Projects
Alps
- TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC FORCING OF THE SWISS ALPS
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
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
KATHLEEN COMPTON: Whitman College
Research Advisor: Jeffrey Rahl - ZIRCON FISSION-TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LEPONTINE DOME, SWISS ALPS
ROSALBA QUEIROLO: Union College
Research Advisor: John Garver - QUANTIFICATION OF FLOOD MAGNITUDES AND EROSION RATES USING DENDROCHRONOLOGY: TICINO CANTON, SWITZERLAND
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
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?
LIBBY RITZ: Carleton College
Research Advisors: Mary Savina - USING (U-Th)/He THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO CONSTRAIN EXHUMATION IN THE SWISS-ITALIAN ALPS
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
MIKE WERNER: Colgate University
Research Advisors: Martin Wong - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY OF BEDROCK RIVERS AND EROSIONAL PROCESSES IN TICINO, SWITZERLAND
ELIZABETH WONG: Yale University
Research Advisors: Mark Brandon and Alison Anders
Walla Walla
- GEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON VITICULTURE IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY, WASHINGTON
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
RUTH INDRICK: Smith College
Research Advisor: Robert Newton - INFLUENCE OF SOIL COMPOSITION AND SURFACE MATERIALS ON GRAPEVINE TEMPERATURE
KARL LANG: College of William and Mary
Research Advisor: Greg Hancock - TRACING TERROIR: COMPARING ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS IN GRAPEVINES WITH THEIR SOILS
SEASON MARTIN, Whitman College
Research Advisor: Kirsten Nicolaysen - EVALUATION OF SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE VINEYARDS OF WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON
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
JOHN NOWINSKI: Carleton College
Research Advisor: Mary Savina - ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AS A PREDICTOR OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY, OREGON
ANNA WEBER: Williams College
Research Advisor: David Dethier
Iceland
- THE ÁRNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, NORTHWEST ICELAND
Project faculty:
BRENNAN JORDAN: University of South Dakota
ROBERT WIEBE: Franklin & Marshall College
PAUL OLIN: Washington State University - RHYOLITE PETROGENESIS IN ICELAND: PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN: Amherst College
Research Advisor: Jack Cheney - PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO REGION, WEST FJORDS, ICELAND
ELIZABETH DREWES: DePauw University
Research Advisor: James Mills - PETROGENIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ÁRNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, NORTHWEST ICELAND
KAMILLA FELLAH: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Matthew Severs - SILICIC VOLCANISM AT REYKJARFJÖRÐUR, NORTHWESTERN ICELAND
DANIEL HADLEY: Augustana College
Research Advisor: Michael B. Wolf - A DECLINING TERTIARY RIFT ZONE: NORÐURFJÖÐUR, ICELAND
CAITLYN PERLMAN: Colgate University
Research Advisor: Karen Harpp - PETROGENESIS OF LAVAS OF THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, ICELAND
LYNNE STEWART: Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Steven Wojtal
Adirondacks
- ORIGIN OF BIG GARNETS IN AMPHIBOLITES DURING HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM, ADIRONDACKS, NY
Project faculty:
KURT HOLLOCHER: Union College - DETERMINATION OF THE DURATION OF RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM AT GORE MOUNTAIN AND RUBY MOUNTAIN, NY
ALDEN DENNY: Western Washington University
Research Advisor: David Hirsch - ANALYSIS OF IRON OXIDATION IN GARNETS
ERICA EMERSON: Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Darby Dyar - COMPARISON OF THE WARRENSBURG AND GORE MOUNTAIN BIG-GARNET AMPHIBOLITES, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NY
KATHRYN M. STACK: Williams College
Research Advisor: Reinhard A. Wobus
St. Croix
- CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS: ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
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
MONICA ARIENZO: Franklin & Marshall College
Research Advisor: Carol de Wet - TAPHONOMY OF MOLLUSC SPECIES FOUND IN LAGOONAL CORES OF SMUGGLER’S COVE, USVI
ASHLEY BURKETT: Muskingum College
Research Advisors: Karla Parsons-Hubbard and Shelley A. Judge - TROPHIC CASCADES AND SEDIMENT PRODUCTION IN MARINE RESERVES
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
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
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
ANDREW J. ESTEP : Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Dennis K. Hubbard - POST-HURRICANE DYNAMICS OF CORAL REEFS IN ST. CROIX, USVI
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
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
CAITLIN TEMS: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Chris Schneider - DIATOM STRATIGRAPHY OF SMUGGLER’S COVE, ST. CROIX, USVI
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
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
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
ANNA E. LAVARREDA: Smith College
Research Advisor: Bosiljka Glumac - ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE, BOSTON BASIN, MASSACHUSETTS
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
W. SCOTT PERSONS, IV: Macalester College
Research Advisor: Raymond Rogers - LAMINITES AND DROPSTONES IN THE CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE (EDIACARAN), HEWITT’S COVE, HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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
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
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
ADAM J. PLOURDE: Colorado College
Research Advisor: Eric M. Leonard - DENDROCLIMATOLOGY AND DIVERGENCE: A CASE STUDY FROM GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA
ALEXANDER A. TRUTKO: The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Johannes Koch
Puerto Rico
- THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS, VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO
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
ERIN ALGEO: Trinity University
Research Advisor: Benjamin Surpless - PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO: EVIDENCE FROM OSTRACODS
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
JUSTIN CLARK: University of Arizona
Research Advisor: Jennifer McIntosh - PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF PUERTO MOSQUITO BAY, PUERTO RICO: A STUDY OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS
MARGARET M. SELZER: Franklin & Marshall College
Research Advisor: Roger Thomas - CHARACTERIZATION OF SEDIMENT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE BIOLUMINESCENT BAYS OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO
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
