David Aaron Grimley

Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey
Adjunct Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change

Recent Publications

Grimley, D. A., & Conroy, J. L. (2026). Last glacial maximum summer temperature gradients from terrestrial gastropod assemblages in Peoria Silt (loess), Midcontinent USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, 381, Article 109934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109934

Johnson, M. D., Antinao, J. L., Benediktsson, Í. Ö., Grimley, D. A., Jennings, CE., Loope, H. M., Lowell, T. V., Mickelson, D. M., Moore, P. L., Nash, TA., Elmo Rawling, J., & Stutz, J. (2026). Lodge moraines: a common yet underreported end-moraine type—a review. Boreas. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70076

Loope, H. M., Antinao, J. L., Hanson, P. R., Jacobs, P. M., & Grimley, D. A. (2026). Last glacial maximum and late glacial aeolian sand activity, south-central Indiana, USA. Quaternary Research (United States). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2025.10063

Conroy, J. L., Karamperidou, C., & Grimley, D. A. (2025). Near-surface winds at the southern Laurentide ice margin through the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research (United States), 125, 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.62

Dendy, S. N., Guenthner, W. R., Grimley, D. A., & Conroy, J. L. (2024). Quantifying Pleistocene loess provenance in midcontinental North America using a mixing model: Implications for glacial lobe evolution along the southern Laurentide ice sheet. Geosphere, 20(6), 1655-1669. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02770.1

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