Mikayla Walker, “Flora and Fauna of the Pleistocene Oak Creek Formation Peat Deposits” Mentor: Scott Schaefer, Geosciences Late Pleistocene Oak Creek Formation deposits dated to 45,000 to 35,000 years old are exposed at Sheridan Park in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Sediments from…… Read More
Haley Kempf, “Literature Review on the Ultrasructural Variation in Trilobite Exoskeletons” Mentor: Victoria McCoy, Geosciences Trilobites were extremely diverse and abundant arthropods, now extinct, with over 20,000 recognized species ranging in size from one mm to 72 cm. Unlike most…… Read More
Valerie Rubalcava, “Microstructural Analysis of Metabasites from the Southern Iberian Shear Zone” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences Fault zones at depth are not widely investigated in situ because the area of interest is too deep and expensive to probe. At depth,…… Read More
Dulce Hernandez-Blanchard, “Microstructural Observations Across the Southern Iberian Shear Zone” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences The interactions of tectonic plates cause deformation in rocks that result in a shear zone. A shear zone is a tabular zone of rocks that has…… Read More
Autumn Routson, “Secondary Mineralogy of the Olkelduhals Hydrothermal System: Applications to Past Mars Environments” Mentors: Lindsay McHenry & Jordan Ludyan, Geosciences Opaline and amorphous silica, sulfate-rich soils, and Fe-oxides in association with volcanic materials observed by the MER Spirit rover…… Read More
Cheyanne Koran, “SEM Photographic Survey of Late Devonian Lime Creek Formation Microfossils from Fossil Prairie Park” Mentor: Scott Schaefer, Geosciences The prolific fossil beds at Fossil Prairie Park in Rockford, Iowa are frequented by amateur fossil collectors and academic researchers…… Read More
Dylan Childs, “Water-Rock Interactions in Sediments Below Modern Evaporites” Mentor: Lindsay McHenry, Geosciences The use of remote sensing spectrometers allows us to determine the composition and mineralogy of surface sediment from a distance without the need to physically collect samples……. Read More