The Mountain Lion Day
Day 3 started with with a mini-lesson from Ben about geologic stress and strain.
The Adventure Continues
In order to understand how earthquakes propagate and fractures form in rocks, geologists like us analyze these features in the field.
The Adventure Begins
The big day is here! Over the next 4 weeks, the Keck Utah research crew will keep you updated with our research exploits in the field and in the lab.
Assessing vegetation and fluvial responses to the PETM
Assessing vegetation and fluvial responses to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Hanna Basin (Wyoming, U.S.A.) Overview: This project focuses on developing the basin evolution and paleobotanical history of the Hanna Basin spanning the transition between the...
Using garnets to explore the beginning of subduction
Using garnets to explore the beginning of subduction on Santa Catalina Island, California Overview: In the late Cretaceous Period, before the San Andreas Fault started shearing off the edge of California, the geology of the Los Angeles region probably looked a lot...
Paleoenvironmental analysis of ancient soil horizons
Paleoenvironmental analysis of ancient (petro)calcic soil horizons: disentangling climatic, geomorphic, and biological records in the Mojave Desert Overview: This four-student project will test a suite of related hypotheses regarding the mineralogical, morphological,...
Landscape and environmental change in Glacier National Park
Landscape and environmental change in Glacier National Park, Montana Overview: This eight-student project uses sediment core samples to reconstruct glacial history, Holocene climate, and human impacts to Glacier National Park, Montana (GNP). Chains of lakes in glacial...
Structural evolution of a normal fault transfer zone
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...
Presentations by Keck Consortium at AGU 2017
Students and faculty from Keck Geology Consortium projects to present research at Annual AGU meeting…
Geology of the Chugach-Prince William terrane
Geology of the Chugach-Prince William terrane in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska Overview: This six-student project focuses on the geology of the Chugach-Prince William terrane in southern Alaska, and is part on an ongoing study of the tectonic history of the...Keep in Touch!
