CURRICULUMVITAE
CHERYLWATERS-TORMEY
Dept.GeosciencesandNaturalResources,WesternCarolinaUniversity,NC,USA
+1828-227-3696(office)
+1828-575-4565(mobile)
cherylwt@wcu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D.,StructuralGeology,UniversityofWisconsin(Minor:Geophysics)
1999-2004
Strainheterogeneityinlowercontinentalcrust:Mt.Hayregion,AruntaBlock,
CentralAustralia
M.S.,StructuralGeology,UniversityofNorthCarolina
1997-1999
Mappingandrelatedstudiesofpre-Allegheniantectonicfeatureswithinthe
BlueRidgethrustcomplexofwesternNorthCarolina:MicavilleQuadrangle
B.S.,Geology,DukeUniversity
Honorsthesis:CrystalSizeDistributionTheory:ApplicationtoChromititefrom
1991-1995
theStillwaterComplex,Montana
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Collaborator,NorthernTerritoryGeologicalSurvey,Australia
2013-present
AssociateProfessor(tenured),WesternCarolinaUniversity
2004-present
TEACHINGPHILOSOPHY
Threeoverallgoalsrepresentmyteachingphilosophy:(1)tobuildstudents’respectforandjoyinthe
physicalworld;(2)toencouragestudentstobethoughtful,self-aware,informed,andcommunicativelocal
andglobalcitizens;(3)topreparestudentstobepracticinggeologiststhroughmajorclassesandresearch
experiences.
COURSESTAUGHT(last5years)
*involvesamulti-dayfieldworkand/orfieldtripinNC
InvestigationsinEnvironmentalGeology(Geol140;eachsemester)
Geophysics(Geol330or393;alternateyears)
*StructuralGeology(Geol371;alternateyears)
Tectonics(Geol471;alternateyears)
Topicalseminars(Geol491or494;alternateyears):*fieldtripcourses,CareersinGeologyseminar
*Undergraduateresearch(yearly):Capstoneresearchseminar(Geol495)and/orseniorthesis(Geol499)
PUBLICATIONS
Waters-Tormey,C.,Ashley,K.T.,Tracy,R.,Jones,D.,Accepted.TheMountHayblock,centralAustralia:An
importantpuzzlepieceforPaleo-Mesoproterozoictectonichistory.PrecambrianResearch,22pp.
Latham,R.S.,Wooten,R.M.,Billington,N.,Witt,A.C.,Gillon,K.A.,Douglas,T.J.,Fuemmeler,S.J.,Bauer,J.B.,
Kinner,D.,Waters-Tormey,C.,2011,TheHuntersCrossingweathered-rockslide,HaywoodCounty,
NorthCarolina,USA.In:Calcaterra,D.(Ed.),Weatheringandlandslides,GeologicalSocietyofLondon
EngineeringGeologySpecialPublication23,149-166.
Waters-Tormey,C.,Stewart,K.,2010.Heterogeneouswrench-dominatedtranspressioninthedeepcrust
recordedbytheBurnsvillefaultandrelatedstructures,BlueRidge,NorthCarolina:Implicationsforthe
AcadianorogenyintheSouthernAppalachians.In:Tollo,R.P.,Bartholomew,M.J.,Hibbard,J.P.,and
Karabinos,P.M.(Eds.),FromRodiniatoPangea:TheLithotectonicRecordoftheAppalachianRegion.
GeologicalSocietyofAmericaMemoir206.
Waters-Tormey,C.,Goodwin,L.B.,Tikoff,B.,Staffier,K.,Kelso,P.,2009.Agranulitefaciesnormalshearzone
exposedintheAruntaInlierofcentralAustralia:Implicationsfordeepcrustaldeformationduringoblique
divergence.In:Miller,R.B.,andSnoke,A.W.(Eds.),CrustalcrosssectionsfromthewesternNorth
AmericanCordilleraandelsewhere:Implicationsfortectonicandpetrologicprocesses.GeologicalSociety
ofAmericaSpecialPaper456,p.267–286.
Waters-Tormey,C.,Tikoff,B.,2007.Characteristicsofakilometer-scalehighstrainzoneinthelower
continentalcrust:Mt.Hayblock,centralAustralia.JournalofStructuralGeology29,562-582.
Trupe,C.H.,Stewart,K.G.,Adams,M.G.,Waters,C.L.,Miller,B.V.,Hewitt,L.K.,2003.TheBurnsvillefault:
EvidenceforthetimingandkinematicsofAcadiandextraltransformtectonicsinthesouthern
Appalachians.GeologicalSocietyofAmericaBulletin115,1365-1376.
Waters,C.,Tikoff,B.,Goodwin,L.B.,Little,T.A.,2002.Ductileinstabilitiesandstructuralheterogeneityinthe
lowercontinentalcrust.In:Goff,J.A.,Holliger,K.(Eds.),Heterogeneityinthecrustanduppermantle:
nature,scalingandseismicproperties,Kluwer,pp.1-36.
Tikoff,B.,Teyssier,C.,Waters,C.,2001.Clutchtectonicsandtheattachmentoflithosphericlayers.In:
Bertotti,G.,Schulmann,K.,Cloetingh,S.A.P.L.(Eds.),Continentalcollisionandthetectono-sedimentary
evolutionofforelands,EuropeanGeosciencesUnionStephanMuellerSpecialPublicationSeries1,pp.5773.(URL:http://www.stephan-mueller-spec-publ-ser.net/1/index.html)
Waters,C.L.,1999.Mappingandrelatedstudiesofpre-AllegheniantectonicfeatureswithintheBlueRidge
thrustcomplexofwesternNorthCarolina:MicavilleQuadrangle.M.S.thesiswith7.5’geologicalmap,
UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,87pp.
Tivey,M.A.,Johnson,H.P.,Fleutelot,C.,Hussenoeder,S.,Lawrence,R.M.,Waters,C.,Wooding,F.B.,1998.
Directmeasurementofmagneticreversalpolarityboundariesinacross-sectionofoceaniccrust.
GeophysicalResearchLetters25,3631.
Waters,C.,Boudreau,A.E.,1996,Areevaluationofcrystalsizedistributionsinchromitecumulates.American
Mineralogist81,1452-1459.
CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS,lastfiveyears
*undergraduateresearchers
*Keever,Jr.,M.,Waters-Tormey,C.,Mills,R.,2016.Fieldandgeochemicalconstraintsontheoriginofthe
PanthertownValleyfelsiccomplex:westernNC.GeologicalSocietyofAmericaAbstractswithPrograms
48,doi:10.1130/abs/2016SE-273879.
*Allen,K.,*Haddon,A.,*BrazeltonJ.,*Dodgin,L.,*Gatlin,J.,*Hartigan,S.,*Howard,S.,*Lilly,C.,*Reiford,
M.,Waters-Tormey,C.,2016.Usingductilestrainpatternstoinferdevelopmentoffractures:an
examplefromthePanthertownconservationarea,NC.GeologicalSocietyofAmericaAbstractswith
Programs48,doi:10.1130/abs/2016SE-273402.
Waters-Tormey,C.,*Fowler,A.,Beyer,E.,Reno,B.,Weisheit,A.,Whelan,J.,2015.Constraintsonthe
evolutionofstructuralcompartmentswithunconventionalreservoirpotentialinthesoutheastern
GeorginaBasinarea,Australia,fromadjacentbasementexposures.AmericanAssociationofPetroleum
Geologists(AAPG)AnnualConventionAbstracts.
*Fowler,A.,Waters-Tormey,C.,2015.Microstructuralevidenceofcyclichydraulicandcataclasticbrecciation
inadilationalfaultzone,JervoisRangeregion,CentralAustralia.GeologicalSocietyofAmericaAbstracts
withPrograms47,p.78.
*Williams,G.,Waters-Tormey,C.,Kinner,D.,2015.Fold-relatedstructures:implicationsforvariabilityin
groundwaterstorageandrechargeintheBlueRidge,westernNorthCarolina.GSAAbstractswith
Programs47,p.78.
Waters-Tormey,C.,Ashley,K.T.,Tracy,R.,2014.Two-stagedeformation,andtwostylesoflocalization,ina
deepcrustalnormalsenseshearzone:MountHayblock,CentralAustralia.GSAAbstractswithPrograms
46,p.238.
*Williams,G.,Waters-Tormey,C.,Kinner,D.,2014.Relationshipsbetweenfracturepatternsandkm-scale
structuresinlow-porosityrockasinferredfromgeomorphology:implicationsforfluid/gasstorageand
permeability.GSAAbstractswithPrograms46,p.97.
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Waters-Tormey,C.,Whelan,J.,Kositcin,N.,Beyer,E.,Kraus,S.,Reno,B.,2014.Usingbasementexposuresto
betterunderstandinfluenceofdeepstructureonthestructuralevolutionofintracontinentalbasinswith
unconventionalreservoirpotential.AAPGAnnualConventionAbstracts.
Whelan,J.A.,Beyer,E.E.,Reno,B.L.,Kraus,S.,Kositcin,N.,Waters-Tormey,C.,2014.Buildingonthe
geologicalframeworkoftheeasternAruntaRegion:recentregionalgeologicalinvestigationsinthe
JervoisRangearea.In,AnnualGeoscienceExplorationSeminar(AGES),Abstracts.NorthernTerritory
GeologicalSurvey,Record2014-001.Extendedabstractsandpresentationsavailableonlinehere.
*Weir,A.F.,*Harrison,C.S.,*Wiggins,J.N.,Waters-Tormey,C.,Jones,D.,2012.TheCapricornRidgeshear
zone:anexposednaturallaboratoryincentralAustraliaanditsimplicationonstrainlocalizationduring
crustalextension.GeologicalSocietyofAmericaAbstractswithPrograms44,p.8.
*Savitsky,L.,Waters-Tormey,C.,Kinner,D.,Campbell,T.,2011.Groundwaterflowthroughfracturesin
crystallinerockintheCoweetagroupatCoweetaHydrologicLaboratory,NorthCarolina.Geological
SocietyofAmericaAbstractswithPrograms43,p.6.
SHORTCOURSESANDPROFESSIONALTRAINING
2015
GeologicalMechanicsontheRocks:Stress,Deformation,andRockPropertieswith
ApplicationtoReservoirStimulationandManagement:Casper,WY,AAPGACE(4days)
2014
ShalereservoirevaluationshortcoursebyCoreLabs:Houston,TX,AAPGACE(1day)
2010
FieldSafetyLeadershipshortcoursebyExxonMobilResearchCo.:Denver,CO,GSA(2days)
2003
IntegratedBasinExplorationShortCourse,sponsoredbyExxonMobilUpstreamResearchand
ExplorationCompanies:SaltLakeCity,UT(3days)
1996-7
AnalysisofGeologicalData,ExplorationGeophysics,SequenceStratigraphy,Reflection
SeismicProcessing:graduatecoursework,RiceUniversity,Houston,TX(2semesters)
1995
WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitutionSummerFellow(deepsubmersiblevehicleALVIN
scienceteam,BlancoFractureZone,JuandeFucamid-oceanRidge,northeasternPacific)
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