Student Projects
Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Arts Degree • School of Arts and Sciences
Geoscience Major
Student Research
Past Student Geoscience Research Projects
In Progress
James Lee, Dan Plows, & Bryan Telarole - structural geology in Maine (specific title TBA)
Ashley Ward - Tree-Ring Inferred Trends in Climate on the Tug Hill Plateau, New York.
2012
Kimberly Foote – Morphological Variation in Fragillariopsis kerguelensis in South Atlantic Sediments in Response to Deglaciation
Katrina Burnett - Examination of Geographic and Socioeconomic Patterns in Opinions About Hydrofracking for Natural Gas in Central and Southern New York.
2011
Tiffany Bichrest – A Structural Transect in the Devonian Seboomook Formation of Maine
Miriam Bernstein – Potential Impact of Calcium Content of Drinking Water Sources on Osteoporosis Incidence
Dan Plows – Radiometric Dating to Determine Changing Sedimentation Rates in an Adirondack Lake
2010
Tiffany McGivern – Characterization of Surface and Groundwater Chemistry Before and After Gas Drilling and Hydro-Fracturing, Town of Maryland, Otsego County, New York
Spencer Roose – Record of the 1918/1919 El Nino and a Long-Duration Positive Phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation within an Adirondack Lake.
Kristen Hamner - Magnetic Susceptibility and Loss-on-Ignition Analysis of Adirondack Lake Sediments
2009
Keriann Thuener – Dikes of the Adirondack Region: A Mafic Dike at Golden Stair Creek
Yvette Abounader – Estimation of the Annual Carbon Footprint of Utica College
2008
Greg Hurd (a visiting Wesleyen University student intern) – High-Resolution Multiproxy Analysis of Adirondack Lake Sediments to Constrain the Timing and Frequency of Multiannual- to Decadal-Scale Variations and Identify Potential Causes
Tessa Malcarne – Environmental Audit of Utica College
2007
Adriane Spytko – Morphological Variations in Stephanodiscus niagarae in Lake Erie Sediments in Response to Historical Nutrient Loading
2006
Amanda Whittemore – Examination of Sediment Grain Size and Organic Content in Marsh Sediments and Implications for Polychlorinated Biphenyl Affinity and Distribution.
2005
Michael Washburn – Morphology of Ice-Rafted Debris in the Southeast Atlantic Across Glacial Termination V.
Jennifer Lounsbury and Elizabeth Hyer – Occurrence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, New York.
2004
Gillian Chapman – Grain Size Analysis of Fine Sediments at Site 1094 (South Atlantic): Eolian vs. Hemipelagic Origin.
Resulting Student Research Presentations at Conferences
(Student authors shown in bold.)
Foote, K. and S.L. Kanfoush, 2012. Preliminary examination of valve size of Fragillariopsis kerguelensis as a potential indicator of nutrient content of the Southern Ocean across the glacial termination. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 44, no. 2, p. 49. Northeast Regional Joint Meeting, Hartford, CT.
Bichrest, T. and A. Schoonmaker, 2011. A structural transect of the Seboomook Formation, Caucomogomoc Lake, northwestern Maine. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 43, no. 1, p. 148. Northeast and North-Central Regional Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
McGivern, T. and A. Schoonmaker, 2011. Ongoing testing of groundwater and surface water chemistry in the vicinity of the Ross #1 natural gas well, Maryland, New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 43, no. 1: p. 105. Northeast and North-Central Regional Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Roose, S. and S.L. Kanfoush, 2011. Record of the 1918/1919 El Nino and long-duration phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation in an Adirondack Lake. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 43, no. 1, p. 70. Northeast and North-Central Regional Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Roose, S. and S.L. Kanfoush, 2010. Potential impacts of interannual to mutidecadal climate oscillations on an Adirondack Lake. Lake, Stream, and Watershed Issues Conference, Sponsored by the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, Hosted by Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
McGivern, T. and A. Schoonmaker, 2010. Characterization of surface and groundwater chemistry before and after gas drilling and hydro-fracturing, Town of Maryland, Otsego County, New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 42, no. 1: p. 122. Northeast and Southeast Regional Joint Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Whittemore, A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T. and C. Pullium, 2006. Examination of polychlorinated biphenyl affinity with sediment grain size and organic matter. American Chemical Society Abstracts with Programs, Northeast Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY.
Kanfoush, S.L. and M.W. Washburn, 2006. Preliminary study of morphology of ice-rafted debris in the southeast Atlantic across Termination V. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 2: p. 14. Regional Meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
Hyer, E.A., Lounsbury, J.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T.L. and C.R. Pulliam, 2006. Downcore occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, central New York. American Chemical Society Abstracts with Programs, Northeast Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY.
Lounsbury, J.A., Hyer, E.A., Kanfoush, S.L., Provost, T.L. and C.R. Pulliam, 2006. Downcore occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Utica Marsh, central New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 38, no. 2: p. 80. Regional Meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
Chapman, G.E., Kanfoush, S.L. and E. Domack, 2004. Fine sediment in ODP Site 1094 (South Atlantic): Eolian versus hemipelagic determination. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 36 (2): 154. Regional Meeting, Washington, D.C.
