Qualifications and Experience
Arthur V. Chadwick, Ph.D.
Sedimentology, Basinal Geology
EDUCATION
1975-1978
Postdoctoral, Geology, University of California
1969
Ph.D., University of Miami (with honors)
1965
B.A., Biology, La Sierra College
EXPERIENCE
2009-present
Research Professor of Biology and Geology
1984-2008
Chairman Department of Biology, Professor of Geology and Biology, Southwestern
Adventist University.
1988-present
Research Associate Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University.
1979-1988
Professor Graduate Program of Geological Sciences, Loma Linda University
1979-1984
Associate Professor of Geology, Loma Linda University
1978-1983
Associate Professor of Biology, Loma Linda University
1977-1978
Visiting Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
1970-1977
Assistant Professor of Biology, Loma Linda University
PUBLICATIONS
1967. Chadwick, A.V. and S.P. Burg.
An explanation of the inhibition of root growth caused by indole-3-acetic acid. Plant
Physiol. 42: 415-420.
1969.
Chadwick, A.V. Regulation of root growth by auxin-ethylene interaction. Ph.D.
Dissertation, University of Miami.
1969. Abeles, F.B. and A.V. Chadwick. Ethylene: Its
role as an air pollutant. Technical Manuscript 560, Department of the Army, Ft.
Detrick, Maryland.
1970. Chadwick, A.V. and S.P. Burg.
Regulation of root growth
by auxin-ethylene interaction. Plant Physiol. 54:192-200.
1970. Craker, L.E., A.V. Chadwick and G.R.
Leather. Abscission: Movement and conjugation of auxin. Plant Physiol.
45:790-793. (Also:
Technical manuscript 612, Department of the Army, Ft. Detrick, Maryland. 19p.).
1972.
Chadwick, A.V. and J. Arditti. Ethylene evolution and anthocyanin synthesis in
Cymbidium (Orchidaceae) flowers. Plant Physiol.
48:3-111.
1973. Arditti, J.N., N.M. Hogan and
A.V. Chadwick. Post pollination phenomena in orchid flowers. IV. Effects of
ethylene. Amer. J. Botany. 60:883-888.
1973. Steen, D.A. and A.V. Chadwick.
Effects of cycloheximide on IAA-induced ethylene production in pea root tips.
Plant Physiol. 52:171-173.
1974.
Chadwick, A.V. and L. R. Brand. Fossil tree orientation in the Chinle Formation.
Origins. 1:22-28.
1978
Chadwick, A. V. Megabreccias: evidence for catastrophism. Origins 5(1):39-46.
1980.
Chadwick, A.V. An efficient device for heavy liquid separation. Oklahoma
Geology Notes. 40:64-65.
1980. Chadwick, A.V., N.M. Hogan and
J. Arditti. Post pollination phenomena in orchid flowers. IX. Induction and
inhibition of ethylene evolution, anthocyanin synthesis, and perianth
senescence. Botanical Gazette. 41:422-427.
1981. Steen, D.A., Chadwick, A.V.
Ethylene effects in pea stem tissue, evidence of microtubule mediation. Plant. Physiol 67:460-66
1981.
Chadwick, A.V. Precambrian Pollen in the Grand Canyon -- a reexamination.
Origins. 8:7-12.
1982.
Yamamoto, T. and A.V. Chadwick. Identification of fossil wood from the Specimen
Creek area of the Gallatin Petrified Forest, Yellowstone National Park. Part I
Gymnosperms. J. San-iku Gakuin
J C. 10:25-42.
1983. Chadwick, A.V. Cappasporites- a common Middle Pennsylvanian palynomorph. Palynology.
7:205-210.
1983.
Yamamoto, T. and A.V. Chadwick. Identification of fossil wood from the Specimen
Creek area of the Gallatin Petrified Forest, Yellowstone National Park. Part II
Angiosperms. J. San-iku Gakuin
J C. 11:49-66.
1984.
Chadwick, A.V., and T. Yamamoto. A paleoecological
analysis of the petrified trees in the Specimen Creek area of Yellowstone
National Park, Montana, USA. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology.
45:39-48.
1986.
Chadwick, A.V., L.P. Nyman and J. Arditti. Sites of ethylene evolution in
orchid flowers. Lindleyana. 1:164-168.
1987.
Chadwick, A. V. Of Dinosaurs and Men. Origins. 14:33-40.
1997. Kennedy, E., R. Kablanow, and A. V. Chadwick. Evidence for
the deep
water
deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona. in
van Riper, C. III and E. T. Deschler, editors. 1997. Proceedings of the
Third Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.
National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series NPS/NRNAU/NRTP-97/12.
1998 Chadwick, Arthur. Strange
Bedfellows. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. 50:4-5.
1998.
Chadwick, A. and E. Kennedy. Evidence for deep water deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone. 15th International Sedimentological
Congress. 15:247-248.
2000.
Chadwick, Arthur V. and Robert DeHaan. The trilobite:
enigma of complexity - a case for Intelligent Design. Perspectives on Science
and Christian Faith. 52:233-241.
2000.
Turner, L. E., A. V. Chadwick, and L. Spencer. High Resolution GPS Mapping In A Vertebrate Taphonomic Quarry. Geological Society of
America. Abstracts with Program 32:A499.
2001 Chadwick, A. V. Abiogenic Origin
of Life: Theory in Crisis. http://origins.swau.edu/papers/life/chadwick/eng/index.html
(online publication)
2002 Esperante, R, L. Brand, A.
Chadwick and O. Poma. Taphonomy of fossil whales in the diatomaceous sediments
of the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru. In M. De Renzi et. al. (eds) Current Topics on Taphonomy and
Fossilization,
pp. 337-343.
2004 Brand, Leonard R., Raúl Esperante, Arthur V. Chadwick, Orlando Poma
Porras, and Merling Alomía. Fossil whale preservation implies
high diatom
accumulation rate in the Miocene–Pliocene Pisco Formation of Peru. Geology, 32:
165–168.
2007 Woods, J and A. Chadwick.
Development
of an On-line Database with GIS Connections for Vertebrate and Other Fossils, in
Collaboration for the Dissemination of Geologic Information Among Colleagues,
A. Fleming, ed., pp. 53-69, Proceedings vol. 36, Geoscience Information
Society, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007.
2011 Leonard Brand, Mario Urbina,
Arthur Chadwick, Thomas J. DeVries, Raul Esperante.A high resolution stratigraphic
framework for the remarkable fossil cetacean assemblage of the Miocene/Pliocene
Pisco Formation, Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Vol. 31
(2011) 414-425
2015 Esperante, R.,
Brand, L., Chadwick, A., and Poma, O. Taphonomy and paleoenvironmental
conditions of deposition of fossil whales in the
diatomaceous sediments of the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco formation, southern Peru—a
new fossil-lagerstätte. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology.
417:337-370.
2015 Brand, L.,
Wang, M., & Chadwick, A. Global
database of paleocurrent trends through the Phanerozoic and Precambrian. Sci. Data 2:150025 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.25.
2016. Chadwick, A.,
Silver, M., Turner, L., and Woods, J. The application of digital reconstruction
techniques in taphonomy of an Upper Cretaceous dinosaur site in Wyoming.
Journal of Taphonomy 13:1-16.
2018. Mclain, M.,
Siviero, B., Nelson, D., Brand, L. and Chadwick, A. Tyrannosaur
cannibalism: A case of tooth-traced tyrannosaur bone in the Lance Formation of
eastern Wyoming. Palaios 33:164-173.
2020. Siviero, B.
Rega, E., Hayes, W., Cooper, A., Brand, L., and Chadwick, A. Skeletal trauma
with implications for intratail mobility In Edmontosaurus annectens from
a monodominant bonebed, Lance Formation (Maastrichtian), Wyoming USA. Palaios ;
35 (4): 201–214. doi: https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.079
2020. Snyder K, McLain M, Wood J, Chadwick A Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed
help elucidate disarticulation and transport of
an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233182.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233182
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS
1966.
Chadwick, A.V. and S.P. Burg. 1966. Role of ethylene in root geotropism. Plant Physiol.
41:1iii.
1973.
Chadwick, A.V. and D. A. Steen. Effects of deuterium oxide, low temperature and
ethylene on pea growth. Plant Physiol. 51:S-31.
1993.
Chadwick, Arthur V. Megatrends in North American paleocurrents. Symposium on
Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology. SEPM. Abstracts with Program 8:5815.
1996. Kennedy, Elaine G., R. Kablanow, and A. V. Chadwick. A reassessment
of the shallow water depositional model for the Tapeats Sandstone: Evidence for deep water
deposition. Geological Society of America. Abstracts with Program 28:A407.
1999.
Esperante-Caamano, Raul, Leonard R.Brand, Arthur V. Chadwick and Orlando Poma.
Taphonomy of whales in the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Western Peru.
Geological Society of America. Abstracts with Program 31:A466.
2000.Carvajal,
Cristian, Orlando Poma, Arthur Chadwick, and Leonard Brand. Sedimentology And Paleoenviroment Of Whale Bearing Sediments Of The Miocene./Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru. Geological Society
of America. Abstracts with Program 32:A10.
2000.
Esperante-Caamano, Raul, Leonard Brand, Arthur
Chadwick, and Fernando DeLucchi. Fossil Whales Of The Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru: Stratigraphy,
Distribution, And Taphonomy. Geological Society of America. Abstracts with
Program 32:A499
2001 L. Spencer, L. Turner and A.V.
Chadwick, A remarkable vertebrate assemblage from the Lance Formation, Niobrara
County, Wyoming.
Geological Society of America. Abstracts with Program 33:A499.
2002 Chadwick, A., L. Turner and L.
Spencer. Digital Modeling of a Vertebrate Taphonomic Quarry using GIS Software.
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, 22:43A.
2003 Chadwick, A., L. Turner and L.
Spencer. Recreating an Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Assemblage with GIS Software.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,
23:40A.
2004 Chadwick, A. V., L. E. Turner
and Lee Spencer. Five Years experience using GIS for data collection and
analysis in an Upper Cretaceous dinosaur quarry in the Lance Formation. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 24:45A.
2004 Turner, L. E., A. V. Chadwick,
and Lee Spencer. Using rocket science to study rock science. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology,
24:123A.
2005 Woods, J. and A. V. Chadwick.
Development of an on-line database with GIS connections for vertebrate and
other fossils. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 44
2005 Chadwick, A. V., Lee Spencer,
and L. E. Turner
. Taphonomic
windows into an Upper Cretaceous Edmontosaurus bonebed.Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p.
159
2006 Chadwick, A., L. Spencer, L.
Turner Preliminary depositional model for an Upper Cretaceous Edmontosaurus
bonebed. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26:49A
2007 Woods, J and A. Chadwick.Development and use of 3d virtual reality movies
in an online fossil museum. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 39, No.
6, p. 64
2010 Turner, L., B. Neufeld, A.
Chadwick, L. Spencer. Ten years excavation at an extensive Lancian Edmontosaurus bonebed in northeastern Wyoming
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30:179A.
2011 Weeks, R. and A. Chadwick. A
prominent seismite in the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation in northeastern
Wyoming as a stratigraphic marker. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p.
280
2011 Nalin, R., L.R. Brand, &
A.V. Chadwick. Structural and Textural Variability of Mud Mound and
Stromatolite Layers from the Notch Peak Formation (upper Cambrian, Utah,
USA). 28th IAS Program with Abstracts.
2013 Chadwick, A., and L. Brand. Does
the Moenkopi/Chinle contact represent a 10 MY depositional hiatus on the Colorado Plateau? Geological Society of
America. Abstracts with Program 45:241.
2014 Mclain, M., Chadwick, A., Brand,
L., Nelson, D. Solving
taphonomic jigsaw puzzles: Insight into the complex depositional history of a
lance formation (maastrichtian) dinosaur bonebed Geological Society of America.
Abstracts with Program 46:330.
2014 Woods, J. and Chadwick, A. Development and
implementation of an efficient, accessible online museum site and database with open access Geological
Society of America. Abstracts with Program 46:241.
2015 Mclain, M., Siviero, B., Nelson, D., Brand, L. and Chadwick, A. Tyrannosaur cannibalism: A case of tooth-traced tyrannosaur bone in the
Lance Formation of eastern Wyoming. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.68
2015 Sheperd, Z., Mclain, M.,
Snyder, I and
Chadwick, A., Eastern
Wyoming harvester ant mounds reveal rich vertebrate microfossil assemblage. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.347.
2015 Weeks, S., Chadwick, A. and Brand, L. Large dinosaur bonebed
deposited as debris flow: Lance Formation Niobrara County, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.566.
2015 Siviero, B., Mclain, M., Chadwick, A.Telling tooth traces from foramen: a case of
taphonomic detective work on a juvenile ceratopsid surangular from the Lance Formation (Maastrichtian), Wy.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No.
7, p.566.
2015 Coulson, K.,
Chadwick, A. and Brand, L. Microbialite elongation by
means of coalescence: an example from the Upper Cambrian Notch Peak Formation. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.582
2015 Woods, J. and Chadwick, A. Digitization of
taphonomic data in a large active Upper Cretaceous dinosaur site in
northeastern Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Vol. 47, No. 7, p.681
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
California
State Scholarship, 1961-65
United
States Public Health Service Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 1965-66
National
Institutes of Health Training Grant, 1966-69
National
Defense Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1969-70
Visiting
Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 1977-78
Research
Associate, Geoscience Research Institute, 1980-97
Professor
of the Year, 1987
Zapara Award for Excellency in Teaching,
1989
Nominee
Piper Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching 1996
CURRENT
MEMBERSHIPS
Geological
Society of America
Society
of Vertebrate Paleontologists
Society
of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
American
Association of Petroleum Geologists