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Undergraduate
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Terri Amborn and her field
assistants (Crimson Rosellas) using differential GPS to survey marine terrace
elevations along the Waratah fault, Cape Liptrap, Victoria, Australia, Keck
Geology Consortium Undergraduate Research Project (2002). |
Eli LaFromboise [L] and John
Utick [R] with Dr. Marino Protti and Dr. Jeff Marshall at the Observatorio
Volcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI-UNA), Universidad
Nacional, Heredia (2005). Eli is
holding a DEM image of the Costa Rican convergent plate margin. John and Eli’s research projects
examine the neotectonics of the Nicoya Peninsula (center of image), an
emergent segment of the Middle America fore arc subject to rapid uplift and
large subduction earthquakes (>M7.5). |
Allison Ruotolo recording field
observations for her research project on mountain front faulting and uplifted
alluvial gravel deposits in the San Dimas and Marshall Canyon areas, San
Gabriel Mountain foothills, Los Angeles County, California (2007). |
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My undergraduate research students and their
projects:
Click on the links below for project abstracts and
more information
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Cal Poly Pomona
University |
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Senior
Thesis Title & Awards |
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2008-present |
Tectonic geomorphology and paleo-river
terraces of the Río Ora Valley, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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2008-present |
Variations in tectonic uplift patterns based
on stream length gradient indices, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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2007-present |
Digital terrain analysis of an active
tectonic landscape using ArcGIS, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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2006-08 |
Tectonic geomorphology of mountain front
alluvial fans with implications for basinward fault propagation, San Antonio
Canyon area, San Gabriel Mountains, southern California |
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Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship, Ernest Prete,
Jr. Scholarship, and Inland Empire AEG
Scholarship |
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2006-08 |
Quaternary alluvial fan deposition and
active faulting along the San Gabriel Mountain front, San Dimas and Marshall
Canyons, Los Angeles County, California |
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Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship, and Inland
Empire AEG Scholarship |
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2005-08 |
Geomorphology, petrology, and provenance of
Holocene beach sands, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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Puente Hills Gem & Mineral Society
Scholarship |
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2005-06 |
Variations in subduction related coastal
uplift along the Nicoya Peninsula seismic gap, Costa Rica |
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Ernest Prete, Jr. Scholarship |
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2004-05 |
Age correlation of uplifted Quaternary
marine terraces, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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2003-05 |
Coastal tectonics and marine terraces,
Northern Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship |
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2003-04 |
Hydrogeology of the Chino Basin Aquifer,
Southern California |
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Ernest Prete, Jr. Scholarship |
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2002-03 |
Evidence for active tectonics along the
Australian passive margin: Quaternary marine terraces of Waratah Bay,
Victoria (Keck Geology
Consortium Undergraduate Research Project) |
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Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship |
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Franklin &
Marshall College |
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Senior
Thesis Title & Awards |
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2000-01 |
The effects of urban growth on a barrier
island beach, Ocean City, Maryland |
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1999-00 |
Barrier island accretion and geomorphic
evolution of Keewaydin Island, Collier County, Florida (Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate
Research Project) |
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1998-99 |
Rapid Quaternary uplift of marine terraces:
Cabo Blanco to Montezuma, Península de Nicoya, Costa Rica (Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate
Research Project) |
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1998-99 |
Environmental and cultural impacts of
eco-tourism in Costa Rica, Central America: A case study at Monteverde Cloud
Forest Reserve |
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John Marshall Honors Scholarship |
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