23rd Keck Symposium Volume

Projects

Southeast Alaska

• EXHUMATION OF THE COAST MOUNTAINS BATHOLITH DURING THE GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE TRANSITION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION
  CAMERON DAVIDSON, Carleton College
  KARL R. WIRTH, Macalester College
  TIM WHITE, Pennsylvania State University
• FISSION TRACK AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SE ALASKA
  LEONARD ANCUTA: Union College
  Research Advisor: John Garver
• PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TERTIARY INTRUSIONS AND FLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION NEAR KAKE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE
  JORDAN EPSTEIN: Carleton College
  Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
• U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE TERTIARY KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA: A SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF COAST MOUNTAINS EXHUMATION
  NATHAN S. EVENSON: Carleton College
  Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
• INTERPRETATION OF THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION USING STRATIGRAPHY AND PALYNOLOGY
  SAMANTHA FALCON: West Virginia University
  Research Advisor: Dr. Helen Lang
• PALEOMAGNETISM OF EARLY CRETACEOUS TURBIDITES NEAR POINT HAMILTON, KUPREANOF ISLAND, ALASKA
  ALEXANDER BRIAN GONZALEZ: Amherst College
  Research Advisor: Peter Crowley
• PROVENANCE OF THE LOWER KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA
  TIFFANY HENDERSON: Trinity University
  Research Advisor: Kathleen Surpless
• CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC (δ13C) ANALYSIS OF A PROMINENT PALEOSOL WITHIN THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, ADMIRALTY AND KUIU ISLANDS, ALASKA
  CONOR P. MCNALLY: The Pennsylvania State University
  Research Advisor: Tim White
• USING STABLE AND CLUMPED ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOHYDROLOGY IN THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SE ALASKA
  JULIA NAVE: Colorado College
  Research Advisor: Henry Fricke
• PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE PALEOGENE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION, SOUTHEAST ALASKA
  MARIA PRINCEN: Macalester College
  Research Advisor: Karl Wirth

Colorado

• INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE, BOULDER CREEK CATCHMENT, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
  Project Director: DAVID P. DETHIER: Williams College
  Project Faculty: MATTHIAS LEOPOLD: Technical University of Munich
• FRACTURE DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERIZATION IN BETASSO GULCH, CO
  ELIZABETH DENGLER: Bates College
  Research advisor: Dykstra Eusden
• TALUS STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN TALUS NEAR GREEN LAKE 3 AND AT BUMMER’S ROCK, COLORADO
  EVAN RIDDLE: North Carolina State University
  Research Advisor: Karl Wegmann
• THE DISTRIBUTION OF TORS IN GORDON GULCH, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
  JAMES TROTTA: Williams College
  Research Advisor: David P. Dethier

Wisconsin

• THE GEOLOGY AND ECOHYDROLOGY OF SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
  Project Faculty: SUSAN K. SWANSON: Beloit College
  MAUREEN A. MULDOON: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER FLOW AND SPRING LOCATION IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
  HANNAH DOHERTY: Mount Holyoke College
  Research Advisor: Al Werner
• ESTABLISHING PALEOCLIMATE VARIATION FROM MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS AND STABLE ISOTOPES IN A TUFA DEPOSIT, WISCONSIN
  ELIZABETH FORBES: Whitman College
  Research Advisor: Kirsten Nicolaysen
• A COMPARISON OF TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING SPRING SOURCE AREAS: CRAWFORD COUNTY, WISCONSIN
  ASHLEY KRUTKO: Capital University
  Research Advisor: Terry Lahm
• WATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF TUFA-DEPOSITING SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA, WISCONSIN
  MARY LIANG: Franklin & Marshall College
  Research Advisor: Dorothy Merritts
• A CLIMATIC STUDY OF SPRING TUFA DEPOSITS USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS, SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
  ETHAN MAMER: Beloit College
  Research Advisor: Susan Swanson
• TEMPERATURE PROFILE MODELING OF A SMALL SPRING-FED STREAM
  MILES REED: DePauw University
  Research Advisor: Tim Cope

Oregon

• WEATHERING OF A VOLCANIC LANDSCAPE: THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE DESCHUTES RIVER WATERSHED, CENTRAL OREGON
  Project Faculty: HOLLI FREY, Union College & KATHRYN SZRAMEK, Drake University
• CHEMICAL WEATHERING IN THE DESCHUTES BASIN: HOW WATERSHED FEATURES EFFECT CATION CONCENTRATIONS IN WATER CHEMISTRY
  LIVIA CAPALDI: Oberlin College
  Research Advisor: Steven Wojtal
• SPATIAL VARIABLILTY OF TEPHRA SOIL ON DIFFERING GEOMORPHIC SURFACES WITHIN THE HEADWATERS OF THE DESCHUTTES RIVER, OREGON
  MATTHEW HARWARD: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  Research Advisor: Dr. Martha C. Eppes
• INCIPIENT WEATHERING IN SILICIC ROCKS INDICATED BY ENRICHMENT OF REE AND TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS: THE HIGH CASCADES, OREGON
  MATTHEW KISSANE: Union College
  Research Advisor: Holli Frey
• PLAGIOCLASE WEATHERING WITH DISTANCE FROM VOIDS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE DESCHUTES BASIN, CENTRAL OREGON
  ASHLEY MELENDEZ: California State University, Fullerton
  Research Advisor: Brandon Browne
• INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND LITHOLOGY ON SPRING CHEMISTRY IN THE UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER, OREGON
  JULIA SCHWARZ: Carleton College
  Research Advisor: Cameron Davidson
• ALKALINITY AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN SURFACE WATERS OF THE DESCHUTES DRAINAGE BASIN, OREGON
  LAUREN WERCKENTHIEN: DePauw University
  Research Advisor: Dr. James G. Mills, Jr.

Mongolia

• PALEOZOIC PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  Project Directors: CONSTANCE M. SOJA: Colgate University and CHULUUN MINJIN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
  Project Faculty: PAUL MYROW: Colorado College and D. JEFFREY OVER: State University of New York at Geneseo
• CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, YAMAAN-US, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  UYANGA BOLD: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
  Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
• GEOLOGIC MAP AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION AT “WENLOCK HILL”, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  BILGUUN DALAIBAATAR: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
  Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
• SEDIMENTOLOGY, DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY AND DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LOWER DEVONIAN TSAKHIR FORMATION, SHINE JINST REGION, MONGOLIA
  TIMOTHY M. GIBSON: Colorado College
  Research Advisor: Paul Myrow
• BRACHIOPODS FROM THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, YAMAAN-US, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  BADRAL KHURELBAATAR: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
  Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
• CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN DARAVGAI AND GASHUUNOVOO FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, SHINE JINST AREA, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA
  MADELYN METTE: Macalester College
  Research Advisor: Ray Rogers
• SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN DARAVGAI AND GASHUUNOVOO FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, SHINE JINST, MONGOLIA
  SARA E. OSER: University of Cincinnati
  Research Advisor: Carlton E. Brett
• PALEOECOLOGY OF LOWER DEVONIAN (EMSIAN) SHELF DEPOSITS IN THE CHULUUN FORMATION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  ADAM FRANCIS ANTONIO PELLEGRINI: Colgate University
  Research Advisor: Constance M. Soja
• TRILOBITE PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TSAGAANKHAALGA FORMATION NEAR TSAKHIR WELL, SHINE JINST, MONGOLIA
  JENNIFER A. PETEYA: Mount Union College
  Research Advisor: Lee Gray
• GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING EAST-TO-WEST FACIES TRANSITIONS IN THE LOWER SILURIAN SCHARCHULUUT FORMATION, SCHARCHULUUT, SHINE JINST REGION, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  MUNKH-OD PUREVTSEREN: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
  Research Advisor: Chuluun Minjin
• PALEOECOLOGY AND CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE AMANSAIR AND TSAGAANBULAG FORMATIONS, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  NADINE G. REITMAN: Vassar College
  Research Advisor: David P. Gillikin
• THE EIFELIAN GIVETIAN BOUNDARY (MIDDLE DEVONIAN) AT TSAKHIR, GOVI ALTAI REGION, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA
  NICHOLAS SULLIVAN: State University of New York at Geneseo
  Faculty Advisor: D. Jeffrey Over
• PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF UPPER SILURIAN-LOWER DEVONIAN LIMESTONE IN THE AMANSAIR AND TSAGAANBULAG FORMATIONS AT ULAANSHAND AND TSAKHIR, GOBI-ALTAI TERRANE, MONGOLIA
  ZOE VULGAROPULOS: Oberlin College
  Research Advisor: Dennis Hubbard

Kenai

• THE GEOMORPHOLOGY AND DATING OF HOLOCENE WATER LEVELS AT JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
  GREG WILES:The College of Wooster;
  THOMAS V. LOWELL: University of Cincinnati;
  ED BERG: US Fish & Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, AK.
• USING PEAT HUMIFICATION FOR HIGH RESOLUTION LAKE LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION: JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI LOWLANDS, ALASKA
  ALENA GIESCHE: Middlebury College
  Research Advisors: Jeffrey Munroe and Pete Ryan
• BASIN SUBSIDENCE INFERRED USING GEOPHYSICAL DATA, JIGSAW LAKE, KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
  JESSA V. MOSER: University of Cincinnati
  Research Advisor: Thomas V. Lowell
• RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEO-ENVIRONMENT: EARLY HOLOCENE MOISTURE VARIABILITY OF THE KENAI LOWLANDS, ALASKA
  TERRY RACE WORKMAN: The College of Wooster
  Research Advisor: Gregory Wiles

Svalbard

• HOLOCENE AND MODERN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIGH ARCTIC, SVALBARD, NORWAY
  Project Faculty: AL WERNER: Mount Holyoke College
  STEVE ROOF: Hampshire College
  MIKE RETELLE: Bates College
• DIRECTLY-CONTROLLED LICHEN GROWTH CURVES FOR WESTERN SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD
  TRAVIS BROWN: College of Wooster
  Research Advisor: Greg Wiles
• METEOROLOGICAL AND GLACIAL ABLATION CONTROLS ON ANNUAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION AT LINNÉVATNET: SVALBARD, NORWAY
  CHRISTOPHER FISHER COLEMAN: Wesleyan University
  Research Advisor: Suzanne O’Connell
• LINNÉ GLACIER METEOROLOGICAL STUDY OF SURFACE ABLATION DURING THE 2006-2008 ABLATION SEASONS
  FRANKLIN DEKKER: Franklin & Marshall College
  Research Advisor: Christopher J. Williams
• MODERN SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES IN A PROGLACIAL LAKE, LINNÉVATNET, SVALBARD, NORWAY
  JACALYN GORCZYNSKI: Mount Holyoke College
  Research Advisor: Al Werner
• 334 YEARS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RECONSTRUCTED FROM VARVED SEDIMENTS: LINNEVATNET, SVALBARD
  ALICE NELSON: Williams College
  Research Advisor: Mea Cook
• SEDIMENT CHRONOLOGY DEFINED BY CESIUM-137 IN THE DEEP MAIN BASIN OF PROGLACIAL LINNÉVATNET, WESTERN SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD
  ALEXANDER NERESON: Macalester College
  Research Advisor: Karl Wirth
• ALKENONE-INFERRED TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION FROM KONGRESSVATNET, SVALBARD
  DAVID A. VAILLENCOURT: University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Research Advisors: William J. D’Andrea and Steven T. Petsch

Unalaska

• LATE CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE ALEUTIAN ARC: EXAMINING THE PRE-HOLOCENE RECORD ON UNALASKA ISLAND
  Project Faculty: KIRSTEN NICOLAYSEN: Whitman College
  RICHARD HAZLETT: Pomona College
• GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RED CINDER PEAK AREA OF MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, UNALASKA, ALASKA
  ADAM CURRY: Pomona College
  Research Advisors: Jade Star Lackey and Richard Hazlett
• PETROLOGIC AND VOLCANIC HISTORY OF POINT TEBENKOF IGNIMBRITE, UNALASKA, ALASKA
  ALLISON R. GOLDBERG: Williams College
  Research Advisor: Reinhard A. Wobus
• 40Ar/39Ar DATING OF LAVAS FROM MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, ALASKA: EVIDENCE FOR XENOCRYST CONTAMINATION
  LAUREN M. IDLEMAN: Colgate University
  Research Advisor: Martin S. Wong
• ERUPTION DYNAMICS OF THE 7.7 KA DRIFTWOOD PUMICE-FALL, MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, ALASKA
  ALLAN H. LERNER: Amherst College
  Research Advisor: Peter D. Crowley, Amherst College
• GEOCHEMICAL VARIATION IN PRE-CALDERA AND HOLOCENE LAVAS FROM MAKUSHIN VOLCANO, UNALASKA ISLAND, ALASKA
  MAX T. SIEGRIST: Beloit College
  Research Advisor: Jim Rougvie
• PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL BLOCK ROTATION ON UNALASKA ISLAND
  CLARE TOCHILIN: Whitman College
  Research Advisors: Kirsten Nicolaysen and Robert Varga