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Dr. Tenley Banik

Associate Professor
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 206
Office Hours
By appointment or stop by
  • About
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

285.001Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

285.002Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

285.003Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

400.006Independent Study

287.004Independent Study - Geology

202.001Evolution Of The Earth

285.010Honors Undergraduate Research I

287.003Independent Study - Geology

280.001Mineralogy

280.002Mineralogy

280.003Mineralogy

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 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

Book, Authored

Jordan, B., Carley, T., & Banik, T. Iceland: The Formation and Evolution of a Young, Dynamic Volcanic Island—A Field Trip Guide. Geological Society of America 54 (2019): 118 p..

Journal Article

Banik, T., Coble, M., Miller, C., Fisher, C., Vervoort, J., Jordan, B., & Carley, T. Petrogenesis and geodynamic evolution in the northern Westfjords, Iceland, elucidated by Iceland's oldest silicic rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research--Solid Earth 128.6 (2023)
Banik, T. J., Carley, T. L., Coble, M. A., Hanchar, J. M., Dodd, J. P., Casale, G. M., & McGuire, S. P. (2021). Magmatic processes at Snæfell volcano, Iceland, constrained by zircon ages, isotopes, and trace elements. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2020GC009255. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009255
Carley, T. L., Miller, C. F., Fisher, C. M., Hanchar, J. M., Vervoort, J. D., Schmitt, A. K., Economos, R.C., Jordan, B.T., Padilla, A.J., Banik, T.J. (2020). Petrogenesis of silicic magmas in Iceland through space and time: The isotopic record preserved in zircon and whole rocks. Journal of Geology, 128, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1086/706261
Banik, T., Miller, C., Fisher, C., Coble, M., & Vervoort, J. Magmatic-tectonic control on the generation of silicic magmas in Iceland: Constraints from Hafnarfjall-Skarðsheiði volcano. Lithos 318–319 (2018): 326–339.
Banik, T., Coble, M., & Miller, C. 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. Geosphere 13.4 (2017): GES01351-1.

Grants & Contracts

MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2021)