Dr. Tenley Banik
Associate Professor
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FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 206
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By appointment or stop by
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- About
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
GEO 285.001 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 285.002 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 285.003 Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 400.006 Independent Study
GEO 287.004 Independent Study - Geology
GEO 366.001 Volcanic Processes
GEO 466.001 Volcanic Processes
Teaching Interests & Areas
Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Volcanic Processes, Evolution of Earth, Planetary Geology
Research Interests & Areas
Petrology, Volcanology, Geochemistry; Evolution of silicic crust; Icelandic petrology; porphyry copper systems
Outstanding University Teacher Award
Illinois State University
2025
Outstanding College Teacher Award (Mathematics/Sciences)
Illinois State University
2023
Fulbright–NSF Arctic Research Scholar
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program and the National Science Foundation
2022
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2020
Grants and Contracts
MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education
Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna, Tenley Banik, Jan Dahl, Jun-Hyun Kim.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2021 - August 31 2024
Book, Authored
Iceland: The Formation and Evolution of a Young, Dynamic Volcanic Island—A Field Trip Guide
Brennan T. Jordan, Tamara L. Carley, Tenley Banik.
(2019), 54, 118 p., 10.1130/2019.0054(01), Geological Society of America
Journal Article
Petrogenesis and geodynamic evolution in the northern Westfjords, Iceland, elucidated by Iceland's oldest silicic rocks
Tenley J. Banik, Matthew A. Coble, Calvin F. Miller, Christopher M. Fisher, Jeffrey D. Vervoort, Brennan T. Jordan, Tamara L. Carley.
Journal of Geophysical Research--Solid Earth, 128 (6), (2023), 10.1029/2022JB026265
Magmatic processes at Snæfell volcano, Iceland, constrained by zircon ages, isotopes, and trace elements
Tenley J. Banik, Tamara L. Carley, Matthew A. Coble, John M. Hanchar, Justin P. Dodd, Gabriele M. Casale, Sean P. McGuire.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009255, (2021), 10.1029/2020GC009255
Petrogenesis of silicic magmas in Iceland through space and time: The isotopic record preserved in zircon and whole rocks
Tamara L. Carley, Calvin F. Miller, Christopher M. Fisher, John M. Hanchar, Jeff D. Vervoort, Axel K. Schmitt, Rita C. Economos, Brennan T. Jordan, Abraham J. Padilla, Tenley Banik.
The Journal of Geology, 128 (1), 1-28, (2020), 10.1086/706261
Magmatic-tectonic control on the generation of silicic magmas in Iceland: Constraints from Hafnarfjall-Skarðsheiði volcano
Tenley Banik, Calvin F. Miller, Christopher M. Fisher, Matthew A. Coble, Jeffrey D. Vervoort.
Lithos, 318–319, 326–339, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.022
Detrital zircon geochronology of quartzite clasts in the Permian Abo Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA
David Henry Malone, John P. Craddock, Eric A. Deck, Tenley Banik, Brian Hampton.
The Mountain Geologist, 54 (2), 53–68, (2017)
Porphyry Cu formation in the Middle Jurassic Yerington batholith, NV, USA: Constraints from laser Raman, trace element, U-Pb age, and oxygen isotope analyses of zircon
Tenley Banik, Matthew A. Coble, Calvin F. Miller.
Geosphere, 13 (4), GES01351-1, (2017), 10.1130/GES01351.1
Magma–ice–sediment interactions and the origin of lava/hyaloclastite sequences in the Síða formation, South Iceland
Tenley Banik, Paul J. Wallace, Ármann Höskuldsson, Calvin F. Miller, Charles R. Bacon, David J. Furbish.
Bulletin of Volcanology, 76 (1), 785, (2014)