Past Projects
Keck Geology Consortium30th Keck Symposium Volume
At Wesleyan University, 2017
29th Keck Symposium Volume
At Oberlin College, 2016
Dendrochronological analysis of insular forest stands in relation to climate and water-level fluctuations in the Great Lakes
What: The project will investigate the spatiotemporal interplay of climate change, water-level fluctuations, shoreline configuration, and forest dynamics affecting isolated forest communities of a Great Lakes archipelago. Research projects will assess climate...
Tectonic evolution of a deeply exhumed arc section: A study of the physical and petrologic evolution of the Salinian Bock, central coastal California
What: This project will investigate the processes that formed the Salinian arc of central coastal California. Participants will spend two weeks in the Big Sur region making field measurements and identifying and collecting critical samples for...
Evaluating the slip history of crustal faults underlying Victoria, British Columbia: Implications for seismic hazards
What: This project will evaluate the potential activity of the Leech River and San Juan Fault systems, two major crustal faults that underlie the capital city of Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, Canada. Current scientific thought suggests that these...
The role of beaver on catchment sediment and carbon budgets
What: This Keck project will investigate the role of beaver in the sediment and carbon budgets of small catchments (<10 km2) in the central Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Working within Huntingon Wildlife Forest (managed by SUNY-ESF), our geomorphic...
Historical ecology of marine mollusks in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Investigating anthropogenic impacts in coastal ecosystems through live-dead analysis
What: Human activities have enhanced nutrient delivery to coastal ecosystems in the northern Gulf of Mexico which has led to extensive eutrophication. By comparing populations living in the region today with the remains of historical populations preserved in marine...
Subfossil assemblages as indicators of environmental quality in temperate lakes of Wisconsin
What: A field-based conservation research project using paleontological, sedimentological, and geochemical tools to address modern environmental concerns. When: Early July-Early August Where: Students will spend the first week in Wisconsin, collecting cores and...
Constraints on magma transport and eruption dynamics at a glaciovolcanic pillow ridge southwest Iceland
What: Constraints on Magma Transport and Eruption Dynamics at a Glaciovolcanic Pillow Ridge, Southwest Iceland When: Mid June to Mid July (June 18 – July 16) Where: Iceland and Wooster, OH Who: Meagen Pollock (College of Wooster) and Ben Edwards (Dickinson College)...