Franklin & Marshall College, April 2009

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Dedication

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Projects (Summary)

ADIRONDACKS:

THE BLACK LAKE SHEAR ZONE: A POSSIBLE TERRANE BOUNDARY IN THE ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS (GRENVILLE PROVINCE, NEW YORK): p.1-6
Project Faculty: WILLIAM H. PECK, BRUCE SELLECK, AND  MARTIN S. WONG - Colgate University

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBLY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ROCKPORT GRANITE AND HYDE SCHOOL GNEISS: p.7-13
JOE CATALANO: Union College
Research Advisor: Kurt Hollocher

GARNET-FREE AMPHIBOLITES AS GEOTHERMOMETERS: TESTING HORNBLENDE GEOTHERMOMETRY IN THE ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NEW YORK: p.14-20
ISIS FUKAI: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: F. Zeb Page

ASSESSMENT OF THE BLACK LAKE SHEAR ZONE AS A SITE OF ELZEVIRIAN SUTURE, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK: p.21-26
STEVEN HOCHMAN: Pomona College
Research Advisor: Harold Magistrale

A CALC-SILICATE UNIT OF THE ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS: ALEXANDRIA BAY, NEW YORK: p.27-31
JOSHUA T. MAURER: Mount Union College
Research Advisor: Mark McNaught

PROTOLITH DETERMINATION OF THE HYDE SCHOOL MARGINAL GNEISSES, ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NY: p.32-39
ROBERT NOWAK: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Meagen Pollock

Sm-Nd CONSTRAINTS ON THE ANTWERP-ROSSIE GRANITOIDS AND RELATED IMPLICATIONS, ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NORTHERN NEW YORK: p.40-45
SEAN REGAN: St. Lawrence University
Research Advisor: Jeffrey R. Chiarenzelli

METAMORPHISM IN THE FRONTENAC TERRANE AND ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: p.46-51
ASHLEY RUSSELL: University of North Dakota
Research Advisor: Dexter Perkins

GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE EDWARDSVILLE SYENITE IN THE ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NEW YORK: IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONOMAGMATIC PROCESSES IN THE SOUTHERN GRENVILLE PROVINCE: p.52-59
ANDREW G. STOCKER: Claremont McKenna College
Research Advisor: Jade Star Lackey, Pomona College

CALCITE-GRAPHITE ISOTOPE THERMOMETRY NEAR THE BLACK LAKE SHEAR ZONE, ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS, NY: p.60-63
CELINA N. WILL: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Steven R. Dunn

ALASKA:

PALEOECOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF EARLY TERTIARY ALASKAN FORESTS, MATANUSKA VALLEY, ALASKA: p.64-69

Project Faculty: DAVID SUNDERLIN: Lafayette College
Project Faculty: CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS: Franklin & Marshall College

ALASKAN CLIMATE OF THE LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE AS TOLD BY THE FOSSIL LEAVES OF THE CHICKALOON FORMATION: p.70-75
GARRISON LOOPE: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Dennis Hubbard

FISSION-TRACK AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CHICKALOON AND WISHBONE FORMATIONS, MATANUSKA VALLEY, ALASKA: p.76-82
DOUGLAS MERKERT: Union College                Research Advisor: J.I. Garver

SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHPY, CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CHICKALOON FORMATION, AK: p.83-89
JOHN LINDEN NEFF: Amherst College                            
Research Advisor: James W. Hagadorn

A STUDY OF PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS IN THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE CHICKALOON FORMATION: PALEOECOLOGIC, PALEOCLIMATIC, AND PALEOLATITUDE IMPLICATIONS: p.90-94
NANCY PARKER: Lafayette College
Research Advisor: David Sunderlin

GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, AND MORPHOLOGY OF FOSSIL WOOD FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE CHICKALOON FORMATION: p.95-100
KYLE TROSTLE: Franklin and Marshall College
Research Advisor: Christopher J. Williams

GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE TERTIARY CHICKALOON FORMATION IN SOUTHERN ALASKA: p.101-105
BEVERLY WALKER: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Connie Soja

SEAFLOOR VOLCANIC AND HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES PRESERVED IN THE ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, CANADA: p.106-112

Project Director: LISA A. GILBERT, Williams College and Williams-Mystic
Project Faculty: NEIL R. BANERJEE, University of Western Ontario

GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED MAFIC VOLCANIC FLOWS FROM THE 2.7 GA ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT, ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC, CANADA: p.113-119
LAUREN D. ANDERSON: Lehigh University
Research Advisor: Gray E. Bebout

INTERPILLOW HYALOCLASTITES, PILLOW RIM ALTERATION, AND FLUID FLOW IN MAFIC VOLCANICS OF THE BLAKE RIVER GROUP, ROUYN-NORANDA, QUÉBEC: p.120-124
STEFANIE GUGOLZ: Beloit College                           
Research Advisor: Jim Rougvie

FLUID INDUCED MINERALOGY IN A SERIES OF MAFIC EXTRUSIVES OF THE ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT,  ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC: p.125-130
HENRY E. KERNAN: Williams College
Research Advisors:  Reinhard A. Wobus and Lisa A. Gilbert

PALEO-PERMEABILITY OF ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT HYALOCLASTITES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARCHEAN LIFE: p.131-138
ADRIENNE LOVE:  Trinity University
Research Advisors: Benjamin Surpless and Lara Heister

VARIATIONS IN VESICLE DENSITIES WITHIN PILLOW BASALTS OF THE ABITIBI REGION: ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC: p.139-144
LISA M. SMITH: Amherst College
Research Advisors: Peter D. Crowley: Amherst College and Lisa A. Gilbert: Maritime
Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport

MINERALOGY AND METASOMATISM OF THE ROUYN-NORANDA HYALOCLASTITES IN THE ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT: p.145-149
KAREN TEKVERK: Haverford College
Research Advisor: Chris Oze, Bryn Mawr College

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE, BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: p.150-155
Project Director: DAVID P. DETHIER: Williams College
Project Faculty: MATTHIAS LEOPOLD:  Technical University of Munich

FRACTURE CONTROL OF GLACIAL EROSION WITHIN GREEN LAKES VALLEY, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: p.156-160
EVEY GANNAWAY: The University of the South  
Research Advisor: Martin Knoll

CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON OF WEATHERING PROFILES WITHIN BETASSO CATCHMENT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: p.161-167
KENNETH NELSON: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Raymond Rogers

APATITE IN THE SOILS OF BETASSO PRESERVE, COLORADO: p.168-172
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Dr. Richard April

ITALY:

GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PODERE FUNGHI, MUGELLO VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, ITALY: p.173-181
Project Director: ROB STERNBERG: Franklin & Marshall College
Project Faculty: SARA BON-HARPER: Monticello Department of Archaeology

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PODERE FUNGHI, ITALY: p.182-188
AVERY R. COTA: Minnesota State University Moorhead 
Research Advisor: Dr. Rinita Dalan

GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN CLAYS AND CERAMICS FROM THE ETRUSCAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF POGGIO COLLA AND PODERE FUNGHI, TUSCANY, ITALY: p.189-194
JANE DIDALEUSKY: Smith College
Research Advisors: Bosiljka Glumac and Robert Newton

PHOSPHORUS ANALYSIS OF THE PODERE FUNGHI: p.195-200
ROWAN HILL: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Paul Myrow

ARTIFACT DISTRIBUTION AND GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PODERE FUNGHI: p.201-207
ANNA PENDLEY: Washington and Lee University
Research Advisors: Dr. Sara Bon-Harper, Dr. David Harbor, and Dr. Robert Sternberg

GEOMORPHIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON ARTIFACT DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE PLOWZONE IN THE PODERE FUNGHI, TUSCANY, ITALY: p.208-213
MAIJA SIPOLA: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Mary Savina, Carleton College

MAGNETOMETRY IN THE PODERE FUNGHI AT THE ETRUSCAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF POGGIO COLLA: p.214-218
STACEY SOSENKO: Franklin and Marshall College
Research Advisor: Rob Sternberg

MONGOLIA:

GEOLOGY OF THE HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.219-225
NICHOLAS E. BADER and  ROBERT J. CARSON: Whitman College
A. BAYASGALAN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
KURT L. FRANKEL: Georgia Institute of Technology
KARL W. WEGMANN: North Carolina State University

APATITE FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.226-228
ELIZABETH BROWN: Occidental College
Research Advisor: Professor Ann Blythe
GANBAYAR RAGCHAASUREN: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HÖH SERH AND TSAGAAN SALAA FAULTS, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.229-233
KRISTIN E. SWEENEY: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Sarah Titus
TSOLMON ADIYA: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

CALCULATING THE RATE OF DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP MOTION ALONG THE HÖH SERH FAULT, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.234-236
JODI SPRAJCAR: The College of Wooster,
Research Advisor: Shelley Judge
ERDENEBAT BOLOR : Mongolia University of Science and Technology

MOVEMENT AND TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY ALONG THE HÖH SERH FAULT, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.237-240
CHELSEA C. DURFEY: Whitman College
Research Advisors: Nick Bader and Bob Carson
JARGAL OTGONKHUU: Mongolian University of Science and Technology

ICE LAKE VALLEY GLACIATION, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.241-243
ANDREA SEYMOUR: Whitman College                       
Research Advisors: Bob Carson and Nick Bader
GALBADRAKH SUKHBAATAR: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

GEOMORPHOLOGY OF NARAN KHONDII, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.244-249
KATHRYN LADIG: Gustavus Adolphus College                        
Research Advisor: Laura Triplett
ENKHBAYAR MUNK-ERDENE: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

GLACIATION OF RHYOLITE VALLEY, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.250-254
KELLY DUNDON: Whitman College                            
Research Advisors: Bob Carson and Nick Bader
ESUKHEI GANBOLD: Mongolian University of Science and Technology

GLACIATION OF YAMAAT VALLEY, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p. 255-259

GIA MATZINGER: Whitman College

Research Advisors: Bob Carson and Nick Bader
BATTOGTOKH DAVAASAMBUU: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

GLACIATION OF DEBRIS FLOW AND LAKE VALLEYS, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.260-263
RYAN J. LEARY : Whitman College
Research Advisor: Robert J. Carson
TAMIR BATTOGTOKH: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

A LARGE GLACIAL-OUTBURST DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSIT, HÖH SERH RANGE, MONGOLIAN ALTAI: p.264-267
GREG MORTKA: Lehigh University
Research Advisor: David J. Anastasio
NARANCHIMEG MERGEN: Mongolia University of Science and Technology

RECONSTRUCTING LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE THROUGH TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF SIBERIAN LARCH: ALTAI MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MONGOLIA: p.268-273
BRITTANY GAUDETTE: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisors: Al Werner
DELGERTSEGTSEG BURENDELGER: Mongolia Univ. of Science and Technology

RHODE ISLAND:

BLOCK ISLAND, RI: A MICROCOSM FOR THE STUDY OF ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: p.274-280
Project Director: JOHAN C. VAREKAMP: Wesleyan University
Project Faculty: ELLEN THOMAS: Yale University & Wesleyan University

RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE GREAT SALT POND: A STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF FORAMINIFERA ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM OVER THE LAST 1750 YEARS: p.281-286
ALANA BARTOLAI: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Kelly MacGregor

FORAMINIFERA AS PROXIES FOR SALT MARSH ESTABLISHMENT AND EVOLUTION ON BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND: p.287-291
EMMA KRAVET: Wesleyan University
Research Advisors: Ellen Thomas and Johan Varekamp

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITION IN AN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT: A 300-YEAR RECORD AT BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND: p.292-296
RACHEL NEURATH: Smith College
Research Advisor: Robert Newton

USING CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES AND LOSS-ON-IGNITION TO RECONSTRUCT THE LAND USE HISTORY OF BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND: p297-301
JESSICA SCHEICK: Bryn Mawr College                        
Research Advisor: Donald Barber

A 3.5 KY SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF THE GREAT SALT POND ON BLOCK ISLAND, RI: p.302-305
CONOR VEENEMAN: Wesleyan University           
Research Advisor: Johan Varekamp