from NPDES, RCRA, and Standard Methods in the materials above. Metals analysis by and maintenance of Perkin Elmer 4100ZL transverse heated graphite furnace Zeeman corrected atomic absorption (AA), flame AA, mercury by cold vapor AA, and Perkin Elmer Plasma 40 ICP-AES. Pesticide and PCB analysis on dual-column Perkin Elmer gas chromatographs with electron capture detectors and all maintenance on these instruments. One week factory training on Hewlett Packard volatile and semivolatile GC-MS. Supervised 2 co-workers for metals and PCB analysis. Upgraded hardware and maintained instrument control computers with OS/2 and Windows.

09-86 to 05-92, Texas Tech University, Dept. Geosciences: Participated in start-up of Leeman Labs ICP-AES and VG Sira-12 gas source mass spectroscopy (MS) labs. Development of sample dissolution and separation procedures; analytical line selection for ICP; characterization of laboratory standards for ICP and MS instruments; ICP and MS maintenance and repair; routine elemental and isotopic sample analysis; assisting students in lab projects; supervision of the ICP lab and students during summer months. I used the JEOL microprobe at Southern Methodist University in support of my dissertation. I wrote interactive FORTRAN programs to run in Windows and OS/2 to recalculate rock and mineral compositions and do mass balance calculations for igneous petrology research.

09-86 to 05-91, Texas Tech University, Dept. Geosciences: Taught Physical Geology labs for four semesters within this interval. Responsible for content, pace and presentation of lectures, testing, and grading.

09-83 to 08-86, Phelps Dodge Refining Corp., El Paso, Texas: Wet chemical and instrumental analysis of copper, selenium, precious metals, and copper refinery by-products for process and quality control; waste water analysis; metallurgical testing which included sampling, resistivity, oxygen, and sulfur analysis, stress testing, and making polished sections and counting oxides; development and streamlining of analytical procedures; operation and maintenance of Beckman Spectrometrics direct current plasma atomic emission spectrometer, Thermo Jarrel Ash atomic absorption, Beckman UV-visible spectroscopic instruments, and oxygen and sulfur analyzers. Computerized laboratory data acquisition and management and wrote interactive FORTRAN programs to calculate results as they were acquired.

09-80 to 05-83, University Texas El Paso, Dept. Geosciences: Running and adaptation of FORTRAN codes for contoured gravity and magnetic map production in an IBM mainframe environment with terminal support; wrote FORTRAN and JCL programs for data filtering and manipulation; supervised student atomic absorption laboratory; some use of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffractometers; thin section and XRF sample preparation; statistical analysis of XRF data using SPSS.

6-23-80 to 8-23-80, Bear Creek Mining Company, Nevada: Mapping and sampling for gold exploration in Nevada. Analyzed for mercury in soils by gold film amalgamation to help locate paleo-hot spring exploration targets.

5-30-78 to 8-15-78, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina: Water and sediment sampling for the National Uranium Resources Evaluation (NURE) in New York and West Virginia.

6-13-77 to 8-20-77, Homestake Mining Company, Grants, New Mexico: Uranium operations, mostly plotting drill hole locations, some field work.

5-20-76 to 8-20-76, Mineral Recovery Corporation, Hanksville Utah: Uranium exploration in Utah using Trac-Etch cups. Sampling in abandoned uranium mine workings. Tape and Brunton surveying work.

6-1-75 to 8-30-75, ERDA contractors: Lucius Pitkin, Inc. and Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Grand Junction, Colorado: Sampling for uranium exploration in Dripping Springs quartzite in the Sierra Ancha wilderness and Fort Apache Indian reservation north of Globe, Arizona.

Wood, S.A., Shannon W.M., Brown, K., Arehart, G., The Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Geothermal Fluids from New Zealand. Geochemical Society-Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication in honor of Werner Giggenbach, Submitted spring 2002.

Wood, S.A., Shannon, W.M., and Baker, L.L., The Aqueous Geochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium. Part 14: REE Geochemistry of Mine Drainage from the Pine Creek Area, Coeur D’Alene River Valley, Idaho, USA, (in) Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Systems (K. H. Johannesson, ed.) Submitted spring 2002.

Shannon, W.M. and Wood, S.A., The Analysis of Picogram Quantities of Rare Earth Elements in Natural Waters, (in) Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Systems (K. H. Johannesson, ed.) Submitted spring 2002.

Barnes, C.G., Shannon, W.M., and Kargi, H., (1999) Diverse Mesoproterozoic basaltic magmatism in west Texas: Rocky Mountain Geology, v.34, 93-103.

Smith, D.R., Barnes, C.G., Shannon, W.M., Roback, R., and James, E. (1997) Petrogenesis of Mid-Proterozoic granitic magmas: examples from central and west Texas. Precambrian Research, 85, 53-79.

Shannon, W.M., Barnes, C.G., and Bickford, M.E. (1997) Grenville Magmatism In West Texas: Petrology and Geochemistry of the Red Bluff Granitic Suite. Journal of Petrology, 38(10), 1279-1305.

Anthony, E.Y., Barnes, C.G., Chen, W., Hoffer, J.M., Keller, G.R., Marsaglia, K.M., McLemore, V.T., Seeley, J.M., Seward, M.A., Shannon, W.M., and Thomann W.F. (1991) Examples of modern rift volcanism and Proterozoic anorogenic magmatism: The Potrillo Volcanic Field of southern New Mexico and the Franklin Mountains of West Texas. In: Field guide to geologic excursions in New Mexico and adjacent areas of Texas and Colorado, B.Julian and Jiri Z. (eds). New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin 137, 1-3.

Shannon, W.M., and Barnes, C.G. (1991) Summary of the geochemistry and petrology of Proterozoic granitic rocks, Franklin Mountains, West Texas. In: Field guide to geologic excursions in New Mexico and adjacent areas of Texas and Colorado, B. Julian and Jiri Z (eds). New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin 137, 7-12.

Shannon, W.M. and Goodell, P.C. (1986) Lithogeochemistry of intrusive rocks of the Quitman-Sierra Blanca igneous complex, Hudspeth County, Texas. in J.G. Price et al. (eds), Igneous geology of Trans-Pecos, Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology Guidebook, 23, 225-236.

Hoffer, J.M., Hoffer, R.L., and Shannon, W.M. (1982) Preliminary Analysis of the Composition and Texture, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens Tephra. In: Mount St. Helens: One Year Later. S.A.C. Keller (ed), Eastern Washington University Press, 21-25.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., and Arehart, G. (2001) REE Contents and Speciation in Geothermal Fluids from New Zealand. Proceedings, Tenth Internation Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Villasimius, Italy, June 10-15, 2001.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., Arehart, G. (1999) Preliminary measurements of concentrations of lanthanide elements in geothermal fluids from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Proceedings, Twenty-Fourth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 25-27, 1999 SGP-TR-162, 227-235.

Barnes, C.G., Shannon, W.M., Smith, D.R., James, E. (1995) Grenville-age A-type granitic rocks in Texas. Brown, M. (editor), Piccoli, P.M. (editor), The origin of granites and related rocks, U. S. Geological Survey Circular, C 1129, p. 15-16.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., and Arehart, G. (2001) REE Contents and Speciation in Geothermal Fluids from New Zealand. Tenth Internation Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Villasimius, Italy, June 10-15, 2001.

Wood, S.A., Baker, L.L., and Shannon, W.M. (2001) Heavy metals in mine drainage from the Pine Creek area, Coeur d’Alene River Valley, Idaho, USA. Tenth Internation Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Villasimius, Italy, June 10-15, 2001.

Wood, S.A., Shannon, W.M., and Baker, L.L. (2000) REE Contents of Mine Drainage from the Pine Creek Area, Coeur d’Alene River Valley, Idaho, USA, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, A188.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., and Arehart, G. (2000) REE Contents and Speciation in Geothermal Fluids from New Zealand and the Philippines, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, A188.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., Arehart, G., and Wright, M. (2000) REE Contents of Geothermal Fluids from Selected Geologic Environments. 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, August 06-17, 2000.

Wood, S.A., Baker, L.L., and Shannon, W.M. (2000) Metal concentrations in mine drainage waters from the Pine Creek area, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho. Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Missoula, MT, April 17-18, 2000.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., and Arehart, G., Wright, M. (1999) REE Contents of Geothermal Fluids from Selected Geologic Environments. Annual Meeting, American Geophysical Union, EOS Transactions.

Shannon, W.M., Wood, S.A., Brown, K., and Arehart, G. (1999) REE Contents of Geothermal Fluids from Several Geologic Environments. Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 31 (7), A-351.

Barnes, C.G., Kargi, H., Shannon, W. M., Burling, T. (1996) Grenville-age mafic magmatism in West Texas. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 28 (1), 3.

Smith, D.R., Barnes, C.G., Shannon, W.M., (1996) Mid-Proterozoic granites in Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 28 (1), 63.

Barnes, C. G., Shannon, W. M., Smith, D. R., James, E. (1995) - Grenville-age A-type granitic rocks in Texas, U. S. Geological Survey Circular.

Smith, D.R., Barnes, C.G., Shannon, W.M., (1995) Grenville-age granitic rocks in Texas. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 27 (6), 436.

Shannon, W.M., James, E.W., and Barnes, C.G. (1993) Isotopic Constraints on the Source of Middle Proterozoic A-Type Granites, Franklin Mountains, West Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 25, 41.

Shannon, W.M. and Barnes, C.G. (1992) Petrogenesis of Middle Proterozoic Alkaline A-Type Granites, Franklin Mountains, West Texas: The Case for a Mantle Source. American Geophysical Union, EOS Transactions, 73(14), V42C-4, 354.

Shannon, W.M. and Barnes, C.G. (1991) Petrogenesis of Middle Proterozoic Alkaline A-Type Granites, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 23, 93.

Shannon, W.M. and Barnes, C.G. (1990) Mineralogy of Middle Proterozoic Alkaline Anorogenic Granites, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 22, 83.

Shannon W.M. and Barnes, C.G. (1989) Middle Proterozoic Alkaline Granites, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 21, A199.

Shannon, W.M. (1989) Middle Proterozoic Alkaline Granites, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas. Continental Magmatism Abstracts, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior. New Mexico Bureau Mines Mineral Resources, 131, 239.

Shannon W.M. and Goodell, P.C. (1983) A Geochemical Study of Extreme Differentiation: The Quitman Caldera Igneous Complex, West Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 15, 39.

Hoffer, J.M., Hoffer, R.L., Shannon, W.M., (1981) Tephra from the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 13 (5), p. 239.

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