Professor
- Office: Walsh 115
- E-mail: hovan@iup.edu
- Office Phone: 724-357-5625
Education:
- B.S., University of Michigan - Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Ph.D., University of Michigan - Oceanography: Marine Geology/Geochemistry
Courses Taught:
GEOS103/104 – Oceans and Atmospheres
GEOS361 – Physical Oceanography
GEOS371 – Meteorology
GEOS441 – Carbonate Geology of Florida and Bahamas
Professional Interests:
Scientific Ocean Drilling, Evolution of ancient wind systems, atmospheric dust, Earth Science Education, and of course SpongeBob Square Pants
Current Projects:
Long-term projects include several studies to identify and track the latitudinal position of the inter-tropical convergence zone.
Selected Publications:
Stancin, A.M., Gleason, J. D., Hovan, S.A., Rea, D. K., Owen, R.M., Moore, T.C., Jr., Hall, C.M., Blum, J.D. (2008) Miocene to Recent eolian dust record from the Southwest Pacific Ocean at 40° S latitude. Palaeo-cubed (accepted)
Ziegler, C.L., Murray, R.W., Hovan, S.A., and Rea, D.K., (2007). Resolving eolian, volcanogenic, and authigenic components in pelagic sediment from the Pacific Ocean, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 254, pp. 416-432, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.049
Hovan, S. A., 1995. Late Neogene atmospheric circulation intensity and climatic history recorded by eolian deposition in the eastern equatorial Pacific, Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 138: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 615-625.
Hovan, S. A., Rea, D. K., Pisias, N. G. and Shackleton, N. J., 1989. A direct link between the China loess and marine d18O records: Aeolian flux to the north Pacific, Nature, 340, 296-298.
Personal Webpage: http://nsm1.nsm.iup.edu/hovan