Bill is presently working on other fiction stories centered on special military operations in South America and Eurasia during World War II and on non-fiction geology in the same locales. He continues to travel and carry out environmental research in various mountainous parts of the world. Bill is a member of a number of scientific societies and in 1993 he received the G.K. Gilbert Award of the Association of American Geographers for his book Ice on the Equator documenting the geological history of Mount Kenya, one of the major tropical mountains of the world.
E-mail contact: bmahaney@yorku.ca
Hannibal's Odyssey: environmental background to the alpine invasion of Italia, Gorgias Press, Piscataway, N.J., 221 pp. ISBN 978-1-59333-951-7. Clast fabric and mass wasting on Asteroid 25143-Itokawa: correlation with talus and other periglacial features on Earth (with Volli Kalm, Barbara Kapran, & Kenneth Hewitt, Sedimentary Geology, in press. Geochemistry and extractable Fe and Al in cold temperature soils of northwestern Siberia (with Volli Kalm, R.G.V. Hancock, F.A. Michel and Barbara Kapran), Journal of Quaternary Science, in press. The alpine invasion of Italy in 218 BC: geological reconnaissance of the alpine route. American Journal of Ancient History, Series 6, in press. Hannibal's invasion route: age-old question revisited with new scientific data (with J. Agnant, P. Tricart, B. Kapran, C. Carcaillet and R.W. Barendregt), Archaeometry, submitted. The Traversette (Italia) Rockfall: geomorphological indicator of the Hannibalic Invasion Route, (B. Kapran, V. Kalm, P. Tricart, C. Carcaillet, R.W. Barendregt, and P. Somelar), Archaeometry, in press. Evidence from the northwestern Venezuelan Andes for extraterrestrial impact: the black mat enigma (Kapran, B., Milner, M.W., Kalm, V., Krinsley, D.H., Tricart, P., Schwartz, S, Beukens, R., Boccia, S, Hancock, R.G.V.), Geomorphology, submitted. Cosmic Ray Exposure dating on the head scarp of a major landslide (Séchilienne, French Alps), age constraints on Holocene kinematics (with, Le Roux, Olivier, Schwartz, Stéphane, Gamond, Jean François, Jongmans, Denis, Bourles, Didier, Braucher, Régis, Mahaney, William C., Carcaillet, Julien, and Leanni, Laetitia. Earth Surface Processes Letters, in press. Periglacial Landforms on Asteroid 25143-Itokawa: Relative age and geohydrological record-A Geomorphological Perspective (with Barbara Kapran), Geomorphology, in press. Debris flow burial of ancient wall system in the Upper Po River Valley (with Barbara Kapran, Pierre Tricart, René W. Barendregt, Christopher Carcaillet, Davide Rabufetti, and Volli Kalm), Archaeometry, submitted. Age of Mount Kenya volcanics and relation to Late Neogene paleosols and paleoclimate (with René W. Barendregt, M.Villeneuve, Michael W. Milner, and Barbara Kapran), Science in the Americas Conference, American Geophysical Union Meeting, Toronto, May, 2009. The Traversette (Italia) rockfall: model of Late Glacial/Neoglacial rock stability (with Barbara Kapran, Volli Kalm, Pierre Tricart, Chris Carcaillet, C. Blarquez, M.W. Milner, R.W. Barendregt, and P. Somelar), International Association of Sedimentologists, Annual Mtg., Carbonia, Sardinia, Italia, Sept., 2009. Orangutan geophagy: behavior and soil correlation (with Anne Russon, Mike Milner, Ron Hancock and Barbara Kapran), Primates, submitted. Soil chronosequence, Humboldt Glacier, northwestern Venezuelan Andes, (with Volli Kalm, Barbara Kapran, M.W. Milner and R.G.V. Hancock), Geomorphology, in press. Terrain evaluation elicited from the ancient literature: ground truthing of the Hannibalic alpine invasion route using modern geoscientific methods, (with Barbara Kapran and Pierre Tricart). In, Proceedings Eighth International Conference on Military Geography and Geology, June, 2009.
Historical archaeology of the Hannibalic invasion of Italia: technical applications (with M.W. Milner, B. Kapran, R.W. Barendregt, P. Tricart, D. Krinsley, R. Dorn, B. Trapido-Lurie, S. Boccia, R.N.S. Sodhi, V. Kalm, R. Beukens, and C. Carcaillet, Technical Briefs in Historical Archaeology, v. 3, p. 39-47.. Hannibal's trek across the Alps: identification of sites of geoarchaeological interest, (with V. Kalm, R. Dirszowsky, M.W. Milner, R.N.S. Sodhi, R. Beukens, R. Dorn, P. Tricart, S. Schwartz, E. Chamorro-Perez, S. Boccia, R.W. Barendregt, D.H. Krinsley, E.R. Seaquist, D. Merrick, B. Kapran), Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, v. 8, no. 2, p. 39-54. Evidence for a Younger Dryas glacial advance in the Andes of northwestern Venezuela (with M.W. Milner, V. Kalm, R.W. Dirszowsky, R.G.V. Hancock & R.P. Beukens), Geomorphology, v. 96/1-2, p. 199-211. GRS evidence and the possibility of paleooceans on Mars, (with James Dohm, Victor Baker, William Boynton, Alberto Fairén, Justin Ferris, Mike Finch, Roberto Furfaro, Trent Hare, Daniel Janes, Jeffrey Kargel, Suniti Karunatillake, John Keller, Kris Kerry, Kyeong Kim, Goro Komatsu, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Lucia Marinangeli, Gian Ori and Javier Ruiz), Planetary and Space Sciences. In press: corrected proof available online Oct 2008. GRS evidence on the existence and character of possible ancient oceans on Mars (with James Dohm, V. Baker, W. Boynton, A. Fairén, J. Ferris, M. Finch, R. Furfaro, T. Hare, D. Janes, J. Kargel, S. Karunatillake, J. Keller, K. Kerry, K. Kim, G. Komatsu, D. Schulze-Makuch, L. Marinangel, G. Ori, J. Ruiz), poster presented at 2nd International Workshop on Exploring Mars and its Earth Analogues, Trento, Italy, June 19-23, 2007; also presented at the 1st Kigam Workshop on Planetary Geology, June, 2008. Blueberries on Earth and Mars: correlations between concretions in Navajo sandstone and Terra Meridiani on Mars (with M.W. Milner, D. Netoff, J. Dohm, V. Kalm, D. Krinsley, R.N.S. Sodhi, R.C. Anderson, S. Boccia, D. Malloch, B. Kapran and A. Havics, Appplied Surface Analysis Workshop, Surface Interface Ontario, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thursday, March 20, 2008. Also to be presented at the SIMS Europe Conference, Muenster, Germany, October, 2008. Identifying the contexts of deeply buried Great Lakes coastal sites: examples from the Sheguiandah and Cummins sites (with Patrick Julig). Abstract for the Canadian Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, May, 2008. Hannibal and the Alps: unraveling the invasion route from the geological and environmental evidence (with B. Kapran and P. Tricart), Geological Soc. London, Geology Today, v. 24, no. 6, p. 223-230. Feature article this issue-view of the Italian side of the Col de la Traversette, Hannibal's most likely route into Italia in 218 BC. Hannibal's debacle in the Combe de Queyras in 218 BC: the unknown Gallic Commander (with Pierre Tricart). In Military Geography and Geology: History and Technology, C.P. Nathanail, R. Abrahart and R. Bradshaw, eds., Land Quality Press, Nottingham, UK, (Proc. Of the 6th Int. Military Geography and Geology Conference, Nottingham U., UK), p. 88-97. The Hannibalic invasion of Italia in 218 BC: geological/topographic analysis of the invasion route (with R. Dirszowsky and V. Kalm). In Military Geography and Geology: History and Technology, P. Nathanail, R. Abrahart and R. Bradshaw, eds., Land Quality Press, Nottingham, UK, (Proc of the 6th Int. Military Geography and Geology Conference, Nottingham U., UK) p. 76-86. Blueberries on Earth and Mars: correlations between concretions in Navajo sandstone and Terra Meridiani on Mars. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December.
Analysis of burnt schist outcrops in the Alps: relation to historical archaeology and Hannibal's crossing (with V. Kalm, R, Dirszowsky, R. Sodhi, R. Beukens, S. Boccia, R. Dorn, P. Tricart, E. Chamorro-Perez, S. Schwartz, and R.W. Barendregt, Geoarchaeology, 22: 797-816. Tier-scalable reconnaissance missions for the autonomous exploration of planetary bodies (with W. Fink, James Dohm, M. Tarbeff, T. Hare, V. Baker. D. Schulze-Makuch, R. Furfaro, A. Fairen, T. Ferre, H. Miyamoto and G. Komatsu. I.E.E.E.A.C. Aerospace paper 1199, 1-11. Proceedings of a conference at JPL, Pasadena. Comment on "Late Quaternary deglacial history of the Mérida Glaciation, Venezuela by N. Stansell et al., J.Q. Sci., 20: 801-812 (with R. Dirszowsky and V. Kalm). Journal of Quaternary Science, 22, 817-821. Hannibal's mountain military operations in the ancient world: environmental considerations. Proceedings 7th International Military Geography and Geology Conference, Quebec City, June, 2007, to be published with UBC press in 2008. Adapter based microscopic and wide angle imaging capability for digital cameras for planetary exploration and astrobiology (with W. Fink and R. Kuhlman), 38th Lunar Planetary Science Conference, March 11-16, 2007, Houston, Tx., Abstract.
ToF-SIMS applied to historical archaeology in the Alps (with R. Sodhi and M. Milner), Applied Surface Science, 252: 7140-7143. Comment on "A middle Wisconsin interstadial in the northern Andes" by V. Rull (with R. Dirszowsky and V. Kalm. J. South American Earth Sciences, 21: 310-314. Later Pleistocene and Holocene soils in Mammoth Basin and Green River areas, Wind River Range, Wyo., U.S.A. (with A. Falen, M.A. Fosberg and R.G.V. Hancock. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde and Glazialgeologie, 39: 161-181. Blueberries on Earth and Mars: some correlations between Andean paleosols, geothermal pipes in Navajo sandstone and Terra Meridiani on Mars (with M. Milner, D. Netoff, J. Dohm, R. Sodhi, S. Aufreiter, R.G.V. Hancock, M. Bezada, V. Kalm and D. Malloch), 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (NASA), Houston, Tx., March , 2006, Abstract. Multi-Tier agent autonomous robotic planetary surface/subsurface reconnaissance for life on Mars (with W. Fink, J. Dohm, M.A. Tarbell, T. Hare, V. Baker, D. Schulze-Makuch, R. Furfaro, A. Fairen, T. Ferre, H. Miyamoto, G. Komatsu), 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (NASA), Houston, Tx., March, 2006, Abstract. Chemical composition of clay minerals on Mars inferred from analysis of wet aeolian environments on Earth: implications for presence of fossil/extant microorganisms on Mars, Bridging clays-Joint Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society and Groupe Française des Argiles, 3-7 June, 2006, Poitiers, France. Abstract. Quaternary stratigraphy and clay mineralogy of Pleistocene tills in North Cliff Section, Wellsch Valley, southern Saskatchewan, Canada, Bridging Clays-Joint Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society and the Groupe Française des Argiles, 3-7 June, 2006, Abstract. Autonomous tier-scalable reconnaissance missions for remote planetary exploration (with W. Fink and J. Dohm), 4th Int. Planetary Probe Workshop, JPL, Pasadena, Calif, June 27-30, 2006. Abstract and demonstration.
Geophagy soils consumed by chimpanzees of the Kanyawara Community in the Kibale Forest, Uganda (with M.W. Milner, S. Aufreiter, R.G.V. Hancock, R. Wrangham, and S. Campbell), Int. Journal of Primatology, 26: 1375-1397. Nye Channels (flutings) on the Humboldt Massif, northern Venezuelan Andes (with V. Kalm and M. Bezada), Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 49: 253-264. Lithostratigraphy of the Mérida (Wisconsinian) glaciation and Pedregal Interstade, Mérida Andes, northwestern Venezuela (with V. Kalm, M. Bezada, M. Hodder and R. Dirszowsky), Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 19: 23-33. Quartz microstructures owing to deformation of glaciolacustrine sediments in the northern Venezuelan Andes (with M. Milner, R.Dirszowsky, A. Stewart, M. Bezada, V. Kalm, and J. Menzies, Journal of Quaternary Science, 19: 23-33. SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer) applied to historical archaeology in the Alps (With Rana Sodhi and M. Milner). XV SIMS Conference, University of Manchester, Sept., 2005. Abstract.
Ancient wet aeolian environments on Earth: clues to presence of fossil/live microorganisms on Mars (with M. Milner, D. Netoff, D. Malloch and J. Dohm), Icarus, 171: 39-53. The Northwestern Slope Valleys (NSV's) Region, Mars: a prime candidate site for future exploration of Mars (with J. Dohm, J. Ferris, R. Anderson, V. Baker and T. Hare), Journal of Planetary and Space Sciences, 52: 189-198. Significant geologic, hydrogeologic and possible astrobiologic information awaits discovery at prime localities in and surrounding Tharsis through upcoming science-driven missions (with J. Dohm, R. Anderson, V. Baker, J. Ferris, T. Hare, J. Keller, G. Komatsu, K. Kerry, H. Miyamoto, J. Ormo and D. Schulze-Makuch, 2nd International Mars Conference, 2004, Houston, Tx., Abstract. Fossil microorganisms in fluidization pipes of the Navajo and Entrada sandstones of Jurassic age: martian analogues (with M. Milner, D. Netoff, J. Dohm, V. Baker and H. Miyamoto), International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, August, 2004. Abstract. Late Quaternary lake fluctuations and soil development in the Mérida Andes, northwestern Venezuela: correlation with the GRIP ice core (with R. Dirszowsky, M. Milner, V. Kalm, and M. Bezada), International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, August, 2004, Abstract.
Understanding geophagy in animals: standard procedures for sampling soils (with R. Krishnamani), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29: 1477-1499. Hannibal's Invasion of Italy in 218 B.C.: geological reconnaissance of the alpine route. 5th International Conference on Military Geography and Geology, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., June 15-19, 2003. Abstract. The Northwestern Slope Valleys (NSV's) Region, Mars: A prime candidate site for the future exploration of Mars (with J. Dohm, J. Ferris, R. Anderson, V. Baker, T. Hare), American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif (poster). Cyclic lacustrine deposition and soil development in the Mérida Andes, northwestern Venezuela (with R. Dirszowsky, V. Kalm, and M. Bezada), Field Symposium on Human Impact and Geological Heritage, Estonian Academy of Sciences, 12-17 May, 2003, Tallinn, Estonia. Abstract. Sand pipe reservoir exhausts and warm, wet aeolian sabhka-bed microbe accumulations on Mesozoic sands: correlation with possible extraterrestrial life on cold, metastable sediments on Mars, International Biogeochemical Conference, (with M. Milner), Tokyo, Japan, September, 2003. Abstract.