18 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)

Friday, 2 April 2021
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Southern Company Research & Development Room

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  COVID SHUTS ONE DOOR, OPENS ANOTHER: PLANNING AND LOGISTICS FOR FIELD WORK AND PROTEROZOIC ROCK SAMPLING IN THE WET MOUNTAINS USING GIS
  Isabelle Harris, Furman UniversityFurman PMB 28541, Greenville, SC and Ruth Aronoff, Furman UniversityEarth and Environmental Sciences Dept., Greenville, SC
  362160 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  OUTCROP AND MICROSTRUCTURAL EVIDENCE OF DEFORMATION HISTORY IN THE WEBSTER-ADDIE ULTRAMAFIC BODY (BLUE RIDGE THRUST COMPLEX, NORTH CAROLINA)
  Cecillia Utterback, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Cheryl Waters-Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Amy Fagan, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Alexander Lusk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  362293 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  PRELIMINARY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A HIGH STRAIN ZONE IN THE EASTERN PIEDMONT, GEORGIA
  Sheri Williams, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Timothy Diedesch, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  362368 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  INVESTIGATING MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLOOD BASALT ON THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU
  Madeline Brosky, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Nahid Gani, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Nahid Gani, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  362058 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MOCHENA BORAGO: REFINING THE OCCUPATIONAL PERIOD OF LATE PLEISTOCENE HUNTER-GATHERERS IN MOCHENA BORAGO ROCKSHELTER, SW ETHIOPIA
  Olivia Kracht, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Steven Brandt, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Courtney Sprain, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  362344 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AND FISSION TRACK DOUBLE DATING FROM THE AMAZON FAN RECORDS EARLY PHANEROZOIC TO CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVENTS AND RECENT EXHUMATION RATES OF THE ANDES
  Cole Mayer, Geology, Carrollton, GA and Cody Mason, University of West Georgia, carrollton, GA and Brian W. Romans, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Andrea Fildani, Danville, CA
  362276 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  MINERALOGY AND PALEOSOL MICROMORPHOLOGY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE SONGHOR LOCALITY IN KENYA
  Gray Richardson, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and William Lukens, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  362309 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  MAGNESIAN CALCITE AS A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR
  Johnpaul Sleiman, Furman University, Greenville, SC and Chris Romanek, Furman University, Greenville, SC
  362310 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  HOLOCENE TRENDS IN BIOGENIC SILICA REVEALED BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO A LAKE SEDIMENT RECORD FROM NORTHERN NORWAY
  Nicholas Balascio, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Caitlin Walker, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  362308 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  COBBLES, BOULDERS, AND GRAVEL PEDESTALS AMONG MIMA MOUNDS AT MIMA AND ROCKY PRAIRIES, PUGET LOWLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR MOUND FORMATION
  Isaac Pope, Centralia College, Centralia, WA
  362373 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  EXPLORATION OF REMOTELY SENSED LINEAMENTS AS A VIABLE TOOL IN ASSESSING EVOLUTION OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT
  Christopher Lipscomb, Furman University, Travelers Rest, SC and Suresh Muthukrishnan, Furman University, Greenville, SC
  362401 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  COMPARISON OF SCARP GEOMORPHOLOGY ALONG THE BLAKE PLATEAU, SOUTHEAST U.S. CONTINENTAL MARGIN
  Samantha Czwalina, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  362319 (Theme Sessions)