John
Charles Butler
Professor, Geosciences, Associate Dean, Natural Sciences and
Mathematics,
University of Houston
Born,
October 31, 1941, Port Clinton, Ohio
First Employed by UH: August, 1968
Married
(Susan Durham)
Activities that are underlined are judged pertinent to
distributed education activities.
Since about 1995 my teaching, service, and research activities are
inseparable as evidenced in the following.
Academic
Background
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1965-1968 Ph.D.
Mineralogy
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1963-1965 M.S. Geology
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1959-1963 B.A. Geology
Academic
Honors and Awards
R. Simpson Fellowship, Miami
University, 1961
Mobil
Oil Company Scholarship, Miami University, 1963
Tarr
Award, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Miami University, 1963
National
Defense Education Act Fellow (NDEA) - 1963-66
Chair, Department of Geology 1975
– 1985
Associate
Dean 1985
– 1988
Acting
Dean 1989
Dean 1989
– 1991
Associate
Dean 1991
– Present
Teaching,
Research and Applicable Internal Experiences
University of Houston, Assistant
Professor, Geology, 1968
University of Houston, Research
Initiation Grant, 1969
University of Houston, Geology,
Associate Professor, 1971
Recipient, Outstanding Teaching
Award, University of Houston, 1976-77 (5 given)
Professor, University of Houston,
Geosciences, 1977
Member, President’s Structure
Committee - defined positions and roles of Provost and Associate Provosts, 1978
Task Force on Retention, member, 1988
Assistant to the Director, “Bush
Thank You Party”, Economic Summit, 1990
Member, Graduate and Professional
Studies Council – GPSC, 1991-97
Helped define Registration and Records
Data - RARDAT: a set of extraction programs for providing access to raw student
demographic and academic data, 1991-present.
Formed EATS (Enhancing Access To Student data - an informal
group of UH data users that meets once a semester)
Chair, Task Force on Transfer
Admissions, reporting to the Office of the Senior Vice President and
Undergraduate Council - 1992-1993
Chair, Task Force
on Graduate Policies, reporting to the Office of the Senior Vice President and
Graduate and Professional Council - 1993-94
Acting Director of Dept. of Life
Sciences (Biology and Biochemistry) - 1993-94
Member, Texas Center for University
School Partnerships, Directors (TCUSP), Associate Director for Science, 1992-94
UH Moles Formed - Cross Campus
loose organization of faculty and staff interested in using the Internet in
teaching, meets twice a semester, 1994-present
Provost’s (H.Trueba)
Representative To Local Community Colleges (sponsored two UH meetings with
faculty from UH and community colleges), 1993-95
Director, Special Projects, for the
Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Services. 1995 to
1998
Chair, Task Force A - Academic
Affairs, UH System Reorganization, 1995-96
Chair, Advisory Search Committee for
Director, Enrollment Management Services, 1995
Chair, Advisory Search Committee for
Director, Residential Life, 1996
Member, Committee Chair, Enhancing
the UH Web, 1996-97
Member, Task Force on the Core
Curriculum, 1996
Member, Task Force on Technology
Charter School, 1996
Member, Council on Institutional Effectiveness,
1996-99
Member, Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Garrison Gym Renovations,
1996
Member, Ad Hoc Faculty Database
Committee, Judith Walker de Felix, 1996
Chair, Task Force on Doctoral Studies,
GPSC, 1996-97
Chair, Task Force on Counseling and
Testing, 1997
Chair, Task Force on the Internet
- Student Affairs and Services, 1997
Editor, UH-Camel Listserv
(Creating and Maintaining Environments for Learning, 1997 to present
Member, Provost’s Committee
on Teaching, Executive Committee, 1997-98
Member, Task Force on Part-time
Faculty, 1998
Member, President’s Task Force
on Work Load, 1998
Chair, Search Committee for the Robert
E. and Margaret Sheriff Chair in Geophysics, 1998
Member, Facilities Use Committee, 1998
Member, ACE - Academic Computing Enhancement
Committee, May, 1998-1999
Chair, UH Committee on Classrooms,
1998-current
Member, UH Friendly Committee 2000
DLESE - Digital Library for Earth
System Education - Chair, Academic Recognition Task Force, Member,
Collections Committee : sponsored by the National Science Foundation and other
funding organizations.
Applicable
Experience - External
Mobil Oil Company, Oklahoma City,
summer geologist, 1963
Miami University, Graduate Associate,
Geology, 1966-67
Miami University, Instructor, Geology,
1967-68
Sponsored Participant (NASA) in Summer
Faculty Research Program, JSC, Houston, Texas, 1970
Sponsored Participant (NSF) in Current
Statistical Methods in Geology, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1972
Administrator, Exploration Geology for
Geoscientists, UH Geology Foundation, 1978-1985 (2 week short course)
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, accreditation visits to Georgia State (March, 1998), U. North
Carolina (1996), U. South Florida (1994)
Member,
American Geological Institute, Committee on Communications and
Publications, 1998-2001
Member, Student Liaison Committee, Society of
Exploration Geophysicists,
1998–01.
Professional
Societies and Organizations
American
Mineralogist; 1965-1989
International Association of Mathematical Geology; 1973-present
Society
of Economic Mineralogists and Paleontologists; 1974-1985
Membership
Committee IAMG; 1977-1983
Chairman,
Computer Technology Research Group, SEPM; 1977-78
Chairman,
Microcomputer Users Group, IAMG,;1985-1988
Member,
AAPG, Computer Education Committee; 1986-1991
Editor,
Directory of Mathematical Geologists for the IAMG;
1987
Associate Editor for Internet Resources,
Computers&Geosciences, 1994-
Houston
Philosophical Society; 1997-present
Geological
Society of America, 1968-1976; 1997-present
Society
of Exploration Geophysicists; 1997-present
Houston
Geological Society, 1976-85; 1997-present
Member,
American Geological Institute (AGI) Initiative to explore potential of
Internet to provide continuing education opportunities for the petroleum
industry. 1998- present
Member,
AGI Publishing Committee; 1999 - 2001
Fellow,
Geological Society of America – 2000 (elected)
Member, Digital Library for Earth Science Education (DLESE),
Collections Committee - Chair, Academic Recognition Task Force. - 2000 -
current
Grants and
Contracts
Co-Investigator (with E.A. King) Lunar Sample Analysis - NASA
$350,000, 1970-76
Co-Investigator (with E.A. King) Analysis of Simulated
Martian Samples -NASA, $31,000,
1974
Investigator
- Effects of Closure - NASA, $5,000, 1976
Statistical Analysis of Closed Systems
(SACS) - with A. Woronow : Effects of Closure on the Interpretation of
Percentage Data Supported by seven
companies, $10,000, (1985-88)
Investigator - Developing Tools For
Analysis of UH Retention Data - Cullen Family Foundation Grant -1994-95 and
1996-97 ($5,500 each year)
Co-Investigator - Support For The
Scholars Enrichment Program (SEP), Cullen Family Foundation Grant - 1994-95 and
1996-97 ($95,000 and $140,000)
Co-Investigator - Cross-College
Consortium Teaching with Technology, Provost’s Interdisciplinary Program
- UH, funded, 1996-97, $50,000
Involved
faculty from EDUC, CBA, HFAC and NSM
PI - Development of a course for
FTIC's - PFID, funded 1997-98, $4,000
PI - Development of a Geophysics on
the Internet Home Page for the Society of Exploration Geophysics [SEG] -
funded, October, 97, $6,000
PI - Creating Geoscience Learning
Environments - NSF – Submitted December 1, 1997 - $21,000. proposal not
funded – June 3, 1998
CI - Creating a Petroleum S&T
Center - TAMU was the lead institution,
submitted
to NSF in spring, 1998, Not funded
CI - AGI/NSF Internet Initiative
- Consultant - Letter Proposal
submitted
- $10,000 (May 98 - April 99) - Approved
CI - AGI Internet Initiative -
Executive Committee Member, $1,000,000 in funding available for distribution
– Not Funded
PI - Geophysics on the Internet - SEG - 1999-2000 $4,500
PI – StudentResearch effort - $5,000 as contribution
from Editor of
FirstResearch, 2000-1
PI – Support of Internet activities - $6,000 from
Chevron,
California. 2000
CI - Preparing Interactive Environmental Internet Exercises,
Environmental Institute of the University of Houston, with W.R. Dupre and I.
Evans, $ 7,500
CI - QuickTime Streaming Audio and Video, proposal
submitted to
Program B, Provost's Office, University of Houston, with R.
Geanangel and H. Rodgers, $25,000
Consulting
Activities
Clay Mineralogy - Getty Oil, Texaco, and numerous smaller
Companies : 1973-
1990
Teaching - Physical Geology for
Geophysicists : Shell (1979-1986) Getty (1982-83), Mobil Oil (1982-83) and Data
Analysis (on demand to several companies)
Numerous
Text Book Companies - reviews and critiques
Short
Courses Presented
Geophysics on the Internet :
Geophysical Society of Houston, August, 1997 - 32 participants
Geophysics on the Internet :
Geophysical Society of Houston, January, 1998 - 35 participants
Publications (Summary)
Publications
(formal papers): 87 in career
Published
Abstracts: 99
in career
Published
Columns (ANON – Computers & Geosciences): ~45 in career
Editor,
Special Issues – Computers & Geosciences: 5 in career
Electronic
Books (Resource Guide for Geology and the Environment)
Recent Publications Focusing on
Teaching (reviewed)
Butler, J.C., 1995, “An introduction to
geoscience education resources on the internet,” Computers and
Geosciences, v. 21, No. 6, 817-824 (67)
Butler, J.C., 1995, “Geosciences
resources on the Internet,” Speakers Corner, Elsevier Publishing, invited
paper published on the internet,
http://www.elsevier.nl/section/earth/geo/press.htm (68)
Butler, J.C., 1996, “On the care
and the feeding of moles,” Campus Wide Information Systems Journal,
volume 13, no 3, 27-32.(69)
Butler, J.C., 1996, “Is the world
ready for a virtual geosciences professor?,” Speakers Corner, Elsevier
Publishing, invited paper published on the internet,
http://www.elsevier.nl:80/section/earth/geo/jbpaper2.htm, September, 1996 (70)
Butler, J.C., 1996, “Crossing
discipline and administrative boundaries without a passport,” Geocal,
Computers in Teaching (CTI), no 15, 6-9 (71).
Butler, J.C., 1996, A Resource Guide for Geology and the Environment,
by Pipkin and Trent, West Publishing, October, 1996 -- a disk-based Internet
resource Guide accompanying “Geology and the Environment” by Pipkin
and Trent. (72)
Butler, J.C., 1977, “The
Internet : Pandora’s Box or the Missing Link - Part II,” The
Leading Edge, Education Issue, invited, volume 16, no. 7, 1033-1036. (73)
Butler, J.C., 1997, “The virtual
geoscience professor,” Computers and Geosciences, Special Issue, Distance
Learning, vol 23, no 5, 521-532.(74)
Butler, J.C., 1997, “Which is more difficult --
achieving institutional change or herding cats?,” Active Learning, No 6, July, 1997,
38-40. (75)
Butler, J.C., 1998, “The
internet - a catalyst for change,”
Special Issue of Computers & Geosciences, vol 24, no 7, 617-621.
(76)
Butler, J.C., 1998, “Along came
a spider -- weaving web resources,” Campus Wide Information Systems, v.
15, no. 1, 22-26 (77)
Butler, J.C., 1998, “You show me yours and
I’ll show you mine,” GSA
Today, v. 8 no. 2, 9-13
(78)
Butler, J.C., 1998, “Rethinking
expectations,” Computers in Teaching (CTI), number 18 4-8 (79)
Butler, J.C., 1999, “The tangled
web,” Active Learning, Number 10, July, 63-66. (80)
Butler, J.C., 1999, “From punch
cards to web servers – the legacy of Daniel F. Merriam,” Computers & Geosciences, special
issue on Freeware and Shareware in the Geosciences, volume 25, no. 4, 319-320.
(81)
Butler, J.C., 2000, "An academic
challenge for the Year 2000 : Perfect the Memex",
Computers&Geosciences, special issue on the Year 2000 Challenge., vol 26,
No. 6, 627-634. (82)
Butler, J. C., 2000, "Is the Internet helping to create learning
environments?",
Campus Wide Information Systems, v. 17, no. 2, 44-48. (83)
Butler, J.
C., 2000, "The Internet will facilitate distributed learning",
invited keynote presentation and publication, The Geological
Survey of Portugal, February 3-4, 2000, University of Minoha, Braga, Portugal,
7 pages. (84)
Butler, J.C.,
2000, “The gap between learners is decreasing”, Invited paper for
The
Education Issue of The Leading Edge, v. 19, no. 7.(85)
Butler, J.C.,
2001, “A Virtual Tutor”, Invited essay for , , Geotimes,
January, 2001, 18-19 (86)
Butler, J.C., 2001, “Teaching and research …. what do we accept
as research?, Campus Wide Information Systems, in press
(87)
Butler, J.C.
2002, “Evolution of Interactive
Internet Applications”, special
issue
of Computers and Geosciences, in
press.
Butler, J.C.
2002, “Why there might be no significant difference”, special
issue,
Journal of Geoscience Education, in review
Recent Presentations Focusing on
Teaching
Is the world ready for a virtual
geosciences professor, GSA Annual Meeting, Summary Paper in the Session on
the Internet and Teaching, October, 1996, abstract,
The Internet -- Pandora’s Box
or the Missing Link, WWW session sponsored by the Texas Water Resources
Institute, TAMU, December, 1996, abstract.
Developing HTML script for
Internet-based teaching resources, AGU Annual Meeting, Macintosh Computer
Applications, Short Course at San Francisco State University, December, 1996,
short course notes on a disk.
The Internet -- Pandora’s Box
or the Missing Link : Part III,
Using the Internet for Geoscience Teaching and Learning, University of Derby, 10th July 1997. A meeting organized jointly by the
Geoscience Information Group and the UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium to
form the second day the their Annual Users' Meeting.
The Internet -- AGI sponsored
workshop at the Colorado School of Mines, July 20-22, 97 Invited speaker at the
IDIG Conference.
Teaching and Research in the
Geosciences, September 19, 1997, University of Oklahoma, Invited Seminar
Speaker.
Capturing the Visualization
Generation, October 26, 1997, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of
America, Salt Lake City, UT: presentation with abstract.
The Value of Research at a
University - A Personal Opinion, Research Workshop presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Dallas, Texas, November 5, 1997, Invited speaker.
Creating Internet Resources for
Training - A workshop sponsored by the American Geological Institute,
Boulder, Colorado, December 15, 1997.
Invited participant and speaker.
Exploring the possibility of developing resources which could be used in
in-house training sessions as well as in academia. Potential of $1M in funding.
Creating Internet Resources for Training II - Follow-up
workshop funded by a
grant from NSF for $125,000.
Co-Organizer with Tom Boyd from the Colorado School of Mines. 12 to 15 Internet developers were
brought to Golden Colorado to plan how to invest the $1M noted above. A three-day session styled after the
Penrose Conferences, August 7-11, 1998.
Rethinking Expectations II: Using the Internet for Geoscience
Teaching and Learning,
University of Derby, 26 and
27th June 1998. A meeting organized jointly by the Geoscience Information Group and the UK Earth Science\ Courseware
Consortium to form the second day of their Annual Users' Meeting.
IDIG - Improving Delivery in
the Geosciences, NSF/AGI sponsored.
Invited presenter at the
five day program (Year 2)on Improving Delivery In the Geosciences,
University of South Carolina. July, 1998.
Creating Learning Environments
- A one day theme session at the GSA Annual Meeting in Toronto, October
1998. Butler, Lamberson
(University of British Columbia) and Huff
(University
of Cincinnati) are the organizers, Abstract.
Rethinking Expectations III
– A presentation at the GSA National Meetings, Toronto, October, 1998, in
the Symposium on Distributing Geoscience Information. Abstract.
The Sage
on the Stage versus the Guide on the Side : One More Divide to Cross
–
A one day thematic session at the GSA National Meetings, Denver,
Colorado, 1999. Co-chair
Assessing
the role of the Internet in Creating a Learning Environment : A
one day thematic session at the GSA National Meetings, Reno,
Nevada, 2000 – Co-chair
Assessment
…. The next frontier:
Geological Society of America Annual
Meetings, Reno Nevada
Can the
Internet serve as a virtual tutor: Geological Society of America
Annual Meetings, Reno, Nevada – Invited Presentation
Editorial Assignments
Butler, J.C.,
1995, Editor for a Special Issue on the Internet for Computers and Geosciences,
v. 21, No. 6 (13 contributed papers)
Butler, J.C.,
1996, Another Node On the interNet (ANON) columns published
in Computers and Geosciences each issue. More than 30 ANON columns have been published to date and
ten more have been scheduled.
Butler, J.C., 1997, Editor for a Special Issue on Distributed
Learning - DistanceEducation for Computers and Geosciences, 15 contributed
publications. Vol. 23, no. 5.
Butler, J.C.,
1998, Editor for a Special Issue on the Internet in Education &
Learning for
Computers&Geosciences, 19 articles. Vol. 24, no. 5.
Butler, J.C.,
1999, Editor for a Special Issue on Geoscience Freeware and
Shareware in the Geosciences, Computers&Geosciences, 21
articles, Issue scheduled for
publication in February or March, 1999.
Butler, J.C.,
2000, Editor for a Special Issue on The Year 2000 Challenge –
Where Do We Go From Here, ~15 articles, Issue scheduled for
publication in January, 2000
Butler, J.C.,
2002, Editor for a Special Issue on Geoscience Freeware and
Shareware;
planning stages
Butler, J.C., 1996-97, A Resource Guide for Geology and the Environment,
by Pipkin and Trent, West Publishing, October, 1996 -- a disk-based Internet
resource Guide accompanying “Geology and the Environment” by Pipkin
and Trent.
Reviews
Web teaching
guide - A practical approach to
creating course web sites
Sarah
Horton,1999, Yale University
Press, New Haven & London 242pp. Invited review for Palaeontologia
Electronica http://www.palaeo-electronica.org/toc.htm
Butler, J.C.,
1995, Geosciences resources on the Internet,” Speakers Corner,
Elsevier Publishing, invited paper published on the internet, http://www.elsevier.nl/section/earth/geo/press.htm
Butler, J.C.,
1996, “Is the world ready for a virtual geosciences
professor?”, Speakers Corner, Elsevier Publishing,
invited paper published on the internet,
www.elsevier.nl/section/earth/geo/press.htm, September, 1996
Butler, J.C.,
1996-97, WWW home page for Geology and the Environment,
West Publishing, under contract.
(www.uh.edu/~jbutler/update/west.htm)
Butler, J.C.,
1996-97, The Faculty Lounge, segment of the WWW home page of Wadsworth
Publishing, under contract. (www.wadsworth.com/geo)
Butler, J.C.,
1997-98, An Internet Scavenger
Hunt, segment of the WWW
home page of Wadsworth
Publishing,
(www.wadsworth.com/geo/scavenger.html
The
Virtual Geosciences Professor (www.uh.edu/~jbutler.anon/anonfield.html)
Geosciences
(www.uh.edu/academics/nsm/geosc/geosciences.html)
Natural
Sciences and Mathematics (www.uh.edu/academics/nsm/)
Another
Node On the interNet (ANON)- home page for readers of Computers&Geosciences
(www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anon.html)
New
University Reporting Data (NURD) - Central - changes in the
demographics
of the UH student population
Course Resources on the Internet
Physical
Geology (www.uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/physical.html)
Petrography
(www.uh.edu/~jbutler/petrography/petrograpy.html)
Geological
Analysis (www.uh.edu/~jbutler/analysis/analysis.html)
Geochemistry
(www.uh.edu/~jbutler/geochem/geochem.html)
Listservs “owned”
the VirtualCoffeeRoom
- (http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/virtualcoffeeroom) - a discussion group of faculty who use the
Internet to create learning environments (128 subscribers)
UH-Camel -
(http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/uh-camel.html) a UH discussion group
CAREER PUBLICATIONS (formal papers)
Cameron, K.L., Carman, M.F., and Butler,
J.C., 1970,
“Rhonite from Big Bend National Park,” Amer. Mineral., v. 55,
664-74. (1)
King, E.A., Carman, M.F., and Butler,
J.C., 1970,
“Mineralogy and petrology of coarse particulate material from the lunar
surface at Tranquility Base,”
Proceedings of the Apollo 11 Lunar Conference, Pergamon Press, v. 1, 599-606 (2)
King, E.A., Carman, M.F., and Butler,
J.C., 1970,
“Mineralogy and petrology of coarse particulate material from the lunar
surface at Tranquility Base,” Science, v. 167, 650-652 (3)
King, E.A., Butler, J.C., and Carman, M.F., 1971, “The
lunar regolith as sampled by Apollo 11 and Apollo 12: grain size analyses,
modal analyses, and origins of
particles,” Proceedings,
Second Lunar Science Conference, M.I.T. Press, v. 1, 737-746 (4)
Butler, J.C. and Sorrell, C.A., 1971,
“Thermal expansion and the orthorhombic-cubic transition in BaSO4
and SrSO4,” High Temperature Science; v. 3, 389-400 (5)
King, E.A., Carman, M.F., and
Butler, J.C., 1972,
“Chondrules in Apollo 14 samples: Implications for the origin of
chondritic meteorites,”
Science, v. 175, 59-60. (6)
Butler, J.C. and Sorrell, C.A., 1972,
“Subsolidus formation of binary solid solutions of barium, strontium and
lead sulfates and fluorides,” High Temperature Science, v. 4, 128-140 (7)
King, E.A., Butler, J.C., and Carman, M.F., 1972,
“Chondrules in Apollo 14 breccias and estimation of lunar surface ages
from grain size analysis,” 3rd Lunar Science Conference, Lunar Science
Institute, 400-403. (8)
King, E.A., Butler, J.C., and Carman, M.F., 1972,
“Chondrules in Apollo 14 samples and size analysis of Apollo 14 and 15
fines,” Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, Geochim. et
Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 3, v. 1,
673-86. (9)
King, E.A., Butler, J.C., and Carman, M.F., 1972, “The
lunar regolith,” 24th Inter. Geol. Congr., Proceedings, Sec. 15, 58-63
(10)
Butler, J.C., King, E.A., and Carman, M.F., 1972,
“Apollo 15 grain size analyses,” Lunar Science Institute, Houston,
Texas (11)
Butler, J.C., 1972, “A Fortran IV plotting
program utilizing an on-line printer,” Mineral. Mag., v. 38, 899-900 (12)
Butler, J.C., 1973, “Prediction of
compositions of anomalous
cryptoperthites from the Rattlesnake Mountain sill, West Texas,
using stepwise multiple linear
regression techniques,” Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., v. 4, 949-954 (13)
Butler, J.C. and Scotford, D.M., 1973,
“Re-examination of Upper Cincinnatian shale petrology,” Bull.
Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 84, 2431-2434.
(14)
Butler, J.C., Greene, G.M., and King, E.A., 1973,
“Grain size frequency distributions and modal analyses of Apollo 16 lunar
fines,” Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, v. 1, Suppl. 4
(15)
Butler, J.C., Carman, M.F., and King, E.A., 1974,
“Unit cell parameters, compositions and 2V measurements of selected lunar
plagioclases,” The Moon, v.
9, 327-334. (16)
Butler, J.C., 1974, “Analysis of
correlations between percentages,” Jour. Geol. Educ., v. 1, 56-61 (17)
Butler, J.C. and King, E.A., 1974, “Analysis
of the grain frequency distributions of lunar fines,” Proc. Fourth Lunar
Science Conference, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 5, 829-841 (18)
Hawkins, G.P., Dodge, C.F., and Butler,
J.C., 1974,
“Clay mineralogy of the Lewisville Member of the Cretaceous Woodbine
Formation,” GCAGS, v. XXIV,
283-290 (19)
Butler, J.C., 1975, “The occurrence of
negative open variances in ternary systems,” Math. Geol., v. 7, no. 1,
31-45 (20)
Butler, J.C.,1975, “Pyrite and pyrrhotite
from southeastern Llano County, Texas,” Texas Academy of Science, no. 1,
99-106 (21)
Carman, M.F., Cameron, M., Gunn, B.,
Cameron, K., and Butler, J.C., 1975, “Petrology of the Rattlesnake Mountain sill, Big
Bend National Park,” Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., v. 85, 177-193. (22)
Butler, J.C., 1975, “Preliminary R mode
analysis of Apollo 15 basalts taking the effects of closure and ratio formation
into account,” in Origins of Mare Basalts and their
Implications for Lunar Evolution, The Lunar Science Institute, Houston,
Texas, 15-20 (23)
Butler, J.C., 1975, “Kettle
carbonates,” Jour. Sed. Pet., v. 46, no. 1, 130-132 (24)
Butler, J.C., 1976, “Principal components
analysis using the hypothetical closed array,” Math. Geol., v. 8,no. 1,
25-36. (25)
Butler, J.C., “Chemical classification of
Apollo 15 mare basalts,” Proc. Lunar Sci. 7th Conf., 1429-1447 (26)
Evans, I.E., Kendall, G.C.St. C., and Butler,
J.C., 1977,
“Shallow and deep water rhythms, Central High Atlas Mountains,
Morocco,” Jour. Sed. Pet., v. 48. (27)
King, E.A. and Butler, J.C., 1977, “Rosin's law and the
Lunar regolith,” The Moon, v. 17, 177-178. (28)
Butler, J.C., 1977, “Preliminary analysis
of variation in Al, Mg, and Si in
Apollo 11, 12 and 15 basalts and regolith samples,” Physics of
Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 15, 275-286 (29)
Butler, J.C., 1978, “Visual bias in r mode
dendrograms due to the effect of closure,” Math. Geol., v. 10, no. 2,
243-252 (30)
Butler, J.C., 1979, “Numerical consequences
of changing the units in which chemical analyses of igneous rocks are
analyzed,” Lithos, v. 12,
33-39 (31)
Butler, J.C., “Effects of closure on the
moments of a distribution,” Math. Geol., v. 11, 75-84 (32)
Greene, G.M. and Butler, J.C., 1979, “Spinel lherzolites from
the Xalapasco de la Joya structure, S.L.P.. Mexico,” Mineral Mag., v.
43, 483-87 (33)
Butler, J.C., 1979, “The effects of closure
on the measures of similarity between samples,” Math. Geol., v. 11, no.
4, 431-440. (34)
Butler, J.C., 1979, “Trends in ternary petrologic variation diagrams -
fact or fantasy?,” Amer. Mineral., v. 64, 1115-1121. (35)
Droddy, M.J. and Butler, J.C., 1979, “A note on low grade
contact metamorphism in
southwestern Brewster County, Texas,” Mineral. Mag., v. 43, 480-483. (36)
Butler, J.C., 1980, Numerical consequences of
computing structural formulas:
Lithos, 13, p. 44-49 (37)
Chafetz, H.S. and Butler, J.C., 1980, Petrology of recent
caliche, pisolites, spherulites
(after Microcodium), and speleothem deposits: Sedimentology, v. 27,
497-518. (38)
Bianchi, R., Butler, J.C., Coradoni, A., and Gavrishim, A.I.,
1980, “A classification of
lunar glass and rock samples using the G Mode Central method: The Moon and the Planets,” v. 20, 305-322 (39)
Butler, J.C., 1981, “Effect of various
transformations on the analysis of percentage data,” Math. Geol., v. 13,
43-63. (40)
Chafetz, H.S. and Butler, J.C., 1982, “Reply to M. Esteban on
Petrology of recent caliche, pisolites, spherulites (after Microcodum),
and speleothem deposits,” Sedimentology, v. 29, 443-446 (41)
Butler, J.C., 1982, “Artificial
isochrons,” Lithos, v. 15, 207-214. (42)
Butler, J.C., 1982, “Effects of percentage
formation on discriminant function analysis,” Chemical Geology, v. 37,
367-375 (43)
Hall, S.A. and Butler, J.C., 1983, “Potential problems
in magnetostratigraphic studies of
shallow water sequences,”
Jour. Geology, v. 91,
693-705 (44)
Butler, J.C., 1984, “Building data bases
with an Apple II microcomputer system; Geochautauqua,”
Morgantown, West Virginia (45)
Butler, J.C., 1985, “Computer-aided learning
experiences : closed number systems,” (invited paper), Compass, v. 62,
no. 3, 187-193 (46)
Siroky, F., Elthon, D., Casey, J., and
Butler, J.C.,
1985, “Modeling crystal fractionation processes in diabases and basalts
from the North Arm Mountain Massif of the Bay of Islands ophiolite,
Newfoundland,” Tectonophysics, 41-61 (47)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Managing data files with File
Master: NAGT Special Publication 1: Personal Computer Software for Geologic
Education, BASIC software and 11 page text (48)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Scatter diagrams: NAGT Special
Publication 1: Personal Computer Software for Geologic Education BASIC
software and 3 page text (49)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Principal components analysis
(PCA): NAGT Special Publication 1:
Personal Computer Software for Geologic Education, BASIC software and 4 page text (50)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Best fit: NAGT Special
Publication 1, Personal Computer Software for Geologic Education, BASIC
software and 5 page text (51)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Cluster: NAGT Special
Publication 1: Personal Computer Software for Geologic Education, BASIC
software and 4 page text (52)
Butler, J.C., 1986, Two group discriminant
function analysis (DFA): NAGT Special Publication 1, Personal Computer Software
for Geologic Education, BASIC software and 7 page text (53)
Butler, J.C., 1986, “An interactive program
for creating and manipulating data files with an
Apple microcomputer system: Microcomputer Applications in Geology,”
Computers and Geology, v. 5, (invited paper), ed. by J. Hanley and D.F.
Merriam, 160-167 (54)
Butler, J.C. and Woronow, A., 1986,
“Extracting genetic information from coarse clastic modes,”
Computers in Geosciences, v. 12, 55)
Butler, J.C. and Woronow, 1986, “Yet another
procedure for extracting genetic information from ternary variables: AAPG
Special Publications,” Houston Geotech 85, p. 1-3 (56).
Woronow, A. and Butler, J.C., 1986, “Complete subcomposition
independence testing of closed arrays,” Computers & Geosciences, v.
12, (57).
Butler, J.C. and Woronow, A., 1986,
“Discrimination among tectonic settings using trace element
abundances,” J. Geophysical
Research, v. 91, n. B10, 10301,10308.
(58).
Butler, J.C., 1986, “The role of spurious
correlation in the development of a petrogenetic model
for komatiite alteration,” J. Geophysical Research, v. 91,
in. B13, E275-E280. (59).
Butler, J.C., 1987, “Summarizing the
information content of a set of measurements,” Geobyte, Houston Geotech
86, special publication (60).
Butler, J.C., 1987, Survey of IAMG membership,
Computers in Geosciences, v. 13, n. 3, 313-15. (61)
Butler, J.C, 1987, “Exploratory data
analysis with Macspin,” Geobyte, v.2, n. 3, 41-43. (62)
Butler, J.C., 1987, MacSpin (a review), Computers
in Geosciences, v. 13, n.5, 563-64.
(63)
Butler, J.C., 1988, “Summarizing the
information content of a set of measurements,” Geobyte, v. 3, n. 1,
30-35. (64)
Butler, J.C.., 1988, “Exploring Dynamic
Relationships,” Geobyte, v. 3, n. 2, 32-36 (65).
Butler, J.C., 1989, “Stimulation through
simulation,” Microcomputer Applications in Geology, v. 2, (invited paper)
(66).