23rd Keck Geology Undergraduate research Symposium
Houston, Texas, April 2010 (sponsored by ExxonMobil)
Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Keck Research Symposium in Geology
Table of Contents
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SE ALASKA PROJECT
EXHUMATION OF THE COAST MOUNTAINS BATHOLITH DURING THE GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE TRANSITION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION p.1-6
CAMERON DAVIDSON, Carleton College
KARL R. WIRTH, Macalester College
TIM WHITE, Pennsylvania State University
FISSION TRACK AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SE ALASKA p.7-15
LEONARD ANCUTA: Union College
Research Advisor: John Garver
PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TERTIARY INTRUSIONS AND FLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION NEAR KAKE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE p.16-22
JORDAN EPSTEIN: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE TERTIARY KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: A SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF COAST MOUNTAINS EXHUMATION p.23-30
NATHAN S. EVENSON: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
INTERPRETATION OF THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION USING STRATIGRAPHY AND PALYNOLOGY p.31-36
SAMANTHA FALCON: West Virginia University
Research Advisor: Dr. Helen Lang
PALEOMAGNETISM OF EARLY CRETACEOUS TURBIDITES NEAR POINT HAMILTON, KUPREANOF ISLAND, ALASKA p.37-42
ALEXANDER BRIAN GONZALEZ: Amherst College
Research Advisor: Peter Crowley
PROVENANCE OF THE LOWER KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA p.43-51
TIFFANY HENDERSON: Trinity University
Research Advisor: Kathleen Surpless
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC (δ13C) ANALYSIS OF A PROMINENT PALEOSOL WITHIN THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, ADMIRALTY AND KUIU ISLANDS, ALASKA p.52-56
CONOR P. MCNALLY: The Pennsylvania State University
Research Advisor: Tim White
USING STABLE AND CLUMPED ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOHYDROLOGY IN THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SE ALASKA p.57-62
JULIA NAVE: The Colorado College
Research Advisor: Henry Fricke
PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SOUTHEAST ALASKA p.63-67
MARIA PRINCEN: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Karl Wirth
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COLORADO PROJECT
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE, BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO p.68-74
Project Director: DAVID P. DETHIER: Williams College
Project Faculty: MATTHIAS LEOPOLD: Technical University of Munich
FRACTURE DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERIZATION IN BETASSO GULCH, CO p.75-81
ELIZABETH DENGLER: Bates College
Research advisor: Dykstra Eusden
TALUS STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN TALUS NEAR GREEN LAKE 3 AND AT BUMMER'S ROCK, COLORADO p.82-89
EVAN RIDDLE: North Carolina State University
Research Advisor: Karl Wegmann
THE DISTRIBUTION OF TORS IN GORDON GULCH, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO p.90-95
JAMES TROTTA: Williams College
Research Advisor: David P. Dethier
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WISCONSIN PROJECT
THE GEOLOGY AND ECOHYDROLOGY OF SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN p.96-102
Project Faculty: SUSAN K. SWANSON: Beloit College
MAUREEN A. MULDOON: University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER FLOW AND SPRING LOCATION IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN p.103-109
HANNAH DOHERTY: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Al Werner
ESTABLISHING PALEOCLIMATE VARIATION FROM MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS AND STABLE ISOTOPES IN A TUFA DEPOSIT, WISCONSIN p.110-115
ELIZABETH FORBES: Whitman College
Research Advisor: Kirsten Nicolaysen
A COMPARISON OF TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING SPRING SOURCE AREAS: CRAWFORD COUNTY, WISCONSIN p.116-121
ASHLEY KRUTKO: Capital University
Research Advisor: Terry Lahm
WATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF TUFA-DEPOSITING SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA, WISCONSIN p.122-127
MARY LIANG: Franklin and Marshall College
Research Advisor: Dorothy Merritts
A CLIMATIC STUDY OF SPRING TUFA DEPOSITS USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS, SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN p.128-133
ETHAN MAMER: Beloit College
Research Advisor: Susan Swanson
TEMPERATURE PROFILE MODELING OF A SMALL SPRING-FED STREAM p.134-140
MILES REED: DePauw University
Research Advisor: Tim Cope
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OREGON PROJECT
WEATHERING OF A VOLCANIC LANDSCAPE: THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE DESCHUTES RIVER WATERSHED, CENTRAL OREGON p.141-147
Project Faculty: HOLLI FREY, Union College & KATHRYN SZRAMEK, Drake University
CHEMICAL WEATHERING IN THE DESCHUTES BASIN: HOW WATERSHED FEATURES EFFECT CATION CONCENTRATIONS IN WATER CHEMISTRY p.148-151
LIVIA CAPALDI: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Steven Wojtal
SPATIAL VARIABLILTY OF TEPHRA SOIL ON DIFFERING GEOMORPHIC SURFACES WITHIN THE HEADWATERS OF THE DESCHUTTES RIVER, OREGON p.152-156
MATTHEW HARWARD: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Research Advisor: Dr. Martha C. Eppes
INCIPIENT WEATHERING IN SILICIC ROCKS INDICATED BY ENRICHMENT OF REE AND TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS: THE HIGH CASCADES, OREGON p.157-161
MATTHEW KISSANE: Union College
Research Advisor: Holli Frey
PLAGIOCLASE WEATHERING WITH DISTANCE FROM VOIDS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE DESCHUTES BASIN, CENTRAL OREGON p.162-166
ASHLEY MELENDEZ: California State University, Fullerton
Research Advisor: Brandon Browne
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND LITHOLOGY ON SPRING CHEMISTRY IN THE UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER, OREGON p.167-173
JULIA SCHWARZ: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
ALKALINITY AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN SURFACE WATERS OF THE DESCHUTES DRAINAGE BASIN, OREGON p.174-181
LAUREN WERCKENTHIEN: DePauw University
Research Advisor: Dr. James G. Mills, Jr.
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MONGOLIA PROJECT
PALEOZOIC PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.182-191
Project Directors: CONSTANCE M. SOJA: Colgate University and CHULUUN MINJIN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Project Faculty: PAUL MYROW: The Colorado College and D. JEFFREY OVER: State University of New York at Geneseo
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, YAMAAN-US, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.192
UYANGA BOLD: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
GEOLOGIC MAP AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION AT "WENLOCK HILL", SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.193
BILGUUN DALAIBAATAR: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
SEDIMENTOLOGY, DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY AND DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LOWER DEVONIAN TSAKHIR FORMATION, SHINE JINST REGION, MONGOLIA p.194-200
TIMOTHY M. GIBSON: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Paul Myrow
BRACHIOPODS FROM THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, YAMAAN-US, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.201
BADRAL KHURELBAATAR: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN DARAVGAI AND GASHUUNOVOO FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, SHINE JINST AREA, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA p.202-208
MADELYN METTE: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Ray Rogers
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN DARAVGAI AND GASHUUNOVOO FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, SHINE JINST, MONGOLIA p.209-216
SARA E. OSER: University of Cincinnati
Research Advisor: Carlton E. Brett
PALEOECOLOGY OF LOWER DEVONIAN (EMSIAN) SHELF DEPOSITS IN THE CHULUUN FORMATION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.217-220
ADAM FRANCIS ANTONIO PELLEGRINI: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Constance M. Soja
TRILOBITE PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TSAGAANKHAALGA FORMATION NEAR TSAKHIR WELL, SHINE JINST, MONGOLIA p.221-227
JENNIFER A. PETEYA: Mount Union College
Research Advisor: Lee Gray
GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING EAST-TO-WEST FACIES TRANSITIONS IN THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, SCHARCHULUUT, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.228
MUNKH-OD PUREVTSEREN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
PALEOECOLOGY AND CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE AMANSAIR AND TSAGAANBULAG FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.229-237
NADINE G. REITMAN: Vassar College
Research Advisor: David P. Gillikin
THE EIFELIAN GIVETIAN BOUNDARY (MIDDLE DEVONIAN) AT TSAKHIR, GOVI ALTAI REGION, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA p.238-243
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN: State University of New York at Geneseo
Faculty Advisor: D. Jeffrey Over
PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF UPPER SILURIAN-LOWER DEVONIAN LIMESTONE IN THE AMANSAIR AND TSAGAANBULAG FORMATIONS AT ULAANSHAND AND TSAKHIR, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA p.244-249
ZOE VULGAROPULOS: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Dennis Hubbard
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KENAI PROJECT
THE GEOMORPHOLOGY AND DATING OF HOLOCENE WATER LEVELS AT JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA p.250-254
GREG WILES:The College of Wooster;
THOMAS V. LOWELL: University of Cincinnati;
ED BERG: US Fish & Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, AK.
USING PEAT HUMIFICATION FOR HIGH RESOLUTION LAKE LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION: JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI LOWLANDS, ALASKA p.255-261
ALENA GIESCHE: Middlebury College
Research Advisors: Jeffrey Munroe and Pete Ryan
BASIN SUBSIDENCE INFERRED USING GEOPHYSICAL DATA, JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA p.262-266
JESSA V. MOSER: University of Cincinnati
Research Advisor: Thomas V. Lowell
RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEO-ENVIRONMENT: EARLY HOLOCENE MOISTURE VARIABILITY OF THE KENAI LOWLANDS, ALASKA p.267-274
TERRY RACE WORKMAN: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Gregory Wiles
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SVALBARD PROJECT
HOLOCENE AND MODERN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIGH ARCTIC, SVALBARD, NORWAY p.275-279
Project Faculty: AL WERNER: Mount Holyoke College
STEVE ROOF: Hampshire College
MIKE RETELLE: Bates College
DIRECTLY-CONTROLLED LICHEN GROWTH CURVES FOR WESTERN SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD p.280-285
TRAVIS BROWN: College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Greg Wiles
METEOROLOGICAL AND GLACIAL ABLATION CONTROLS ON ANNUAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION AT LINNÉVATNET: SVALBARD, NORWAY p.286-292
CHRISTOPHER FISHER COLEMAN: Wesleyan University
Research Advisor: Suzanne O'Connell
LINNÉ GLACIER METEOROLOGICAL STUDY OF SURFACE ABLATION DURING THE 2006-2008 ABLATION SEASONS p.293-299
FRANKLIN DEKKER: Franklin & Marshall College
Research Advisor: Christopher J. Williams
MODERN SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES IN A PROGLACIAL LAKE, LINNÉVATNET, SVALBARD, NORWAY p.300-304
JACALYN GORCZYNSKI: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Al Werner
334 YEARS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RECONSTRUCTED FROM VARVED SEDIMENTS: LINNEVATNET, SVALBARD p.305-309
ALICE NELSON: Williams College
Research Advisor: Mea Cook
SEDIMENT CHRONOLOGY DEFINED BY CESIUM-137 IN THE DEEP MAIN BASIN OF PROGLACIAL LINNÉVATNET, WESTERN SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD p.310-315
ALEXANDER NERESON: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Karl Wirth
ALKENONE-INFERRED TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION FROM KONGRESSVATNET, SVALBARD p.316-322
DAVID A. VAILLENCOURT: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Advisors: William J. D'Andrea and Steven T. Petsch
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UNALASKA PROJECT
LATE CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE ALEUTIAN ARC: EXAMINING THE PRE-HOLOCENE RECORD ON UNALASKA ISLAND p.323-327
Project Faculty: KIRSTEN NICOLAYSEN: Whitman College
RICHARD HAZLETT: Pomona College
GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RED CINDER PEAK AREA OF MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, UNALASKA, ALASKA p.328-334
ADAM CURRY: Pomona College
Research Advisors: Jade Star Lackey and Richard Hazlett
PETROLOGIC AND VOLCANIC HISTORY OF POINT TEBENKOF IGNIMBRITE, UNALASKA, ALASKA p.335-340
ALLISON R. GOLDBERG: Williams College
Research Advisor: Reinhard A. Wobus
40Ar/39Ar DATING OF LAVAS FROM MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, ALASKA: EVIDENCE FOR XENOCRYST CONTAMINATION p.341-347
LAUREN M. IDLEMAN: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Martin S. Wong
ERUPTION DYNAMICS OF THE 7.7 KA DRIFTWOOD PUMICE-FALL, MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, ALASKA p.348-353
ALLAN H. LERNER: Amherst College
Research Advisor: Peter D. Crowley, Amherst College
GEOCHEMICAL VARIATION IN PRE-CALDERA AND HOLOCENE LAVAS FROM MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, UNALASKA ISLAND, ALASKA p.354-360
MAX T. SIEGRIST: Beloit College
Research Advisor: Jim Rougvie
PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL BLOCK ROTATION ON UNALASKA ISLAND p.361-366
CLARE TOCHILIN: Whitman College
Research Advisors: Kirsten Nicolaysen and Robert Varga