PhD, Dartmouth College
MS, Stanford University
AB, Dartmouth College
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Mercy Hall 122 | 207-893-7955 | jerikson@sjcme.edu
Teaches Environmental and Marine Sciences and Chemistry courses including Climate Change & Glacial Geology, Oceanography, Principles of Chemistry I & II, and Research Science on Sebago Lake.
Scholarly interests -- "acid snow" deposition in the White Mountains, sedimentary geology, geologic history of northern South America and the Andes.
Johan Erikson's perspective as a geologist enables him to readily connect physical and chemical processes with natural examples. Field-centered education and research engage students, and strong conceptual and analytical capabilities empower students for science-based careers. He is currently researching acid-snow deposition on Mount Washington and investigating accumulation of high-density minerals in a variety of environments. Outside of work, Professor Erikson enjoys mountain climbing and Nordic ski racing.
Publications
Erikson, J. P., 2017, Partially miscible water-triethylamine solutions and their temperature dependence. Journal of Chemical Education; v. 94(1), p. 75-78. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00489.
Erikson, J. P., S.A. Kelley, P. Osmolovsky, and K.L. Verosub, 2012, Linked basin sedimentation and orogenic uplift: the Neogene Barinas basin sediments derived from the Venezuelan Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences; v. 39, p. 138-156.
Pindell, J. L., L. Kennan, D. Wright, and J. Erikson, 2009, Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography. In James, K. H., M. A. Lorente, and J. L. Pindell (eds.), The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate; Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 328, p. 743-797.
Erikson, J. P., S.A. Kelley, P. Osmolovsky, and K.L. Verosub, 2012, Linked basin sedimentation and orogenic uplift: the Neogene Barinas basin sediments derived from the Venezuelan Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences; v. 39, p. 138-156.
Pindell, J. L., L. Kennan, D. Wright, and J. Erikson, 2009, Clastic domains of sandstones in central/eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and Barbados: heavy mineral and tectonic constraints on provenance and palaeogeography. In James, K. H., M. A. Lorente, and J. L. Pindell (eds.), The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean Plate; Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 328, p. 743-797.
Publicover, D., D. Weihrauch, J. Erikson, and K. Kimball, 2003, Ecological Atlas of the Upper Androscoggin River Watershed. Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, 89 pp.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, G. Karner, L. Sonder, L. Dent, and E. Fuller, 1998, Neogene sedimentation and tectonics in the Cibao basin and northern Hispaniola: An example of basin evolution near a strike-slip-dominated plate boundary. Journal of Geology, v. 106, p. 473-494.
Erikson, J. P., and J. Pindell, 1998, Cretaceous through Eocene sedimentation and paleogeography of a passive margin in northeastern Venezuela. In Pindell, J. L., and C. L. Drake, eds., Eustasy and the Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of Northern South America: SEPM Special Publication No. 58, p. 217-259.
Erikson, J. P., and J. Pindell, 1998, Sequence stratigraphy and relative sea-level history of the Cretaceous to Eocene passive margin of northeastern Venezuela and the possible tectonic and eustatic causes of stratigraphic development. InPindell, J. L., and C. L. Drake, eds., Eustasy and the Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of Northern South America: SEPM Special Publication No. 58, p. 261-281.
Jordan, T. E., J. H. Reynolds, III, and J. P. Erikson, 1997, Variability in age of initial shortening and uplift in the Central Andes, 16-33°30' S. In Ruddiman, W. J. (ed.), Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change: Plenum Publishing, p. 41-61.
Lyons, J. B., J. G. Campbell, and J. P. Erikson, 1996, Gravity signatures and geometric configurations of some Oliverian plutons: their relation to Acadian structures. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p. 872-882.
Algar, S., and J. P. Erikson, 1995, Correlation of the Jurassic through Oligocene stratigraphic units of Trinidad and northeastern Venezuela. International Geology Review, v. 37, p. 313-334.
Erikson, J. P., and J. L. Pindell, 1993, Analysis of subsidence in northeastern Venezuela as a discriminator of tectonic models for northern South America: Geology, v. 21, p. 945-948.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, and D. K. Larue, 1991, Fault zone deformational constraints on Paleogene tectonic evolution in southern Puerto Rico. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 18, p. 569-572.
Erikson, J. P., J. L. Pindell, and D. K. Larue, 1990, Mid-Eocene - Early Oligocene sinistral transcurrent faulting in Puerto Rico associated with formation of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone. Journal of Geology, v. 98, p. 365-384.
Conference abstracts/presentations
Erikson, J. P., A. N. Dougherty, E. A. Wright-Little, and M. A. Pfannenstiel, 2015, Immersion in field geoscience during a new off-campus semester for second and third year students fosters growth in skills and professional readiness. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 3, p. 100.
Erikson, J.,G. Murray, J. Campbell, and M. B. Green, 2013, Effect of elevation on acid loads in winter snowpack, Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, n. 1, p. 62.
Erikson, J. P., 2010, Accumulation in an obliquely contractional continental borderland: the Neogene Barinas foreland-basin strata of the southeastern foothills of the Venezuelan Andes. 18thIntern’l Sedimentological Congress, International Association of Sedimentologists, Mendoza, Argentina.
Erikson, J. P., and J. P. Boudreau, 2010a, Mineral sorting within depositional environments: a detrital petrographic study of alluvial to marine systems in the Kennebec and Penobscot drainages, Maine USA. 18th Intern’l Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza, Argentina.
Erikson, J. P., and J. P. Boudreau, 2010b, A detrital petrographic study of late glacial to early post-glacial (Holocene) fluvial to marine systems in the Kennebec region, Maine. 2010 GSA Abstracts with Programs (Northeastern/Southeastern sections), v. 41, n. 1, p. 73.
Awards
National Science Foundation Grant - a $647,000 grant to fund scholarships and innovative science education programming for Saint Joseph’s College Science Scholars Program.(2017)