Amanda Lanik - Geologist

Amanda in one of Alaska's national parks assessing geologic resources.

Amanda Lanik
Geologist
University of Alaska Museum of the North
National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory
Alaska Regional Office
240 W. 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
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Professional Experience

2021–present: Geologist, University of Alaska Museum of the North, NPS Geologic Resources Inventory
2017–2021: Geologist, NPS Alaska Regional Office, Geologic Resources Inventory
2016–2017: Scientist-in-the-Park, NPS Alaska Regional Office
2014–2016: Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary
2013: Invertebrate Paleontology Intern, American Museum of Natural History
2012: Research Assistant, SUNY Geneseo
2011–2013: Teaching Assistant, SUNY Geneseo

Education

M.Sc. Geological Science, 2016, University of Calgary
B.A. Geological Science, 2013, SUNY Geneseo

Research and Management Interests

Geological Resources Inventory
Paleontological resources inventory, monitoring, and management
Providing information about park geology to NPS interpretive staff and the public

Publications

Lanik A. 2023. Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2023/2600. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2301602

Harrington MD, Lanik A, Hults CP. 2023. Paleontological resource monitoring at Kaguyak Point, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KATM/NRR—2023/2566. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2298794

Harrington MD, Lanik A, Hults CP, Druckenmiller PS. 2023. Focused condition assessment of paleontological resources within Katmai National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KATM/NRR—2023/2565. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2298782

Lanik A. 2022. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2022/2426. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2293931

Lanik A, Rogers J, Karpilo RD. 2021. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2021/2331. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2288490

Lanik A, Hults CP, Rasic JT. 2020. Condition assessment of paleontological resources within Alaska’s Arctic Parks (revised with cost estimate). Natural Resource Report. NPS/ARCN/NRR—2020/2185. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2279530

Ruga MR, Lanik A, Hults CP. 2020. Focused condition assessment of paleontological resources within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (revised with cost estimate). Natural Resource Report. NPS/LACL/NRR—2020/2182. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

Lanik A, Swanson DK, Karpilo RD. 2019. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2019/2024. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

Lanik A, Felling GM, Ruga MR. 2019. Paleontological resource monitoring at Fossil Point, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: 2018 field report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/LACL/NRR—2019/1941. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

Lanik A, Hults CP, Kurtz D. 2018. Kenai Fjords National Park: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2018/1581. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

Lanik A, Hults CP, and Blodgett, RB. 2017. A paleontological inventory of Arctic Parks. Alaska Park Science 16:29–35.

Lanik A. 2016. Conodont apparatus reconstruction from the Lower Carboniferous Hart River Formation, Northern Yukon Territory. Thesis. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Lanik A, Over DJ, Schmitz M, and Kirchgasser WT. 2016. Testing the limits of chronostratigraphic resolution in the Appalachian Basin, Late Devonian (middle Frasnian), eastern Norther America: New U-Pb zircon dates for the Belpre Tephra suite. GSA Bulletin 128(11–12):1813–1821. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31408.1