Talks and posters by SLU Geology students, faculty,  and alumni for the
2019 Geological Society of American Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona September 22-25th
If you are an alum and your presentation is missing from the list, please send an email ~ name in bold designates author with SLU connection

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Session No. 15

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 228AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T121. Landscape Responses to Neogene Climate Change

15-9 10:30 AM

PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EARLY MIOCENE HIWEGI FORMATION, RUSINGA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA 

BAUMGARTNER, Aly, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76076, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, MICHEL, Lauren A., Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505 and PEPPE, Daniel J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798

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Session No. 26

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T193. Importance of Involving Undergraduate and High School Students in Geoscience- and Environmental Science–Based Research (Posters)

26-20 Booth 70

A PARTNERSHIP TO ENGAGE HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA 

DERE, Ashlee Laura Denton1, STOVER, Lee A.2, BENZONI, Rachel3, SHUSTER, Robert D.1, RODIE, Steve4, CUTUCACHE, Christine4, GRANDGENETT, Neal5 and TAPPRICH, William4, (1)Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182, (2)Burke High School Science Dept, Omaha Public Schools, 12200 Burke Blvd, Omaha, NE 68154, (3)Omaha Public Schools, Northwest High School Science Dept., 8204 Crown Point Ave., Omaha, NE 68134, (4)Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182, (5)Department of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182

 

Session No. 27

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T196. Geoscience Curriculum in the Twenty-First Century: Adapting Programs to Meet Students’ Evolving Needs (Posters)

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27-14 Booth 88

ON-RAMPS TO MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING: QUICK-START GUIDES TO STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVELY ENGAGING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE LEARNING 

TEWKSBURY, Barbara J., Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY 13323-1218, RESOR, Phillip G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459 and WENNER, Jennifer M., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Geology Department, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901-3551

Session No. 49

 

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T51. Shaping the Landscape: The Interaction between Fractures, Erosion, and Plate Tectonics (Posters)

 

49-3 Booth 344

FAULTS, FRACTURES, A NETWORK OF NON-TECTONIC SYNCLINES, AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT, PLUS A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT MAPPING KATKUT GRAVELS USING SATELLITE IMAGERY 

TEWKSBURY, Barbara J.1, SKELDON, Christopher A.1, WELCH, Robert M.1, TARABEES, Elhamy A.2 and HANAFY, Mahmoud I.2, (1)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY 13323-1218, (2)Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, 22 Galal Street, Damanhour, 22516, Egypt

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Session No. 54

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 224A, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T14. Advances in Alpine Glacier Studies through Process and Chronology: In Honor of Gerald Osborn for His Career and Contributions to the Field

54-7 3:15 PM

GLACIER CHANGE IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS, WA OVER THE PAST AND FUTURE 100 YEARS 

FOUNTAIN, Andrew G., Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, GLENN, Bryce, Department of Geography; Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, GRAY, Christina, Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 and MENOUNOS, Brian, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada

 

Session No. 60

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 229B, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T65. Precambrian Linkages across Laurentia: Looking for Geological, Geophysical, and Paleogeographic Connections and Controversies Associated with the Growth and Tectonic Evolution of Laurentia from the Neoarchean to the Neoproterozoic II

60-6 2:55 PM

TIMING OF DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM OF GRENVILLIAN METAPELITE, ROCK AND BEAR PONDS AREA, EASTERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, TICONDEROGA, NY, USA 

MISTIKAWY, Justin, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N. Pleasant St., Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-9354, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003 and REGAN, Sean P., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 900 Yukon dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775

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Session No. 66

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 232BC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T98. Best Practices and Exciting Discoveries in Identifying, Mapping, and Analyzing Planetary Landforms and Terrestrial Analogues

66-7 3:35 PM

DETAILS IN THE DEVILS: USING CONVECTIVE VORTICES TO MEASURE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS ON EARTH AND MARS 

FENTON, Lori K.1, METZGER, Steve2, SCHEIDT, Stephen P.3, MICHAELS, Timothy I.1, DORN, Taylor C.4, COLE, Banner5 and SPRAU, Owen5, (1)SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043, (2)Metzger Geoscience Consulting, Reno, NV 89502, (3)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (4)Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Dr. E, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (5)St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Dr., Canton, NY 13617

 

Session No. 74

Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 101AB, West Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T196. Geoscience Curriculum in the Twenty-First Century: Adapting Programs to Meet Students’ Evolving Needs

74-4 2:15 PM

INTEGRATING INFORMED DECISION-MAKING, A FOCUS ON CASCADIA, AND A SEMINAR ON ETHICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, POWER AND GENDER, AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO THE GEOSCIENCES TO BETTER PREPARE GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORK FORCE (Invited Presentation) 

TEWKSBURY, Barbara J., BAILEY, David G., BECK, Catherine C., DOMACK, Cynthia R. and RAYNE, Todd W., Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY 13323-1218

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Session No. 82

Monday, 23 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 229B, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T54. Origin and Evolution of Proterozoic Lithosphere in the Western United States

82-5 9:25 AM

CONSTRAINING PALEOPROTEROZOIC TIMING AND SETTINGS OF DEPOSITION AND TECTONISM IN THE BIG THOMPSON AND RIST CANYON AREAS, NORTHERN COLORADO FRONT RANGE 

BAIRD, Graham B.1, PREMO, Wayne R.2, MULLER, Simone R.1, HOOKER, Jacob C.1 and CHUMLEY, Adam S.1, (1)Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, (2)USGS,MS 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

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Session No. 87

Monday, 23 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 226ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T104. Paleobiogeographic and Paleoecological Trends in the Fossil Record I

87-11 10:45 AM

EARLY PALEOCENE PLANT AND MAMMALIAN COMMUNITIES FROM THE SAN JUAN BASIN (NEW MEXICO, USA) RECORD LONG TERM ECOSYSTEM INSTABILITY FOLLOWING THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY 

FLYNN, Andrew G.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, WILLIAMSON, Thomas E.2, SECORD, Ross3, BRUSATTE, Stephen L.4 and GENG, Jie1, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (2)New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (3)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (4)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom

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Session No. 100

Monday, 23 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D2. Recent Advances in Economic Geology (Posters)

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100-9 Booth 9

AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE BENSON MINES IRON ORE DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN ADIRONDACK HIGHLANDS 

COUTRE, Cory, Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, WALSER, Sandra L., Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Dr, Canton, NY 13617, LUPULESCU, Marian, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, HANCHAR, John M., Dept of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada and CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, 147 Brown Hall, Canton, NY 13617

 

Session No. 103

Monday, 23 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T42. Zircon and Beyond: Quantitative Methods for Characterizing Provenance in Modern and Ancient Sediment Routing Systems (Posters)

103-1 Booth37

ZR STABLE ISOTOPE VARIABILITY ON EARTH: IS ZIRCON THE CULPRIT OR A PASSIVE WITNESS? 

IBANEZ-MEJIA, Mauricio1, TISSOT, Francois L.H.2, GROHN, Lisa J.1 and TOMPKINS, Hannah G.D.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

 

Session No. 147

Monday, 23 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 228AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T115. The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum Recorded in Continental Margin Sections: Constraining Timing and Cause of Carbon Injection

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147-6 2:55 PM

40AR-39AR AGES OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY EXTRATERRESTRIAL IMPACT SPHERULES (Invited Presentation) 

SCHALLER, Morgan F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jonsson-Rowland Science Center 1W19, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, TURRIN, Brent, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, FUNG, Megan K., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 and KATZ, Miriam E., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180

 

147-7 3:30 PM

A RECORD OF WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE WILDFIRES AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY 

FUNG, Megan K.1, SCHALLER, Morgan F.2 and KATZ, Miriam E.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180

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Session No. 183

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T154. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research (Posters)

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183-1 booth 29

BOULDER-TOP BIRCH TREES AS A MEANS OF DATING A ROCK FALL EVENT: WISHBONE HILL, SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA 

WHITNEY, Riley E., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, STEWART, Alexander K., Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 and HUBBARD, Trent D., Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709

 

183-2 booth 30

ESTIMATING EROSION RATES USING EXPOSED ROOTS AT A RECREATION SITE, GRASSE RIVER, CANTON, NY 

PERRY, Calum and STEWART, Alexander K., Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617

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183-23 booth 51

DRONES IN TROPICAL SHALLOW-MARINE CARBONATE STUDIES: BENTHIC HABITAT AND FACIES MAPS, JAMAICA 

WILKERSON V, Oscar A., Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Dr., Canton, NY 13617 and HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617

 

Session No. 185

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T37. Investigating the Origin of Arc Magmatism and the Evolution of Continental Crust from the Aleutians to the Southern Andes (Posters): In Honor of Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Recipient of the Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division Distinguished Geological Career Award

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185-5 Booth 67

EVALUATING MAFIC HOLOCENE TEPHRA AS PARENTS OF EVOLVED ROCKS ON UNALASKA ISLAND, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AK 

OXHORN, Samuel, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, PERFIT, Michael, Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, LARSEN, Jessica F., Department of Geosciences, Geophysical Institute Alaska Volcano Observatory, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and SCHAEFER, Janet R., Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Fairbanks, AK 99709

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Session No. 194

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D18. Paleontology: Diversity, Extinction, Origination (Posters)

194-18 Booth180

VARIATION IN SKELETOBIONT-HOST RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN EXTINCTION EVENT ALONG AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT 

KERR, James P., Department of Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Beach Hall, Storrs, CT 06268, BRISSON, Sarah K., Department of Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, PIER, Jaleigh Q., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269 and BUSH, Andrew M., Geosciences & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road - Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269

 

Session No. 196

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T104. Paleobiogeographic and Paleoecological Trends in the Fossil Record (Posters)

196-2 Booth 191

HIGH-RESOLUTION LATEST CRETACEOUS TO EARLY PALEOCENE MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO, USA CONSTRAINS THE AGE OF DINOSAUR AND MAMMALIAN FAUNAS ACROSS THE K/PG BOUNDARY 

FLYNN, Andrew G.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, DAVIS, Adam J.1, WILLIAMSON, Thomas E.2, HEIZLER, Matthew T.3, LESLIE, Caitlin E.1, SECORD, Ross4, BRUSATTE, Stephen L.5 and FENLEY IV, C. William1, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (3)New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801, (4)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (5)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom

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Session No. 201

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T16. Building Bridges between Modern and Deep-Time Critical Zones (Posters)

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201-6 Booth 277

GEOCHEMICAL REACTION FRONTS UNDER AGRICULTURE, RESTORED PRAIRIE, AND NATIVE PRAIRIE LAND USE IN A MIDWESTERN LOESS CRITICAL ZONE 

DERE, Ashlee Laura Denton, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182, SHUSTER, Robert, Dept. Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, KNAPP, Kasie, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182 and MILLER, Andrew, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182

 

Session No. 216

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 231ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T58. Late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene Tectonic Development of the North American Cordillera II

216-6 3:05 PM

A PLUTONIC BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MAGMA MOTHER: A PETROLOGIC INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORAKER-MCGONAGALL PLUTON PIERCING POINT ALONG THE DENALI FAULT, AK 

REGAN, Sean P., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 900 Yukon dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, BENOWITZ, Jeffrey A., Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and HOLLAND, Mark E., Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, WTAMU NSB 348, Canyon, TX 79016

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Session No. 226

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 128AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T157. Intersections of Sustainability and Geosciences

226-7 3:15 PM

A DECADE LATER IN AFGHANISTAN: SUSTAINABILITY OF US ARMY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TEAMS’ EFFORTS 

STEWART, Alexander K., Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617

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Session No. 228

Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 104AB, West Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T179. Evidence-Based Theory and Practice of Science Communication in the Geosciences: New Methods, Avenues, and Audiences

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228-8 3:30 PM

IN DEFENSE OF SCIENCE: BRINGING IMPARTIAL SCIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE 

FLEISHER, P. Jay, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY-Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820

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Session No. 240

Wednesday, 25 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 132ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T31. Deformation at Multiple Scales: From Atoms to Minerals to Rocks to Planets

240-6 9:30 AM

CREATING CALIBRATION CURVES TO DETERMINE SHOCK PRESSURE IN CLINOPYROXENE USING LATTICE STRAIN AND STRAIN-RELATED MOSAICITY 

JENKINS, Laura Elise1, FLEMMING, Roberta L.1, BURCHELL, Mark2, HARRISS, Kathryn2, PESLIER, Anne H.3, CHRISTOFFERSEN, Roy3, FRITZ, Jörg4 and MEYER, Cornelia5, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Biological & Geological Sciences Building, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada; Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada, (2)Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom, (3)Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (4)Kosmogeologie, Saalbau Weltraum Projekt, Berlin, Germany, (5)Horizontereignis gUG, Berlin, Germany

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Session No. 242

Wednesday, 25 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 126ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T47. A Metal Rhythm: Understanding Cyclical Processes in Mineralization

242-6 9:20 AM

CHARACTERIZATION OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC STRUCTURES, AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS, AND HOST ROCKS, FISHER PROPERTY, SEABEE GOLD OPERATION, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA 

ONSTAD, Courtney Carol1, ANSDELL, Kevin M.2, PARTIN, Camille A.2 and CARLSON, Anders3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7H1N8, Canada, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (3)SSR Mining Inc., Suite 800 - 1055 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, BC V7X1G4, Canada