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Activity

2025

• NANOSCALE OBSERVATIONS OF CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE MATRIX IN AN AMYGDULE-BEARING PSEUDOTACHYLYTE
  17 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)
  Thursday, 20 March 2025

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Shenandoah ABC

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2024

• EXPLORING PRIMARY COOLING PHASES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDOTACHYLITES FROM THE IKERTÔQ SHEAR ZONE THROUGH EXAMINATION OF MICROLITIC TEXTURES
  41 Undergraduate Research Poster Session I (Posters)
  Tuesday, 16 April 2024

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom

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2023

• A SYNSEDIMENTARY EXTENSIONAL-COMPRESSIONAL FAULT SYSTEM IN AN INCISED PALEOVALLEY IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN BLUESTONE FORMATION, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: A RE-EXAMINATION OF THOMAS' EARLY WORK ON THE HURRICANE RIDGE SYNCLINE
  T159 The Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic Evolution of the Eastern Laurentian Margin—Tectonic, Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Geochronologic Evidence II: In Honor of William A. “Bill” Thomas
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  317 / 318

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2022

• KINEMATICS OF COMPLEX MULTI-FAULT EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE RECORDED BY PSEUDOTACHYLYTES FROM THE IKERTÔQ SHEAR ZONE, GREENLAND: AN NSF REU STUDY
  T124 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research Exhibition (Posters)
  Monday, 10 October 2022

  2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  Exhibit Hall F
• LITHOLOGIC INFLUENCE ON PSEUDOTACHYLYTE-BEARING FAULT ZONES IN THE IKERTÔQ SHEAR ZONE, GREENLAND: AN NSF REU STUDY
  T124 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research Exhibition (Posters)
  Monday, 10 October 2022

  2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  Exhibit Hall F
• BRITTLE IMBRICATE WEDGES CONTROL OUTCROP-SCALE GEOMETRY OF PSEUDOTACHYLYTES IN THE IKERTÔQ SHEAR ZONE, GREENLAND: AN NSF REU STUDY
  T124 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research Exhibition (Posters)
  Monday, 10 October 2022

  2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  Exhibit Hall F

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2021

• HOW DOES METAMORPHIC FABRIC CONTROL EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROPAGATION? AN NSF REU FIELD STUDY
  T53 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research Exhibition (Posters)
  Sunday, 10 October 2021

  2:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall A
• 10+ YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE EPMA FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH – HISTORY AND IMPACT
  3 Out of the Classroom, Out of the Box: Innovative Approaches to Geoscience Education
  Thursday, 1 April 2021

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Syn Terra Corporation Room

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2020

• INTO THE MICRO-WORLD: 10 YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE EPMA FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH
  71 Out of the Classroom, Out of the Box: Innovative Approaches to Geoscience Education (Posters)
  Sunday, 22 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2019

• IMPROVING WORKFORCE PREPARATION WITH A MULTI-SEMESTER, CURRICULUM-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  T27 Geoscience Curriculum in the Twenty-First Century: Adapting Programs to Meet Students’ Evolving Needs (Posters)
  Sunday, 22 September 2019

  9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall AB, North Building

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2018

• USING FRICTIONAL MELT TO CALCULATE THE RELATIVE SLIP VELOCITY IN AN ANCIENT FAULT SYSTEM, HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE, COLORADO
  T96 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls J-K
• FIELD RELATIONS AND TITANIUM-IN-QUARTZ THERMOMETRY OF MYLONITIC PSEUDOTACHYLYTES FROM THE SLIDE LAKE AND HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONES, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  T96 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls J-K

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2017

• TESTING THE IMPACT OF A MULTI-YEAR, CURRICULUM-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (MY-CURE): OBSERVATIONS FROM A 5-SEMESTER COHORT
  T334 Engaging Students through Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) across the Geoscience Curriculum
  Wednesday, 25 October 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 2B
• BASEMENT AND COVER STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ALONG THE EAGLE RIVER GORGE, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  26 Research in Structural Geology, Geomorphology, and Igneous Processes (Posters)
  Tuesday, 14 March 2017

  9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom CDE

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2015

• DOES LONGER ENGAGEMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH LEAD TO A MORE SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE? FRAMEWORK FOR STUDY OF A MULTI-YEAR, COURSE-BASED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  T243 Undergraduate Geoscience Education and Research Opportunities Supported by NSF Funding Programs
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 336
• METAMORPHOSED AND MYLONITIC PSEUDOTACHYLYTES FROM THE HOMESTAKE AND SLIDE LAKE SHEAR ZONES, COLORADO, USA
  T210 Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall
• PSEUDOTACHYLYTES AND RELATED BRITTLE FAULTS FROM THE IKERTÔQ THRUST ZONE, GREENLAND: FAULT GEOMETRY AND KINEMATICS
  5 Structural Geology: Geometry and Kinematics from Mapping and Modeling
  Sunday, 1 November 2015

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 336

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2014

• GEOMETRY AND KINEMATICS OF SEISMIC RUPTURE IN THE MIDDLE CRUST: THE HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE IN THE WESTERN SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  T120 The Structure of Faults from Top to Bottom: Implication for Fluid Flow, Ore Deposits, and Seismic Hazard (Posters)
  Monday, 20 October 2014

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibition Hall C
• PSEUDOTACHYLYTES FROM THE IKERTÔQ STEEP BELT, GREENLAND: FIELD RELATIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURE
  24 Structural Geology & Tectonics
  Friday, 11 April 2014

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Solitude

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2013

• PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MAFIC-INTERMEDIATE DIKES FROM THE NORTHERN SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  T247 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 29 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D
• LOCALIZATION OF PSEUDOTACHYLYTE IN MAFIC-INTERMEDIATE DIKES DURING MESOPROTEROZOIC REACTIVATION OF THE HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE, COLORADO
  18 Basement Structure in the Colorado Rockies: Assembly and Reactivation
  Thursday, 16 May 2013

  1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  South Conference Room

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2012

• BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLUESTONE NATIONAL SCENIC RIVER, PIPESTEM AND FLAT TOP, 7.5' QUADRANGLES, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
  T96 Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• MICROANALYSIS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM - INTEGRATING ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND MICRO-XRF INSTRUMENTS INTO UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH
  29 Recent Advances in Geoscience Education (Posters)
  Sunday, 4 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall B

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2011

• DEVELOPMENT OF CRUSTAL-SCALE FABRIC ANISOTROPY AS A MECHANISM FOR DOWNWARD PROPAGATION OF EARTHQUAKE RUPTURES INTO THE MIDDLE CRUST
  8 Structural Geology and Tectonics
  Thursday, 24 March 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 106
• A NEW ELECTRON MICROPROBE FACILITY FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN WEST VIRGINIA
  13 Economic Geology/Geochemistry/Mineralogy (Posters)
  Thursday, 24 March 2011

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall

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2009

• LARAMIDE PARTITIONING OF BASEMENT-INVOLVED DEFORMATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE WHITE RIVER UPLIFT, COLORADO
  173 Structural Geology: Advances in Understanding Deformational Processes Ancient and Modern (Posters)
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall A
• FIELD, GEOCHEMICAL, AND PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTER OF MYLONITIZED PSEUDOTACHYLYTE IN THE GRIZZLY CREEK SHEAR ZONE, GLENWOOD CANYON, COLORADO
  18 Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Wednesday, 13 May 2009

  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• PALEOMAGNETISM OF PSEUDOTACHYLYTE FROM THE MESOPROTEROZOIC HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  18 Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Wednesday, 13 May 2009

  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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2007

• COEVAL PSEUDOTACHYLYTE AND MYLONITE IN THE GRIZZLY CREEK SHEAR ZONE, COLORADO: A RECORD OF LINKED COSEISMIC AND ASEISMIC PROCESSES IN A MID-CRUSTAL THRUST
  T138 Recognition and Implications of Coseismic Fault-Zone Structures II
  Tuesday, 30 October 2007

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• BUILDING A STRONG GEOSCIENCE PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH: PERSPECTIVES FROM A NEW PROGRAM AT A STATE-SUPPORTED PUI
  25 Building Strong Geoscience Departments in the Southeast
  Friday, 30 March 2007

  9:20 AM - 11:40 AM

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2006

• IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW UNDERGRADUATE GEOSCIENCE MAJOR AT CONCORD UNIVERSITY: A THREE-PHASE ROUTE TO SUCCESS
  T235 Building New and Rebuilding Defunct College and University Geoscience Programs for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Successes and Failures (Posters)
  Wednesday, 25 October 2006

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• ASYMMETRIC CORKSCREW FLUTE CASTS IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN BRALLIER FORMATION: A LOCAL RECORD OF A CORIOLIS-INFLUENCED SEDIMENT SYSTEM?
  2 Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology
  Thursday, 23 March 2006

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2005

• GRIZZLY CREEK SHEAR ZONE: A NEWLY RECOGNIZED FRICTIONAL–PLASTIC DEFORMATION SYSTEM IN THE WHITE RIVER UPLIFT, COLORADO
  208 Structural Geology II: Pseudotachylytes, Shear Zones, and Vorticity
  Wednesday, 19 October 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• AGE, SETTING, AND REACTIVATION OF THE GRIZZLY CREEK SHEAR ZONE: TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF A NEWLY RECOGNIZED BRITTLE/PLASTIC THRUST IN CENTRAL COLORADO
  T24 Geology and EarthScope
  Sunday, 16 October 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2004

• BRITTLE AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION IN THE HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEFORMATION PROCESSES IN THE MIDDLE CRUST AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO MINERAL BELT
  T173 Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains V: New Insights in Basement Tectonics, Deep Crustal Structure and Precambrian Tectonic Evolution
  Tuesday, 9 November 2004

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2003

• MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES IN PSEUDOTACHYLYTE FROM THE HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE, COLORADO
  T249 Seismogenic Friction and Pseudotachylites
  Wednesday, 5 November 2003

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2002

• FALLEN ARCHES: MYTHS CONCERNING THE CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
  T184 Reconstructing the Cambrian World: Temporal and Spatial Changes in Physical and Biotic Environments
  Tuesday, 29 October 2002

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2001

• DELINEATION OF A KILOMETER-SCALE COSEISMIC RUPTURE AT HYPOCENTRAL DEPTHS USING PSEUDOTACHYLYTE VEIN GEOMETRY: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE NORTHERN SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
  9 Structural Geology I: Faulting and Folding: Timing, Geometry, and Processes
  Monday, 5 November 2001

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• STRATIGRAPHY OF UPPER HINTON FORMATION SANDSTONES IN THE BLUESTONE RIVER GORGE, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
  39 Undergraduate Research (Part B) (Posters)
  Friday, 6 April 2001

  1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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• THE ROLE OF METAMORPHIC FABRIC IN CONTROLLING MID-CRUSTAL SEISMOGENIC RUPTURE AND UPPER CRUSTAL BRITTLE REACTIVATION IN TWO COLORADO SHEAR ZONES: AN EXAMPLE OF PERMANENT LITHOSPHERIC WEAKENING
  83 Structural Geology and Tectonics (Posters)
• FAMENNIAN TURBIDITE FLUTE CASTS INDICATE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DEVONIAN LOCATION OF BLUEFIELD, VIRGINIA
  230 Sediments (Posters)