Jackie Langille

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Contact Information

  • jlangill@unca.edu
  • 251-6453
  • 156 Rhoades/Robinson Hall

Office Hours

  • Tuesday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Note: Office hours are in person or on Google Meet.

Dr. Langille teaches courses in Structural and Field Geology, Geographic Information Systems [GIS], Physical Geology, Environmental Geology, and Field Geology. She is particularly interested in deformation at depth in the Earth's crust and at the surface, as this information is critical for understanding regional tectonics. She incorporates geologic mapping of bedrock and structures, geomorphic field mapping and modeling, GIS, kinematic analysis, microstructural analysis, metamorphic petrology, and geochronology to evaluate the development and evolution of fault systems and shear zones in the Himalaya, the Appalachians, and the Walker Lane in Nevada.

Education

  • B.S. Idaho State University
  • M.S.  Central Washington University
  • Ph.D.  University of Tennessee

Courses Taught

  • ENVR 105  Physical Geology
  • ENVR 282  Environmental Geology
  • ENVR 271 Geology of the Southern Appalachians
  • ENVR 290  Regional Field Geology
  • ENVR 330  Seminar in Environmental Issues
  • ENVR 381  Structural and Field Geology
  • ENVR 384  Geographic Information Systems
  • ENVR 499  Undergraduate Research

Current Projects

  • 2021 United States Geological Survey [USGS] EDMAP, Cenozoic lineaments and associated fractures in the Spruce Pine 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina: Interplay between bedrock fabrics and fractures associated with a modern uplift of the southern Appalachians, PI: J. Langille.
  • 2018 United States Geological Survey [USGS] EDMAP, Constraints on the kinematics of deformation and the resulting crustal architecture from geologic mapping of the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western NC, PI:  J. Langille.

Recent Publications

* denotes undergraduate student author

  • Langille, J. &*J. Corradino. [in press]. “Kinematic evolution and patterns of kinematic vorticity and strain within the Burnsville shear zone, Asheville, NC, USA: Implications for Neoacadian strain partitioning within the Blue Ridge Mountains of the southern Appalachians”. SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY.
  • Langille, J., *L. Stachowicz, & *F. Stith. [2020]. “Southwest extension of dextral transpression along the Burnsville fault into the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina, USA”. JOURNAL OF MAPS, DOI:10.1080/17445647.2020.1737255.
  • Jessup, M., J. Langille, T. Diedesch, & J. Cottle.  [2019].  "Gneiss dome formation in the Himalaya and southern Tibet".  GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LONDON, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 483, DOI:   http:doi.org/10.1144/SP483.15.
  • Jessup, M., J. Langille, J. Cottle, & T. Ahmad.  [2016].  "Crustal thickening, Barrovian metamorphism, and exhumation of mid-crustal rocks along inherited structures:  Insights from the Himalaya, NW India".  TECTONICS 35:160-186.
  • Langille, J., M. Jessup, J. Cottle, & T. Ahmad.  [2014].  "Kinematic and thermal studies of the Leo Pargil Dome:  Implications for synconvergent extension in the NW Indian Himalaya".  TECTONICS 33:1766-1786.
  • Lederer, G., J. Cottle, M. Jessup, J. Langille, & T. Ahmad.  [2013].  "Time-scales of partial melting in the Himalayan middle crust:  Insight from the Leo Pargil Dome, northwest India".  CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY 166:1415-1441.
  • Langille, J., M. Jessup, J. Cottle, G. Lederer, & T. Ahmad.  [2012].  "Timing of metamorphism, melting, and exhumation of the Leo Pargil dome, NW India".  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY, DOI: 10.1111/j. 1525-1314.2012.00998.x.
  • Langille, J., J. Jessup, J. Cottle, & D. Newell.  [2010b].  "Kinematic sof the Ama Drime Detachment:  Insights into orogen-parallel extension and exhumation of the Ama Drime massif, Tibet-Nepal."   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 32:900-919.
  • Langille, J., J. Lee, B. Hacker, & G. Seward.  [2010a].  "Middle crustal ductile deformation patterns in southern Tibet:  Insights from vorticity studies in Mabja Dome."  JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 32:70-85.

Recent Presentations

  • *Palmer, M. & J. Langille. [2022]. “Miocene lineaments and fractures in the Spruce Pine 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina, associated with topographic rejuvenation of the Blue Ridge Mountains”. Southeastern Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  • *Jurgevich, J., J. Langille, & *M. Palmer. [2022]. “Landslide hazards within the Spruce Pine 7.5-minute quadrangle, NC: An evaluation of structural controls on bedrock deterioration”. Southeastern Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  • *Green, C. & J. Langille. [2022]. “Knickpoint elevations within the Spruce Pine 7.5-minute quadrangle, NC: Implications for Miocene uplift of the Blue Ridge”. Southeastern Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.
  • *Westberg, C., J. Langille. [2020]. “Constraining the timing of Acadian transpression of the Burnsville shear zone within the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina”. Geological Society of America annual meeting, online.
  • *Stachowicz, L., *F. Stith, J. Langille. [2019]. “Bedrock geologic map of the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle map, western North Carolina, USA”. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
  • *Stachowicz, L., J. Langille, *F. Stith, *H. Deese. [2019]. “Constraints on the kinematics and the crustal architecture within the Clyde 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina USA through geologic mapping of the Hayesville and Burnsville faults”. Southeastern Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.
  • Langille, J., *J. Corradino, & G. Seward. [2018].  "The role of the Burnsville fault in Acadian deformation within the Blue Ridge, North Carolina, USA".  Southeastern Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
  • Langille, J., Blisniuk, K., Sharp, W., and Lee, J.. [2018]. “Rates of Quaternary dextral slip on the Benton Springs fault, central Walker Lane, western Nevada, constrained through U-series dating of offset alluvial fans”. Rocky Mountain/Cordilleran Section Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Brown, N., J. Langille, & J. Lee.  [2016].  "Evaluating the time-efficiency of using Structure-from-Motion methods to generate DEMs for use in strike-slip fault offset studies".  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Jessup, M. J. Langille, J. Cottle, & T. Ahmad.  [2016].  "Crustal thickening, metamorphism, and exhumation of mid-crustal rocks during doming and extrusion:  Insights into the Leo Pargil Dome, NW Indian Himalaya".  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Langille, J., J. Lee, K. Blisniuk, W. Sharp, J. Grosse, & A. Torres.  [2016].  "Rates of Quaternary dextral slip within the Central Walker Lane, western Nevada".  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Daniel, T., T. O'Shea, J. Langille, K. Blisniuk, & J. Lee.  [2015].  "Constraints on the magnitude of Quaternary offset along the Benton Springs fault, Walker Lane, Nevada".  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.