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The Map Man Most of the information found on this page is either from Dr. Phillips' lab manuals (Topographic Mapping and Photo Interpretation, or Thematic Cartography) or my personnal notes from these classes. I am deeply indebted to Dr. Phillips for opening my eyes to the world of cartography. Here is some biographical information on Dr. Brian Phillips:
Dr. Brian Phillips joined the Department in 1967 as a Lecturer, becoming the second member of a geography unit within the Department of History. He completed his Ph.D in 1969, on shore platforms and coastal slopes in the Isle of Man. He currently teaches six courses including second and fourth year courses in Geomorphology and Cartographic methods and a third year course in Resource geography. Dr. Phillips places a strong emphasis on field work in fourth year geomorphology and has supervised a number of field related honours dissertations on the glacial and coastal paleogeography of the Thunder Bay region. Dr. Phillips has focussed his research interests on the deglaciation and shoreline history of the Superior north shore, publishing a number of papers on such topics as - offshore rock platforms, raised cobble beaches, former shoreline geography and evidence of oscillating levels of post-glacial lakes in the Superior basin; proglacial lakes, ice-contact deltas and the details of local deglaciation; paleogeography of shoreline archaeological sites and a time/space model for shoreline archaeological sites in the Superior basin. He has also made a sequential study of the erosion on the southern shores of Lake of the Woods and the origin and development of the Sable-Pine barrier islands across the mouth of the Rainy River. Collaboration with colleagues has in addition seen a number of papers peripheral to these research interests. On a number of occasions Dr. Phillips has been able to put his field skills to practical use and write professional reports for various agencies, recent work including reports on geomorphology and potential archaeological sites in Minnesota northshore State Parks, and a report on shore erosion for the Lake of the Woods Control Board. Outside the university environment Dr. Phillips is a Rotarian and he and his spouse (now also a Rotarian) are much involved with the Rotary International Youth Exchange program. | ||||
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