Dr. Hugh H. Mills III

Contact

Office: 301 Kittrell Hall
Phone: (931)372-3521
Fax: (931)372-3363
Email: hmills@tntech.edu
Personal Website

Department of Earth Sciences
Tennessee Technological University
Box 5062
Cookeville, TN 38505

Education

Duke University 1959-1963 B. A. 6/63 (Psychology)

University of North Carolina 1969-1972 M. S. 8/72 (Geology)
Thesis: Variation of drumlin form

University of Washington 1972-1975 Ph. D. 8/75 (Geology)
Dissertation: Sediment characteristics of some small temperate glaciers

Research Interests

Courses Taught

Physical Geology, Environmental Geology, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, Geology for Engineers, Computer Techniques in Geology, and Senior Thesis

Honors/Awards

TTU Geoclub Outstanding Faculty Award 1981, 1988, 2005, TTU
College of Arts & Sciences Award for Research and Creative Activity, 2005, TTU

Selected Publications

Mills, H. H., 1976, Estimated erosion rates on Mount Rainier, Washington: Geology, v. 4, p. 401-406.

_____, 1977, Differentiation of glacier environments by sediment characteristics: Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 47, p. 728-737.

_____, 1977, Textural characteristics of drift from some representative Cordilleran glaciers: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 1135-1143.

_____, 1978, Hillslope evolution on the Pennington Formation, central Tennessee: An illustration of dynamic equilibrium: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, v. 53, p. 150-153.

_____, 1979, Downstream rounding of pebbles: A quantitative review: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 49, p. 295-302.

_____, 1980, An analysis of drumlin form in the northeastern and north-central United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part I, v. 91, p. 637-639; Part II, v. 91, p. 2214-2289.

_____, 1981, Boulder deposits and the retreat of mountain slopes, or, "gully gravure" revisited: Journal of Geology, v. 89, p. 649-660.

_____, 1982, Long-term episodic deposition on mountain foot slopes in the Blue Ridge province of North Carolina: Evidence from relative-age dating: Southeastern Geology, v. 23, p. 123-128.

Mills, H. H., and Starnes, D. D., 1983, Sinkhole morphometry in a fluviokarst region: Eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, v. 27, p. 39-54.

Mills, H. H., 1983, Pediment evolution at Roan Mountain, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Geografiska Annaler, v. 65A, p. 111-126.

_____, 1984, Effect of hillslope angle and substrate on tree tilt, and the denudation of hillslopes by tree fall: Physical Geography, v. 5, p. 253-261.

Mills, H. H., and Wagner, J. R., 1985, Long-term change in regime of New River indicated by vertical variation in extent and weathering intensity of alluvium: Journal of Geology, v. 93, p. 131-142.

Mills, H. H., 1986, Downslope movement of in situ clasts on forested hillslopes, Virginia: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 11, p. 451-456.

_____, 1986, Possible differential uplift of New River terraces in southwestern Virginia: Neotectonics, v. 1, p. 75-86.

Mills, H. H., Brakenridge, G. R., Jacobson, R. B., Newell, W. L., Pavich, M. J., and Pomeroy, J. S., 1987, Chapter 2: Appalachian Mountains and Plateaus, in Graf, W. L., ed., Geomorphic systems of North America: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Centennial Special Volume 2, p. 5-50.

_____, 1987, Variation in sedimentary properties of colluvium as a function of topographic setting, Valley and Ridge province, Virginia: Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, v. 31, p. 277-292.

_____, 1988, Surficial geology and geomorphology of the Mountain Lake area, Giles County, Virginia, including sedimentological studies of colluvium and boulder streams: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1469, 57 p.

_____, 1989, Hollow form as a function of boulder size in the Valley and Ridge province, southwestern Virginia: Geology, v. 17, p. 595-598.

_____, 1990, Thickness and character of regolith on mountain slopes in the vicinity of Mountain Lake, Virginia, as indicated by seismic refraction, and implications for hillslope evolution: Geomorphology, v. 3, p. 143-157.

_____, 1990, Geologic and topographic controls on the rapids of the New River gorge, West Virginia: Southeastern Geology, v. 31, p. 45-62.

Mills, H. H., and Delcourt, P. A., 1991, Chapter 15: Appalachian Highlands and Interior Low Plateaus, in Morrison, R. B., ed., Quaternary non-glacial geology of the conterminous United States: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. K-2, p. 611-628.

Soller, D., and Mills, H. H., 1991, Surficial geology and geomorphology, in Horton, J.W., Jr., and Zullo, V.A., eds., The geology of the Carolinas: Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, p. 290-308.

Bartholomew, M. J., and Mills, H. H., 1991, The course of the New River: its late Cenozoic migration and bedrock control inferred from high-level stream gravels in southwestern Virginia: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 73-81.

Mills, H. H., 1992, Post-eruption erosion and deposition in the 1980 crater of Mount St. Helens, Washington, determined from digital maps: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 17, p. 739-754.

Mills, H. H., and Allison, J. B., 1994, Controls on the variation of fan-surface age in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina: Physical Geography, 1994, v. 15, p. 465-480.

_____, 1995, Weathering and soil development on fan surfaces as a function of height above modern drainageways, Roan Mountain, North Carolina: Geomorphology, v. 14, p. 1-17.

_____, 1995, Weathering rinds and the evolution of piedmont slopes in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains: Journal of Geology, v. 103, p. 379-394.

Mills, H. H., and Speece, M. A., 1997, Ground-penetrating radar exploration of alluvial fans in the southern Blue Ridge province, North Carolina: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 3, p. 487-499.

Mills, H. H., 1998, Before Burgess Falls: Prehistoric change in the course of Falling Water River, eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences, v. 73, p. 82-86.

Stephenson, S. L., and Mills, H. H., 1999, Contrasting vegetation of noses and hollows in the Valley and Ridge province, southwestern Virginia: The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, v. 126, p. 197-212.

Mills, H. H., and Stephenson, S. L., 1999, Forest vegetation on boulder streams in the central Appalachian Valley and Ridge province, southwestern Virginia: The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, v. 126, p. 188-196.

Mills, H. H., 2000, The relationship of slope angle to regolith clast size: a study based on surficial mapping in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains: Southeastern Geology, v. 39, p. 243-258.

_____, 2000, Controls on form process, and sedimentology of alluvial fans in the Central and Southern Appalachians, southeastern U.S.A.: Southeastern Geology, v. 39, p. 281-313.

_____, 2000, Apparent increasing rates of stream incision in the eastern United States during the late Cenozoic: Geology, v. 28, p. 955-957.

Mills, H. H., and Mills, R. T., 2001, Evolution of undercut slopes on abandoned incised meanders in the eastern Highland Rim of Tennessee, USA: Geomorphology, v. 38, p. 317-336.

Shofner, G. A., Mills, H. H., and Duke, J. E., 2001, A simple map index of karstification and its relationship to sinkhole and cave distribution in Tennessee: Journal of Caves and Karst Studies, v. 63, p. 67-75. Karst Map of TN

Mills, H. H., 2003, Inferring erosional resistance of bedrock units in the east Tennessee mountains from digital elevation data, in Butler, D. R., Walsh, S. J., and Malanson, G. P., eds., 2003, Mountain geomorphology - Integrating Earth Systems: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, October 20-21, 2001: Geomorphology, v. 55, no. 1-4, p. 263-281.

_____, 2005, Relative age dating of transported regolith and application to the study of landform evolution in the Appalachians, in Phillips, J. D., ed., Weathering and landscape evolution: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Lexington, KY, October 1-3, 2004: Geomorphology, v. 67, p. 63-96.



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