Jan 3, 2019 | 2019 Gateway, 2019-2020 Projects |
Resilience and decline: Are we at a tipping point for endangered Acropora sp. corals in Belize? Overview: Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn coral) and Acropora palmata (Elkhorn Coral) have been important coral reef builders throughout the recent geologic past. Yet...
Dec 22, 2017 | 2018 Advanced, 2018-2019 Projects |
Assessing vegetation and fluvial responses to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Hanna Basin (Wyoming, U.S.A.) Overview: This project focuses on developing the basin evolution and paleobotanical history of the Hanna Basin spanning the transition between the...
Dec 22, 2017 | 2018 Gateway, 2018-2019 Projects |
Using garnets to explore the beginning of subduction on Santa Catalina Island, California Overview: In the late Cretaceous Period, before the San Andreas Fault started shearing off the edge of California, the geology of the Los Angeles region probably looked a lot...
Dec 21, 2017 | 2018 Advanced, 2018-2019 Projects |
Paleoenvironmental analysis of ancient (petro)calcic soil horizons: disentangling climatic, geomorphic, and biological records in the Mojave Desert Overview: This four-student project will test a suite of related hypotheses regarding the mineralogical, morphological,...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2018 Gateway, 2018-2019 Projects |
Landscape and environmental change in Glacier National Park, Montana Overview: This eight-student project uses sediment core samples to reconstruct glacial history, Holocene climate, and human impacts to Glacier National Park, Montana (GNP). Chains of lakes in glacial...
