58 Undergraduate Research (Posters) II

Presentations

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  WHERE DID ALL THE TOPSOIL GO? SOIL FORMATION AND EROSION IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  Medora M. Hackler, Sweet Briar, VA and Rebecca K.R. Ambers, Sweet Briar, VA
  69577 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF CONTROLS ON GROUND-WATER FLOW IN A KARST AQUIFER IN THE ORDOVICIAN BEEKMANTOWN GROUP, BERKS COUNTY, PA
  Seth Wolfinger, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Kristen Ward, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Jeremy Holland, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and A.M. Nase, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Elizabeth Ferguson, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Greg C. Zellner, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Kurt C. Friehauf, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA and Sarah E. Tindall, Kutztown Univ of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA and Lane Schultz, Berks Products Corporation, Reading, PA
  69742 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  IDENTIFICATION OF SLOPE-FAILURE PRONE AREAS IN GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO, USING A SIMPLE GEOSPATIAL MODEL
  Scott A. Porter, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH and Katherine L. Farnsworth, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH and Stephen Van Horn, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH
  69784 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  LONGITUDINAL AQUEOUS BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LITTLE CHAZY WATERSHED, NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  Shantar Zuidema, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Adrienne Shirk, Millersville Univ, Millersville, PA and Robert D. Fuller, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
  70065 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  PRECIPITATION OF TRACE METALS FROM STREAMWATER DRAINING AN ABANDONED SULFIDE MINE IN ROWE, MASSACHUSETTS
  Melissa A. Russell, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
  70128 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN DEEP-WATER MARINE SEDIMENTS RELATED TO METHANE TRANSPORT, METHANE CONSUMPTION, AND METHANE GAS HYDRATES
  Matthew K. Thompson, Eastern Kentucky Univ, Richmond, KY and Walter S. Borowski, Eastern Kentucky Univ, Richmond, KY and William Ussler, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Charles K. Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA
  70130 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  GEOLOGIC MAP OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE FORMATIONS IN NORTHWEST LEWIS AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK
  Joseph M. Andrews, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY and Victoria, D. Whelan, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY and David, J. Thomas, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY
  70149 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  ACTION OF A NATURAL BATERIAL CONSORTIA ON ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM THE KEMPTON MINE COMPLEX: A SMALL COMPONENT OF UNDERSTANDING OF ONE OF THE LARGE COAL MINES IN MARYLAND
  Graeme C. Bowles, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD and Philip M. Piccoli, Department of Geology, College Park, MD and Steven K. Lower, Columbus, OH and Philip A. Candela, Department of Geology, College Park, MD
  70244 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF PHOSPHATE AND IRON IN SALT MARSH SEDIMENTS
  Kristin L. Gettys, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Lauren C. Kolowith, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  70351 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  SLUMPING AND EROSION OF THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE LINE AT STERLING NATURE CENTER, CAYUGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
  Hallie E. Meighan, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NM and David W. Valentino, State Univ of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY
  70353 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  CHANNEL RECOVERY FOLLOWING DAM REMOVAL: LESSONS FROM THREE HISTORIC DAM REMOVALS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC PIEDMONT
  P. Jenkins, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and J. Pizzuto, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and K. Skalak, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and R. Brown, Academy of Nat Sciences, Philadelphia, PA and J. Tomlinson, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and S. Moskalski, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE
  70374 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  SILICON ACCUMULATION IN TREE LEAVES FROM THE UPPER PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
  Tyler Bax, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and C. Brannon Andersen, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and Gregory P. Lewis, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC
  70418 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  Sarah Scott, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and C. Brannon Andersen, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and Kenneth A. Sargent, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and Gregory P. Lewis, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC and Sandra Wheeler, Furman Univ, Greenville, SC
  70445 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  BACTERIAL AND NUTRIENT WATER QUALITY SURVEY OF THE KEUKA OUTLET, SENECA LAKE WATERSHED, NY
  Tana M. Hintz, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and John D. Halfman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
  70539 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  KINETICS OF SCORODITE DISSOLUTION
  Mary C. Harvey, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Madeline E. Schreiber, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  70596 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  PALEOPEDOLOGY OF THE MAMMAL BED, CRETACEOUS PURBECK GROUP, DORSET COAST, ENGLAND
  Jamie Shamrock, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA and Dennis O. Terry, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA and Edwin J. Anderson, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA
  70644 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  DO PAIRED WATERSHED STUDIES WORK?
  Katrina Smith, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY and Kyle K. Nichols, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
  70681 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGIC ANOMALIES IN SOILS OVER HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, PILOT MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
  Asami Kikuchi, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Amos Wamweya, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Robert L. Nusbaum, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  70690 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  HYDROLOGIC BUDGET OF A GROUNDWATER FLOW-THROUGH RESERVOIR ON SANDSTONE-PAVEMENT AT ALTONA FLAT ROCKS, NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE
  Joselyn Hohenwarter, Slippery Rock Univ, Slippery Rock, PA and Jennifer Vinci, Eastern Connecticut, Willimantic, CT and Li-Ess Baptiste, Hunter College, New York, NY and Edwin. A. Romanowicz, Plattsburgh State Univ, Plattsburgh, NY and David Franzi, Plattsburgh State Univ, Plattsburgh, NY
  70701 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  THE WATER QUALITY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND A COMPARISON TO THE WATER QUALITY OF THE ALLEGHENY, MONONGAHELA, AND OHIO RIVERS OF PENNSYLVANIA
  R. Josh Prince, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Curtis L. Hollabaugh, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  70767 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF LAND USE ON PEAK DISCHARGE AND RUNOFF IN THE SARATOGA LAKE WATERSHED
  Robin H. Wiles-Skeels, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY and Kyle K. Nichols, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
  70792 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  ARSENIC IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS LEACHATE PLUMES IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
  Newton Tedder, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Rudolph Hon, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Joel Frisch, Northeast Geoscience, Inc, Clinton, MA and Matthew Mayo, Northeast Geoscience, Inc, Clinton, MA and Jay Billlings, Northeast Geoscience, Inc, Clinton, MA
  70851 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  BEDROCK GEOLOGY AS THE PRIMARY SELECTION CRITERION IN DETERMINING A SAMPLING STRATEGY FOR WAKE COUNTY, NC INDOOR-AIR AND GROUNDWATER RADON STUDY
  Deborah E. Kull, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Edward F. Stoddard, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  70868 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT ASSESSING PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LITHIC MATERIALS FROM SOUTHERN ALABAMA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
  Leslie A. Hiles, Univ of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and John D. Bongino, Univ of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Marcus L. Miller, Univ of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Douglas W. Haywick, Univ of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and Philip J. Carr, Univ of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
  70915 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  HISTORICAL, PHYSICAL, AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STORM WATER RETENTION BASIN, BRYN MAWR, PA: PROJECTED-VS-ACTUAL OUTCOMES
  J. Gage, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and B. Zera, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and S. Hale, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and S. Nebel, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and J. Jefferson, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and M. McConnell, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and A. Noble, Haverford College, Haverford, PA and A. Rogers, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and C. Smiga, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and R. Wilson, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
  70921 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  UTILITY OF RADON-222 AS A RADIOCHEMICAL TRACER OF SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE TO A BEDROCK-DOMINATED REGION OF EASTERN CASCO BAY
  Daniel M. Abraham, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and Edward P. Laine, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  70946 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  BEDROCK CONTROLS ON SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD) IN EASTERN CASCO BAY, MAINE, AND NUTRIENT ANALYSES OF SGD SPRINGS
  Kurt Daniel Jendrek, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and Edward P. Laine, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  70948 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS AND BLOOMING VALLEY 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLES, CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
  Alison M. O'Brien, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA and Rachel O'Brien, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
  71001 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:00 PM
  COMPLEX SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER INTERACTION IN A SMALL WATERSHED, ORR’S ISLAND, MIDCOAST MAINE
  S. Kurtis Martin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  71010 (THEME SESSIONS)