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Terri Amborn and field assistants
(Crimson Rosellas) using differential GPS to measure marine terrace elevations along
the Waratah fault, Cape Liptrap, Victoria, Australia, Keck Geology Consortium
Undergraduate Research Program (June 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, Universidad Nacional, Heredia
(OVSICORI-UNA, March 2005). Eli
is holding a DEM image of the Costa Rican convergent plate margin. John and Eli’s research projects are
focused on the Nicoya Peninsula (center of image), an emergent segment of the
Middle America fore arc subject to rapid coastal uplift and large subduction
earthquakes (>M7.5). |
Allison Ruotolo [L] and Rob
Ellis [R] presenting results of their research on uplifted alluvial fan
remnants along the range front faults of southern California’s San Gabriel
Mountains, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) poster session, Geological
Society of America Cordilleran Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska (May 2006). |
My research students
and their projects:
Click on the links below for
project abstracts and more information
Rob Ellis, Cal Poly Pomona
University (2006-present) – Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship, and Inland Empire
AEG Scholarship
• senior
thesis: Range front faulting
and uplifted alluvial gravel deposits between San Gabriel and San Antonio
Canyons, San Gabriel Mountains, California
Allison Ruotolo, Cal Poly Pomona
University (2006-present) – Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship, and Inland Empire
AEG Scholarship
• senior thesis: Quaternary
alluvial fan deposition and active faulting along the San Gabriel Mountain
front, San Dimas and Marshall Canyons, Los Angeles County, California
John Utick, Cal Poly Pomona
University (2005-present) – Puente Hills Gem & Mineral Society Scholarship
• senior
thesis: Geomorphology,
petrology, and provenance of Holocene beach sands, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Eli
LaFromboise, Cal Poly Pomona University
(2005-06) – Ernest Prete, Jr. Scholarship
•
senior thesis: Variations in
subduction related coastal uplift along the Nicoya Peninsula seismic gap, Costa
Rica
Lauren Annis, Cal Poly Pomona University
(2004-05)
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senior thesis: Age correlation
of uplifted Quaternary marine terraces, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Fookgiin
(Jonathan) Khaw, Cal Poly Pomona University (2003-05) – Margaret Van Buskirk
Scholarship
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senior thesis: Coastal tectonics and marine terraces, Northern Nicoya
Peninsula, Costa Rica
Chris Horsley, Cal Poly Pomona
University (2003-04) – Ernest Prete, Jr. Scholarship
•
senior thesis: Hydrogeology of the Chino Basin Aquifer, California
Terri Amborn, Cal Poly Pomona
University (2002-03) – Margaret Van Buskirk Scholarship
•
senior thesis (Keck Geology Consortium field project): Evidence for active
tectonics along the Australian passive margin: Quaternary marine terraces of
Waratah Bay, Victoria
Aubree Gallaher, Franklin & Marshall
College (2000-01)
•
senior thesis: The effects of urban growth on a barrier island beach, Ocean
City, Maryland
Karyn
Novakowski, Franklin & Marshall College (1999-2000)
•
senior thesis (Keck Geology Consortium field project): Barrier island
accretion and geomorphic evolution of Keewaydin Island, Collier County, Florida
Bhavani Bee, Franklin & Marshall
College (1998-99)
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senior thesis (Keck Geology Consortium field project): Rapid Quaternary
uplift of marine terraces: Cabo Blanco to Montezuma, Península de Nicoya, Costa
Rica
Lauren Brown, Franklin & Marshall
College (1998-99) – John Marshall Scholarship
•
senior thesis: Environmental and cultural impacts of eco-tourism in Costa
Rica, Central America: A case study at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve