Events

November 22, 2024: Summer Research Experiences by Alicia June on “Hydrate sans Nitrate: A Synoptic Survey of Springs in the Driftless Area of Minnesota" and by Sage Khurana and Xanadu Biondi on "Research on a Dinosaur Dig"

November 15, 2024: Unearthing the Secrets of Environmental Consulting (Katie Railsback)

November 8, 2024: Arctic Adventures (Noah R., Aayla K., and Addison G.)

November 1, 2024:  Talk on Careers in Earth/Geo- & Environmental Sciences (Clem Hamelin)

October 18, 2024: Piedmont Structural Geology and Petrology Research (Nathaniel I., Emily K., and Annika W.)

October 4, 2024: From points to pixels: Observing and evaluating ecohydrological processes using field data, drones, airplanes, satellites, and models. (Dom Cirruzi)

September 27, 2024: California Dreamin' Geology 310's Epic Traverse of the Golden State. (Cleo Bley, Sean Carlucci and Abby Wyatt)

April 12, 2024: Changes in Pb Soil Concentrations in a Remote Boreal Forest in Northern Vermont from 2010 to 2022. (Milo Pavlovich (24'))

March 29, 2024: Appalachian Pasts, Arctic Futures (Joanmarie Del Vecchio)

February 9, 2024: A 30-year Summer Lake Ice Cover Record from High Arctic Greenland. (Jialu Toa (24'))

December 8, 2023: Geology of an Archaeological Site in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. (Kinsey Shefelton (23'))

December 1, 2023: Summer of Sustainable Agriculture (Maddie Winer (23'))

October 27, 2023: Summers with Sauropods: the Wyoming Dino Digs (Anna Jordan & Tim Speedy (23'))

September 29, 2023: Graduate School Brown Bag, Information Session on Graduate School in the Geosciences

September 15, 2023: Geological Adventures in the U.S. Southwest with Geology 310 (Annika Wolle & Nathaniel Ingle ('23))

April 21, 2023: Examining the Nutritional Quality of Mixotrophic Dinoflagellates Using Elemental Ratios and Total Lipid Content (Delaney Kirr ('23))

April 14, 2023: Oh Man! Observing the Geology, Archaeology, and Culture of Northeastern Oman (Nailah Johnson ('24))

April 7, 2023: Exploring Ghana's Geological Characteristics (Eno Adusei ('24))

March 31, 2023: Linking Internal Coastal Dune Moisture Dynamics to Erosion Vulnerability (Liz Davis, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS))

March 24, 2023: 3,000 years of change:using proglacial lake sediments to uncover a changing Northeast Greenland (Lauren Schmidt ('23))

March 3, 2023: GPR Usage in Locating Unmarked Grave Shafts within P4 Parking Lot Cemetery (Vera Soltes ('23))

March 3, 2023: Radon Risk Mapping Using Gamma Ray Spectrometry and Social Vulnerability (Heather Christensen ('23))

February 24, 2023: Storms, Seas, and Shores: Modeling Dune Erosion on the Outer Banks, NC (Selwyn Heminway ('23))

February 17, 2023: Highlighting groundwater use by trees in a forested watershed in the Virginia Coastal Plain (Chloe Lund ('23))

February 17, 2023: Geology, petrology, and geochronology of cover rocks in the eastern Blue Ridge (Olivia Wachob ('23))

February 10, 2023: A Walk Through Time – An Overview of Kenyan Geology (Riley Bates ('81))

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November 20, 2024: Virginia Dept. of Energy's approach to multi-scale geologic mapping with GeMS (Katie Lang (`18), Geologist at Virginia Department of Energy)

November 7, 2024: Hurricane and climate interactions over the past two millennia: Insights from sediment cores and climate (Dr. Lizzie Wallace, Old Dominion University)

October 30, 2024: Impact from Earth's Impacts (Dr. Siddhartha Mitra, W&M’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences at VIMS)

October 2, 2024: Mapping environmental justice: From coastal dust to climate gentrification in Southeastern Virginia (Dr. Johnny Finn, Christopher Newport University)

May1, 2024: Sparkling water and peridotite: Serpentinization and carbonation in the mantle wedge (Dr. Juan Carlos de Obeso, The University of Utah)

April 3, 2024: Threads through time: River imprints on the past, present, and future of planets (Dr. Ajay Limaye, The University of Virginia)

March 20, 2024: Delivered from the Deep: Using xenoliths to reveal lower lithosphere deformation (Dr. Rachel Bernard, Amherst College)

February 14, 2024: Origin and shake-up of functional and morphological diversity in bivalves (Dr. Stewart Edie, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) (Seminar)

November 8, 2023: Dawn (and early morning) of fossil reptiles (Dr. Adam Pritchard, Virginia Museum of Natural History) (Seminar) 

October 23, 2023: Expanding case and karst study with multidisciplinary research (Dr. Ángel Garcia, James Madison University) (Seminar)

October 4, 2023: Nitrogen, nitrogen, everywhere! (Dr. Amber Hardison, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences) (Seminar) 

May 4, 2023: From the Iapetus to the Atlantic: Geology, geochronology, and petrology of the eastern Blue Ridge cover sequence, central Virginia (Olivia Wachob ('23)) (Seminar-Honors Presentation)

May 4, 2023: The age and origin of nelsonite in the central Virginia Blue Ridge (Hannah Tebbens ('23)) (Seminar-Honors Presentation)

April 28, 2023: Modeled Changes in Foredune Morphology Influenced by Variable Storm Intensity, Sea-level Rise and Mitigation Strategies (Selwyn Heminway ('23)) (Seminar-Honors Presentation)

April 27, 2023: Radon Risk Mapping Using Uranium Series Geochemistry and Social Vulnerability in the North Carolina Coastal Plain (Heather Christensen ('23)) (Seminar-Honors Presentation)

April 26, 2023: The Effect of Varying Soil and Hydrologic Conditions on GPR Interpretations to Detect Unmarked Graves in Colonial Williamsburg (Vera Soltes ('23)) (Seminar-Honors Presentation)