Robert J. Varga, Director UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES Keck Geology Consortium SUMMER 2011 Dept. of Geology Pomona College 185 E. Sixth St. Pending funding from the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Claremont, CA 91711 Undergraduate Programs (REU), the Keck Geology Consortium announces the following projects for SUMMER 2011 and encourages students to review the projects on our Blenda Long Administrative Assistant website: keckgeology.org. All project dates are tentative (please check website for updates). Application instructions are on the website Office 909 – 607-0651 Fax 909 – 621-8552 TH [email protected] APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 4 , 2011
South-Central Alaska - Tectonic evolution of the Chugach-Prince William terrane, south-central Amherst College Alaska. Faculty: John Garver (Union College), Cam Davidson (Carleton College): June 15-July
Beloit College 12 (tentative)
Carleton College Ascraeus Mons, Mars - Origins of Sinuous and Braided Channels on Ascraeus Mons, Mars: Andrew de Wet (Franklin & Marshall College), Jake Bleacher (NASA-GSFC), Brent Garry, Colgate University Smithsonian: July 6-August 3 (tentative)
The College of Wooster Peruvian Andes - Tropical Holocene Climatic Insights From Records of Variability in Andean
The Colorado College Paleoglaciers: Donald Rodbell (Union College), Nathan Stansell, Byrd Polar Research Center: 15 June-15 July (tentative) Franklin & Marshall College Tetons-Absaroka Ranges, Wyoming - Eocene Tectonic Evolution of the Teton-Absaroka Mt Holyoke College Ranges, Wyoming: John Craddock (Macalester College), Dave Malone (Illinois State University): July 15-August 14 (tentative) Macalester College
Front Range, Colorado - Interdisciplinary Studies in the Critical Zone, Boulder Creek Oberlin College catchment, Front Range, Colorado: David Dethier (Williams College): July 13-August 10 Pomona College (tentative)
Smith College U.S. Virgin Islands - Depth-Related Patterns of Bioerosion: St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: Denny Hubbard and Karla Parsons-Hubbard (Oberlin College): July 22-June 20 (tentative) Trinity University Northwestern, Iceland - The Hrafnfjordur central volcano, Northwestern Iceland: Brennan Union College Jordan (University of South Dakota), Meagen Pollock (The College of Wooster): July 17-August Washington and Lee 14 (tentative) University Connecticut River - Sediment Dynamics of the Lower Connecticut River: Suzanne O’Connell Wesleyan University and Peter Patton (Wesleyan University): dates TBA
Whitman College Ontario, Canada - Anatomy of a Mid-Crustal Suture: Petrology of the Central Metasedimentary
Williams College Belt Boundary Thrust Zone, Grenville Province, Ontario: William Peck (Colgate Univ.), Steve Dunn (Mt. Holyoke College), Michelle Markley (Mt. Holyoke College) : June-July (tentative)
~30% of student participants will be from non-Keck Geology Consortium Institutions
The Keck Geology Consortium encourages applications from students from groups underrepresented in the Earth Sciences