Keck Geology Consortium Projects: 2011-2012

[All projects pending funding approval - we will know sometime during early to mid December].

**The electronic application form will be activated in December**

Information about the student application process here

Student application deadline will be Friday, February 4th, 2011.


1)    South-Central Alaska
Title: Tectonic evolution of the Chugach-Prince William terrane, south-central Alaska
Faculty: John Garver (Union College), Cam Davidson (Carleton College)
Students: 6
Dates: June 16-July 14, 2011 (tentative)

2)    Ascraeus Mons, Mars
Title: Origins of Sinuous and Braided Channels on Ascraeus Mons, Mars
Faculty: Andrew de Wet (Franklin & Marshall College), Jake Bleacher (NASA-GSFC), Brent Garry, Smithsonian
Students: 4
Dates: July 6-August 3, 2011 (tentative)

3)    Peruvian Andes
Title: Tropical Holocene Climatic Insights From Records of Variability in Andean Paleoglaciers
Faculty: Donald Rodbell (Union College), Nathan Stansell, Byrd Polar Research Center
Students: 3
Dates: 15 June-15 July, 2011 (tentative)

4)    Tetons-Absaroka Ranges, Wyoming
Title: Eocene Tectonic Evolution of the Teton-Absaroka Ranges, Wyoming
Faculty: John Craddock (Macalester College), Dave Malone (Illinois State University
Students: 6
Dates: July 15-August 14, 2011 (tentative)

5)    Front Range, Colorado
Title: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Critical Zone, Boulder Creek catchment, Front Range, Colorado
Faculty: David Dethier (Williams College)
Students: 3
Dates: July 13-August 10, 2011 (tentative)

6)    U.S. Virgin Islands
Title: Depth-Related Patterns of Bioerosion:  St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Faculty: Denny Hubbard and Karla Parsons-Hubbard (Oberlin College)
Students: 6
Dates: June 20-July 22, 2011 (tentative)

7)    Northwestern, Iceland
Title: The Hrafnfjordur central volcano, Northwestern Iceland
Faculty: Brennan Jordan (University of South Dakota), Meagen Pollock (The College of Wooster)
Students: 6
Dates: July 10-August 7, 2011 (tentative)

8)    Connecticut River
Title: Sediment Dynamics of the Lower Connecticut River
Faculty: Suzanne O’Connell and Peter Patton (Wesleyan University)
Students: 6
Dates: June 12-July 9, 2011 (tentative)

9)    Ontario, Canada
Title: Anatomy of a Mid-Crustal Suture:  Petrology of the Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary Thrust Zone, Grenville Province, Ontario
Faculty: William Peck (Colgate University), Steve Dunn (Mount Holyoke College), Michelle Markley (Mount Holyoke College)
Students: 9
Dates: July 1-30, 2011 (tentative)