12 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)

Thursday, 24 April 2014
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Lancaster Ballroom

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  SOLUBILITY AND STABILITY OF BERYLLIUM-SILICATES IN HAPLOGRANITIC MELTS
  Brian A. Konecke, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Michael B. Wolf, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
  236992 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SHIELD VOLCANO, EASTERN OREGON, USA
  Forest R. Friedrichs, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and Samuel R. Castonguay, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
  237587 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  ASSESSING AUX VASES SANDSTONE HETEROGENEITY IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN FOR POTENTIAL EOR PROJECTS USING CLAY MINERALOGY, POROSITY, AND PERMEABILITY
  Evan J. Gragg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL and Shane K. Butler, Champaign, IL and Nathan Webb, Champaign, IL
  237663 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PRELIMINARY LITHOLOGICAL AND PALYNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE GORGE OF THE NILE, ETHIOPIA
  Qiqi Wang, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
  237664 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  A FORENSIC GEOSCIENCE APPROACH OF COMPARING EVIDENCE AND FIELD SAMPLES IN CONNECTION WITH A 23-YEAR-OLD MISSING PERSONS/MURDER COLD CASE
  Grant A. Wick, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Michael B. Wolf, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
  237712 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  LANDSCAPE-BASED LIDAR DATA REDUCTION
  Paul D. Johnson, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  237717 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE ANISOTROPY BENEATH SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: INFLUENCES OF MANTLE FLOW AND TECTONIC EVENTS
  Wanying Wang, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
  237739 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EFFECTS OF BASIN SUBSIDENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL DELTA SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS AND SURFACE MORPHOLOGY
  Jordan Carey, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Antoinette Abeyta, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Chris Paola, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Brady Z. Foreman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  237745 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF SILICIC AND INTERMEDIATE LAVAS FROM THE ARNES CENTRAL VOLCANO, NORTHWESTERN ICELAND
  Alex J. Hammerstrom, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD and Brennan T. Jordan, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
  237844 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PETROLOGICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SUNLIGHT AND THOROFARE CREEK GROUPS IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS, WYOMING
  Rachel Schulta, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO and C. Renee Sparks, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
  237846 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES AND INTRAPLATE STRESS FIELDS IN JAPANESE SUBDUCTION ZONES
  Alexis R. McAdams, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Linda Warren, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
  237922 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING OF KARST FEATURES WITHIN THE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC OF THE PERSIAN GULF
  Shelby Chandler, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Caroline M. Burberry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Imperial College, London, N/A
  237927 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  USING CLAY MINERALOGY, POROSITY, AND PERMEABILITY TO ASSESS HETEROGENEITY OF THE CYPRESS SANDSTONE IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN FOR POTENTIAL EOR PROJECTS
  Kyle D. Rehak, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL and Nathan D. Webb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL and Shane K. Butler, Champaign, IL
  237930 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF THE BUTLER HILL GRANITE, ST. FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS, SE MISSOURI
  Steven Ray A. Trent, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL and Michael B. Wolf, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
  237956 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE TYLER FORMATION (LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN/MORROWAN) IN THE WILLISTON BASIN, NORTH DAKOTA
  Nicholas Anderson, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN and Christopher Benjamin, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN and Donovan Donarski, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN and Jonathan Sands, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN and Karl W. Leonard, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
  237974 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL MICROBIALITE FORMATIONS FROM YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO CENOTES
  Peter Donald Ilhardt, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Patricia A. Beddows, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  237984 (Theme Sessions)