David Tucker (geologist)

David Tucker is a geologist in Washington state. He is a research associate at Western Washington University, and was an instructor at North Cascades Institute, and the director of the now defunct Mount Baker Volcano Research Center.[1][2][3][4] He operates the blog "Northwest Geology Field Trips",[5]:55 a "must-read" blog for laypeople interested in geology.[4] In 2015, he published a popular book on Washington geology, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington.[6][7][8][9] He resides in Bellingham, Washington.[10]

Tucker is a 1974 and 2004 Western Washington University graduate.[11]

In 2012, Tucker and two collaborators published a paper that described a new species of Gastornis, a flightless bird, Rivavipes giganteus. The description followed discovery of the largest known fossil bird footprint, found in the Chuckanut Formation, and which Tucker helped organize a volunteer team to helilift out of a landslide.[12][13][14]

Bibliography
  • Tucker, Dave (November 2011). John Scurlock (ed.). Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range. Wolverine Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9826154-7-8. (contributed essays[15])
  • Tucker, Dave (2015). Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN 9780878426409.
  • Mustoe, G.; Tucker, D.; Kemplin, K (2012), "Giant Eocene bird footprints from northwest Washington, USA", Palaeontology, 55 (6): 1293–1305, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01195.x

References
  1. Kate Webb (November 6, 2012), "Mount Baker photos taken 100 years apart show startling glacial recession", Metro News (Canada)
  2. Mount Baker Volcano Research Center
  3. North Cascades Institute—Instructors
  4. Stephanie Ashton (April 26, 2010), "What lies beneath: Northwest Geology Field Trips", Foothills Gazette, Lynden, Washington, archived from the original on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2015-06-11
  5. Romaine, Garret (2013), Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 9781493004690
  6. "Rock trail brings dramatic geology up close", The Seattle Times, 2014-11-05
  7. "Learn about local geology with Dave Tucker on May 11", Bellingham Herald, May 10, 2015
  8. Mira Casteel (May 15, 2015), "Western geologist speaks on launch of new book", The Western Front, Western Washington University
  9. Dean Kahn (May 18, 2015), "Bellingham geologist writes Western Washington guidebook", Bellingham Herald
  10. Author biography, Mountain Press, retrieved 2015-06-10
  11. "'Bird Herd' brings prehistoric bird's footprint to WWU", Window Magazine, Western Washington University, Spring–Summer 2015, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2015-06-11
  12. pskhun (November 25, 2012), "Rivavipes giganteus: Giant Eocene bird footprints from northwest Washington, USA", Novataxa: Species new to science
  13. Brian Switek (November 14, 2012), "Eocene bird not so scary, after all", Wired Science, Wired
  14. "General Membership Meeting with Dave Tucker: Diatryma - Huge, Flightless Bird of the Chuckanut" (PDF), The Avalanche, North Cascades Audubon Society, 43 (8), November 2012
  15. Christian Martin (December 7, 2011), "Book captures soaring views of North Cascades in winter", Crosscut.com
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