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Arthur N. Palmer
Résumé
Professional status
Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Oneonta, hydrology and geochemistry
Director of B.A./B.S. program in Water Resources, SUNY Oneonta, 1980-2005.
Academic background
B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1962, Geology
M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1965, Geology
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969, Hydrogeology. Dissertation = A hydrologic study of the Indiana karst.
Selected publications
Palmer, A.N., 1972, Dynamics of a sinking stream system -- Onesquethaw Cave, New York: National
Speleological Society Bulletin, v. 34, p. 89-110.
Palmer, A.N., 1975, Origin of maze caves: National Speleological Society Bulletin, v. 37, p. 56-76.
Palmer, A.N., 1977, Influence of geologic structure on groundwater flow and cave development in
Mammoth Cave National Park, U.S.A.: International Association of Hydrogeologists, 12th
Memoirs, p. 405-414.
Palmer, A.N., 1981, A geologic guide to Mammoth Cave National Park: Teaneck, N.J., Zephyrus Press,
210 p.
Palmer, A.N., 1984, Geomorphic interpretation of karst features, in R.G. LaFleur, ed., Groundwater as a
geomorphic agent: Boston, Allen and Unwin, p. 173-209.
Palmer, A.N., 1987, Cave levels and their interpretation: National Speleological Society Bulletin, v. 49, p.
50-66.
Palmer, A.N., 1988, Solutional enlargement of openings in the vicinity of hydraulic structures in karst
regions: Dublin, Ohio, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Environmental Problems in Karst
Terranes, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, p. 3-13.
Palmer, A.N., 1989, (1) Stratigraphic and structural control of cave development and groundwater flow in
the Mammoth Cave region; and (2) Geomorphic history of the Mammoth Cave System, in W.B.
White and E.L. White, eds., Karst Hydrology -- concepts from the Mammoth Cave area: New
York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, p. 293-316, 317-363.
Palmer, A.N., 1990, Groundwater processes in karst terranes, in C.G. Higgins and D.R. Coates, eds.,
Groundwater geomorphology: Geological Society of America Special Paper 252, p. 177-209.
Palmer, A.N., 1991, Origin and morphology of limestone caves: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 103, p. 1-21.
Palmer, A.N., Rubin, P.A., and Palmer, M.V., 1991, Interaction between karst and glaciation in the
Helderberg Plateau, Schoharie and Albany Counties, New York: New York State Geological
Association, guidebook to field excursions, 63rd annual meeting, Oneonta, N.Y., p. 161-190.
Palmer, A.N., 1995, Geochemical models for the origin of macroscopic solution porosity in carbonate
rocks, in D.A. Budd, P.M. Harris, and A. Saller (eds.), Unconformities in carbonate strata: their
recognition and the significance of associated porosity: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, Memoir 63, p. 77-101.
Palmer, A.N., 2001, Dynamics of cave development by allogenic water: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Acta
Carsologica, v. 30, no. 2, p. 13-32.
Palmer, A.N., 2006, Digital modeling of karst aquifers―Successes, failures, and promises, in Harmon,
R.S., and Wicks, C.M. (eds.), Perspectives on karst geomorphology, hydrology, and
geochemistry: A tribute volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White: Geological Society of
America, Special Paper 404, p. 243-250.
Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., 1989, Geologic history of the Black Hills caves, South Dakota: National
Speleological Society Bulletin, v. 51, p. 72-99.
Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., 1995, The Kaskaskia paleokarst of the Northern Rocky Mountains and
Black Hills, northwestern U.S.A.: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 10, no. 2, p.148-160.
Palmer, A.N., Palmer, M.V., and Sasowsky, I.D., eds., 1999, Karst modeling: Charles Town, W.Va.,
Karst Waters Institute, Special Publication 5, 265 p.
Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., 2000, Hydrochemical interpretation of cave patterns in the Guadalupe
Mountains, New Mexico: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 62, no. 2, p. 91-108.
Palmer, A.N., Rubin, P.A., Palmer, M.V., Engel, T.D., and Morgan, B., 2003, Karst of the Schoharie
Valley, New York: New York State Geological Association, Field-Trip Guidebook, 75th Annual
Meeting, Oneonta, NY, p. 141-176.
Palmer, A.N., 2004, Growth and modification of epikarst, in W.K. Jones, D.C. Culver, and J.S. Herman
(eds.), Epikarst: Charles Town, WV, Karst Waters Institute, Special Publication 9, p. 56-61.
Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., 2004, Sulfate-carbonate interactions in the development of karst:
Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 26, no. 1-2, p. 93-106.
Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., 2006, Hydraulic considerations in the development of tiankengs: Cave
and Karst Science, v. 32, no. 2-3, p. 101-106. Simultaneously released in Chinese, in Carsologica
Sinica, v. 25 Supplement, p. 71-78.
Palmer, A.N., 2006, Support for a sulfuric acid origin for caves in the Guadalupe Mountains, New
Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Gudebook, 57th Field Conference, p. 195-202.
Palmer, A.N., 2007, Cave geology: Dayton, Ohio, Cave Books, 454 p.
Granger, D., Fabel, D., and Palmer, A., 2001, Pliocene-Pleistocene incision of the Green River, Kentucky,
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determined from radioactive decay of cosmogenic Al and Be in Mammoth Cave sediments:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, no. 7, p. 825-836.
Hose, L., Palmer, A., Palmer, M., Northup, D., Boston, P., and DuChene, H., 2000, Microbiology and
geochemistry in a hydrogen-sulphide-rich environment: Chemical Geology, v. 169, p. 399-423.
Klimchouk, A., Ford, D., Palmer, A., and Dreybrodt, W., eds., 2000, Speleogenesis -- evolution of karst
aquifers: Huntsville, Ala., National Speleological Society, 527 p.
Milunich, K., and Palmer, A., 1997, Gravity survey of a buried pre-glacial valley in east-central New
York and interpretation of glacial effects on karst drainage: The Compass, v. 74, no. 1, p. 7-13.
Palmer, M.V., and Palmer, A.N., 1975, Landscape development in the Mitchell Plain of southern Indiana:
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, v. 19, no. 1, p. 1-39.
Palmer, M.V., and Palmer, A.N., 1989, Paleokarst of the United States, in P. Bosák, ed., Paleokarst:
Prague, Academia/ Elsevier, p. 337-363.
Memberships
Geological Society of America (fellow).
Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, National Ground Water Association
Karst Waters Institute (board of directors)
National Speleological Society (fellow, honorary member; chairman of Research Advisory Committee,
1988-1994)
Cave Research Foundation (Scientific and Cartographic Committees)
British Cave Research Association
Awards
Certificate of Merit from National Speleological Society for work in karst hydrology, 1970.
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1979.
Honorary life membership in National Speleological Society, 1982.
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professorship, 1994.
Kirk Bryan Award from Geological Society of America, for the paper "Origin and morphology of
limestone caves," GSA Bulletin, v. 103 (1991), p. 1-25, 1994.
Lifetime Achievement in Science Award from National Speleological Society, 1996.
Fellow of Geological Society of America, 1996.
SUNY Chancellor’s Research Recognition Award, 2002.
Lifetime Achievement Award from Karst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV, 2004.
Part-time employment (condensed)
Geologic consultant for:
Time-Life Books, Planet Earth Series (1982).
National Park Service:
Interpretive programs, Mammoth Cave National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel
Cave National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1974-present). National
Natural Landmark Program (1985).
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History (1987-1991).
Town of Oneonta, N.Y., and City of Oneonta: geophysical and hydrologic field work to locate
and evaluate groundwater supplies (1989-91).
Stone Resource and Energy Corp., Worthington, Ohio: petrologic and geochemical analysis of a well core
through the Knox unconformity in Coshocton County, Ohio (1987).
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: geologic mapping, geochemical and petrologic studies, and
preparation of interpretive materials, Forestville State Park (1991-1995).
ARCO Exploration and Production Technology, Inc., Plano, Texas: geologic consultant (Dec. 1996 - Jan.
97).
Bray Engineering, Bovina Center, NY: groundwater modeling for a proposed recreational park,
Cooperstown, NY (2000).
MacGillivray-Freeman Films, Laguna Park, Calif.: Technical advisor for IMAX film on caves (19992001).
Public service (condensed)
Analysis of aquifers, well sites, and heat-flow problems for City of Oneonta, 1982-2005.
Evaluation of bedrock aquifer characteristics in the Town of Meredith, Delaware County, 1991-92.
Evaluation of effect of pumping of SUNY Cobleskill aquaculture wells on nearby groundwater levels,
1991-92.
Advisor to Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., regarding watershed management of
water supplies in soluble bedrock (2000-2001).