Lecturer
440 Brackett Hall
E-mail: wjunkin@clemson.edu
M.S. Geology, 2014, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. Geology, 2014, University of Maryland, College Park
B.A. English, 2011, Colby College
Classes | Publications | Honors | CV
Faculty Overview
Will Junkin is a Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University. Before Clemson, he worked as a Geologic Mapping Specialist, first at the Maryland Geological Survey, and then at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of structural geology and volcanic stratigraphy. His work integrates detailed geologic mapping, GIS analyses, geochemistry and geochronology to provide insights into regional geological histories and subsurface structure.
Class Information
GEOL 1030 Physical Geology Laboratory
GEOL 1200 Natural Hazards
GEOL 3000 Environmental Geology
GEOL 3700 Western United States Field Study
Selected Publications & Presentations
Junkin, W. D., Dee, S. (2025) Geologic Map of the Spanish Springs Peak Quadrangle, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Geologic Map (map undergoing internal review)
Dee, S., Koehler, R. D., Junkin, W. D. (2025) Geologic Map of the Bedell Flat Quadrangle, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Geologic Map (map undergoing internal review)
Junkin, W. D. (2021). Geologic Map of the Savage Quadrangle, Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Open-File Geologic Map
Junkin, W. D. (2020). Geologic Map of the Relay Quadrangle, Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Open-File Geologic Map
Junkin, W. D. (2020). Critical Mineral Potential Occurrence Map of Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Open-File Geologic Map
Li, S., Junkin, W. D., Gaschnig, R. M., Ash, R. D., Piccoli, P. M., Candela, P. A., & Rudnick, R. L. (2020). Molybdenum contents of sulfides in ancient glacial diamictites: Implications for molybdenum delivery to the oceans prior to the Great Oxidation Event. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 278, 30-50.
Adams, R. K., Junkin, W. D., & Brezinski, D. K. (2020). Accreted forearc, continental, and oceanic rocks of Maryland’s Eastern Piedmont: The Potomac terrane, Baltimore terrane, and Baltimore Mafic Complex. Geology Field Trips in and around the US Capital, 57, 21.
Junkin, W. D., & Gans, P. B. (2019). Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Nacientes del Teno and Río Damas Formations: Insights into Middle to Late Jurassic Andean volcanism. Geosphere, 15(2), 450-479.
Junkin, W. D., (2017). Insights into middle-late Jurassic Andean backarc volcanism—geology and geochronology of the Nacientes del Teno Formation (35°10’S) (oral presentation). In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. (Vol. 49, No. 4, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017CD-292651)
Smith, D. K., Schouten, H., Dick, H. J., Cann, J. R., Salters, V., Marschall, H. R., ... Junkin, W., … & Curry, S. (2014). Development and evolution of detachment faulting along 50 km of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge near 16.5° N. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(12), 4692-4711.
Awards & Honors
Voted “Best Teaching Assistant” by UCSB Earth Sciences undergraduates, 2017
UCSB Earth Research Institute Fellowship, 2017
The Lloyd and Mary Edwards Field Studies Fellowship in Earth Science, 2017
Elected leader of department graduate student organization, 2016-2017
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant, 2016 and 2017
