As the summer research season comes to a close and the new academic year looms, I thought I’d share bits and pieces of our Keck Geology Consortium Advanced Project with family, friends, faculty, and geosociences afficionados.
What a summer! As the summer research season ends and the new school year begins, I thought I’d catch everyone up on the exciting (but not-so-smooth) arc of our Keck Geology Consortium Advanced Project.
Landscape and environmental change in Glacier National Park, Montana Overview: This project uses sediment core samples to reconstruct glacial history, Holocene climate, and human impacts to Glacier National Park, Montana. Chains of lakes in glacial valleys collect the...
Exploring Late Cretaceous Wetland Ecosystems Part 2: Dinosaurs and Vertebrate Microfossils in Montana Overview: Nine students will collect, identify, and interpret the fossils of backboned animals found in the classic Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, with...
Structural evolution of a segmented normal fault transfer zone, Sevier fault, southern Utah Overview: This four-student project focuses on the evolution of the Sevier normal fault zone in southern Utah, near Zion National Park. The Sevier normal fault, considered one...
