White Bar

"People in their right minds never take pride in their talents."

 

-The character Miss Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Current or Future Research

  • Lava Dams and Pillow Lavas of Teton Canyon and southeast Idaho
  • Mapping of the Sawtell Peak, Idaho volcanic center
  • Correlation of recent Central American volcanic eruptions with marine tephra
  • Alteration of limestone clasts to dolomite in peridotite-rich conglomerates of Wadi Al Abyad, Oman

Student-involved research

 

2009-2010

Bill Storm - The geology of mineral-collecting localities in Idaho

Steve Hansen -  Correlation of marine tephra with recent volcanism in Central America

Meesha Ard - Petrology of pillow lavas in Teton Canyon, Idaho

 

2008-2009

Chris Sant, Rebekah Wood,  Barry Miller, Sally Pfleger, and Christopher Leach - The geochemistry and volcanological processes of Sawtell Peak, Idaho (Research done with Dan Moore)


Geysers in Upper Geyser BasinSilicified trees

 

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