Short Contributions and Posters – Belize Gateway Project

RESILIENCE AND DECLINE: ARE WE AT A TIPPING POINT FOR ENDANGERED ACROPORA SP. CORALS IN BELIZE?
LISA GREER, Washington and Lee University; KARL WIRTH, Macalester College; GINNY JOHNSON, Washington and Lee University

AGU Poster: THE RESPONSE OF ALGAE AND HERBIVORES TO ACROPORA CERVICORNIS CORAL DECLINE: A CASE STUDY IN CORAL GARDENS, BELIZE
CATERHAM, C. R.; AN, N.; WALTERS, S.; MABAKA, A.; JOHNSON, G.; WIRTH, K. R.; GREER, L.

AGU Poster: LIVING SPACES: QUANTIFYING MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES IN ACROPORA SPP. CORALS USING 3D PHOTOGRAMMETRY
HORNE, M.; VILLEGAS, J.; WALTERS, S.; PFAFF, D.; JOHNSON, G.; WIRTH, K. R.; GREER, L.

AGU Poster: BROWNING OF THE GOLDEN TIDE: IMPACTS OF ACCUMULATED SARGASSUM ON SEA WATER QUALITY IN AMBERGRIS CAYE, BELIZE
ZUÑIGA, P.; RILEY, W.; WATERS, R.; JOHNSON, G.; GREER, L.; WIRTH, K. R.

Short Contributions and Posters – Montana Gateway Project

EXPLORING LATE CRETACEOUS WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS: DINOSAURS AND VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSILS IN MONTANA
RAYMOND ROGERS and KRISTI CURRY ROGERS, Macalester College

GSA Poster: CAPTURING A LATE CRETACEOUS PALEOFAUNA: A NEW VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL BONEBED IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) JUDITH RIVER FORMATION, MONTANA
ROAT, G.E., GOMEZ, S.P., TUN, S.M., IRVING, K.I., LANG, A.D., CLARK, N.D., ZIMMERMANN, P.K., VELASQUEZ, K.R., ROGERS, R.R., AND CURRY ROGERS, K.

GSA Poster: TAPHONOMIC COMPARISON OF VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL BONEBEDS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS JUDITH RIVER AND HELL CREEK FORMATIONS OF MONTANA
ZIMMERMANN, P.K., LANG, A.D., ROAT, G.E., VELASQUEZ, K.R., TUN, S.M., IRVING, K.I., GOMEZ, S.P., CLARK, N.D., CURRY ROGERS, K.A., AND ROGERS, R.R.

Short Contributions – Wyoming Advanced Project

BODY SIZE EVOLUTION OF THE FIRST MAMMALIAN MEGAHERBIVORE DURING PALEOGENE HYPERTHERMAL EVENTS, WYOMING
MICHAEL D’EMIC, Adelphi University, SIMONE HOFFMANN, New York Institute of Technology, and BRADY FOREMAN, Western Washington University

LONG BONE HISTOLOGY OF THE LARGE PALEOGENE MAMMAL CORYPHODON
GRANT BOWERS, University of Maryland
Research Advisor: John Merck

ESTIMATING THE BODY MASS OF THE LARGE PALEOGENE MAMMAL CORYPHODON
RICHARD GONZALEZ, University of Texas at San Antonio
Research Advisor: Thomas Adams

USING CEMENTUM HISTOLOGY TO ESTIMATE AGE IN THE PALEOGENE MAMMAL CORYPHODON
DANIKA MAYBACK, Illinois State University
Research Advisor: David Malone

PALEOENVIRONMENTS CONTAINING CORYPHODON IN THE FORT UNION AND WILLWOOD FORMATIONS SPANNING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM), BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
EMILY RANDALL, The College of Wooster
Research Advisor: Mark Wilson

CLIMATIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVOLUTION OF CORYPHODON THROUGH PALEOGENE HYPERTHERMAL EVENTS, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
ISAAC SAGEMAN, Northwestern University
Research Advisor: Matthew Hurtgen

Short Contributions – Rhyolitic Magmas Advanced Project

USING 3D PETROGRAPHY OF MICROLITES AND BUBBLES IN OBSIDIAN TO ASSESS FACTORS GOVERNING ERUPTIVE STYLE FOR RHYOLITIC MAGMAS
KURT KNESEL, Trinity University

PRE-ERUPTIVE TEMPERATURES AND ERUPTION DYNAMICS OF RHYOLITE LAVA, NIMBIN RHYOLITE, EASTERN AUSTRALIA
CHLOE CAMPO, Trinity University
Research Advisor: Kurt Knesel, Trinity University

MICROLITE ORIENTATIONS AND STRAIN LOCALIZATION WITHIN THE BASAL SHEAR ZONE OF A LARGE RHYOLITIC LAVA, MINYON FALLS, AUSTRALIA
BROOKE DYKSTRA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Advisor: Patricia Gregg

FLOW BANDS AND MICROLITE TEXTURES IN OBSIDIAN, MINYON FALLS RHYOLITE, AUSTRALIA
ZENJA SEITZINGER, SUNY Geneseo
Research Advisor: Dori Farthing

 

Cameron Davidson
Editor and Co-Director
Carleton College

Keck Geology Consortium
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave., St Paul, MN 55105

Karl Wirth
Editor and Co-Director
Macalester College

Keck Geology Consortium Member Institutions:
Amherst College, Beloit College, Carleton College, Colgate University, The College of Wooster,
The Colorado College, Franklin & Marshall College, Macalester College, Mt Holyoke College,
Oberlin College, Pomona College, Smith College, Trinity University, Union College,
Washington & Lee University, Wesleyan University, Whitman College

Funding Provided by:
Keck Geology Consortium Member Institutions
The National Science Foundation Grant NSF-REU 1659322