News from the Geology Department

Publication Date

Nine Geology students presented at the Northeastern Geological Society of America meeting in Lancaster, Pa. March 23-25. Travel funds came from Union’s Student Conference Travel Grants and departmental funds. Each student was lead author on their own poster.

Students: Kirk Seaman ’14, Jordan Thomson ’14, Holly Havel ’14, Kyle McQuiggan ’14, Dane O’Neil’14, Grace Delgado ’14, Sarah Brehm ’15, Alexandra Flake ’14, Lauren Main ’14 and Nicolas Weidhaas ’15 (not presenting)

Faculty: Kurt Hollocher, Donald Rodbell, Holli Frey, David Gillikin, Anouk Verheyden and Matt Mannon.

Papers presented:

Kirk Seaman

METAMORPHOSED PLUTONIC ROCKS OF THE SCANDIAN UPPER ALLOCHTHON, COASTAL MID NORWAY: INTRUSIVE ROOTS OF AN ORDOVICIAN- EARLIEST SILURIAN CALC-ALKALINE ARC

Paper No. 21-4

Advisor Kurt Hollocher

Jordan Thomson

HIGH-RESOLUTION OXYGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPE PROFILES IN LOBLOLLY PINE TREE RINGS AS A PROXY FOR HURRICANE RECONSTRUCTION ALONG THE EAST-COAST OF THE US

Paper No. 43-3

Advisor Anouk Verheyden

Holly Havel

AFRICAN FRESHWATER BIVALVES AS CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHIVES

Paper No. 43-1

Advisor David Gillikin

Kyle McQuiggan

A 6,000 YEAR RECORD OF CLIMATE DEVELOPED FROM ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS AND STABLE ISOTOPES IN A BELGIAN SPELEOTHEM

Paper No. 43-2

Advisor David Gillikin

Dane O’Neil

LATE GLACIAL-HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE RECORDED IN PROGLACIAL LAKE SEDIMENT CORES FROM THE HUAGURUNCHO MASSIF, EASTERN PERUVIAN ANDES

Paper No. 58-14

Advisor Donald Rodbell

Grace Delgado

EQUILIBRIUM-LINE-ALTITUDE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR LGM- HOLOCENE PALEOGLACIERS IN THE HUAGURUNCHO MASSIF, EASTERN PERUVIAN ANDES

Paper No. 58-13

Advisor Donald Rodbell

Sarah Brehm

HORNBLENDE IN DACITIC IGNIMBRITES FROM CENTRAL DOMINICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MAGMA PLUMBING SYSTEMS

Paper No. 66-6

Advisor Holli Frey

Alexandra Flake

THE ROSEAU AND LAYOU IGNIMBRITES OF CENTRAL DOMINICA, LESSER ANTILLES

Paper No. 66-7

Advisor Holli Frey

Lauren Main

THE ANDESITIC IGNIMBRITES OF NORTHERN DOMINICA, CARIBBEAN

Paper No. 66-8

Advisor Holli Frey