Robert J. Varga, Director
Keck Geology Consortium
Dept. of Geology
Pomona College
185 E. Sixth St.
Claremont, CA 91711
Carol Morgan
Administrative Assistant
Office 909 – 607-0651
Fax
909 – 621-8552
Bob.Varga@pomona.edu
Amherst College
Beloit College
Carleton College
Colgate University
NSF-REU UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES, SUMMER 2015
The Keck Geology Consortium announces the following projects for SUMMER 2014 and
encourages students to review the projects on our website: keckgeology.org. All project dates are
tentative (please check website for updates). Application instructions are on the website.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 2nd, 2015
Nevada Tectonics – Exhumation and Tectonic Significance of the Wood Hills-East Humbolt
Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada: Jeff Rahl (Washington & Lee University) and
Allen McGrew (University of Dayton): 7 Students: Dates: June 29-July 26, 2015 (tentative).
North Slope Alaska– Albian to Cenomanian (Cretaceous) Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and
Paleoecology of an Arctic Foreland Basin, North Slope, Alaska: Grant Shimer (Whitman
College) and Paul McCarthy (University of Alaska-Fairbanks): 6 Students: Date: July 7-August
6, 2015.
Weddell Sea, Antarctica– Pliocene Paleoproductivity and Ice Dynamics in the Weddell Sea:
ODP Sites 693-695: Suzanne O’Connell (Wesleyan University): 4 Students: Date: early-mid
June to early-mid July, 2015
The College of Wooster
The Colorado College
Franklin & Marshall College
Mt Holyoke College
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Smith College
Trace Metal Mobility–Trace Metal Substitution in and Release From Secondary Iron
(Oxy)hydroxides: Bryn Kimball (Whitman College): 4 Students: Dates: July 6-31, 2015.
Crater Lakes, Oregon–The Newberry Crater Lakes, Oregon: Joop Varekamp (Wesleyan
University): 4 Students: Dates: June 24-July 22, 2015.
Holocene Environmental Change, New England–Holocene Environmental Change and Human
Impacts in southern New England: Will Ouimet and Michael Hren (University of Connecticut): 7
Students: Dates: June 29-July 23, 2015.
Basalt Lava Flows: Constraining Processes in Natural & Experimental Basaltic Lava Flows:
Jeff Karson (Syracuse University) and Rick Hazlett (Pomona College): 6 Students: Dates: June
14-July 12, 2015.
Trinity University
Union College
Washington and Lee
University
The Keck Geology Consortium encourages applications from students from groups
underrepresented in the Earth Sciences (website: keckgeology.org)
Wesleyan University
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to significant cuts to our funding from the National Science
Foundation, students for 2015 and 2016 projects will only be recruited from the 18 Keckmember institutions
Whitman College
Williams College