GE 491/492 Independent Studies

Logan Perkins ‘01

A Case Study of Geoscience Education and Assessment: Designing and Implementing a Geologic Mapping Class for Students with no Prior Geology Knowledge

Published Abstract

• Perkins, L.E., and Deike, R., A Case Study of Geoscience Education and Assessment: Designing and Implementing a Geologic Mapping Class for Students with no Prior Geology Knowledge: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A75.

Anna K. Randall ‘01

Emerging Paradigms of Granite Genesis: Incorporation in K-12 Geoscience Education

Published Abstracts

• Randall, A.K., and Deike, R., Emerging Paradigms of Granite Genesis: Incorporation in K-12 Geoscience Education: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A75.
• Randall, A.K., and Deike, R., 2001, Keeping K-12 Geoscience Curriculum on the Cutting Edge of Research: The Granite Question: Geological Society of Maine Newsletter, v. 7, p. 8.

William Tackaberry ‘01

Sedimentology and Holocene History of Spittal Pond, Bermuda

Published Peer-Reviewed Manuscript

• Tackaberry, W.J., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Implications for Holocene Sea Level Change: in Lewis, R.D., and Panusak, B., eds., 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions 2002, Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas, p. 187-204. [ .pdf]

Published Abstracts

• Tackaberry, W.A. ‘01, Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2000, Sedimentology and Holocene history of Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no. 7, p. A178.

• Tackaberry, W.A. ‘01, Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., Local Environmental Perturbations as Evidenced by Sedimentological Analysis: Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A24.
• Tackaberry, W., 2001, Local Environmental Perturbations as Evidenced by Facies Relationships: Spittal Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of Maine Newsletter, v. 7, p. 8.
sev
• Gastaldo, R.A., Rueger, B.F., and Tackaberry, W.J., 2002, Spittal Pond, Bermuda: What do you want the Holocene history to be?: 11^th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, San Salvador, Bahamas.

Matthew Charles '02

Published Abstract

• Charles, M.J., 2002, Characterization of Megaspores from a Herbaceous Carboniferous Lycopod: Geological Society of Maine Newsletter, v. 8.

Carolyn F. Lindley '02

Palynofacies Characterization of Holocene Bay Sediments from the Mobile-Tensaw River System, Alabama

Published Abstracts

• Lindley, C.F. Gastaldo, R.A., and Pross, J., 2000, Palynofacies characterization of Holocene Bay sediments from the Mobile-Tensaw River system, Alabama: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no. 7, p. A413.
• Lindley, C.F.,and Gastaldo, R.A., 2001, Dispersed organic matter (Palynofacies) in coastal environments: An example from the Mobile-Tensaw River delta and bay, Alabama: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A28.
• Gastaldo, R.A., Nelson, R.E., Bandow, S.C. ‘03, Lindley, C.F., and Trout, M.K. ‘01, 2001, Early Middle Devonian Terrestrial Ecosytems of Maine: the Trout Valley Formation Revisited: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 1, p. A63.
• Nelson, R.E., Gastaldo, R.A., Allen, J.P., Lindley, C.F., Terkla, M.G., and Trout, M.K., 2001, Early Middle Devonian Arthropod Remains from the Trout Valley Formation of North-Central Maine, USA.: Geological Society of America Abstracts with programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-265.

Matthew Severs '02

Manuscript

• Severs, M.J., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., IN REVISION, The Holocene Sedimentological History of Warwick Pond, Bermuda: Journal of Caribbean Sciences.

Published Abstract

• Severs, M.J., Rueger, B.F., and Gastaldo, R.A., The Holocene History of Warwick Pond, Bermuda: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A314.

William Simpson '03

Reconnaissance Map of Camp 32 Nunatuk, Alaska

Published Abstract

• Simpson, W.R., Kratt, C., Roth, L., and Wood, S., Reconnaissance Geology North of Camp 32: Geological Society of Maine Newsletter, v. 8.

Lorraine Beane '04

A Geospatial Investigation of Water Availability and Water Stress in India

Published Abstract

< li>Beane, L., Douglas, E.M., Boles, S.H., and Vörösmarty, C.J., 2003, A Geospatial Investigation of Water Availability and Water Stress in India: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 35, no. 6, A234-7.

Robert E. Selover '04

A New Invertebrate Fossil Locality in the Trout Valley Formation of northern Maine

A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa

Published Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

• Selover, R.W., Gastaldo, R.A., and Nelson, R.E., 2005, An Estuarine Assemblage from the Middle Devonian Trout Valley Formation of Northern Maine: PALAIOS, v. 20, p. 192-197. [.pdf]
• Selover, R.W., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2005, A Reinterpretation of the Wagendrift Quarry, Estcourt, Kwazulu Natal Province, and its Implications for Karoo Basin Paleogeography: Journal of South African Geology, v. 108 (3), p. 429-438. [.pdf]

Published Abstracts

• Selover, R.W., Nelson, R.E., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2002, Middle Devonian Estuarine Macrofauna from the Trout Valley Formation of North-central Maine: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 34, No. 6, p. 257-258.
• Allen, J.P., Lansdale, A.L., Bierwirth, M.S., Dushman, B.E., Kaferle, A.M., Nesbeda, R., Ossolinski, J.E., Selover, R.W., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2003, Sediment Characteristics of Messalonskee Lake, Belgrade Lakes Region, Central Maine: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, v. 35, no. 3, p. 72.
• Selover, R.W., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2003, A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 35, no. 6, A208-15.
• Selover, R.W., 2004, A new interpretation of the Wagendrift Section near Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: The Maine Geologist, v. 30, no. 2, p. 11.

Sarah Dunham '05

Rock Detective's Introduction to Kaolin for Grades K-12

Published Abstract

• Dunham, S.E. ‘05, Deike, R., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2004, Rock Detective’s Introduction to Kaolin for Grades K-12: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 36, n. 5, p. 216.

Samuel Gray '05

Search for the Elusive Permian-Triassic "Laminites" in the Karoo Basin, South Africa

Published Abstract

• Gray, S.W. ‘05, Neveling, J., and Gastaldo, R.A., 2004, Search for the Elusive Permian-Triassic “Laminites” in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 36, n. 5, p. 74.

Elizabeth Mollo-Christensen '06

Potential Effects of Deep-Ocean Carbon Dioxide Sequestration on Foraminifera

Daniel W. Pace '06

Characteristics of Early Triassic Fluvial Systems in the Karoo Basin – Carlton Heights

Published Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

• Pace, D.W., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., In Preparation, Aggradational and Degradational Landscapes in the Early Triassic of the Karoo Basin and Evidence for Dramatic Climate Shifts Following the P/Tr Event

Published Abstracts

• Pace, D.W., Desjardin, D., Masters, L.B., Rolerson, M.W., Weeks, S.S., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2005, Characteristics of Early Triassic Fluvial Systems in the Karoo Basin - Carlton Heights: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 37, n. 7, p. 139.

Marcy W. Rolerson '06

Katbergia gen. nov., Early Triassic Burrow Systems from the Katberg Sandstone, South Africa

Published Peer-Reviewed Manuscript

• Gastaldo, R.A., and Rolerson, M.W., SUBMITTED, Katbergia gen. nov., a New Trace Fossil from the Late Permian and Early Triassic of the Karoo Basin: Implications for Paleoenvironmental Conditions at the P/Tr Extinction Event: Palaeontology

Published Abstract

• Pace, D.W., Desjardin, D., Masters, L.B., Rolerson, M.W., Weeks, S.S., Gastaldo, R.A., and Neveling, J., 2005, Characteristics of Early Triassic Fluvial Systems in the Karoo Basin - Carlton Heights: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 37, n. 7, p. 139.

Samuel Weeks '06

Analysis and interpretation of the Summit Point Member, an accreted, Upper Triassic (Karnian-Norian), Dachstein-type reef, Martin Bridge and Scotch Creek Formations, Wallowa Terrane, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, near Halfway, Oregon

Published Abstract

• Weeks, S.W., 2006, Analysis and Interpretation of a Triassic-aged Reef Complex, Wallowa Terrane, Northeastern Oregon: GSA Abstracts with Program, v. 38, n. *, p. **.