Applications submitted for the 2024 REU Program are being reviewed!
Welcome to the Keck Geology Consortium
The Keck Geology Consortium consists of thirteen liberal arts colleges focused on enriching undergraduate education through the development of high-quality research experiences. Each summer, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Consortium offers a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to engage undergraduate students in four- to five-week field and laboratory research projects in the earth sciences. Advanced students continue their summer research projects during the following academic year using cutting-edge laboratory techniques. All students are encouraged to participate in a professional conference. The Keck Geology Consortium is currently administered through Macalester College.
Funding for this REU site is provided by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Earth Sciences, located in Alexandria, VA, to the Keck Geology Consortium (NSF-REU Award No. 1659322 and 2050697).
Important Info
2024 Keck Projects Flyer
Appl. for 2024 Programs - Closed
15 Feb: Applications due
15 Mar: Acceptance letters sent
Keck Program Blog
The goals of this blog are (1) to raise the visibility of Keck Geology Consortium programs, (2) to provide Keck research projects with a venue for communicating the process and results of science, and (3) to foster student learning about communicating science to the general public. We invite contributions to the blog from project students, faculty and staff. Submissions will undergo brief review before posting.
Sediment, Water, and Bears, Oh My!
our discharge measurements were occasionally interrupted by some interested wildlife!
Zodiacs in the Rain
…when the waves come up and the rain starts, one feels pretty exposed riding on these boats.
Oil and Ice
…we commonly encountered oiled outcrops in our sampling: a sad sight and a reminder of a past ecological disaster..
Blue Skies in Alaska
Nicholas Gross Almonte from Carleton College takes notes on the Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group at an outcrop in Valdez Arm, Prince William Sound Alaska.
UTAH PROJECT VIDEO
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Keck Geology Presentations at GSA 2018
Presentations by Keck Geology Consortium Participants at The Geological Society of America 130th Annual Meeting
4-7 November 2018
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nevada Project Fall Update
What a team! We had a successful four weeks studying and sampling calcic and petrocalcic horizons in the Mojave, and are now working to unravel paleoenvironmental signatures from sample geochemistry and micromorphology!
Wyoming Project Fall Update
Six undergrads performed four eeks of field and laboratory study in SE Wyoming examining vegetation and fluvial responses to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum