24 Undergraduate Research in the Geosciences (Posters) II

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  RESPONSE OF PLEISTOCENE EPIBIONT COMMUNITIES TO TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTATION ON THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST
  Meredith M. Clayton, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA and Benjamin J. Greenstein, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA
  85090 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  GEOCHEMISTRY OF FLUID INCLUSIONS FROM THE TRI-STATE ZN-PB DISTRICT
  Nicholas A. McClean, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Martin S. Appold, Univ of Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, MO and Barry Stoffell, Imperial College London, London, N/A and Jamie J. Wilkinson, Imperial College London, London, N/A
  86207 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  SANDSTONE PETROGRAPHY: A PROVENANCE INVESTIGATION OF BUILDING STONE FROM MONTE POLIZZO, WESTERN SICILY
  Katka Urbanova, Minot State Univ, Minot, ND and Chad Heinzel, Minot State Univ, Minot, ND
  86532 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION DURING EARLY TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE USING STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE STUDIES, GRAIN SIZE ANALYSES, AND MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES OF PALEOSOLS AT A HOMO ERECTUS LOCALITY IN THE SOLO BASIN, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA
  Adrianne K. Milius, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and E. Arthur Bettis, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Scott J. Carpenter, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  86848 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  SOURCES OF THE SALT IN THE BIG BONE LICK SPRINGS, NORTHERN KENTUCKY
  Deidre M. McCartney, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Megan A. Finney, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and J. Barry Maynard, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  87040 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF LIVING (STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE ALEUTIAN MARGIN
  Jared W. Kluesner, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Joris M. Gieskes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and Anthony E. Rathburn, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and M. Elena Pérez, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Jessica F. Adamic, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Chandranath Basak, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Michelle A. Abriani, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Amanda S. Shepherd, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Brian K. Wrightsman, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Wiebke Ziebis, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  87046 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  MORPHOMETRIC AND SURVIVABILITY EXPERIMENTS ON RANUNCULUS (BUTTERCUP) ACHENES RELATED TO THEIR OCCURRENCE AS FOSSILS IN THE MEYER DESERT FORMATION, SIRIUS GROUP, ANTARCTICA
  Rebecca M.S. Mink, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND and Allan C. Ashworth, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND
  87048 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  SEDIMENTARY AND MINERALOGICAL INDICATORS OF LATE HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE IN SOUTHERN PATAGONIA FROM LAGUNA AMARGA
  Craig S. Hill, Univ of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN and Margaret R. Kendall, Univ of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN and Kevin M. Theissen, Univ of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN
  87097 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  PHOSPHORUS GEOCHEMISTRY IN GROUNDWATER IN THE CLEAR LAKE WATERSHED, NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA
  Jonathon T. Carter, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and William W. Simpkins, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Michael L. Thompson, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Timothy B. Parkin, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Lab, Ames, IA
  87099 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CAP-CARBONATES AND CAP-LIKE CARBONATES OF THE DEATH VALLEY REGION
  Sara A. Holter, N/A, St. Paul, MN and Kevin Theissen, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and Thomas Hickson, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and Benjamin Bostick, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
  87117 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  TAPHONOMY, TAXONOMY, AND ANATOMY OF SAUROPOD AND THEROPOD DINOSAUR REMAINS FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION NEAR SHELL, WY
  Sara Kubarek, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Emily Swor, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Elisa Ramirez, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Brian E. Bodenbender, Hope College, Holland, MI and Timothy M. Demko, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
  87167 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  DESCRIPTION OF PALEOSOLS IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON AND LOWER CRETACEOUS CLOVERLY FORMATIONS NEAR A DINOSAUR SITE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WY
  Eric E. Baar, Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI and Maureen Yonovitz, Hope College, Holland, MI and Timothy M. Demko, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Brian E. Bodenbender, Hope College, Holland, MI
  87197 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  FLUVIAL SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PLANT TAPHONOMY OF A DINOSAUR SITE AND ASSOCIATED STRATA, UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON AND LOWER CRETACEOUS CLOVERLY FORMATIONS, BIGHORN BASIN, WY
  Jennifer C. Murphy, Lawrence Univ, Appleton, WI and Erica C. Clites, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH and Timothy M. Demko, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Brian E. Bodenbender, Hope College, Holland, MI
  87207 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  AUTHIGENIC CEMENTS IN FOSSIL BONES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TWO MEDICINE AND JUDITH RIVER FORMATIONS, MONTANA
  Josephine Williams, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Cara Harwood, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Raymond Rogers, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Karl Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Jeffrey Thole, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
  87278 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMN AND GEOLOGIC MAP OF A MORRISON FORMATION DINOSAUR SITE, BIGHORN BASIN, WY
  Justin Scott, Casper College, Casper, WY and Cody W. Holbrook, Western Kentucky Univ, Brentwood, TN and Timothy M. Demko, Univ of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Brian E. Bodenbender, Hope College, Holland, MI
  87299 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  COMPARISON OF VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF LIVING (STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM AN ALASKAN MARGIN COLD METHANE SEEP AND THE SURROUNDING SEAFLOOR
  Jessica F. Adamic, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Jon Martin, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Elena M. Pérez, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Anthony E. Rathburn, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Jared W. Kluesner, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Chandranath Basak, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Michelle A. Abriani, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Amanda S. Shepherd, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Brian K. Wrightsman, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Wiebke Ziebis, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  87309 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  WIDTH AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF TREE RINGS AS A PROXY FOR RECENT SOUTHERN INDIANA CLIMATE
  Caleb J. Schiff, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN and Peter Sauer, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
  87320 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  A COMPARISON OF VELOCITY EQUATIONS IN NATURAL STREAM CHANNELS IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  Natalie J. Johnson, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH and Amy C. Berger, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH
  87340 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  THE MINERALOGY OF PB SCALES IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AS REVEALED BY COMBINED XRD AND MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
  Christy Reuter, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Jill Conway, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and David B. Mast, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Tammie L. Gerke, USEPA, Cincinnati, OH and J. Barry Maynard, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  87405 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS AND CLOSED DEPRESSIONS IN ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN: EFFECTS OF KARST LANDSCAPES IN HYDROLOGY
  Kali J. Pace-Graczyk, Univ of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and David LePain, Wisconsin Geol and Nat History Survey, Madision, WI and J. Brian Mahoney, Univ of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
  87443 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  NATIONAL TRENDS IN RAINWATER CHEMISTRY
  Ellen Root, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Jack Gibbons, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Whit Jones, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Bessie Schwarz, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Scott Hynek, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Bereket Haileab, N/A
  87536 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:20 PM
  CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUNDWATER FROM RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA, USING CFC DATING, HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS, AND ION CONCENTRATIONS
  Kathryn Stalker, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Karla Knudson, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Travis Ruthenburg, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Alexandra Schmitt, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Kristen James, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Brandon Murphy, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Bereket Haileab, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  87583 (THEME SESSIONS)