Alaska Gateway Project Update
Five Gateway Program students joined Greg Wiles (Wooster) in Juneau for a dendrochronological study of Yellow Cedar in Juneau, Alaska.
Utah Gateway Project Update
Meagen Pollock (Wooster) and five Gateway Program students used geochemical mapping to revise the boundaries of some of the lava flows in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field of the Black Rock Desert.
2017-2018 Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate Research Projects
The 2017-2018 Keck Geology Consortium projects involve a mix of field and laboratory research experiences that make meaningful scientific contributions in the areas of structural geology, paleontology and paleoecology, and paleoclimatology as well as igneous and metamorphic petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and hydrogeology.
30th Keck Symposium Volume
At Wesleyan University, 2017
Exploring Geochronology: Dating Young Lava Flows and Old Trees in Decline (Keck Gateway Project)
What: How old is that volcano? How old is that tree? This Keck Gateway Project will explore how geologists date Earth materials, focusing on young lava flows and trees that are on the decline. Our geochronological study will supplement ongoing volcanological and...Unraveling Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics Viewed though a Marine Depth Transect near the South Orkney Microcontinent, Weddell Sea (Keck Focused Project)
What: Sea level rise is observed in many coastal areas from remote islands in the Pacific to naval bases in Richmond, VA. Critical to modeling and then adapting to this sea level rise is understanding how fast ice sheets are melting (water into the oceans) and oceans...Hazards in the Caribbean: The history of magma chambers, eruptions, landslides, streams, and fumeroles in Dominica (Keck Frontier Project)
What: This Frontier Project is an interdisciplinary project based on the volcanic island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. There will be two weeks of field work in Dominica, examining and sampling pyroclastic deposits, lava domes, landslide deposits, and...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...Keep in Touch!
