North-Central Section - 48th Annual Meeting (24–25 April)

Session No. 6
Thursday, 24 April 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lancaster Ballroom (Cornhusker Marriott)

T14. Undergraduate Research I (Posters)

Council on Undergraduate Research Geosciences Division

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM.

 

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PATTERNS OF GLACIER SLIDING ON DRUMLIN SURFACES, MULAJOKULL, ICELAND
AMATO, James1, HOOYER, Tom1, MCCRACKEN, Reba2, IVERSON, Neal2 and SCHOMACKER, Anders3, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, UW-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (2)Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I Hall, Ames, IA 50011, (3)Department of Geology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Saelands Veg 1, Bergbygget, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, jamato@uwm.edu, jamato@uwm.edu
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A SUB-DECADAL-RESOLUTION RECORD OF LATE HOLOCENE INDO-AUSTRALIAN SUMMER MONSOON VARIABILITY FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIAN STALAGMITES
PASSARO, Kristian James1, DENNISTON, Rhawn F.1, ASMEROM, Yemane2, POLYAK, Victor J.2, WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D.3, WYRWOLL, Karl-Heinz4 and HUMPHREYS, William5, (1)Department of Geology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (4)University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, (5)Western Australia Museum, Welshpool, Australia, kpassaro14@cornellcollege.edu, kpassaro14@cornellcollege.edu
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MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF ROAD SALTING ON CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER IN EAU CLAIRE, WI
BEATON, Kate1, CHANG, Michael1 and GROTE, Katherine R.2, (1)Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701, (2)Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54702, beatonkm@uwec.edu, beatonkm@uwec.edu
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GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN THE CLAY/SILT SEDIMENT OF A SMALL STREAM SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO OVERFLOW FROM A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
MCCARTHY, Darrick D., Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, darrickjackson10@augustana.edu, darrickjackson10@augustana.edu
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EMPLOYING PASSIVE ACOUSTICS AS A TEMPORALLY PRECISE MONOLOGUE FOR CONSTRAINING EBULLITIVE METHANE FLUXES IN WARMING SUBARCTIC LAKES
OSMAN, Matthew1, VARNER, Ruth2, PALACE, Michael2, WIK, Martin3, LANG, Ashley4 and CRILL, Patrick3, (1)Geology Department, Augustana College, 639 38th St, Rock Island, IL 61201, (2)Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Climate Change Research Center, Morse Hall, Durham, NH 03824, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, matthewosman10@augustana.edu, matthewosman10@augustana.edu
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LEAD UPTAKE IN LEMNA MINOR (DUCKWEED) AT DIFFERENT ACIDITIES
SPEHLMANN, Michael, Augustana College, 2911 13 Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201, michaelspehlmann10@augustana.edu, michaelspehlmann10@augustana.edu
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METALS IN THE MUD: CHANGES IN SURFACE SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
ZOCHER, Erika Johanna, Northland College CB 1171, 1411 Ellis Ave, Ashland, WI 54806, NITSCHE, Frank, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, of Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY 10964 and KENNA, Timothy C., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P. O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, zochee733@myemail.northland.edu, zochee733@myemail.northland.edu
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NUTRIENT SLUG ON A DECLINING TRANSECT OF A GRAVEL-HILL PRAIRIE, WINNEBAGO COUNTY
LIRA, Cesar, Augustana College, Belvidere, IL 61008, cesarlira12@augustana.edu, cesarlira12@augustana.edu
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A COMPARISON OF CORAL ZONES FROM WITHIN THE DEVONIAN LINGLE (ST. LAURENT) FORMATION FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN
BOBAL, Brandon J., Geology-Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920, LEWANDOWSKI, Katherine J., Department of Geology-Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920, LASEMI, Zakaria, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, MIKULIC, Donald G., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964 and MUMM, Robert R., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, bjbobal@eiu.edu, bjbobal@eiu.edu
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ON THE SPECIALIZATION OF TOOTH MORPHOLOGY IN EARLY CLADODONT SHARKS
JONES, Madelyn1, JACQUEMIN, Stephen J.2, CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N.1, WHETSTONE, Zach1 and CICIMURRI, David J.3, (1)Wright State University - Lake Campus, 7600 Lake Campus Drive, Celina, OH 45822, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH 45822, (3)South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201, jones.948@wright.edu, jones.948@wright.edu
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LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATING TUBE BUILDING AND BINDING AND TRAPPING OF CHEMICAL PRECIPITATES BY EUGLENA MUTABILIS: ARCHITECT OF IRON-RICH STROMATOLITIC STRUCTURES
SHAWVER, Gavin L.1, SMART, Saundra M.1, LATKA, Jeffrey A.1, BRAKE, Sandra S.1 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, gshawver@sycamores.indstate.edu, gshawver@sycamores.indstate.edu
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PROGRESSIVE TAPHONOMY OF VERTEBRATES IN TEMPERATE TERRESTRIAL SETTINGS
HANTTULA, Natassja and KOY, Karen A., Biology, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Saint Joseph, MO 64507, nhanttula@missouriwestern.edu, nhanttula@missouriwestern.edu
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OSTEOHISTOLOGY OF CRYOLOPHOSAURUS ELLIOTI: TEMPO AND MODE OF GROWTH IN A LARGE-BODIED POLAR DINOSAUR
BOUDREAU, Diana M., Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, MAKOVICKY, Peter J., Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 and HAMMER, William R., Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th St, Rock Island, IL 61201, dianaboudreau10@augustana.edu, dianaboudreau10@augustana.edu
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