21 Undergraduate Research Poster Session I (Posters)

Friday, 17 March 2023
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Grand Ballroom A–D

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  USING THE PLAGIOCLASE MELT HYGROMETER FOR CAMP FLOWS; DOES IT HOLD WATER?
  Lakshman Prabhakar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus, Piscataway, NJ
  384816 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A FULGURITE FROM OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA (U.S.A.): FORMATION CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT
  Bradley Couch, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Chiara Elmi, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  385295 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  FE ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS OF MAGNETITE FROM THE BAFQ DISTRICT, IRAN
  Kiran Patil, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA and Cameron Lasinsky, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA and Ryan Mathur, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA and Adam Simon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Khalegh Khoshnoodi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  385420 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PETROGRAPHIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES OF TEXTURES IN METEORITE NWA 5480 FROM 4 VESTA
  Sherrie Gies, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Michael Buchanan, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Elizabeth Johnson, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  385437 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EVALUATING THE DECOMPOSTION OF MINERAL MUSEUM VIVIANITE SPECIMENS USING VISIBLE LIGHT, LONGWAVE UV LIGHT, AND HEAT EXPERIMENTS
  Ashley Holsinger, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Kristen N. Malosky, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Elizabeth Johnson, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and William Lukens, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  385443 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CRETACEOUS AND PLIOCENE MICROFOSSILS FROM GREENS MILL RUN, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
  Mikayla Dixon, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Stephen J. Culver, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and David Mallinson, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Jean Self-Trail, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA
  385507 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  FIELD AND PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE BALTIMORE MAFIC COMPLEX, CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND
  Jessica Hetrick, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, N/A and L. Lynn Marquez, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, N/A
  385531 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GEOCHEMISTRY OF UPPER DEVONIAN PALEOSOLS FROM THE CATSKILL FORMATION, APPALACHIAN BASIN, NORTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
  Tami Emick, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and Lily Pfeifer, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and Jeffrey Trop, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
  385557 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  INVESTIGATING CLASTIC SEDIMENTS DEPOSITED DURING RIFTING: EBSD AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LATE PROTEROZOIC GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN METACONGLOMERATE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  M.P. Capability Dickerson, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Jamie Levine, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Gabriele Casale, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
  385793 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICIC NUNATAKS FROM ÞÓRÐARHYRNA (THORDARHYRNA), ICELAND
  Morgan Merritt, Lafayette College, Easton, PA and T.L. Carley, Lafayette College, Easton, PA and Tenley Banik, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Lauren Driggs, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
  386001 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STRATIGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION AND CONTROL ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOWER KEYSER FORMATION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
  Joshua Colasante, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA and Jonathan Warnock, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
  386011 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MAPPING THE GATES-ADAH KIMBERLITE INTRUSION USING A GEM-MAGNETOMETER
  JeKai King, Pennsylvania Western University, California Campus, California, PA and Daniel Harris, Pennsylvania Western University, California Campus, California, PA
  386044 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE EFFECTS OF GRAIN SIZE ON STRAIN PARTITIONING IN COARSE-GRAINED METAMORPHIC ROCKS:EXAMPLES FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS (USA)
  Jacob Kimball, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA and Clinton Barineau, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
  386076 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  ANALYSIS OF GREISEN-FORMING ANOROGENIC GRANITOIDS IN IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA
  James Kreck, Radford University, Radford, VA and Elizabeth A. McClellan, Radford University, Radford, VA
  386122 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  COMPARISON OF DIABASE DIKES FROM AMHERST COUNTY, VA, VIA THIN SECTION AND XRF ANALYSIS
  Victoria Ralph, Radford University, Radford, VA and Elizabeth McClellan, Radford University, Radford, VA
  386170 (Theme Sessions)