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
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
Grimley, D. A., Loope, H. M., Jacobs, P. M., Nash, T. A., Dendy, S. N., Conroy, J. L., & Curry, B. B. (2024). Updated chronology for Peoria Silt (loess) accumulation in Illinois and western Indiana from radiocarbon dating of terrestrial gastropod shells. Quaternary Research (United States), 121, 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.15