18 Undergraduate Research in Geoscience (Posters)

Thursday, 27 May 2010
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Platinum 5-6

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  NEOGENE BASALTIC VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTHERN OWENS VALLEY, CA: IMPLICATIONS TO TECTONICS OF THE ECSZ
  Jessica J. Bruns, California Polytechnic University-Pomona, Pomona, CA and David R. Jessey, California Polytechnic University-Pomona, Pomona, CA
  172152 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  USING ANALOG FLOW EXPERIMENTS TO MODEL MORPHOLOGIES DEVELOPED DURING EPISODIC DOME GROWTH: A CASE STUDY OF MOUNT ST HELENS, 1980-1986
  Kathryn Altman, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA and Rachel Teasdale, CSU Chico, Chico, CA
  172608 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  VARIABILITY IN BIOLOGICAL PROXIES FOR UNDERSTANDING PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AT PTARMIGAN LAKE, ALASKA
  Mary L. Carson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Caleb Schiff, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Darrell S. Kaufman, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
  172822 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TERTIARY INTRUSIONS AND FLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KOOTZNAHOO FORMATION NEAR KAKE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ALEXANDER TERRANE
  Jordan David Epstein, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Cameron Davidson, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Karl R. Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
  172846 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  "STASIS IN RANCHO LA BREA SABERTOOTHED CATS AND ICE AGE LIONS DURING THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE"
  Meena A. Madan, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA and Donald R. Prothero, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA and Anastasiya Sutyagina, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
  172891 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE HAWKS VALLEY-LONE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC COMPLEX, SOUTHEASTERN OREGON
  Kelly McHugh, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Alicja Wypych, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK and William K. Hart, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Kaleb Scarberry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  172957 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF PILLOW BASALTS, EASTERN ELK OUTLIER OF THE WESTERN KLAMATH TERRANE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
  Tamera L. Rogers, N/A, Merced, CA and Mario Giaramita, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
  172974 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  DOCUMENTING REGIONAL BRACHIOPOD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPIAN-PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY: BIRD SPRING FORMATION, ARROW CANYON, NEVADA
  Kelly K. Kathe, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Allison J. Cone, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Nicole Bonuso, California State Univeristy, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173009 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  WIDESPREAD VOLCANIC ASH COMPONENT IN SOILS OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST
  Emily Keefer, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Juliana Poletti, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Katlin Howard, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Devika Chawla, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Suzanne Fleishman, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Ryan Jepson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Sarah Mazza, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Elizabeth Rodenbough, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Allen Glazner, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  173032 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE WEST DEREN AND DEREN FAULTS, SOUTH-CENTRAL MONGOLIA
  Emily Daubenmire, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Logan Chinn, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and T.K. Kelty, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Ariunbold Genden, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A and Robert Sauermann, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Batulzii Dash, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A
  173051 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EARLY TRIASSIC (DIENERIAN-SMITHIAN) PALEOPRODUCTIVITY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WITHIN THE NORTHERN WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
  Sean Keffer, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Nate Liodas, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Tyler W. Beatty, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and John-Paul Zonneveld, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  173109 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE DEREN SEISMIC ZONE AND Bïrgèd FAULT, SOUTH-CENTRAL MONGOLIA
  Logan Chinn, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Emily Daubenmire, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and T.K. Kelty, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Ariunbold Genden, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A and Robert Sauermann, CSULB, Long Beach, CA and Batulzii Dash, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A
  173115 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  HOW QUICKLY DID PRIMARY PRODUCERS RECOVER FROM THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION? EARLIEST TRIASSIC (GRIESBACHIAN) PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM THE PEDIGREE-RING BORDER-KAHNTAH RIVER AREA (WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN) NORTHWESTERN ALBERTA AND NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
  Ryan Wakefield, CSU, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Tyler W. Beatty, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and John-Paul Zonneveld, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  173144 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CONSTRAINING THE EXHUMATION HISTORY ALONG INFERRED FAULTS IN THE WESTERN CHUGACH MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
  Michael G. Prior, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Jeanette C. Arkle, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Peter J. Haeussler, Anchorage, AK and Phillip A. Armstrong, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173154 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS OF THE NICOYA PENINSULA SEISMIC GAP, COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA
  Shawn C. Morrish, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA and Amber J. Butcher, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Brent T. Ritzinger, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA and Kacie L. Wellington, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA and Jeffrey S. Marshall, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA
  173160 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  TURNOVER RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY, BIRD SPRING FORMATION, ARROW CANYON, NEVADA
  Allison J. Cone, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Kelly K. Kathe, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Nicole Bonuso, California State Univeristy, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173165 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  INTERPRETING PLEISTOCENE MARINE TERRACE DEPOSITS OVERLYING THE 82 KA WAVE-CUT PLATFORM, POINT REYES PENINSULA, MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
  Steven R. Woodley, San Francisco, CA and Karen Grove, San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA
  173190 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  USING REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHY TO DOCUMENT LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN DEATH VALLEY OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS
  Kathryn Elaine La Blanc, N/A, Fountain Valley, CA and Jeffrey R. Knott, California State Univ, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173214 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  TAXONOMIC RE-EXAMINATION OF PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS BRACHIOPODS FROM BOLIVIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FAUNAL CHANGE DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE
  Nathan A. Unangst, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Matthew Clapham, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Shirley Lopez, Sergeotecmin, La Paz, N/A
  173244 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  HEAVY METAL STEW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATER QUALITY OF BARBARA'S LAKE, ORANGE COUNTY, CA
  Kimberly Ann Boyd, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and David Byron Dillon, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and Scott B. Kenyon, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and Jacelyn Casem, Millikan High School, Long Beach, CA and Jonathan Nye, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and Lora R. Stevens, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and Suzanne Wechsler, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
  173267 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  SALINITY VARIATIONS IN MONO LAKE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA, AND FORMATION OF TUFA TOWERS IN MIXING ZONES BETWEEN LAKE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
  Samantha Cates, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Heather Farthing, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Preston Burnett, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Laura Pianowski, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Allen Glazner, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  173276 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND RECURRENCE FROM SCARP MORPHOLOGY, EUREKA VALLEY FAULT ZONE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
  Tyanna M. Schlom, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Jeffrey R. Knott, California State Univ, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173281 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE PUERTA DEL SOL PLUTONIC SUITE, A RECORD OF EOCENE TO MIOCENE PLUTONISM IN CENTRAL SONORA
  Elizard Gonzalez-Becuar, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A and Efrén Perez-Segura, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A and Angel E. Olguin-Villa, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A
  173295 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GRAVITY CONSTRAINTS ON BASIN GEOMETRY AND FAULT LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN CADIZ VALLEY, EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE
  David M. Carpenter, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Phillip A. Armstrong, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173302 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  IMPACTS OF THE FLOODS OF 1938, 1969 AND 2005 ON THE OLD MT.BALDY ROAD, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS CALIFORNIA
  Andrew C. Kieta, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA and Jonathan A. Nourse, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA and Daniel E. Heaton, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Travis B. Avant, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Azad Kalighi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA and Logan Edward Wicks, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
  173305 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GEOLOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE LONG CANYON DOME RHYOLITE, SIERRA NEVADA
  Benjamin Lewis, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Brandon L. Browne, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and David Van Sickle, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Jorge A. Vazquez, Menlo Park, CA
  173311 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF FAUNAL RESPONSE WITHIN THE LATE CRETACEOUS HOLZ SHALE, SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
  Michelle L. Gevedon, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Nicole Bonuso, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Michael G. Prior, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Kelly K. Kathe, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Pedro M. Monarrez, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Allison J. Cone, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Chris Buchen, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173616 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MONITORING THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM AT THE LASSEN VOLCANIC CENTER, CALIFORNIA
  Laurry Fassett, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA and Boyle Kelly, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA and Holt Shannon, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA and Rachel Teasdale, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA and David Brown, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA
  173643 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF FOLDED PALEOPROTEROZOIC GNEISS NEAR WEST FORK- NORTH FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER CONFLUENCE, CALIFORNIA
  Melissa S. Bonnar, Cal Poly University, Pomona, Pomona, CA and Jonathan A. Nourse, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
  173653 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  TERTIARY VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTHERN BUFFALO HILLS, SMOKE CREEK, NEVADA
  Zachary E.L. Hasten, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Victor E. Camp, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA
  173679 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENT GLASS COMPOSITION OF LATEST PLEISTOCENE TEPHRA LAYERS FROM THE WILSON CREEK FORMATION, MONO LAKE, CALIFORNIA, USING INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION
  Daniel J. Lee, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Elmira Wan, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and David B. Wahl, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Jeffrey R. Knott, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  173690 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE SMOKE CREEK DIKE SWARM, NORTHWESTERN NEVADA
  Danny A. Cronquist, SDSU, San Diego, CA and Victor Camp, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
  173702 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  LA-ICP-MS AS A HIGH PRECISION IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR THE TEPHRA LAYERS OF THE WILSON CREEK FORMATION, MONO BASIN, CALIFORNIA
  Nathan Diaz, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
  173705 (Theme Sessions)