Geology student research 2019-20

Shah Ali 2020 Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Cambrian Flathead and Deadwood Sandstone of Wyoming and South Dakota: An Analysis of Provenance and Sediment Dispersal Patterns
Lukas Karuza 2020 Geochemical Analysis and Heat-Treatment of Natural Sapphires from Mozambique and Tanzania in Oxidizing and Reducing Conditions
Joshua Malone 2020 Late Jurassic Dinosaurs on the Move: Gastroliths and Long-Distance Migration
Michael Sell 2020 Heavy Mineralogy of Bedload Sediment in the Upper Mississippi River and the Influence of Tributaries
Adam Borgetti, 2019 Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Late Wisconsin Glacial Erratics from Western Indiana: Implications for Provenance and Lobe Advance
Paige Gerhart, 2019 Spectroscopic Fingerprinting of Fluorescent Gems
Matthew Harrington, 2019 Identifying Dietary and Migratory Patterns of Illinois Mammuthus Primigenius Populations Using Isotope Analysis of Carbon, Oxygen, and Strontium
Bethany Hobart, 2019 Scanning Electron Microscopy of Lithophysae and 3-D Visualization of the Internal Structure of Banded Agate Nodules
Lauren Judge, 2019 Genetic Sequencing for Measuring Biodiversity in Recent and Ancient Marine Sediments
Sierra Kindley, 2019 Identifying Spatial Variance in the Geochemistry of Shallow Marine Sediments: A Study of Grand Cayman
Katherine Ludwig, 2019 Geochronology of the Chinchín Formation in Southern Ecuador
Joshua Pearson, 2019 Holocene Paleoclimate Record of Northern Iowa Recorded in Flowstone
Jill Reale, 2019 Effects of Heat Treatment on Spinels as Determined by VIS/NIR and Raman Spectroscopy and XRD

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Holden Village students posing for a photo before heading to the village.

Five years of Augustana’s January Term

Augustana College students take a break from their 15-week semester schedule to engage in a month-long period of intensive learning during January Term, or J-term. This three-and-a-half week course was added as part of the college’s transition to semesters in 2019-2020.

Unearthing students' love for geology

Four Augustana students have hit the ground running with their summer geology internships. Projects include studying the formation and evolution of ancient mountain belts, paleontology research, studying geological maps in zinc mines and installing seismometers for earthquake detection.

Hannah Johnson

Johnson ’23 creates first model of prehistoric creature

When Hannah Johnson ‘23 learned of an opportunity to create the first model of a recently discovered prehistoric creature, she put her art and geology majors to work.