Keck Geology Projects: 2012/2013
**The electronic application form will be activated in December**
Information about the student application process here
Student application deadline will be Friday, February 3rd, 2012.
1) South-Central Alaska
Title: Tectonic evolution of the flysch of the Chugach terrane, south central Alaska
Faculty: John Garver (Union College), Cam Davidson (Carleton College)
Students: 4
Dates: 15 June - 12 July 2012
2) Northeast Oregon
Title: Middle to Late Miocene eruptive and climatic history in the Grande Ronde Valley, Northeast Oregon
Faculty: Nicholas Bader (Whitman College), Kirsten Nicolaysen (Whitman College)
Students: 6
Dates: July 11 - August 7, 2012 (tentative)
3) Catalina Island, CA
Title: Metasomatism and the tectonics of Santa Catalina Island: Testing new and old models
Faculty: Zeb Page (Oberlin College), Emily Walsh (Cornell College)
Students: 6
Dates: July 8- August 6 2012 (tentative)
4) Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Title: Paleoecology and paleoclimate of the Paleogene Chickaloon, Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Faculty: Chris Williams (Franklin & Marshall College), David Sunderlin (Lafayette College)
Students: 6
Dates: 1 July 2012 to 28 July 2012 (tentative)
5) Colorado Front Range
Title: Interdisciplinary studies in the critical zone, Boulder Creek catchment, Front Range, Colorado
Faculty: David Dethier (Williams College), Will Ouimet (U. Connecticut)
Students: 6
Dates: 11 July to 8 August 2012
6) Bivalve Geochemistry: Hell Creek Montana
Title: Biogeochemical carbon cycling in fluvial systems from bivalve shell geochemistry--using the modern to understand the past
Faculty: David Gillikin (Union College), David Goodwin (Denison University)
Students: 6
Dates: July 8-August 4, 2012
7) Snake Range, Nevada
Title: Cretaceous to Miocene evolution of the northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex: Assessing the slip history of the Snake Range Decollement and spatial variations in the timing of footwall deformation, metamorphism, and exhumation
Faculty: Martin Wong (Colgate University), Phil Gans (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Students: 6
Dates: July 20 to August 18, 2012
8) Clear Lake, Wisconsin
Title: The role of groundwater in the flooding history of Clear Lake, Wisconsin
Faculty: Susan Swanson (Beloit College), Justin Dodd (Northern Illinois University)
Students: 6
Dates: July 8 - August 4, 2012
9) Western Ireland
Title: Paleoenvironmental records and early diagenesis of marl lake sediments: A case study from Lough Carra, western Ireland
Faculty: Anna Martini (Amherst College), Tim Ku (Wesleyan University)
Students: 3
Dates: July 11th to August 8th (tentative)
