Dr. Lisa Tranel

Associate Professor of Geology

Geography-Geology-Environment

Office

Felmley Hall Annex FSA 432

Office Hours

Spring 2022: Thursdays 1-3pm

Office Phone

(309) 438-7966office
phone

ltranel@ilstu.eduemail

Website

https://about.illinoisstate.edu/ltr... website

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

382Glacial And Quaternary Geology

482Glacial And Quaternary Geology

499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

400Independent Study

287Independent Study - Geology

Teaching Interests & Areas

Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Natural Disasters, GIS

Research Interests & Areas

Examining the evolution of mountain landscapes and drainage basins as a result of interactions between tectonic, geomorphic and climatic processes. Reconstruction of erosional & tectonic histories in bedrock and sedimentary systems using tools including apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry & cosmogenic radionuclides. Spatial variation of erosion in the Teton Range, Wyoming

Ph D Geoscience

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

MS Geology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

BA Geology

Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

Presidents Award

Association for Women Geoscientists

2021

Geosciences Outstanding Service Recognition Award

Virginia Tech

2010

Book, Chapter

Schneider, B., Tranel, L.M., and Cremeans, M., 2018, The Association for Women Geoscientists: Forty years of successes, struggles, and sisterhood, in Johnson, B.A., ed., Women and Geology: Who Are We, Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going?: Geological Society of America Memoir 214, p. 1–16, https://dx.doi.org/10.1130/2018.1214(11).

Journal Article

Tranel, L.M. and Happel, A.A., Evaluating escarpment evolution and bedrock erosion rates in the western Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico, Geomorphology, accepted June 2020, in press. (https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bUwh,3sl3mx-f)

Watson, A., Peterson, E. W., Malone, D., and Tranel, L., 2020, Geology and Aquifer Sensitivity of Quaternary Glacial Deposits Overlying a Portion of the Mahomet Buried Bedrock Valley Aquifer System.: Hydrology, v. 7, no. 4, doi:10.3390/hydrology7040069.

Tranel, L.M., 2018, Hillslope coupled stream morphology, flow conditions, and their effects on detrital sedimentology in Garnet Canyon, Teton Range, Wyoming, Geoscience Frontiers , v. 9, p. 1193-1202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2017.07.005

Tranel, L.M., 2018, Rock mass strength in the Teton Range, Wyoming, 2017 Wyoming Geological Association Annual Field Conference Guidebook 2017, p. 41-61.

Brown, S. J., Thigpen, J. R., Spotila, J. A., Krugh, W. C., Tranel, L. M. & Orme, D. A. (2017). Onset timing and slip history of the Teton fault, Wyoming: A multidisciplinary re-evaluation. Tectonics, 36. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016TC004462

Tranel, L.M. and Strow, M.L., 2017, 10Be analysis of amalgamated talus pebbles to investigate alpine erosion, Garnet Canyon, Teton Range, Wyoming, Geosphere, 13 (1) 36-48, doi:10.1130/GES01297.1.

Tranel, L.M., Spotila, J.A., Binnie, S.A., Freeman, S.P.H.T., 2015, Quantifying variable erosion rates to understand the coupling of surface processes in the Teton Range, Wyoming, Geomorphology, v. 228, 409-420.

Malone, D.H., Craddock, J.P., Tranel, L.M., and †Mustain, M.R., 2014, Age and Provenance of Eocene Volcanic Rocks and Hominy Peak, Northern Teton Range, WY: Implications for the Emplacement of the Heart Mountain Slide, The Mountain Geologist, v. 51, n. 4, 295-319.

Tranel, L.M., Spotila, J.A., Kowalewski, M.J., and †Waller, C.M., 2011, Spatial variation of erosion in a small, glaciated basin in the Teton Range, Wyoming, based on detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology, Basin Research, v. 23, 571-590.

Presentations

Rutte, M. and Tranel, L.M., (2018), Analysis of anthropogenic and runoff erosion into sandstone canyon walls using repeat structure-from-motion, Abstract G51C-0492, presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.

Schneider, B., Tranel, L.M., Cremeans, M., and Zeeck, L., (2018), 40 Years of Recruitment and Retention of Women in the Geosciences: A Perspective from the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) , Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 50.

Tranel, L.M., Rutte, M., and Neundorff, J.A., (2018), Post-glacial erosion of sandstone canyons in Central Illinois , Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 50.

Rutte, M. and Tranel, L.M., (2017), Photogrammetric and Schmidt hammer analyses to understand erosion of the St. Peter Sandstone in La Salle County, Illinois , Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 49.

Tranel, L.M., Happel, A.A., and Schoenmann, S.S. (2017), Erosion influenced by climate, rock strength, and tectonic history in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, FACETS II - Feedbacks Among Climate, Erosion, and Tectonics.

Csanda, D. and Tranel, L.M., (2016), The effects of glacial and fluvial transport on detrital apatite minerals, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 48.

Happel, A.A., Tranel, L.M., Neundorff, J.A., Garber, K.L., Schaefer, K.N., Babin, J.T., and Cremer, C., (2016), Evaluating fault line escarpment exposure in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and New Mexico, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 48.

Salinas, C. and Tranel, L.M., (2016), Investigating recently active faults based on the geomorphology of ephemeral channels in the Guadalupe and Brokeoff Mountains, West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 48.

Schoenmann, S., Tranel, L.M., Garber, K.L., Neundorff, J.A., Schaefer, K.N., (2016), Evaluating relationships between rock strength and landscape evolution in the southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 48.

Tranel, L.M. and Garber, K. (2016), Spatial Evaluation of Stream Erosion and Knickpoint Evolution using Detrital Mineral Tracers and Rock Strength, Illinois Geographical Society Annual Meeting.

Tranel, L.M., (2016), Stream morphology and sediment transport in Garnet Canyon, Teton Range, Wyoming, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 48.

Tranel, L.M., 2016, Stories of Erosion from Sediments and Isotopes in Garnet Canyon, GGGEO Colloquium Series, Illinois State University Department of Geography-Geology, March 25, 2016.

Tranel, L.M., Schaefer, K., Rothschild, T.J., and Happel, A.A., (2016), Spatial patterns of catchment erosion on the Rio Grande Rift margin, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas and New Mexico, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.96, no. FALL MEETING SUPPL., Abstract EP54A-02

Csanda, D. and Tranel, L.M., (2015), Evaluation of apatite age distributions between gravel and sand sediments in glacial and fluvial deposits, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 47.

Garber, K., Tranel, L.M., Rothschild, T., (2015), Using rock strength analysis to determine the spatial distribution of erosion and evolution of knickpoints in a stream channel within the Sacramento Mountains, NM, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 47.

Salinas, C. and Tranel, L.M., (2015), Investigating recently active faults using geomorphic analyses of ephemeral channels in the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 47.

Tranel, L.M., (2014), Using cosmogenic nuclides from amalgamated talus cobbles to assess alpine erosion in the Teton Range, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.94, no. FALL MEETING SUPPL., Abstract EP53B-3648

Hoffman, L.L., and Tranel, L.M., (2013), Spatial variability of exhumation along the eastern margin of the Rio Grande Rift, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 45.

Tranel, L.M., (2013), Incorporating Service Learning in a Geographic Information Systems Class, ESRI Education GIS Conference, Paper 1305, July 6, 2013.

Tranel, L.M., Swanson, B.S., Strow, M.L., Bannister, R.A., (2013), Quantifying alpine valley wall erosion rates using cosmogenic nuclides and volumetric estimates of talus deposits, Teton Range, Wyoming, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 45.

Zawacki, E.E., *Ritchie, A.J., Hoffman, L.L., Tranel, L.M., (2013), Transport of detrital sediments in low-gradient stream sections in the Teton Mountain Range and the Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 45.

Tranel, L.M., (2012), Evaluation of lithologic controls on ridge erosion rates in the Teton Range, Wyoming, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.92, no. FALL MEETING SUPPL., Abstract EP41C-0813 Dec. 2012.

Tranel, L.M., (2012), Rock Mass Strength Controls on Erosion in the Teton Range, Wyoming, 43rd Annual Binghampton Geomorphology Symposium, September 21-23, 2012.

Tranel, L.M., †Strow, M.L., †Luevano, J.A., †Swanson, B.S., (2012), Spatial variability in ridge erosion since the Last Glacial Maximum in the Teton Range, Wyoming, Abstracts with Programs-Geological Society of America, v. 44, no. 7, p. 461.

Tranel, L.M., Ritchie, A.J., and †Morgan, S., (2011), The impact of stream and hillslope interactions on sediment transport in Garnet Canyon, Teton Range, Wyoming, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.91, no. FALL MEETING SUPPL., Abstract EP34A-08 Dec. 2011.

Grants & Contracts

Spatial evaluation of stream erosion and knickpoint evolution using detrital minerals tracers. Illinois Geographical Society. Private. (2015)

EVALUATION OF APATITE AGE DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN GRAVEL AND SAND SEDIMENTS IN GLACIAL AND FLUVIAL DEPOSITS. University Research Grant Program, College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State University. (2014)

Evaluation of knickpoint erosion using detrital apatite thermochronology. Early Career Researcher, British Society for Geomorphology. Other. (2014)

Quantifying variable erosion rates of surface processes in the Teton Range. Association of American Geographers. Other. (2014)

Using Cosmogenic Nuclides to Evaluate Uplift and Erosion of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Undergraduate New Investigator, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. Other. (2014)