Smith College
April 19th, 2008

Welcome and Introduction

Andy de Wet, Keck Director (Franklin & Marshall College) and Amy Rhodes, Symposium Convenor (Smith College)

ALPS

TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC FORCING OF THE SWISS ALPS: p1-5
Project Director: JOHN I. GARVER: Union College
Project Faculty: JEFFREY RAHL : Washington and Lee University; MARK T. BRANDON: Yale University; ALISON ANDERS: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Associate: DEVIN McPHILLIPS: Yale University

DEFORMATION CONDITIONS AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS OF DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES OF THE MAGGIA NAPPE, SWITZERLAND: p6-11
WILLIAM D. BARNHART: Washington and Lee University
Research Advisor: Jeffrey Rahl

STRAIN ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION: QUANTIFYING THE DEFORMATION OF THE LAGHETTI AREA, MAGGIA NAPPE, SWITZERLAND: p12-17
KATHLEEN COMPTON: Whitman College
Research Advisor: Jeffrey Rahl

ZIRCON FISSION-TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LEPONTINE DOME, SWISS ALPS: p 18-22
ROSALBA QUEIROLO: Union College
Research Advisor: John Garver

QUANTIFICATION OF FLOOD MAGNITUDES AND EROSION RATES USING DENDROCHRONOLOGY: TICINO CANTON, SWITZERLAND: p23-28
LINDSAY RATHNOW: University of Illinois
Research Advisor: Alison Anders

EQUILIBRIUM-LINE ALTITUDE VARIANCE WITH PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ALPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM EXHUMATION: p29-34
SCOTT REYNHOUT: Beloit College
Research Advisor: Alison Anders

CAN THE STREAM POWER LAW BE USED TO QUANTIFY DIFFERENTIAL LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION FROM BEDROCK INCISION IN THE CENTRAL ALPS, SWITZERLAND?: p35-39
LIBBY RITZ: Carleton College
Research Advisors: Mary Savina

USING (U-Th)/He THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO CONSTRAIN EXHUMATION IN THE SWISS-ITALIAN ALPS: p40-43
JESSICA STANLEY: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Advisor: Samuel Bowring

QUANTIFYING RATES OF EROSION USING THE OCCURRENCE AND MAGNITUDE OF FLOOD EVENTS IN THE LEPONTINE DOME, SWITZERLAND: p44-48
MIKE WERNER: Colgate University
Research Advisors: Martin Wong

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY OF BEDROCK RIVERS AND EROSIONAL PROCESSES IN TICINO, SWITZERLAND: p49-54
ELIZABETH WONG: Yale University
Research Advisors: Mark Brandon and Alison Anders

WALLA WALLA

GEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON VITICULTURE IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON: p55-60
Project faculty:
CHRISTOPHER OZE: Bryn Mawr College
KEVIN R. POGUE: Whitman College

THE INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC INTERACTIONS ON GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE OF VINEYARDS NEAR MILTON-FREEWATER, OREGON: p61-66
RUTH INDRICK: Smith College
Research Advisor: Robert Newton

INFLUENCE OF SOIL COMPOSITION AND SURFACE MATERIALS ON GRAPEVINE TEMPERATURE: p67-71
KARL LANG: College of William and Mary
Research Advisor: Greg Hancock

TRACING TERROIR: COMPARING ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS IN GRAPEVINES WITH THEIR SOILS: p72-77
SEASON MARTIN, Whitman College
Research Advisor: Kirsten Nicolaysen

EVALUATION OF SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE VINEYARDS OF WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON: p78-83
ANNA ELIZABETH MAZZARIELLO: Bryn Mawr College
Research Advisors: Catherine Riihimaki & Christopher Oze

VARIATIONS IN TEXTURAL, HYDROLOGIC, AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS WITHIN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREA: p84-89
JOHN NOWINSKI: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Mary Savina

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AS A PREDICTOR OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY, OREGON: p90-95
ANNA WEBER: Williams College
Research Advisor: David Dethier

ICELAND

THE ÁRNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, NORTHWEST ICELAND: p96-100
Project faculty:
BRENNAN JORDAN: University of South Dakota
ROBERT WIEBE: Franklin and Marshall College
PAUL OLIN: Washington State University

RHYOLITE PETROGENESIS IN ICELAND: PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO: p101-106
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN: Amherst College
Research Advisor: Jack Cheney

PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO REGION, WEST FJORDS, ICELAND: p107-110
ELIZABETH DREWES: DePauw University
Research Advisor: James Mills

PETROGENIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ÁRNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, NORTHWEST ICELAND: p111-114
KAMILLA FELLAH: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Matthew Severs

SILICIC VOLCANISM AT REYKJARFJÖRÐUR, NORTHWESTERN ICELAND: p115-119
DANIEL HADLEY: Augustana College
Research Advisor: Michael B. Wolf

A DECLINING TERTIARY RIFT ZONE: NORÐURFJÖÐUR, ICELAND: p120-123
CAITLYN PERLMAN: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Karen Harpp

PETROGENESIS OF LAVAS OF THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, ICELAND: p 124-128
LYNNE STEWART: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Steven Wojtal

ADIRONDACKS

ORIGIN OF BIG GARNETS IN AMPHIBOLITES DURING HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM, ADIRONDACKS, NY: p129-134
Project faculty:
KURT HOLLOCHER: Union College

DETERMINATION OF THE DURATION OF RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM AT GORE MOUNTAIN AND RUBY MOUNTAIN, NY: p135-139
ALDEN DENNY: Western Washington University
Research Advisor: David Hirsch

ANALYSIS OF IRON OXIDATION IN GARNETS: p 140-144
ERICA EMERSON: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Darby Dyar

COMPARISON OF THE WARRENSBURG AND GORE MOUNTAIN BIG-GARNET AMPHIBOLITES, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NY: p145-150
KATHRYN M. STACK: Williams College
Research Advisor: Reinhard A. Wobus

ST CROIX

CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS: ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: p151-156
Project Faculty:
DENNIS HUBBARD: Oberlin College
KARLA PARSONS-HUBBARD: Oberlin College
KARL WIRTH: Macalester College

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CORALS AT TAGUE BAY REEF AND BUCK ISLAND NATIONAL MONUMENT REEF ST. CROIX, USVI: 157-161
MONICA ARIENZO: Franklin and Marshall College
Research Advisor: Carol de Wet

TAPHONOMY OF MOLLUSC SPECIES FOUND IN LAGOONAL CORES OF SMUGGLER’S COVE, USVI: p162-166
ASHLEY BURKETT: Muskingum College
Research Advisors: Karla Parsons-Hubbard and Shelley A. Judge

TROPHIC CASCADES AND SEDIMENT PRODUCTION IN MARINE RESERVES: p167-171
ALEX BURPEE: Washington & Lee University
Research Advisors: Lisa Greer and Robert Humston

SEDIMENTARY CONSTITUENTS AS INDICATORS OF CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS: THE EVOLUTION OF SMUGGLER’S COVE, ST. CROIX, USVI: p172-175
SARAH CHAMLEE: Sewanee - The University of the South
Research Advisor: Donald B. Potter

DEPTH-RELATED PATTERNS OF INFAUNAL BIOEROSION IN TWO MODERN AND TWO FOSSIL CARRIBEAN REEFS: US VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: p176-180
TIMMONS ERICKSON: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Dennis K. Hubbard

RATES AND STYLES OF BIOEROSION WITH VARYING SEDIMENTATION: HOLOCENE REEFS IN THE WESERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VERSUS MODERN REEFS OFF ST. CROIX, USVI: p181-186
ANDREW J. ESTEP : Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Dennis K. Hubbard

POST-HURRICANE DYNAMICS OF CORAL REEFS IN ST. CROIX, USVI: p187-190
DANA FISCO: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Connie Soja

SEDIMENTARY CONSTITUENTS AS INDICATORS OF TROPICAL STORM VARIABILITY AND CHANGING HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTS IN SMUGGLERS’ COVE, ST. CROIX, USVI: p191-196
MATTHEW G. KLINMAN: Bryn Mawr College
Research Advisor: Donald Barber

SHELL BED FORMATION IN THE SUB-FOSSIL RECORD: USING MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES TO DISTINGUISH BIOTURBATION LAGS FROM STORM CONCENTRATIONS: p197-201
CAITLIN TEMS: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Chris Schneider

DIATOM STRATIGRAPHY OF SMUGGLER’S COVE, ST. CROIX, USVI: p 202-208
SELINA TIRTAJANA: Wesleyan University
Research Advisor: Timothy C. Ku

AVALONIA

FINE CLASTICS OF THE BOSTON BAY GROUP: NEW DATA AND INTERPRETATIONS CONCERNING DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTS: p 209-212
Project faculty:
MARK A. S. McMENAMIN: Mount Holyoke College
JOHN D. BEUTHIN: University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

A PETROGRAPHIC AND SEM-EDS ANALYSIS OF ASPIDELLA-BEARING SILTSTONES AND SLATES OF THE CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE, BOSTON BAY GROUP, MASSACHUSETTS: p213-218
EVAN PELZNER ANDERSON: University of Mary Washington
Research Advisor: Jodie L. Hayob

LAMINATED CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE OF THE BOSTON BAY GROUP AT HEWITT’S COVE, MASSACHUSETTS: p219-222
ANNA E. LAVARREDA: Smith College
Research Advisor: Bosiljka Glumac

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE, BOSTON BASIN, MASSACHUSETTS: p223-228
KENNETH O’DONNELL: Beloit College
Research Advisor: Carl Mendelson

A FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDY OF THE EDIACARAN FOSSILS OF HEWITT’S COVE: EVIDENCE OF TECTONIC DEFORMATION AND CONSIDERATION OF PALEOBIOLOGY: p229-233
W. SCOTT PERSONS, IV: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Raymond Rogers

LAMINITES AND DROPSTONES IN THE CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE (EDIACARAN), HEWITT’S COVE, HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS: p234-237
JESSICA A. J. WILLIAMS: Southern Utah University
Research Advisor: C. Frederick Lohrengel II

ALASKA

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF TREE RING RECORDS FROM GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA: p238-243
Project Faculty:
GREG WILES: The College of Wooster
DANIEL LAWSON : Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

RECONSTRUCTION OF SITKA, ALASKA TEMPERATURES (1569-1991) BASED ON EIGHT GULF OF ALASKA TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES: p244-249
ERICA ERLANGER: Union College
Research Advisor: Jaclyn Cockburn

ASSESSING THE PACIFIC NORTH AMERICAN TELECONNECTION: LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS AND GULF OF ALASKA TREE GROWTH: p250-255
ADAM J. PLOURDE: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Eric M. Leonard

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY AND DIVERGENCE: A CASE STUDY FROM GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA: p256-260
ALEXANDER A. TRUTKO: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Johannes Koch

PUERTO RICO

THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS, VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO: p261-266
Project Faculty:
TIMOTHY C.W. KU: Wesleyan University
SUZANNE O’CONNELL: Wesleyan University
ANNA M. MARTINI: Amherst College

THE MODERN AND GEOLOGIC RECORD OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN THE BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO: p267-272
ERIN ALGEO: Trinity University
Research Advisor: Benjamin Surpless

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO: EVIDENCE FROM OSTRACODS: p273-276
JENNIFER BOURDEAU: Mt. Holyoke College
Research Advisors: Steven Dunn and Mark Leckie

SOURCES OF ORGANIC MATTER IN MARINE SEDIMENTS OF A BIOLUMINESCENT BAY, VIEQUES PUERTO RICO: p277-281
JUSTIN CLARK: University of Arizona
Research Advisor: Jennifer McIntosh

PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF PUERTO MOSQUITO BAY, PUERTO RICO: A STUDY OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS: p282-285
MARGARET M. SELZER: Franklin and Marshall College
Research Advisor: Roger Thomas

CHARACTERIZATION OF SEDIMENT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO: p286-291
SARAH TRACY: Amherst College
Research Advisor: Anna Martini

BENTHIC MOBILIZATION OF METALS AND PHOSPHATE IN TROPICAL BAYS: DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN-FILM EXPERIMENTS IN VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO
ULYANA SOROKOPOUD: Wesleyan University
Research Advisor: Tim Ku