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.
This volume is dedicated to the life and memory of 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