Research Interests

• Igneous and Metamorphic petrology applied to the study of ore deposits
• Igneous petrology studies in the Appalachians and southern Rocky Mountain regions
• Use of isotopes in geochronological and geochemical studies

Selected Publications

• Delane, S., Gusick A., Jensen A., Petrushak, S., and Kish, S., 2005, A GIS AND GPS study of beach ridge systems, Saint Vincent Island, Florida, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.


• Kish, S.A., and Wheeler, R.J., 2004, Geochemical and petrologic characterization of pumice artifacts from the Miami-Circle-Grickell Point archaeological site, Miami, Florida - relationship to other pumice artifacts in Florida and potential provenance locations: Florida, Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.


• Holm, C.S., Stern, J.C., Whitman, M.E., Doran, N.A., Kish, S.A., and Balsillie, J.H., 2000, The case of the disappearing lake: a GIS study of Lake Jackson, Leon County Florida, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, p. A-26.


• Kish, S.A., Balsillie, J.H., Scott, T.M., and Milla, K., 2000, La Nina-related disappearance of a major lake in northern Florida - A GIS study of Lake Jackson, Leon County, Florida, Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, p. A-374.