KURT LANG FRANKEL, Ph.D
This volume is dedicated to the life and memory of KURT LANG FRANKEL, Ph.D. Kurt, a friend, colleague and supporter of the Keck Geology Consortium will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Projects
Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
- FORMATION OF BASEMENT-INVOLVED FORELAND ARCHES: INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING
CHRISTINE SIDDOWAY, Colorado College
MEGAN ANDERSON, Colorado College
ERIC ERSLEV, University of Wyoming - CARBONATE DEFORMATION IN THE BIGHORN BASIN OF WYOMING
MOLLY CHAMBERLIN, Texas A&M University
Research Advisor: Dr. Julie Newman - FAULT ANALYSIS OF BASEMENT ROCKS IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS
ELIZABETH DALLEY, Oberlin College
Research Advisors: Steve Wojtal - SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS
JOHN SPENCE HORNBUCKLE III, Washington and Lee University
Research Advisor: Jeff Rahl - FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION IN THE FRONTIER FORMATION NEAR SHEEP MOUNTAIN, WY WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO FIVE NEPTUNIAN CLASTIC DIKES
BRYAN MCATEE, Lafayette College
Research Advisor: Lawrence Malinconico - BRITTLE DEFORMATION IN THE EDELMAN LINEAMENT, BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING
DAVID OAKLEY, Williams College
Research Advisor: Paul Karabinos - CONSTRAINTS ON DEPTH AND LATERAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANISOTROPY IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS: ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE IN SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING
DREW C. THAYER, Colorado College
Research Advisor: Megan Anderson - TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENTS AND EXPRESSION OF FRACTURE ARRAYS IN THE EDELMAN AND NORTH PAINT ROCK CREEK LINEAMENTS, BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING
CHAD TREXLER, Whitman College
Research Advisor: Kevin Pogue - PETROLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON SHEAR WAVE ANISOTROPY IN THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS: INSIGHTS FROM GARNET PERIDOTITE MANTLE XENOLITHS ON REGIONAL PETROFABRICS
TRIANA N. UFRET, University of Puerto Rico
Research Advisor: Aaron Cavosie - KINEMATIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE CLOVERLY AND FORT UNION FORMATIONS ON THE SHELL SHELF AND AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN IN THE EASTERN BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
BRENNAN YOUNG, Utah State University
Research Advisors: John Shervais and James Evans
Big Sky Orogen, Montana
- EXPLORING THE PROTEROZOIC BIG SKY OROGENY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA
TEKLA A. HARMS, Amherst College
JOHN BRADY, Smith College
JOHN T. CHENEY, Amherst College - PROTOLITH DETERMINATION OF PRECAMBRIAN MYLONITIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO THE MADISON MYLONITE ZONE, HENRYS LAKE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND IDAHO
JESSE DAVENPORT, College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Shelley Judge - PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOTHERMOBAROMETRIC ANALYSES OF METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE HENRYS LAKE MOUNTAINS, IDAHO AND MONTANA
KRISTINA DOYLE, Amherst College
Research Advisor: Tekla Harms - GEOCHRONOLOGY OF PRECAMBRIAN META-GABBRO IN THE HENRYS LAKE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND IDAHO
B. PARKER HAYNES, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Research Advisor: Drew S. Coleman - PETROGENESIS AND DEFORMATION OF PRECAMBRIAN QTZ-DOL MARBLE UNITS IN THE GRAVELLY RANGE AND REYNOLDS PASS, HENRYS LAKE MTNS, SW MT AND ID
DANIELLE LERNER, Mount Holyoke College
Research Advisor: Steve Dunn and Michelle Markley - PETROGENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND META-IGNEOUS ROCKS SOUTH OF THE MADISON MYLONITE ZONE, HENRYS LAKE MOUNTAINS, SW MONTANA AND IDAHO
CALEB O. LUCY, Williams College
Research Advisor: Reinhard A. Wobus - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PRECAMBRIAN MYLONITE ZONES, HENRYS LAKE MOUNTAIN, SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND IDAHO
ALIANORA WALKER, Smith College
Research Advisor: H. Robert Burger
Front Range, Colorado
- INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE, BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
DAVID P. DETHIER: Williams College
WILL OUIMET: University of Connecticut - CORING A 12KYR SPHAGNUM PEAT BOG: A SEARCH FOR MERCURY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
ERIN CAMP, Amherst College
Research Advisor: Anna Martini - EXAMINING KNICKPOINTS IN THE BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, COLORADO
EVAN N. DETHIER, Williams College
Research Advisor: David P. Dethier - THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHORUS IN ALPINE AND UPLAND SOILS OF THE BOULDER CREEK, COLORADO CATCHMENT
HAYLEY CORSON-RIKERT, Wesleyan University
Research Advisor: Timothy Ku - RECONSTRUCTING THE PINEDALE GLACIATION, GREEN LAKES VALLEY, COLORADO
KEITH M. KANTACK, Williams College
Research Advisor: David P. Dethier - CHARACTERIZATION OF TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS AND MINING LEGACY IN SOILS, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO
ELLEN M. MALEY, Smith College
Research Advisor: Amy L. Rhodes - ASSESSING EOLIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOILS IN THE BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, COLORADO
JAMES A. MCCARTHY, Williams College
Research Advisor: David P. Dethier - USING POLLEN TO UNDERSTAND QUATERNARY PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN BETASSO GULCH, COLORADO
COREY SHIRCLIFF, Beloit College
Research Advisor: Carl Mendelson - STREAM TERRACES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE – LOWER GORDON GULCH, COLORADO
KATHLEEN WARRELL, Georgia Tech
Research Advisor: Kurt Frankel - METEORIC 10BE IN GORDON GULCH SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HILLSLOPE PROCESSES AND DEVELOPMENT
CIANNA E. WYSHNYSZKY, Amherst College
Research Advisor: Will Ouimet and Peter Crowley
Connecticut River Project
- SEDIMENT DYNAMICS & ENVIRONMENTS IN THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER
SUZANNE OCONNELL, Wesleyan University - INVESTIGATION ON TROUGH CREST RELATIONSHIP OF BEDFORMS IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
LYNN M. GEIGER, Wellesley College
Research Advisor: Dr. Brittina A. Argow - A CASE STUDY FOR SEDIMENT AND CONTAMINATION IN FLOOD PLAIN TIDAL PONDS: SELDEN COVE, CONNECTICUT RIVER
KARA JACOBACCI, University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Research Advisor: Jonathan Woodruff - COMPOSITIONAL AND TEXTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS FROM THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER
GABRIEL ROMERO, Pomona College
Research Advisor: Robert Gaines
Glacier National Park, Montana
- GEOMORPHIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA, U.S.A.
KELLY MACGREGOR, Macalester College
CATHERINE RIIHIMAKI, Drew University
AMY MYRBO, LacCore Lab, University of Minnesota
KRISTINA BRADY, LacCore Lab, University of Minnesota - LINKAGES BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, VOLCANISM, AND DIATOM PRODUCTIVITY OVER THE PAST 12,900 YEARS IN SWIFTCURRENT LAKE, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
HANNAH BOURNE, Wesleyan University
Research Advisor: Tim Ku - A CONTINUOUS LATE HOLOCENE RECORD OF PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE FROM GRINNELL LAKE SEDIMENT CORES, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
JONATHAN GRIFFITH, Union College
Research Advisor: Donald Rodbell - HOLOCENE FIRE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN SWIFTCURRENT BASIN: A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
JACQUELINE KUTVIRT, Macalester College
Research Advisor: Kelly MacGregor - VEGETATION HISTORY OF THE LATE HOLOCENE IN EAST GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA: A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
EMMA LOCATELLI, Macalester College
Research Advisor: Louisa Bradtmiller - CARBON SIGNAL IN ALPINE LAKE SEDIMENT DURING THE HOLOCENE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
SARAH MATTESON, Bryn Mawr College
Research Advisor: Don Barber - GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON SWIFTCURRENT LAKE, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT
PERRY ODDO, Franklin & Marshall College
Research Advisor: Christopher J. Williams - SUBSURFACE SEISMIC REFRACTION IMAGING OF GLACIAL TILL/BEDROCK INTERFACE IN GRINNELL VALLEY, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
CLARK BRUNSON SIMCOE, Washington and Lee University
Research Advisor: Romain Meyer
Hövsgöl Rift, Mongolia
- GEOLOGIC, GEOMORPHIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AT THE NORTHERN TERMINATION OF THE LAKE HÖVSGÖL RIFT, MONGOLIA
KARL W. WEGMANN: North Carolina State University
TSALMAN AMGAA: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
KURT L. FRANKEL: Georgia Institute of Technology
ANDREW P. deWET: Franklin & Marshall College
AMGALAN BAYASAGALN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology - MAPPING AND RELATIVE AGE DATING OF MORAINES IN THE HOROO GOL VALLEY, HÖVSGÖL RIFT, MONGOLIA
BRIANA BERKOWITZ, Beloit College
Research Advisor: Susan Swanson - PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATE ENVIRONMENT REVEALED THROUGH HOLOCENE LAKE SHORE SEDIMENTS FROM HÖVSGÖL, MONGOLIA
DAENA CHARLES, Union College
Research Advisor: Donald Rodbell - A MULTI-PROXY STUDY OF HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, HÖVSGÖL, MONGOLIA
MELLISSA CROSS, Colgate University
Research Advisor: Bruce Selleck - CORRELATION OF TREE RING ANALYSIS AND CLIMATOGICAL RECORDS IN THE LAKE HÖVSGÖL REGION OF MONGOLIA
JOHN MICHAELS, North Carolina State University
ERDENEBAYAR TSAGAANNARAN, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
BATTOGTOH DAMDINSUREN, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Karl Wegmann - LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION AND TECTONICS AT LAKE HÖVSGÖL
DANIEL ROTHBERG, Colorado College
Mongolian Participants: Esugei Ganbold, Aranzal Erdene
Research Advisor: Eric Leonard - TIMING AND EXTENT OF LATE QUATERNARY GLACIATIONS NEAR LAKE HÖVSGÖL, MONGOLIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL ASIA
AFSHAN SHAIKH, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Advisor: Kurt L. Frankel - THE PALEOSEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT AND PALEOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS REVEALED BY STRATIGRAPHY IN HOLOCENE BOG AND TERRACE SEDIMENTS, NORTHWEST OF LAKE HÖVSGÖL, MONGOLIA
KRISTIN TADDEI, Franklin & Marshall College
Research Advisor: Dr. Andy deWet - PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION OF THE EASTERN SAYAN RANGE, NORTHERN MONGOLIA
GABRIELLE VANCE, Whitman College
ESUGEI GANBOLD, Mongolia University of Science and Technology
Research Advisors: Bob Carson and Nick Bader - LATE-CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE HÖVSGÖL RIFT BASIN: SOURCE, GENESIS, AND EVOLUTION OF INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM IN MONGOLIA
ANDREW ZUZA, Cornell University
ARANZAL BAT-ERDENE, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Research Advisor: Christopher Andronicos
Volcán Barú, Panama
- LATE PLEISTOCENE EDIFICE FAILURE AND SECTOR COLLAPSE OF VOLCÁN BARÚ, PANAMA
THOMAS GARDNER, Trinity University
KRISTIN MORELL, Penn State University - PETROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR MAFIC RECHARGE AT VOLCÁN BARÚ, PANAMA
SHANNON BRADY, Union College
Research Advisor: Holli Frey - VOLUME CONSTRAINT AND POTENTIAL SECONDARY VOLUME INPUTS OF LATE PLEISTOCENE AGE SECTOR COLLAPSE, VOLCÁN BARÚ, PANAMA
LOGAN SCHUMACHER, Pomona College
Research Advisor: Eric Grosfils - VOLCÁN BARÚ DEBRIS AVALANCHE FACIES AND AGES
HANNAH ZELLNER, Trinity University
Research Advisor: Thomas Gardner
Sierra Nevada Mountains
- KECK SIERRA: MAGMA-WALLROCK INTERACTIONS IN THE SEQUOIA REGION
JADE STAR LACKEY, Pomona College
STACI L. LOEWY, California State University-Bakersfield - ORIGIN OF MIGMATITIC ROCKS IN THE SEQUOIA PENDANT, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
MARY BADAME, Oberlin College
Research Advisor: Steve Wojtal - PLUTON-WALLROCK INTERACTION OF THE EMPIRE QUARTZ DIORITE, SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SKARN FORMATION IN THE MINERAL KING PENDANT
MEGAN D’ERRICO, Trinity University
Research Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Surpless - TEMPORAL VARIATION IN PLUTON-WALLROCK INTERACTION IN THE SIERRAN ARC
STANLEY HENSLEY, California State University, Bakersfield
Research Advisor: Dr. Staci Loewy - THE PETROGENESIS OF THE ASH MOUNTAIN INTRUSIVE COMPLEX: IMPLICATIONS FOR SIERRAN MAGMATISM
JULIA HOLLAND, Trinity University
Research Advisor: Ben Surpless - EARLY SIERRA NEVADA MAGMATISM EXAMINED USING SHRIMP-RG U-PB AGES AND TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS OF ZIRCONS FROM THE MINERAL KING ROOF PENDANT RHYOLITE UNITS
JESSLYN STARNES, Denison University
Research Advisor: Dr. Erik Klemetti - STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARBLES IN THE KINGS SEQUENCE, SIERRA NEVADA, CA
JULIANNE M. WALLAN, Colgate University
Research Advisor: William H. Peck
Teton Range Project
- EOCENE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE TETON RANGE, WYOMING
JOHN CRADDOCK, Macalester College, DAVE MALONE, Illinois State University - FAULT-GENERATED CARBONATE INTRUSIONS FOUND AT WHITE MOUNTAIN, HEART MOUNTAIN DETACHMENT, WYOMING
JESSE GEARY, Macalester College
Research Advisor: John P. Craddock - INSIGHTS INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUTH FORK DETACHMENT, WYOMING, USING CALCITE STRAIN ANALYSIS
KATHERINE KRAVITZ, Smith College
Research Advisor: Robert Burger - U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON PEAK, WYOMING MOUNTAIN
RAY MCGAUGHEY, Carleton College
Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
