Wyoming 2018-19 Project Update
Team Wyoming measured 600+ meters of stratigraphic section comprising early Paleogene lakes, rivers, swamps, and deltas
Utah 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Caroline, Charley, Curtis, and Madison have all been pushing hard to finish theses, classwork, and preparations for the upcoming GSA Cordilleran Section meeting in Portland, Oregon
Nevada 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Team Nevada discovered two new soil-stratigraphic exposures Team Nevada discovered two new soil-stratigraphic exposures with younger, presumably late-Pleistocene soil profiles
Glacier 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Eight Gateway students spent two weeks in the wilds of Glacier National Park
Catalina 2018-19 Project Spring Update
Students started the project in Oberlin, learning about metamorphic geology, and collecting major element data using SEM/EDS
Alaska 2018-19 Project Spring Update
The Keck Alaska team is off to Portland, Oregon to present their work at the GSA
Keck Geology Presentations at the 2019 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting
Presentations by Keck Geology Consortium Participants at the 2019 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting
15-17 May 2019
Portland, Oregon
31st Keck Proceedings Volume
ISSN# 1528-7491
Wyoming PETM
Body size evolution of the first mammalian megaherbivore during Paleogene hyperthermal events, Wyoming Overview: This project aims to understand the evolution of body size in Coryphodon, the first mammal to evolve large body size. Coryphodon was common across the...
Rhyolitic eruptions
Using 3D petrography of microlites and bubbles in obsidian to assess factors governing eruptive style for rhyolitic magmas Overview: This four-student advanced Keck project will investigate the factors controlling eruption style in rhyolite volcanic systems, which are...Keep in Touch!
