Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: The overarching goal of this study is to improve our understanding of ice dynamics, glacial history and paleoproductivity of the Pliocene Weddell Sea using sediment cores from ODP Sites 693 and 695. Who: Suzanne O’Connell, 4 Students When: early/mid- June...
Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: This project is motivated by the objective to better predict the bioaccessibility of trace metals in the environment. Students will collect samples of iron (oxyhydr)oxide precipitates and water from an abandoned mine site, synthesize pure and trace metal...
Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: The two Newberry Crater lakes are located at ~ 2 km elevation inside the Newberry Volcanic Monument area, which is located behind the Cascadian arc in the OR high desert, ~30 km south of Bend, OR. The lake waters are carbonate-rich, with neutral to slightly...
Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: The 2015 southern New England Keck project will investigate Holocene and Anthropocene sediments and landforms to understand the regional history of floods, climate change and human impact. We will focus on targeted long-timescale (Holocene) sediment archives...
Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
Participants will investigate the behavior and morphology of basaltic lava flows from two very different but related perspectives: field observations of basaltic lava flows in Iceland and large-scale lava flow experiments conducted at Syracuse University. Experiments...
