6 Undergraduate Research (Posters) I

Presentations

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  NO CHANGE IN THE RATE OF SHELL PRECIPITATION WITH AGE IN THE ATLANTIC SURF CLAM, SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA: ABANDONING THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL INTERPRETATION OF GROWTH
  Ethan Michael Underwood, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Bruce H. Wilkinson, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  82565 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  A SR AND ND ISOTOPIC STUDY OF THE SOURCES AND AGE OF SALTS FROM THE DRY VALLEYS OF ANTARCTICA
  Jennifer Amy Levine, Boston Univ, Boston, MA and Ethan F. Baxter, Boston Univ, Boston, MA
  82884 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  SEDIMENTOLOGY AND FAUNAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RARITAN BAY BEACHES
  Alicia C. Bruno, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Leila Cohen, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Mira Green, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Lizzette Torres, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Guillermo Rocha, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and John A. Chamberlain, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  82934 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION USING PHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGY AND ORGANIC MATTER BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF VARVED SEDIMENTS, BASIN POND, FAYETTE, ME
  Daniel S. Frost, Bates College, Lewiston, ME and Michael J. Retelle, Bates College, Lewiston, ME and Beverly J. Johnson, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
  82982 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF A HIGH ARCTIC LAKE, LAKE LINNÉ, SPITSBERGEN ISLAND, SVALBARD
  Melanie A. Schimek, Minnesota State Univ, Mankato, Mankato, MN and Bryce Hoppie, Minnesota State Univ, Mankato, Mankato, MN
  83076 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  SEDIMENT PROVENANCE IN LINNÉDALEN, WESTERN SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD: A PROXY FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  Elizabeth Thomas, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Al Werner, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and Steve Roof, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  83092 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  UNSUSTAINABLE GLACIER ABLATION AT 78° N LATITUDE, LINNE’BREEN, SVALBARD
  Caleb Schiff, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN and Al Werner, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and Steve Roof, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA and Peter Sauer, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
  83116 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  PALEOSOLS AND VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY OF THE OLIGOCENE POLESLIDE MEMBER, BRULE FORMATION, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA
  Jason Mintz, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Ashley Edelman, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Dennis O. Terry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Ryan Bright, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  83151 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  THE PALEOECOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL SETTING OF A SILURIAN MIXED SILICICLASTIC SYSTEM: RIPOGENUS DAM, MAINE
  Darren J. Larsen, Colby College, Waterville, ME and John M. Goss, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Alexandra E. Humphreys, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Christopher J. Russoniello, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Samuel S. Weeks, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College, Waterville, ME
  83189 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAULT GEOMETRY AND COARSE SEDIMENTARY FACIES ALONG THE JURASSIC EASTERN BORDER FAULT, CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS
  Jared E. McGrath, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Peter A. Drzewiecki, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Timothy J. Schroeder, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Kelly M. Champion, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT
  83247 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  PREDATOR/PREY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD: PREDATION BY NATICID GASTROPODS ON MOLLUSCAN PREY IN THE MIOCENE CALVERT FORMATION, MARYLAND
  Melissa Lindholm, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and Andrea Cutruzzula, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
  83250 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  PETROGRAPHY AND PROVENANCE OF MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN ALLEGHENY FORMATION AND CONEMAUGH GROUP SANDSTONES OF THE ALLEGHANIAN FORELAND BASIN, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  Michael D. Flanik, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA and Ira A. Bradford, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA and Josh B. Dailey, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA and Ronald B. Cole, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
  83258 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  CT-SCANNING OF PHOSPHATIZED ANIMAL EMBRYOS OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION: A LOOK INSIDE
  Matty B. McFeely, Amherst College, Amherst, MA and James W. Hagadorn, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
  83327 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION ASSESSMENT USING A NESTED WATERSHED APPROACH
  Cruz-Cruz Milagros, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, PR and Carrie Gregory, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY and Coraly Suarez, Universidad metropolitana, San Juan, PR and Kurt Lavia, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and Dominick Piacquadio, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and Edwin Romanowicz, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and David Franzi, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and Robert Fuller, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
  83363 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER SPRINGS ON THE HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY OF THE LITTLE CHAZY RIVER
  Joel F. Cubley, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Heather Hoey, Earlham College, Richmond, IN and Kurt Lavia, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and Edwin Romanowicz, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and John A. Rayburn, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and David A. Franzi, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
  83367 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF LAKE CORE SEDIMENTS AND LIPID BIOMARKERS AS A PROXY FOR LATE PLEISTOCENE CARBON CYCLING AT ELIKCHAN LAKE, NE SIBERIA
  Kimberly G. Rodgers, Bates College, Lewiston, ME and Beverly J. Johnson, Bates College, Lewiston, ME and Patricia M. Anderson, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA and Anatoly V. Lozhkin, Russian Academy of Sci, Magadan, N/A
  83407 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  QUATERNARY BARRIER ISLAND STRATA: COMPARISON OF ONSHORE GPR AND OFFSHORE SEISMIC PROFILES NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT, NC
  Stephanie Nebel, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and Don Barber, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and Walter Barnhardt, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  83580 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  GROWTH OF THE DEAD CREEK DISTRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISQUOI RIVER, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, VERMONT, BETWEEN 1950 AND 2003
  Joanne M. Cavallerano, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY and J. Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
  83626 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  LATE CAMBRIAN ARTHROPOD TRACKWAYS IN SUBAERIALLY EXPOSED ENVIRONMENTS
  Charles T. Hoxie, Amherst College, Amherst, MA and James W. Hagadorn, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
  83644 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  IDENTIFYING SPATIAL TRENDS IN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTS, LAKE LOUISE, GEORGIA
  Amie M. Leandro, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Angela Wall, Valdosta State Univ, Valdosta, GA and James A. Hyatt, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Eric C. Brevik, Valdosta State Univ, Valdosta, GA
  83660 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  PALEOPEDOLOGY OF THE BACON HOLE AND WORBARROW TOUT LOCALITIES, LOWER CRETACEOUS PURBECK GROUP, DORSET COAST, ENGLAND
  Frank Graf, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Dennis O. Terry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Edwin Anderson, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Zerbedia Njanike, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  83673 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  VIBRACORE RECORDS OF ALLUVIAL AGGRADATION FOLLOWING MASSIVE HUMAN-INDUCED EROSION, PROVIDENCE CANYON, GEORGIA
  Todd Ostrowski, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and James A. Hyatt, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT and Andrew H. Ivester, Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Tim Chowns, Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  83674 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  COMPARISON OF MISSOURI VALLEY HELL CREEK FORMATION (LATE CRETACEOUS) FOSSIL FLORAS WITH MEGAFLORAL ZONES OF THE WILLISTON BASIN, NORTH DAKOTA
  Trisha A. Smrecak, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY and J. Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY and John W. Hoganson, North Dakota Geol Survey, Bismarck, ND
  83701 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:00 AM
  AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE TRACKWAYS OF PROTICHNITES OWEN, 1852, FROM THE POTSDAM SANDSTONE (LATE CAMBRIAN), ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY, NY
  Matthew E. Burton-Kelly, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, N/A and J. Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
  83744 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  HIGH-RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES AT THE VOTER BAR, SANDY RIVER, NORTHWESTERN MAINE, 2002-2004
  Romany Shanti, Univ of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME and Ruth Hill, Univ of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME and Kevin Knapp, Univ of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME and William O'Brien, Univ of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME and Julia Daly, Univ of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME
  83754 (THEME SESSIONS)
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  LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN STARKSBORO
  Ashley Sandy, Mt. Abraham Union High School, Bristol, VT and Harmony Hansen, Mt. Abraham Union High School, Bristol, VT
  83862 (THEME SESSIONS)