Ken Sprenke

Professor Geophysics, Environmental and Planetary Science ksprenke@gmail.com McClure 204 (208)885-5791 Webpage EDUCATION PhD, Physics, 1982—University of Alberta, Canada MS, Geophysics, 1972—University of Alberta, Canada BS, Geophysical Engineering, 1968—St. Louis University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Planetary and Environmental Geophysics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Sprenke, K.F., Rember, W.C., Bender, S.F., Hoffmann, M.L., Rabbi, F., and V.E. Chamberlain, 2000. Toxic metal contamination in the lateral lakes of the Coeur d'Alene River valley: Environmental Geology , v. 39, 575-586.
• Sprenke, K.F., Rohay, A.C. and M.C. Stickney, 2002. Comparison of Body Wave Displacement with Damage Observations of a Rockburst, Coeur d'Alene Mining District, Idaho: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92, 3321-3328.
• Sprenke, K.F. and L.L. Baker, 2003. Exploring for Water on Mars: The case for mapping the low-altitude magnetic field. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, E4, 8025, doi: 10, 1029/2002JE001859, 2003.
• Sprenke, Kenneth F., 2005. Martian magnetic paleopoles: A geostatistical approach: Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L09201, doi: 10.1029/2005GL022840, 2005.
• Sprenke, Kenneth F., L.L. Baker, and Adele F. Williams, 2005. Polar wander on Mars: Evidence in the geoid: Icarus, 174, 486-489.
• Baker, Leslie L. and K. F. Sprenke, 2000. Field trip to a galaxy far, far away: Journal of Geoscience Education, 48, 280-283.
• Sprenke, K.F. and L.L. Baker, 2000. Magnetization, magnetic paleopoles, and polar wander on Mars: Icarus, v. 147, 26-34.