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...
Nov 12, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: Arctic Alaska experienced great tectonic and climatic change during the mid to Late Cretaceous. We will document the sedimentary, pedogenic, and biologic responses to these changes by measuring stratigraphic sections of thick marine, deltaic, and alluvial...
Oct 28, 2014 | 2015-2016 Projects
What: This project will document the kinematics and thermal evolution of middle and lower crustal rocks exposed during exhumation of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range metamorphic core complex (RM-EHR) in northeastern Nevada. Although the RM-EHR is widely...