Ira D. Sasowsky, Assistant Professor

Published Abstracts and Other Professional Works

• Sasowsky, I.D., Kempthorne, R.A., Crowell, B., Walko, S.M., LaRock, E.J., and Harbert, W., 2000, Clastic sediments in a long-term karst trap, Valley and Ridge, central Pennsylvania: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-27, 2000 Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada. [view abstract]
• Salvati, R., Sasowsky, I.D., and Capelli, G., 2000, Conceptual model for development of collapse sinkholes in areas of groundwater discharge: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-355, 2000 Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.[view abstract]
• Nandi, A., Sasowsky, I.D., Steer, D.N., Szabo, J.P., and Gross, L.K., 2000, Evaluation of the cycloid as a function for describing longitudinal stream profiles: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-24, 2000 Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.[view abstract]
• Foos, A.F. and Sasowsky, I.D., 2000, Hydrology and geochemistry of natural springs in the Pennsylvanian Sharon Sandstone, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: in Proceedings of the SEPM/IAS Research Conference, Environmental Sedimentology: Hydrogeology of sedimentary aquifers, September 24-27, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Sasowsky, I.D., Paces, J.B., Fyodorova, A.I., Barrera, E., and Bain, R.W., 1999, A Pleistocene to present speleothem record from northeast Ohio: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-154, 1999 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
• Fyodorova, A.I. and Sasowsky, I.D., 1999, Silica dissolution and the development of sandstone caves: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-51, 1999 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
• Traugh, K.L., Sasowsky, I.D., and Barrera, E., 1999, A record of prehistoric extreme flood events preserved in clastic and calcitic cave sediments: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-152, 1999 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
• Bain, R.W., Sasowsky, I.D., Paces, J.B., and Fyodorova,A.I., 1999, Petrography of a carbonate speleothem from Deerlick Cave, northeast Ohio: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 31, no. 5, p. A-3, 1999 North-Central Section Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Edgar, Chad E. and Sasowsky, I.D. 1999, Hydrogeological analysis and pollution potential of aquifers, Village of Windham, Portage County, Ohio: Ohio Journal of Science, v. 99, no. 1, p. A-14.
• Foos, A.M., Sasowsky, I.D., LaRock, E.J., and Kambesis, P.N., 1998, Origin of a detrital sedimentary fill, Lechuguilla Cave, NM: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 6, p. A-139, 1998 Annual Meeting, Toronto.
• Sasowsky, I.D., Robison, V.D., and Kambesis, P.N., 1998, Unique hydrocarbon seep deposits from caves on the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment, Tennessee and Alabama: in: Proceedings of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1998 Eastern Section Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
• Sasowsky, I.D., Granger, D.E., Coons, D., and Kambesis, P., 1998, Revised age for Xanadu Cave, Tennessee and implications for river incision in the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment in: Proceedings of the National Speleological Society 1998 Annual Meeting, Sewanee, Tennessee, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 60, n. 3, p. 189.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1998, Reservoir potential of buried valley wall stress-release fractures in carbonate and clastic rocks: in: Proceedings of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1998 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City.
• Fyodorova,A.I., and Sasowsky, I.D., 1998, Hydrogeologic study of cave development in the Sharon Sandstone, northeastern Ohio: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 2, p. 18, 1998 North-Central Section Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
• Bonar,K.W., and Sasowsky, I.D., 1998, Hydrogeology and pollution potential of aquifers in Milton Township. Mahoning County, Ohio: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 30, no. 2, p. 7, 1998 North-Central Section Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1997, Conceptual models of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers: Past, present, and future: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-181, 1997 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City.
• Davis, S.B., and Sasowsky, I.D., 1997, Aquifer evolution in a folded and fractured limestone along the Appalachian Front: The Scott Hollow Basin: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-333, 1997 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City.
• Curl, R.A. and Sasowsky, I.D, 1997, The Karst Waters Institute: in Proceedings of the 1997 National Cave Management Symposium, Bellingham, Washington, page numbers not yet affixed.
• Berkoski, A. P., and Sasowsky, I. D., 1997, Study of groundwater movement in a portion of the Kankakee River drainage basin near the town of Lowell, Lake County Indiana.: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 29, no. 4, p. 5, North Central Sectional Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin .
• Knight, J.C., and Sasowsky, I.D., 1997, Evaluation of cavernous porosity occurring in the Vanport Limestone of western Pennsylvania: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 29, no. 1, p. 58, 1997 Northeast Sectional Meeting, King of Prussia, Penna. .
• Sasowsky, I.D., and Webb, J.A., 1996, Analysis of the paleodischarge of relict karst aquifers, with an example from Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-286, 1996 Annual Meeting, Denver.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1995, Tectonic and eustatic influences on the hydrogeology of young carbonate rocks: Example from the North Coast of Puerto Rico: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A345, 1995 Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
• Ramage, J.M., Gardner, T.W., and Sasowsky, I.D., 1995, Early Pleistocene glacial Lake Lesley, West Branch Susquehanna River Valley, Central Pennsylvania: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A58, 1995 Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1995, The occurrence of caves on the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama: in National Speleological Society 1995 Convention Abstracts, Blacksburg, Virginia, p.23.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1994, Specific flowpaths and general permeability limits in fractured media: Evidence for all rock types from carbonate aquifers: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 6 1994 Annual Meeting, Seattle.
• Gardner, T.W., Sasowsky, I.D., and Webb, J.A., 1994, Early Pleistocene Glaciation, West Branch Susquehanna River, Central Pennsylvania: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 26, no. 6 1994 Annual Meeting, Seattle.
• Sasowsky, I.D., C.A. Shuman, and W.B. White, 1993, Controls on groundwater movement in crystalline carbonate rocks as opposed to sedimentary carbonate rocks: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 25, no. 6 1993 Annual Meeting, Boston.
• Sasowsky, I.D., V.A. Schmidt, and W.B. White, 1992, Incision rates of headwater streams: Determination by paleomagnetic dating of clastic cave sediments in valley walls: in GSA Abstracts with programs, v. 24, no. 7, 1992 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati.
• Sasowsky, I.D., and W.B. White, 1992, Stress release fractures: The main control on speleogenesis in many valley & escarpment settings?, in: Ogden, A.E. and H.H. Mills (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Friends of Karst Meeting, Cookeville, TN, April 4 to 8, 1992 p. 18.
• Sasowsky, I.D. and W.B. White, 1990, Karst of the Obey River Gorge, Fentress County, Tennessee, U.S.A.: GE02, v.17, no. 2/3, p. 84.
• Sasowsky, I.D. and W.B. White, 1989, Evolutionary pathways of valley longitudinal profiles in karst : in Proceedings of the 28th International Geological Congress, Washington, D.C., p. 3-25.
• Sasowsky, I.D. and W.B. White, 1989, Longitudinal stream bed profiles and fluvial geomorphology of a low-order karsted basin: Penns Creek, Pennsylvania: in Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, no. 2, p. 64.
• Sasowsky, I.D., and W.B. White, 1988, Longitudinal valley profiles in fluviokarst: Significance and observations from the Appalachian Highlands, U.S.A.: in Mylroie, J.E. (ed.), Program of the 10th Friends of Karst Meeting, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, p. 23-24.
• Sasowsky, I.D., and W.B. White, 1987, Processing of rare-earth sesquisulfide ceramics: in Abstracts of the 89th annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, p. 18.
• Sasowsky, I.D., and W.B. White, 1986, Rare earth sesquisulfides as IR optical windows: Crystal chemistry and physical and optical properties: in Abstracts of the 88th annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Chicago, Illinois, p. 261.

Other Professional Works

• Sasowsky, I.D. and Wicks, C.M. (eds.), 2000, Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers: A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 193 p.
• Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D. (eds.), 1999, Karst Modeling: The Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, West Va., 265 p.
• Sasowsky, I.D., Fong, D.W., and White, E.L. (eds.),1997, Conservation and protection of the biota of karst: The Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, West Va., 118 p.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1995, Problems and solutions in areas underlain by limestones: Pennsylvania's Environment, June 1995, p. 16.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1995, Hantavirus: A potential concern for cavers: National Speleological Society News, February 1995, p. 56-57.
• Sasowsky, I.D. and Palmer, M.V. (eds.), 1994, Breakthroughs in karst geomicrobiology and redox geochemistry: The Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, West Va., 111 p.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1991, National Speleological Society Bulletin index, volumes 46 through 50: National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, 64 p.
• Sasowsky, I.D. and K. D. Wheeland, 1991, Speleodigest 25-Year cumulative index, 1956 through 1980: The National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, 565p.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1990, Karst on the East Fork of the Obey River, Tennessee: Cave Research Foundation 1990 Annual Report, Cave Books, St. Louis, MO, p. 34-35.
• Sasowsky, I.D., 1987, A cumulative index to the National Speleological Society Bulletin, volumes 1 through 45, and Occasional Papers of the N.S.S. nos. 1 through 4: National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, 200 p.

• Review of: A geological companion to Greece and the Aegean, Higgins, M.D., and Higgins, R., 1996, Cornell University Press, New York, 240 p. Review published in Choice magazine; American Library Association; March, 1997 (v. 34, no.7).
• Review of: Geomorphology of Desert Dunes, Lancaster,N., 1995, Routledge, New York, 290 p. Review published in Choice magazine; American Library Association; October, 1996 (v. 34, no.2).
• Review of: The Historical Atlas of the Earth, Gould, S.J., Osborne, R., and Tarling, D, 1996, Henry Holt Company, New York, 192 p. Review published in Choice magazine; American Library Association; July, 1996.