Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Phillips, B.A.M. and C.L. Hill. 2004 Deglaciation History and Geomorphological Character of the Region Between the Agassiz and Superior Basins, Associated with the ‘Interlakes Composite' of Minnesota and Ontario, in L.J. Jackson and A. Hinshelwood, Eds., The Late Palaeo-Indian Great Lakes - Geological and Archaeological Investigations of Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Environments, Mercury Series, Archaeology Paper 165, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Chapter 10, pp. 275-301.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1993 Water Diversion and Water Level Control - Some Impacts of Developing Natural Resources in Northwestern Ontario in M.E. Johnston, Ed., Geographic Perspectives on the Provincial Norths: pp. 58-86, a joint publication of Copp Clark Longman and the Centre for Northern Studies at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  • Phillips B.A.M. and Kemp, D.D. 1976 Environmental Quality in Canada, in G.G. Ruggeri, Ed., The Canadian Economy: Problems and Policies, Toronto, Gage Publishers. (A modified version of Phillips and Kemp, 1974.)

Papers in Peer Refereed Journals

  • Phillips, B.A.M. and H. Rasid, 1996 Impact of Lake Level Regulation on Shoreline Erosion and Shore Property Hazards: The Binational Case Experience of Lake of the Woods. The Great Lakes Geographer 3, 2, 11-28.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and P.W. Fralick, 1994 A Transgressive Event on Lake Minong, Northshore of Lake Superior - Possible Evidence of Lake Agassiz Inflow, circa 9.5 ka BP. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 31, 1638-1641.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and P.W. Fralick, 1994 Interpretation of the Sedimentology and Morphology of Perched Glaciolacustrine Deltas on the Flanks of the Lake Superior Basin, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 20, 2, 390-406.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1993 A Time-Space Model for the Distribution of Archaeological Sites in the Lake Superior Basin. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 8, 2, 87-107.
  • Rasid, H. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1990 Effects of Fluctuating Levels of Lake Superior on Morphological Adjustments in the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 5, 2, 111-127.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1988 Palaeogeographic Reconstruction of Shoreline Archaeological Sites around Thunder Bay, Ontario. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 3, 2, 127-138.
  • Rasid, H., Phillips, B.A.M. and M. Oosterveld 1985 Morphological Effects of Channelization: The Case of the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Environmental Management .9, 5, 399-416.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1982 Characteristics of Raised Cobble Ridges in the Terrace Bay area of the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Canadian Geographer, XXIV, 2, 128-141.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1980 The Morphology and Processes of the Lake Superior North Shore. in S.B. McCann, ed., Coastlines of Canada - Littoral Processes and Shoreline Morphology, pp.407-415, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-10.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1977 Shoreline Inheritance in Coastal Histories, Science, 195, 11-16.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and D.D. Kemp 1974 Environmental Quality in Canada, International Relations IV, 6, 585-603,648.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1970 Effective Levels of Marine Planation on Raised and Present Rock Platforms, Revue Geographie Montreal XXIV, 3, 227-240.

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1978 Coastal Erosion, north and east shores of Lake Superior, Proceedings of 2nd. Workshop on Great Lakes Coastal Erosion and Sedimentation, 37-40.

Papers with Editorial or Editorial Board review.

  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1993 Improving Graphicacy: Communicating More Effectively with Thematic Maps and Diagrams, The Lakehead University Teacher 3, No.7.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1973 Environmental Issues in Northwestern Ontario, Lakehead University Review, Special Publication for the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Thunder Bay, 85-120.
  • Phillips, B.A.M., 1970 The Significance of Inheritance in the Interpretation of Marine and Lacustrine Coastal Histories, Lakehead University Review III, 1, 36-45.
  • Phillips, B.A.M., 1967 The Post-Glacial Raised Shoreline around the North Plain, Isle of Man, The Northern Universities Geographical Journal .8, 43-48.

Popular Publications(Editor reviewed only)

  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Hoskinson, 1988 On the Shores of Gitchee Gumee, Thunder Bay Magazine. [Editor's choice of Title]
  • Phillips, B.A.M., 1975 How molten rock and lava and then ice sheets shaped the grandeur of the Superior North Shore, The Canadian Geographical Journal 91, 5, 4-12. [Editor's choice of Title]

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts (Unrefereed)

  • McLeod, M. and B.A.M. Phillips 2009. Archaeological and Geomorphological Monitoring of Highway Construction through the Paleoindian Site  DcJi 16, City of Thunder Bay, Proceedings and Abstracts, Canadian Archaeological Association, AnnualMeeting, Thunder Bay, On., May 13-17 2009.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J.F. Dean 2009. Ichthyofaunal and Geomorphic Evidence for Pre-Agassiz and Early Agassiz Spillways in the Ontario - Minnesota Borderlands and the Archaeological Implications for the Earliest Access to the Thunder Bay Region, Proceedings and Abstracts, Canadian Archaeological Association, AnnualMeeting, Thunder Bay, On., May 13-17 2009.
  • B.A.M. Phillips and J.F. Dean 2007. An Early Outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz in the Ontario/Minnesota Borderlands – Ichthyofaunal and Geomorphic Evidence from the Gunflint-Arrow Lakes Corridor and the Keating Complex , Programme and Abstracts, 31 st Annual Conference, Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Sept. 28-30 th .
  • Dean, J.F. and B.A.M. Phillips 2007. Distribution of Certain Ichthyofauna in relation to Eastern Outlets of Lake Agassiz, with emphasis on the Gunflint-Arrow Lakes Corridor and the Keating Complex , Proceedings, Vol. 53, Program and Abstracts, Poster Session, 53 rd Annual Meeting, Institute on Lake Superior Geology, Lutsen, Minnesota, May 8-13 th . pp. 26-27.
  • B.A.M. Phillips 2006. Puckaskwa Pits, Isostatic Retrodeformation and an Archaeological Site Prediction Model for the Minnesota Shore of Lake Superior , Programme and Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May 29-June 3, p. 73.
  • McLeod, M. and B.A.M. Phillips 2006. Periglacial Caribou Hunters and the Dating of Ice Margin Features Relative to Archaeological Sites , Programme and Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May 29-June 3, p. 67.
  • B.A.M. Phillips 2006. Paleogeographic Interpretation and Archaeological Site Prediction in Widely Different Present Environments , ‘Making Tracks across the southwest', The 2006 Desert Symposium Field Guide and Abstracts from Proceedings, California State University, Desert Studies Consortium and LSA Associates, Inc., Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, CA, April 21-24 th . p.77.
  • B.A.M. Phillips and C.S. Wright 2006. Compensating Forced Early Retirement , Proceedings, U.S. National Business and Economics Society, 7 th Annual Conference, March 2006, Los Cabos , Mexico.
  • Wright, C.S. and B.A.M. Phillips 2005. Compensating Forced Early Retirement, Abstracts, Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada, Midwest Branch, 58 th Annual Meeting, September 2005, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  • Phillips, B.A.M., Wright, C.S. and C. Mihai 2005. Emerging Issues in Retirement, Quality, Savings and Security, Proceedings, Conference on Emerging Financial Markets in the Asia-Pacific, University of Western Sydney, May 2005, Sydney, Australia.
  • Wright, C.S., Phillips, B.A.M., Mihai, C. and J. Phillips 2005. Earning Power parity and the Quality of Retirement, Proceedings, U.S. National Business and Economics Society, 6 th Annual Conference, March 2005, Key West, Florida.
  • Wright, C.S., Phillips, B.A.M., Mihai, C. and J. Phillips 2004. Socio-Economics, Geography and Management of Dire Poverty in Canada's Rural Communities, Proceedings, U.S. National Business and Economics Society, 5 th Annual Conference, March 2004, Big Island, Hawaii.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2002. Glacial History and Surficial Geology in Northwestern Ontario, with emphasis on the Atikokan-Quetico area, Program and Abstracts, Understanding and Managing Your Landbase, an MNR Workshop, September 23-26 th 2002, Quetico Centre, Ontario.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2001. Deglaciation History-the Key to Understanding the Present Landscapes of Northern Ontario, Program and Abstracts, Understanding and Managing Your Landbase, an MNR Workshop, October 2001, Nipigon, Ontario.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2001. Archaeological Implications of Lake Level Variation in the Grand Portage Area, North Shore of Lake Superior, Program and Abstracts, Lake Superior Parks Research Conference, March 2001, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1999. Taking GIS into the Field: Location and Analysis of Historical Sites along the North Shore of Lake Superior, Program and Abstracts, 6 th Annual EPPL7-EPIC User's Workshop, October 1999, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1998. GIS, A Canadian Perspective, Program and Abstracts, 5 th Annual EPPL7 User's Conference, October 1998, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1997. The Value of EPPL7 in Conducting Spatial Analysis. A case Study: Retrodeformation of the DEM of Northern Minnesota as a Tool for Reconstruction of Former Glacial Lakes, Program and Abstracts, 4 th Annual EPPL7 User's Conference, October 1997, St. Paul , Minnesota.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1997 Retro-deformation of the D.E.M. of Northern Minnesota as a Tool for Reconstruction of Former Glacial Lakes. Proceedings of the 9th Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium Conference, St. Cloud, Mn.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and C.L. Hill 1994 Implications of Abandoned Shoreline Features above Glacial lake Duluth levels along the North Shore of the Superior Basin in the vicinity of the Brule River. American Quaternary Association, 13th Biennial meeting, Minneapolis, Mn., Program and Abstracts, p.148.

Census Atlases (Unrefereed)

  • Lorch, B. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1991 A Census Atlas of Northwestern Ontario, An Atlas of Demographic, Social and Economic Themes Selected from the 1986 Census, Centre for Northern Studies, Lakehead University, Occasional Paper #6, 161p.
  • Lorch, B. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1987 A Census Atlas of Thunder Bay, An Atlas of Demographic, Social and Economic Themes Selected form the 1981 Census, Lakehead University, 142p.

Field Guides (Refereed)

  • Dean, J.F. and Phillips, B.A.M., 2011, Pre-and-early Agassiz outlets to the western Superior Basin, in Miller, J.D., Hudak, G.J., Wittkop, C., and McLaughlin, P.I., eds., Archean to Anthropocene: Field Guides to the Geology of the Mid-Continent of North America: Geological Society of America Field Guide 24, p.317-349, doi:10.1130/2011.0024(15).

Field Guides (Unrefereed)

  • Phillips, B.A.M. and K. Zaniewski 2006. Glacial and Coastal Landforms of the Minnesota North Shore , A Field Excursion for the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May 29-June 3, 8 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and M. McLeod 2001 The Deglaciation and Geoarchaeology of the Minnesota-Ontario Borderlands – A Field Guide to the Excursions for the Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, 47 th Annual Field Conference, Thunder Bay, ON., June 2001, 128 p.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2000 Geoarchaeology of the Thunder Bay area, Pre-Meeting Field Excursion #3, in Institute on Lake Superior Geology, Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May 2000, Proceedings Volume 46, Part 2: Field Trip Guide Books, 20 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1994 Post-Glacial Shorelines and Paleoindian Migration along the Northwestern shore of Lake Superior, three day Post-Conference Field Excursion E, American Quaternary Association, 13th Biennial Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 1994, 81 pages.
  • Carmean, W., and Phillips, B.A.M. 1990 The Geomorphology and Boreal Soils of the Thunder Bay area: A Field Excursion, Ontario Advanced Forestry Program, Module 1, Forest Autoecology, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1987 Seven sections on Features, plus Figures in R.S. Geddes, Ed., Quaternary Features and Scenery along the North Shore of Lake Superior, Guide to Excursion C12, p.29-49, 12th.International Congress, International Union for Quaternary Research, Montreal.

Professional/Consulting Reports and Contributions

  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2011. Interim Notes on  a Two-Year Study of the Status of  Saguaro Cactus on the  South Flank of  the Whipple Mts, for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, Sept. 2011
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2011. The Paleogeography of the Kakabeka Falls Area and the Archaeological Potential of the  Bruno Property, for Boreal Heritage Consulting.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2010. Off Highway Vehicle Trail Condition Evaluation Report on Eight OHV Trails in the Mojave Desert Region (Crestview Wash, War Eagle Mine, North Chemehuevi, Old Needles - Parker Road, Chemehuevi Valley - Essex, Vidal - Saltmarsh, Danby - Ludlow and Primm - Kingston Wash - Halloran Spring), for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, June 2010.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2009. A Report on the Status of  Teddy Bear (Bigelow) Cholla in the  Sacramento and Stepladder Mts Teddy Bear Cholla UPA (Unusual Plant Assemblage), for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, April 2009.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2009. A Report on the Status of Abandoned Mine Lands in the Northeastern Arm of the Sacramento Mts, for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, March 2009.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2009. A Report on the Status of Smoketrees in Piute Wash UPA (Unusual Plant Assemblage), for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, February 2009.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2008. A Report on the Status of the Old Ivanpah Pipeline, Ivanpah and Willow Springs, Clark Mountain Grazing Allotment , and A Report on the Status of Antimony and Burro Springs, Clark Mountain Grazing Allotment , for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, April 2008
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2007. Black and White Rocks , an interpretive trifold brochure on ‘desert varnish' and ‘caliche' for public education, published by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2007. Geographic Concepts – Foundation Concepts for Mapping and GIS – Module 1:Direction, Distance, Elevation and Location; Module 2: Coordinate, Land Survey and Map Systems; Module 3: The World Geodetic System (WGS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS); Module 4: Geographic information Systems (GIS). A CD set of four narrated PowerPoint Presentations for Self Instruction by Teachers in the Minnesota Firewise Project, completed for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Forestry Division, St. Paul , Minnesota.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2006. Interpretive Trail Guides to Off-Highway Vehicle Trails in the Mojave Desert, California – Monumental Pass and Crestview Wash OHV Trails; North Chemehuevi and War Eagle Mine OHV Trails; Turtle Mountains OHV Trails, Mile-by-mile draft field guides, illustrated with maps and photos, for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, January through April 2006.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2005. Report on the Geomorphology and Archaeological Potential of the Neebing River area where crossed by the Harbour Expressway Extension – The Langlois Location, a Report for Boreal Heritage Consulting, November 2005, 13 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2005. The Everard Site – a Report on the Geomorphic and Archaeological Significance of a Former Island, a Report for the MNR, Nipigon District, September 2005, 10 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2005. Help Files and a set of integrated Tutorials for Minnesota Environmental AtlasGDS (Geospatial Decision Support), GIS software developed by the Land Management Information Center in association with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, commenced January 2004 and released June 2005.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2005. An Interim Report on the Occurrence of Saguaro in the Saguaro-Paloverde UPA, Copper Basin, California, a Report for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, April 2005, 11 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2005. A Report on the Occurrence of Ocotillo in the Homer Mt UPA, California, including a survey of Characteristics and Health Status of a Representative Sample, a Report for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, March 2005, 10 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2005. A Report on the Occurrence, Characteristics and Health Status of a Patch of 14 Ocotillo located in the North Dead Mts., California, a Report for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, February 2005, 10 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and J. Phillips 2005. A Report on the Occurrence, Characteristics and Health Status of Crucifixion Thorn in the Chemehuevi and Homer Wash UPA's., California, a Report for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Needles Office, January 2005, 14 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2004. A Report on the Geomorphology of a Proposed Aggregate Extraction Area, Garden Ave., Thunder Bay, a Report for Boreal Heritage Consulting, 8 pages.
  • Phillips B.A.M. 2002 Geomorphological and Historical Observations in the Grand Portage National Monument, a Report for the U.S. National Parks Service, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Marais, MN.  35 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2001 Water Level History and Shoreline Change – Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, a Report for the U.S. National Parks Service, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Marais, MN.  88 pages.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 2000 The Raised Beach Trail – a mile by mile guide up Highway 61 from Duluth to Pigeon River, text, text boxes and photos for a public information Brochure, prepared for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1998 Beach Ridge Project: Interpretive Signs for Northshore State Parks - A Pilot Project, for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St. Paul, Minn.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1995 Grand Portage State Park: Geomorphological Features and Potential Archaeological Sites, for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St. Paul, Minn. Includes a full Geomorphological Features Map of the Park, and more detailed inset sheet.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1994 Shoreline Processes in South East Lake of the Woods, with particular attention to the impact of water level change on shoreline erosion, for the Lake of the Woods Control Board, Environment Canada, Hull, Quebec.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and C.L. Hill, 1994 Tettegouche State Park: Geomorphological Features and Potential Archaeological Sites, for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St. Paul, Minn. Includes a full Geomorphological Features Map of the Park, in two sheets.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and C.L. Hill, 1994 The Geology, Glacial and Shoreline History and Archaeology of the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior: a background paper for Geomorphological and Archaeological Studies of Individual State Parks on the North Shore, for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St. Paul, Minn.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1993 A Paleogeographic interpretation of archaeological sites on the west side of the Neebing river, for Mr. Andrew Hinshelwood, Consulting Archaeologist, for inclusion in Report, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 2p. and geomorphological sketch map.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. and C.L. Hill, 1993 Judge C.R. Magney State Park: Geomorphological Features and Potential Archaeological Sites, for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Parks Division, St.Paul, Minn. Includes a full Geomorphological Features Map of the Park, in two sheets.
  • Noble, T.W. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1990 Earth Science Assessment of the Lagoon Site, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 12p., including a map of the field interpretation of the features of the study site.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1990 Geomorphological Interpretation of the Gravel River Composite Delta, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (sub-contracted through T.Noble), 3p. and geomorphological sketch map from air photos and field check.
  • Noble, T. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1989 Earth Science Inventory: Lake of the Woods Provincial Park Addition, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Northwestern Region, 50p.
  • Noble, T. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1989 Earth Science Inventory: Sable Islands Provincial Nature Reserve, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Northwestern Region, 66p.
  • Noble, T. and B.A.M. Phillips, 1988 Earth Science Theme Study: Glacial and Contemporary Landforms, Phase 1 Pre-Field, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Northeastern Region, 55p.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1986 Paleogeographic interpretation of the Biloski site, Cherry Ridge Housing development, for Mr. Bill Ross, Regional Archaeologist, for inclusion in Report, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 2p. and geomorphological sketch map.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1982 Morphological Mapping and Paleo-environmental Reconstruction of Former Shorelines between Current River and Rosslyn, Thunder Bay, Ontario, including the Cummins Site, for The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Archaeological Division, 66p. and set of 1:5000 field sheets showing geomorphological features.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1980 Paleogeography of the Jarvis Bay Archaic Site, for Mr. Bill Ross, Regional Archaeologist, for inclusion in Annual Field Reports, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 3p. and geomorphological sketch map.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1975 The Paleogeography and Morphology of the Coastal Zone between Pigeon River and Hurkett Cove, Northwestern Ontario, for Hough, Stansbury and Associates Ltd, Toronto, 60 p. and annotated slide collection.
  • Phillips, B.A.M. 1974 Description of Zones and Paleogeographic Summary, in M.D.Billings., Neys Provincial Park: Environmental Planning Series, Earth Science Report, for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, North Central Region, (140 p.), 32 p. text plus full Geomorphological Map of the Park and environs, plus leveled profiles from Park and Detention Island proposed extension.