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.

• 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

Characterization of an Isoetalean Lycopsid from the Mississippian of Alabama

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

Sedimentological History of Warwick Pond, Bermuda

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 ‘02

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

• 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

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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

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. **.