37th Keck Proceedings Volume

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Conference Presentations – Belize Gateway Project

Bundy, E., Ver Ploeg, A., Rawn, E., Gonzalez, A., Krone, A., Greer, L., and Wirth, K.R., 2024, 2023 Was a Year Like No Other:  Different Stories from In-Situ and Satellite Data at Coral Gardens, Belize:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-403715

Foad, H., Das, R., Greer, L. and Wirth, K.R., 2025, Tracking Coral Loss at a Refugium in Belize: A Multitemporal Satellite Assessment: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 57, No. 2, 2025, doi: 10.1130/Abs/2025se-408369

Gonzalez, A., Baz-Aguilar, A., Schurr, A., Wirth, K.R., Pfaff, D., Brown, M. and Greer, L., 2025, Potential Impacts of Acropora cervicornis Mortality on Carbonate Production and Sequestration at Coral Gardens, Belize:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 57, No. 2, 2025, doi: 10.1130/Abs/2025se-408877

Greer, L., Wirth, K.R., Therrien, K., Wentz, C., Gonzalez, A., Garza, S., Krone, A., Strubel Iram, A., Rawn, E., Baz-Aguilar, A. and Ver Ploeg, A., Bundy, E., Schurr, A., and Groom, E., 2024, Death of a Coral Refugium After the 2023 Marine Heatwave and What Remains of Coral Gardens Belize:  AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, v. 2024, no. 222, pp. GC13D-0222.

Groom, E., Wentz, C., Garza, S., Strubel Iram, A., Baz-Aguilar, A., Therrien, K., Schurr, A., Ver Ploeg, A., Bundy, E., Wirth, K.R., and Greer, L., 2024 Death of a coral refugium in a warming world and looking for survivors at Coral Gardens Reef, Belize:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-403947

Schurr, A., Baz-Aguilar, A., Krone, A., Gonzalez, A., Strubel-Iram, A., Garza, S., Rawn, E., Wentz, C., Groom, E., Therrien, K., Wirth, K.R., Greer, L., 2024, Macro and microplastics at Rocky Point and Coral Gardens Belize:  Spatial Distribution and Abundance:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-403993

Therrien, K., Hinkle, M.A., Greer, L., Schurr, A., Baz-Aguilar, A., Krone, A., Gonzalez, A., Strubel Iram, A., Garza, S., Wentz, C. and Wirth, K.R., 2025, Characterization and Quantification of Microplastics at Coral Gardens and Rocky Point, Belize:  Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs. Vol. 57, No. 2, 2025, doi: 10.1130/Abs/2025se-408830

Conference Presentations – Colorado Gateway Project

Bantugan, L, Bohan, L, Conviser, C, Schanz, S, Gevedon, M. 2024. Evaluating Dust Production by Glacial and Fluvial Erosion Using Field and Laboratory Experiments of Rock Abrasion, Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado, USA:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-404966

Craver, E, Davalos, C, Restivo, N, Trudell, A, Gevedon, M, Schanz, S. 2024. Sediment Provenance With Implications for Dust Production as Related to Climate Change in The San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-404964

Rumble, D, Shenoy, M, Sonnier, A, Rogers, L, Gevedon, M, Schanz, S. 2024. Dynamics of Dust in the San Luis Valley: Analyzing Storm Tracks, Dust Composition and Source in the Face of Climate Change:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-404971

Conference Presentations – Glacier National Park Gateway Project

MacGregor, K., Arnold, P., Acosta, D., Brennan, N., Hartrick, L., Lundquist, A., and McDonald, A., 2024, Lacustrine Records of Environmental Change in Eastern Glacier National Park, Montana, USA:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401311

Conference Presentations – Minnesota Gateway Project

Fandel, C., Gruhlke, A., Andruet, P., Choi, E., Embacher, Z., June, A., and Schoonover, M., 2024, A synoptic survey of springs in the Driftless Area of Minnesota to identify the role of springshed land use/land cover in groundwater quality:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401928

Fandel, C., Gruhlke, A., Andruet, P., Choi, E., Embacher, Z., June, A., and Schoonover, M., 2024, A synoptic survey of springs in the Driftless Area of Minnesota to identify the role of stratigraphic and topographic position in groundwater quality:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401921

Conference Presentations – Utah Advanced Project

Costa, S., Montalvo, A., Ryter, L., and Surpless, B., 2024, Constraining fault damage zone evolution within the Sevier Normal Fault System, southern Utah:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-400976

Durham, D., and Surpless, B., 2024, Analysis of Segmented Normal Faulting in the Northern Tharsis Region of Mars:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401050

Garcia, I., and Surpless, B., 2024, Modeling thermal flux through a normal fault damage zone with enhanced permeability: implications for geothermal energy:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 56, No. 5, 2024, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401014

Ryter, L., and Surpless, B., 2025, Fault-tip damage zone development during normal fault propagation within the Sevier normal fault zone, southern Utah: Geological Society of America, Joint Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 57, No. 3, 2025, doi: 10.1130/abs/2025NE-407507

Surpless, B., Nishimoto, M., and Ryter, L., 2024, Fracture network development within the complexly segmented Sevier normal fault system, southern Utah: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Washington, D.C., p. T01-13

Short Contributions – Utah Advanced Project

TESTING MODELS OF NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM EVOLUTION, DAMAGE ZONE DEVELOPMENT, AND GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL
BENJAMIN SURPLESS, Trinity University

CONSTRAINING HIGH-DISPLACEMENT FAULT DAMAGE EVOLUTION WITHIN THE SEVIER FAULT SYSTEM, SOUTHERN UTAH
SYDNEY COSTA, West Chester University
Project Advisor: Benjamin Surples

A REVISED MODEL FOR THE INITIATION OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL FAULTING ON ALBA MONS, MARS
DEMI DURHAM, Trinity University
Project Advisor: Benjamin Surpless

MODELING THERMAL FLUX FROM HOT ROCK INTO FLUID: IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ISABEL GARCIA, Trinity University
Project Advisor: Benjamin Surpless

ANALYZING FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE LOW DISPLACEMENT ZONE ON THE SPENCER BENCH SEGMENT OF THE SEVIER NORMAL FAULT, SOUTHWEST UTAH
ARIEL MONTALVO, Whitman College
Project Advisor: Gui Aksit

FAULT-TIP DAMAGE ZONE DEVELOPMENT DURING NORMAL FAULT PROPAGATION WITHIN THE SEVIER FAULT ZONE, SOUTHERN UTAH
LILA RYTER, Beloit College
Project Advisor: Jim Rougvie

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,
Pomona College, Trinity University,
Washington & Lee University, Whitman College

Funding Provided by:
Keck Geology Consortium Member Institutions
The National Science Foundation Grant NSF-REU 2050697