Wayne T. Jolly, PhD (1940–2008)

Professor Wayne Jolly sadly passed away on February 9, 2008. He will be greatly missed by the Department and by colleagues and friends worldwide. A celebration of his life and work took place at Pond Inlet, Brock University, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 5.00 p.m. Wayne's family, the Brock community, and many of Wayne's former students were in attendance.

On February 27–March 1, 2008, the Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez held the 24th Annual Symposium of Caribbean Geology – A Wayne Jolly Memorial.

On April 1, 2008, Prof. Alan Dickin of McMaster University presented a Departmental talk entitled: Geological and literary evidence about Noah’s Flood: A tribute to Wayne Jolly’s interest in ancient history.

Professor

Petrologist specializing in petrogenesis of island arc volcanic rocks and associated peridotite sources and subducted sediments from the Caribbean region.

Biography

Career History

• 1994–present: Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
• 1994–1995: Acting Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University
• 1980–1985: Chairman, Department of Geological Sciences, Brock University
• 1980–1995: Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
• 1975–1980: Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, Brock University
• 1971–1975: Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, Brock University
• 1970–1972: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon
• 1969–1970: Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York at Binghamton

Qualifications

• Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton, 1971
• M.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 1966
• B.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 1965
• B.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1963

Teaching

• ERSC 2P21 Introduction to Mineralogy
• ERSC 3P94 Advanced Igneous Petrology
• ERSC 4P21 Metamorphic Petrology
• ERSC 4P15 Precambrian Geology (offered in alternate years)

Research

The principal thrust of present research includes major and trace element and isotope geochemistry of island arc volcanic rocks in the northeast Antilles, including Puerto Rico, the US and British Virgin Islands.

Specific research interests and activities

• The role of subducted pelagic sediments in Antilles island arc volcanism
• Low-pressure crustal melting processes and the generation of plagiorhyolites in island arc terrains
• Geochemistry of pre-arc basement rocks in the northeast Antilles, including normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (Jurassic MORB) and incompatible element enriched within-plate basalt (WPB)

Publications

Recent research articles on Antilles geochemistry and related topics

• Jolly, W.T., Lidiak, E.G., 2006. Role of crustal melting in petrogenesis of the Cretaceous Water Island Formation (Virgin Islands, northeast Antilles Island arc). Geologica Acta 4, 7-28.
• Jolly, W.T., Lidiak, E.G., and Dickin, A.P., 2006. Cretaceous to Mid-Eocene pelagic sediment budget in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (the northeast Antilles Island arc). Geologica Acta 4, 35-62.
• Jolly, W.T., E.G. Lidiak, A.P. Dickin, and T.-W. Wu, 2002. Recycling in the Puerto Rican mantle wedge, Greater Antilles Island Arc. The Island Arc10, 10–24.
• Jolly, W.T., E.G. Lidiak, A.P. Dickin, and T.-W. Wu, 2001. Secular geochemistry of central Puerto Rican island arc lavas: Constraints on Mesozoic tectonism in the eastern Greater Antilles, J. Petrol. 42, 2197–2214.
• Jolly, W.T., E.G. Lidiak, H.S. Schellekens, and S. Santos, 1998a. Volcanism, tectonics, and stratigraphic correlations in Puerto Rico, in Tectonics and Geochemistry of the Northeastern Caribbean, Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap. 322, 1–32.
• Jolly, W.T., E.G. Lidiak, A.P. Dickin and T.-W. Wu, 1998b. Geochemical diversity of Mesozoic island arc tectonic blocks, eastern Puerto Rico, in Tectonics and Geochemistry of the Northeastern Caribbean, Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap.322, 67–89.
• Lidiak, E.G. and Jolly, W.T., 1998. Geochemistry of intrusive igneous rocks, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, in Tectonics and Geochemistry of the Northeastern Caribbean, Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap. 322, 133–153.
• Lidiak, E.G. and Jolly, W.T., 1996. Circum-Caribbean granitoids: Characteristics and Origin, Internat. Geol. Rev.38, 1098–1133.
• Lidiak, E.G. and Jolly, W.T., 1996. Rare earth elements in the geological sciences. In: Evans, C.H., ed., Episodes from the history of the rare earth elements, Dorddrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chemists and Chemistry 100, 282–298.

Recent talks, published conference abstracts, field trip guides

• Jolly W.T. , 2005. Tectonic development of the northeast Antilles Island arc. Niagara Peninsula Geological Society, December 16, 2005. (Invited talk).
• Jolly, W.T. , Lidiak, E.G., and Dickin, A.P., 2005. Pelagic sediment budget in the northeast Antilles Island Arc, Transactions, 17 th International Caribbean Geological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 17–24, 2005 (in press, 2006).
• Jolly, W.T., 2005. Role of crustal melting in petrogenesis of the Water Island formation, Northeast Antilles, Transactions, 17 th International Caribbean Geological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 17–24, 2005 (in press, 2006)
• Jolly, W.T., Santos, H., 2005. Geology of Puerto Rico: Post-conference field trip guide, Transactions, 17 th International Caribbean Geological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 17–24, 2005, 73 pp. (in press, 2006)
• Jolly, W.T. , Lidiak, E.G., and Dickin, A.P., 2004. Petrology of the Water Island formation, Virgin Islands, Geological Association of Canada Annual Meetings, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May, 2004.

Funding & Activities

Funding

• NSERC Discovery grant, 2002–2006, $45,000 for tectonic and geochemical studies in the northeast Antilles

Internal Activities

• Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA