Dr. Anna Ruth Halberstadt, University of Massachusetts Amherst Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability During Warm Periods: Integrating Numerical Modeling with Geologic Data The Antarctic ice sheet is a major contributor to sea level rise, but its response to future warming is … Continued
Dr. Donald Fisher, Penn State University Interseismic Deformation, Fluid Flow, and Great Subduction Zone Earthquakes: Insights from Exposures of the Subduction Interface Field observations of rocks deformed along the subduction interface and flow laws for grain scale deformation mechanisms together … Continued
Dr. Maggie Ellis Curry, NC State University Spatio-temporal Evolution of Tectonics and Topography in the Pyrenees Mountains The Pyrenees Mountains of France and Spain are an asymmetric, doubly-vergent orogen that formed due to mostly Cenozoic convergence of the European and … Continued
Doug Edmonds, Indiana University Bloomington Avulsions and the Secret Lives of Rivers One of the most dramatic, yet rarely witnessed, events is when a river avulses (or moves) to a new spot in the adjacent floodplain. Avulsions have caused some … Continued
Dr. Jeff Catalano, Washington University in St. Louis The Hidden Lives of Iron Minerals: Trace Element Fate During Dynamic Surface Transformation Natural environments host an array of chemical compounds that enhance the reactivity of iron oxide minerals, natural forms of … Continued
