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Courses
Fall - EES
32, Mineralogy & Petrology I; EES
11, Earth Systems
Winter - EES 11. Earth Systems; EES 56, Regional Tectonics
Spring - EES 35, Mineralogy & Petrology II; EES 11, Earth
Systems
(Other courses taught less frequently: EES 21, Environmental Science;
EES 44, Optical Mineralogy; EES 52, Geochemistry).
Current Research
and Interests
Petrology, bedrock mapping, and geologic history of the southern
Appalachian Mountains (Southern Appalachian Mapping Project).
Actively involved in the environmental movement at Furman for over
20 years as an educator and advocate of a sustainable campus. Involved
with Eco-Cottage.
Professional
Experience
Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, 1994-present.
Associated Colleges of the South, Environmental Fellow, 1999-present.
Chair, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Furman
University, 1994-2000.
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Furman University, 1987-1993.
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Furman University, 1979-1987.
Research Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Massachusetts,
1975-1979.
Field Investigator, Nain Anorthosite Project, University of Massachusetts,
1975-1981.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of
Massachusetts, 1975-1976; 1978.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University
of New Orleans,
1972-74.
Society Affiliations
Geological Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America
Carolina Geological Society, Past President (1999-2000)
Council on Undergraduate Research, Past Councilor
Selected
Publications Since 1995 [Student authors in bold]
Dennis, A. J., Butler, J. R., Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., and
Sargent, K. A., 1995, Geology of the western part of the Carolina
terrane in northwestern South Carolina; 1995 Carolina Geological
Society Field Trip: South Carolina Geology, v. 37, p. 1-29.
Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., and Sargent, K. A., 1995, Geology
of Masters' kiln and history of the marble occurrences in Laurens
and Union Counties, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology v. 38,
p. 29-36.
Ranson, W. A., Garihan, J. M., Sargent, K. A., and Andersen, C.
B., 1995, A field-based laboratory for Introductory physical geology:
Teaching geology by doing geology: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 27, n. 6, p. A-147.
Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., Vaughan, C., Perry, E., and Palmer,
J., 1997, Structural control of erosional topography across
the Blue Ridge front in the Zirconia 7.5-minute quadrangle, Inner
Piedmont SC-NC: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29,
n. 3, p. A-18.
Ranson, W. A., Williams, I. S., and Garihan, J. M., 1999, Shrimp
zircon U-Pb ages of granitoids from the Inner Piedmont of South
Carolina: Evidence for Ordovician magmatism involving mid to late
Proterozoic crust: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v.
31, n. 6, p. A-167.
Ranson, William A., 2000, Margarite-corundum phyllites from the
Appalachian orogen of South Carolina: Mineralogy and metamorphic
history: American Mineralogist, v. 85, p. 1617-1624.
Crenshaw, B. A., Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., and Carroll,
A. D., 2000, Geology of part of the Table Rock 7.5-minute quadrangle
and outlying pavement exposures, western Inner Piedmont, Pickens
and Greenville Counties, South Carolina: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts
with Programs, vol. 32, n. 2, p. A-13.
Ranson, William A. and Garihan, John M., 2000, Mafic and ultramafic
rock occurrences within the Poor Mountain Formation, Table Rock
quadrangle, western Inner Piedmont, SC-NC: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts
with Programs, vol. 32, n. 2, p. A-67.
Garihan, J. M., and Ranson, W. A., 2001, Geologic transect across
the Table Rock and Eastatoe Gap 7.5-minute quadrangles, western
Inner Piedmont, Pickens and Greenville Counties, SC-NC: Geol. Soc.
America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, n. 2, p. A-3.
Blackwell, S., MacLean, J., Garihan, J., Ranson, W., Howard,
S., and Clendenin, C. W., 2001, Geology of the Taylors 7.5-minute
quadrangle, Inner Piedmont, Greenville County, SC: Geol. Soc. America
Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, n. 2, p. A-4.
Garihan, John M. and Ranson, W. A., 2001, Geologic map of the Cleveland
7.5-minute quadrangle, Greenville and Pickens counties, South Carolina:
SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open-file report,
1:24,000 scale.
Ranson, William A. and Garihan, John M., 2001, Geology of the Inner
Piedmont in the Caesars Head and Table Rock State Parks area, northwestern
South Carolina: 2001 Carolina Geological Society Field Trip, in
Garihan, John M., Ranson, William A., and Clendenin, C. W. (editors),
2001, Geology of the Inner Piedmont in the Caesars Head and Table
Rock State Parks area, northwestern South Carolina. SPECIAL ISSUE
devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society:
South Carolina Geology, vol.43.
Garihan, John M., Ranson, William A., and Clendenin, C. W. (editors),
2001, Geology of the Inner Piedmont in the Caesars Head and Table
Rock State Parks area, northwestern South Carolina. SPECIAL ISSUE
devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society:
South Carolina Geology, vol.43.
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