Department of Geology and Geophysics
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
Phone: 307-766-3386
Fax: 307-766-6679
Email: geol-geophys@uwyo.edu
Four graduate students from the Department of Geology and Geophysics recently received
research grants from the Geological Society of America:
Matthew Dunlop (PhD candidate), “Magma recharge and igneous layering processes in the Dufek layered
mafic igneous intrusion, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica”. Mat is working on a spectacular
suite of 900 oriented samples collected from the bottom 600m of the 1.7km high Dufek
Massif during the 2007 UW expedition to Antarctica. (Advisor Mike Cheadle).
Robert Mahon (PhD candidate), "Linking fluvial flow conditions, bed morphodynamics and bed set
geometries: Flume experiments and field application to the Jurassic Kayenta Formation,
Utah, Colorado and Arizona." Robert’s fieldwork will involve basin-scale paleohydraulic
reconstructions and be conducted across the Colorado Plateau region over the next
two summers. (Advisor, Brandon McElroy).
Connor Marr (MS candidate), “Detachment Fault Dynamics at the World’s Deepest Mid-Ocean Ridge”.
Connor is working on spectacular fault rocks recovered from the Mid Cayman Rise, and
has already participated in a submersible expedition last August. (Advisors Barbara John & Mike Cheadle).
Rose Pettiette (MS candidate), “Formation of Fast-Spreading Lower Oceanic Crust at the East Pacific
Rise”. Rose will soon be off to Stanford University to use the Ion Probe to date and
characterize zircons in order the place age constraints on the growth of oceanic crust.
(Advisor Barbara John).
The primary role of the GSA research grants program is to provide partial support
of master's and doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences for graduate students
enrolled in universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
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| Matthew Dunlop | Robert Mahon | Connor Marr | Rose Pettiette |
Department of Geology and Geophysics
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
Phone: 307-766-3386
Fax: 307-766-6679
Email: geol-geophys@uwyo.edu