Educational Background

Research Specializations

Ongoing Projects

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of  Pennsylvanian fluvial deltaic deposits in the Michigan basin, Saginaw and Grand River fms; Bedrock aquifers in Central lower Michigan; recent AAPG Eastern Section Abstract., pdf format presentation

Enlist, Equip and Empower (E³)
A Program for the Preparation of Middle School Science Teachers; Redesign of GEOS 301, Minerals and Rocks, with emphasis on an Active Learning Environmet. Project Home Page

DOE/NETL - Midwest Regional  Carbon Sequestration Partnership; Study of Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in the Michiganbasin. Project www site

Establishing the Relationship Betwee Fracture-related Dolomite and Primary Rock Fabric on the Distribution of Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin. Diagenesis, Reservoir Characterization, and Technology Transfer relating to Dolomized Hydrocarbon Reseervoirs in the Michigan Basin. Award notice www page.

Courses Taught

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Geol 435

Ocean Systems, Geol. 322

Minerals and Rocks, Geos 301

Various other Graduate/Seminar Courses including:

Coastal Geology,

Spatial Data Analysis in the Geosciences

Clastic Sedimentary Petrology

Clastic Depositional Systems/Advanced Stratigraphy

Selected Publications [5]

1. Barnes, D.A. and Venable N. B., 2004; Incised Valley Fill Stratigraphic Model for Coarse-Grained, Upper(?) Pennsylvanian, Bedrock Aquifers in Central Lower Michigan; 33rd Annual Eastern Section AAPG Meeting October 3-5, Columbus, Ohio.


2. Barnes, D.A., Kovacich, M.S., and Limesz, S., 2004, Shore Protection and Coastal Change on the Lake Michigan Shore: Duck Lake, Orchard Beach State Park, and Onekama, Michigan, Michigan Academician, v. 35, no.4, pp 387-424.


3. Barnes, D.A., 2001, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Sag River Formation, Northern NPR-Alaska, in: Houseknecht, D.W., ed.,NPRA Core Workshop, Petroleum Plays and Systems in the National Petroleum Reserve -Alaska, S.E.P.M. Core Workshop No. 21.


4. Barnes, D.A., Harrison, W.B., III, and Shaw, T.H., 1996, Lower-Middle Ordovician lithofacies and interregional correlation, Michigan basin, U.S.A.: in Witzke, B.J., Ludvigson, G.A., and Day, Jed, eds., Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy: Views from the North American Craton; GSA Sp. Pap. 306, pp.35-54.
5. Girard, J-P and Barnes, D A, 1995, Illitization and Paleothermal Regimes in the Middle Ordovician St. Peter Sandstone, Central Michigan Basin, United States: K-Ar, Oxygen Isotope, and Fluid Inclusion Data. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geology Bull., v. 79, p.49-69.