Andrew J. Stumpf, Ph.D.

Associate Quaternary Geologist
Quaternary and Engineering Geology Section

Phone: 217-244-6462 • Fax: 217-244-2785
E-mail: astumpf@illinois.edu

Research Interests

• Quaternary Geology Staff Page
• Glacial geology and geomorphology of glaciated landscapes
• Stratigraphy and sedimentology of glacial and periglacial systems
• Geologic and terrain stability mapping
• Geochemical analysis of glacial sediments for mineral exploration and environmental assessments
• Borehole geophysics of unconsolidated deposits
• Landscape analysis using remote sensing

Current Projects

• Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping for the Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition-Lake County: 3-D geologic mapping in Lake County, Illinois; Funding source: US Geological Survey; Duration: Ongoing
• National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (STATEMAP): Geologic mapping in Metro Chicago area; Funding source: US Geological Survey; Duration: Ongoing (19.8mb PDF file)
• Illinois River Basin Restoration Project: Watershed and Pool Assessments: Geologic and geomorphic mapping along the Illinois River valley; Funding source: The US Army Corps of Engineers; Duration: Ongoing
• Governor's Water Supply Initiative 2006: 3-D geologic mapping of the Mahomet Aquifer in Illinois; Funding source: Illinois State General Revenue Funds; Duration: 2006-2009
• Improving the Groundwater Flow Model of the Mahomet Aquifer including Geological Mapping & Geophysical Exploration in Champaign County: 3-D geologic mapping in Champaign, Piatt and Coles Counties, Illinois; Funding source: Illinois America Water Company; Duration: 2007-2009
• Geologic Mapping in Illinois: Surficial Geology of the Germantown Hills Quadrangle: 3-D geologic mapping for the Illinois Quadrangle Geologic Mapping Program; Funding source: Illinois State General Revenue Funds.
• Validation of Natural Gamma Logging: Using natural gamma radioactivity to improve interpretation of downhole geophysical logs of unconsolidated materials; Funding source: Illinois State General Revenue Funds; Duration: 2007-2010.

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed manuscripts:

Stumpf, A.J., and D.E. Luman, in press, An interactive 3-D geologic map for Lake County, Illinois, United States of America: Journal of Maps. (Note: must register with Journal of Maps to view the map.)

Stumpf, A.J., B.E. Broster, and V.M. Levson, 2004, Glacial stratigraphy of the Bulkley River region: A depositional framework for the Late Pleistocene in central British Columbia: Géographie physique et Quaternaire, Volume 58, No. 2-3, p. 271-228 (published June 2006) (Note: must subscribe to view the publication.)

Stumpf, A.J., A.K. Hansel, and M.L. Barnhardt, 2006, Geologic mapping of glacial drift aquifers in the Greater Chicago Area, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File 2003-17, 6 p. (2.4mb PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J., B.E. Broster, and V.M. Levson, 2000, Multi-phase flow of the Late Wisconsinan Cordilleran Ice Sheet in western Canada: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Volume 112, No. 12, p. 1150-1163.

Stumpf, A.J., B.E. Broster, V.M. Levson, M. Geertsema, and J.W. Schwab, 1998, Stability of glacial silt and clay deposits in central British Columbia. In Engineering geology, a global view from the Pacific rim: in Proceedings, 8th International Congress, International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, D. Moore and O. Hungr (Eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, Volume 3, p. 1897-1903. (1.1mb PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J., B.E. Broster, and A.A. Seaman, 1997, Lithological and geochemical dispersal in till, McAdam area, New Brunswick: Atlantic Geology, Volume 33, p. 31-42.

Government Reports:

McKay, E.D. III, R.C. Berg, A.K. Hansel, T. Kemmis, A.J. Stumpf, 2005, Quaternary deposits and history of the Ancient Mississippi River valley, north-central Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File 2005-7, 99 p. (47mb PDF file)

Barnhardt, M.L., R.C. Berg, A.K. Hansel, A.J. Stumpf, A.B. Dixon-Warren, C.J. Stohr, D.E. Luman, B.J. Stiff, A.J.M. Pugin, D.R. Larson, T.H. Larson, M.E. Barrett, V.J. Amacher, 2005, Methods and standards development for three-dimensional geologic mapping of the Antioch Quadrangle, Lake County, Illinois: a pilot study: Illinois State Geological Survey Open File 2005-12, 42 p. (6.2mb PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J., 2005, How much data is enough? Detailed geologic mapping near a Superfund site, Wauconda, Illinois: in Extended Abstracts of the Geological Society of America's Workshop Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping for Groundwater Applications, Salt Lake City UT. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5048, p. 89-92. (2.8mb PDF file)

Berg, R.C., E.D McKay, D.A. Keefer, R.A. Bauer, P.D. Johnstone, B.J. Stiff, A. Pugin, C.P. Weibel, A.J. Stumpf, T.H. Larson, W-J. Su, and G.T. Homrighous, 2002, Three-dimensional geologic mapping for transportation planning in central-northern Illinois: Data selection, map construction and model development: in Extended Abstracts of the Geological Society of America's Workshop — Geological Models for Groundwater Flow Modeling, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1449, p. 13-19. (1mb PDF file)

Hansel, A.K., A.J. Stumpf, and M.L. Barnhardt, 2002, Developing a preliminary 3-D model of the Quaternary geology of the Wauconda 7.5-minute Quadrangle: in Extended Abstracts of the Geological Society of America's Workshop - Geological Models for Groundwater Flow Modeling, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1449, p. 23-26. (1mb PDF file)

Levson, V.M., A.J. Stumpf, S.J. Cook, E.K. O'Brien, G.F. Weary, D.G. Meldrum, J. Hobday, C. Churchill, T. Ferbey, D.H Huntley, R. Lett, K.E. Cleary, J. Dubois, and C. Rocha, 2002, Quaternary geology and till geochemistry of the Babine Copper Porphyry Belt (NTS 93 L/9, L/16, M/1, M/2, M/7, M/8): British Columbia Geological Survey, Bulletin 110, 278 p.

Geologic Maps:

• Surficial geology of Spring Bay Quadrangle, Peoria and Woodford Counties, Illinois: IGQ Spring Bay-SG, scale 1:24,000. (2.7mb PDF file)
• Bedrock topography of Spring Bay Quadrangle, Peoria and Woodford Counties, Illinois: IGQ Spring Bay-BT, scale 1:24,000. (4.7mb PDF file)
• Drift thickness of Spring Bay Quadrangle, Peoria and Woodford Counties, Illinois: IGQ Spring Bay-DT, scale 1:24,000. (4.8mb PDF file)
• Soils and parent materials of the Spring Bay Quadrangle, Peoria and Woodford Counties, Illinois: IGQ Spring Bay-SPM, scale 1:24,000. (6.1mb PDF file)
• Surficial geology of Antioch Quadrangle, Lake County, Illinois and Kenosha County, Wisconsin: IPGM Antioch-SG, scale 1:24,000. (3.7mb PDF file)
• Surficial geology of the Grayslake Quadrangle, Lake County, Illinois: IPGM Grayslake-SG, scale 1:24,000. (12.8mb PDF file)
• Surficial Geology of the Wauconda Quadrangle, Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois: IPGM Wauconda-SG, scale 1:24,000. (Warning! 54.4mb PDF file)

Field Trip Guidebooks:

Patterson, C.J., A.K. Hansel, D.M. Mickelson, D.J. Quade, E.A. Bettis, III, P.M. Colgan, E.D. McKay, and A.J. Stumpf, 2003, Contrasting glacial landscapes created by ice lobes of the southern Laurentide Ice Sheet: in Quaternary Geology of the United States - INQUA 2003 Field Guide, D.J. Easterbrook (Ed.): Geological Society of America, p. 135-154.

Abstracts:

Johnson, D.L., A.J. Stumpf and D.N. Johnson, 2007, Loess- and caliche-bearing biomantles and cold-dry desiccation features in Tehuelche gravels, Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia: Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, Program with Abstracts, Volume 39, No. 3, p, Lawrence, KS (15k PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J, A.C. Phillips, G.E. Pociask, L.R. Smith, and W.P. White, 2006, Mass wasting and its control on channel behavior and valley formation in the Partridge Creek watershed, Illinois River valley: in Proceedings of the Second Shlemon Specialty Conference in Engineering Geology: Mass Wasting in Disturbed Watersheds, Geological Society of America, Durango CO. (1.6mb PDF file)

Stohr, C., A.J. Stumpf, B. Stiff, C. Blakley, D. Walgren, and N. Sonie. 2005, Downhole, natural-gamma logging in support of geologic mapping and hydrogeologic investigations in northeastern Illinois: Midwest Ground Water Conference, Program with Abstracts, Urbana, IL. Illinois State Geological Survey Open File 2005-13, p. 49. (5.8mb PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J. and A.K. Hansel, 2005, Cooperative geologic mapping for applied earth science in Wauconda, Illinois: Geological Society of America, Program with Abstracts, volume 37, No. 7, p. 146, Salt Lake City, UT. (192k PDF file)

Hansel, A.K., B.J., Stiff, D.R. Larson, M.L. Barnhardt, and A.J. Stumpf, 2004, Using 3-D models to visualize the hydrogeologic setting for groundwater resources planning: Geological Society of America, Program with Abstracts, volume 36, No. 5, p. 576, Denver, CO. (14k PDF file)

Stiff, B.J., A.J. Stumpf, and M.L. Barnhardt, 2004, Managing a geologic database for groundwater applications: Geological Society of America, Program with Abstracts, Volume 36, No.5, p. 576, Denver CO. (35k PDF file)

Hansel, A.K., A.B. Dixon-Warren, A.J. Stumpf, M.L. Barnhardt, B.J. Stiff, and A.J.M. Pugin, 2004, The application of three-dimensional geologic mapping for groundwater management in northeastern Illinois: Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, Volume 29, p. 464, St. Catherines ON. (35k PDF file)

Stohr, C.J., B.B Curry, A.B Dixon-Warren, M.L. Barnhardt, D.R. Larson, A. Phillips, A.J. Stumpf, J. Duval, B. Guttmann, and D. Korth, 2004. Downhole geophysical logging for Quaternary mapping applied to hydrogeologic and environmental issues: Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting, Program with Abstracts, Volume 36, No. 3, p. 44, St. Louis MO. (55k PDF file)

Hansel, A.K., M.L. Barnhardt, A.J. Stumpf, B.J. Stiff, 2003, Three-dimensional geologic mapping and groundwater applications in northeastern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Program with Abstracts, Volume 34, No. 7, p. 66, Seattle WA. (160k PDF file)

Barnhardt, B.L., B.J. Stiff, A.K. Hansel, A.J. Stumpf, A.B. Dixon-Warren, D.E. Luman, and C.J. Stohr, 2003, New protocols, processes, products, and applications of 3-D geologic mapping in northeastern Illinois: Geological Society of America, Program with Abstracts, Volume 36, No. 5, p. 576, Seattle WA. (152k PDF file)

Stumpf, A.J. and B.E. Broster, 2003, The assessment of landslide risk in unconsolidated glacigenic deposits: Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, Volume 28, Vancouver BC. (69k PDF file)

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Updated 10/10/2011 SLD