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
Glacier National Park Project Fall Update
We had an extraordinary research summer – a week getting to know each other and the project, two weeks in the field, and another two weeks in the lab conducting analyses. We are excited to present our results at GSA in November!
Alaska Project Fall Update
Our field effort included collecting over 70 samples from the Valdez and Orca Groups of the Chugach-Prince William terrane (CPW) in southern Alaska.
Utah Project Fall Update
Ben Surpless and four students used structural field mapping and video captured by a quad-copter drone to investigate rock deformation within a major normal fault transfer zone.
Catalina Gateway Project Fall Update
Each of the three teams submitted an abstract to the fall national meeting of the American Geophysical union, and will present their results in Washington D.C. this December.
Utah Project Featured on Texas Public Radio
An article about the use drones by a Keck project to study the Sevier fault was recently featured on Texas Public Radio…
Spotted: A Wild Near Peer Mentor
Would they listen to me? NOPE. Would they respect my “authority”? NOPE. Would they snark at me and think of me as a huge dork? YUP.
Confidence, STEM, and Pooping in the Woods
…It sounded too good to be true, probably too good for a Freshman who was hesitant about their STEM major and had just decided they wanted to try research. But instead of doubting myself or worrying about my lack of geological knowledge, I decided to get out of my own way and go for it.
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