SENIOR THESES PROJECTS SUPERVISED
Laura Davison (2020) Modeling of the Younger Dryas and Little Ice Age Engabreen Glacier and Vestre Svartisen Ice Cap, Arctic Norway – ice dynamics and paleoclimate.
Charles M Russell (2017) CRN dating and numerical glacier modeling to investigate climate during the Last Glacial Maximum, and the subsequent deglaciation, Sawatch Range, Colorado
Jessica Badgeley (2015) Geophysical evidence for englacial brine associated with Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Madison Andres (2015) Fire Frequency During the Last Millennium in the Grinnell Glacier and Swiftcurrent Valley Drainage Basins, Glacier National Park, Montana
Zach Keskinen (2015) An Examination of Controls on Moulin Microclimatology, Kennicott and Root Glaciers, Alaska
Edward Crawford (2014) Two distinct estimates of last glacial maximum (LGM) paleoclimate on the Pikes Peak Massif in the southern Front Range, Colorado, using 2D numerically modeled paleoglacier reconstructions
Will Durrett (2014) The Effects of Aspect, Lithology, and Vegetation on Critical Zone Development in Southwestern Idaho
Ryan Gall (2013) Numerical modeling of late-Pleistocene glaciers in the Front Range, Colorado: Insights into LGM paleoclimate and post-LGM rates of climate change
Daniel Rothberg (2012) Timing and extent of late Pleistocene glaciers at Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia, and numerically modeled paleoclimate reconstruction.
Vivian Spiess (2012) Paleoglacier reconstruction and estimates of Last Glacial Maximum climate in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, southern Colorado
Benjamin Mackall (2011) Estimates of the Last Glacial Maximum climate of the Snowy Range, southern Wyoming, using numerically modeled paleoglacier reconstructions
Robert Jacobsen (2010) Paleoglacier reconstruction and estimates of Late Pleistocene climate in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
Phillip Armstrong (2007) Glacier Dynamics and paleoclimate in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado
Caroline Alden (2007) Glacial history of the Little Ice Age in Kongress Valley, Svalbard: a study of lacustrine sediment
Emily Parker (2007) Movement of the Egiyn Davaa Fault, Hangay Mountains, Mongolia
David Trench (2004) Geomorphic evidence of middle and late Pleistocene differential uplift in coastal Mendocino County, northern California
Aaron Davis (2003) Cycles of sea level change, aridity, and dune building in southeast Australia
Drew Beckwith (2001) Sedimentology and origin of glacigenic deposits and landforms at the Herbert Glacier ice front, southeast Alaska
Meadow Koslen (2000) Evidence for recent change in strain orientations near Point Arena, on the Gualala Block, northern California (co-advisor)
Dan Niemala (2000) An evaluation of groundwater development potential of the Slate River aquifer in Crested Butte, Colorado (co-advisor)
Eric Bilderback (1999) Late Quaternary glacial geology and paleoclimatic interpretations of the Anthony Lakes drainages, Elkhorn Mountains, Oregon
Emily Jemison (1999) Tectonic and climatic implications of differential incision rates in the upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado
Natalie Kehrwald (1999) Marine terrace response to active tectonics of the southern Peninsula de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Greg Dehn (1998) Late Quaternary vegetation and climatic history of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Region: evidence from the Diana Lake pollen record
Ryan Ewing (1998) Formation of debris aprons on Mars
Mike Heublein (1998) Out-of-phase relationships between alpine glaciers, Beartooth and Absoroka Mountains, Wyoming
Peter Mortimer (1997) Stratigraphic and rheological analysis of debris flow deposits in Chalk Creek Canyon, Colorado
Karl Brunner (1997) The Cathedral Cliffs Landslide: kinematics, stratigraphic controls, and causes, Park County, Wyoming
Nathan English (1996) The stratigraphy and chronology of Quaternary sediments at Point Delgada, Mendocino County, California: implications for uplift history and the location of the northern San Andreas Fault
Michael Feuer (1996) Snow physics and an analysis of mass and energy transfer in the winter snowpack of Pike’s Peak, 1996
Gregory Schorr (1996) Interpretations of structural geometries of the King Peak subterrane from Telegraph Creek to Miller Flat, Mendocino County, northern California
Josh Lowell (1994) Pieces of the puzzle: a metamorphic and deformational history of the Spuhler Peak Formation, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana (co-advisor)
Robert Wilson (1994) Stream terrace genesis and soil development in the Potamia Valley, Gravena, Greece
Alex Durst (1993) Ice flow dynamics and geometry of the Rio Grande Ice Sheet, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Lee Vierling (1992) Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental history of Lost Park, Tarryall Mountains, central Colorado: a palynological study (co-advisor)
Michael Kerwin (1992) Late Quaternary glacial history and climate modeling in the Fryingpan Basin, Park Range, Colorado
Tona Winterbottom (1992) Beach sediment and littoral processes of Malbaie Bay, Gaspe, Quebec
Laurie Grigg (1991) Deformational styles and tectonics along the Rockfish Valley Fault Zone in central Virginia
Bill Whitter (1987) Projection of future nitrogen levels in the Widefield Aquifer, southwestern El Paso County, Colorado (co-advisor)
Alan Manley (1986) Glacial geomorphology and Pleistocene ice dynamics of Fourmile Gulch, Colorado
NON-THESIS INDEPENDENT STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED
Zak Armacost (2017) Varves and arctic glacial lake sedimentation, northern Brooks Range, Alaska
Turner Brett (2017) Glacier modeling and Pleistocene ice dynamics, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Ryan Kroner (2014, 2015) Numerical modeling of LGM glaciers in the Crestone Peaks area of the Colorado Sangre de Cristo and the Sierra Blanca, New Mexico
Erica Evans (2014) Last Glacial Maximum in the Culebra Peak area of the Colorado Sangre de Cristo – results of numerical modeling of paleoglaciers
Alexander Robertson (2013) 2-dimensional numerical modeling of the Windsor basin paleoglacier and insights into Last Glacial Maximum climate changes in northern New Mexico
Jessica Treanton (2012) Holocene climate change and glacial evolution of the central Peruvian Andes: lacustrine record from the proglacial Lake Jaico
Jessica Badgeley (2012) Investigating the glacial buzzsaw hypothesis in glaciated drainages in the Colorado Rockies
Hannah Karlsson (2010) Evolution of Grand Canyon sandbars: a photo-interpretation and GIS study
Alice DuVivier (2006) Reconstruction of Asian summer monsoon winds from Holocene Arabian Sea sediments (co-advisor)
Laura McCarthy (2005) Channel morphology as evidence for the evolution of tectonic basins: Jid Fault, Mongolian Altai
Geoff Christensen (2004) Timing and magnitude of uplift in the Pikes Peak region: based on apatite fission-track thermochronology
Paul Bovet (2003) A paleoenvironmental record of the late Pleistocene and Holocene inferred from organic carbon analysis of glacial lake sediments in the Albion Range, Idaho
Kelsey McArthur (2003) Glacial-interglacial environmental change as inferred from organic carbon content and carbon isotope analysis of peat, Brewster Bog, Ohio (coadvisor)
Suzanne Moore (2002) Late Plesitocene paleoglacier reconstruction, equilibrium-line altitude, and relative age dating of moraines, southern Sawatch Range, Colorado
Kate Poulter (2001) Morphology of the Marte Valles channel system, Mars
Greg Schopoff (2001) A geometric analysis of panholes in City of Rocks, Idaho: implications for evolutionary models
Andrew Tankersley (2001) Alpine geomorphology in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Michael Toomey (2000) Vertical and lateral displacement of marine terraces at Alder Creek, Mendocino County, California
Nathan Williams (2000) Structural deformation in Quaternary alluvium as evidence of salt tectonism near Carbondale, Colorado
Timothy Crawford (2000) South Broadmoor landslide hazard assessment
Erica Langbecker (1997) A photogrammetric exploration of movement of the Spruce Creek Rock Glacier, Ten Mile Range, Colorado.
Craig Isenberg (1997) Geodetic activities on the Juneau Icefield during the 1996 Juneau Icefields Research Program field season.
Daniel Starr (1996) Snow pack stability studies in intermontane and continental alpine settings.
Carrie Causey (1995) Analysis of climatic parameters and varve thicknesses in Hector Lake, Alberta
James Bradbury (1995) Holocene movement history of the Spruce Creek rock glacier, Ten Mile Range, Colorado
Stephen Boese (1995) Morphological, sedimentological, and rheological study of debris flow and hyperconcentrated flow deposits on Index Creek, northwest Wyoming
Jennifer Pierce (1995) A classification and mineralogical description of ferricrete samples from the New World Mining District, Montana
Brad Jaeckel (1994) Tephrochronology of glacial lake varves, Hector Lake, Alberta, Canada
Andrew Bradford (1994) An examination of length shortening at various scales: applications to a cross section of the central Appalachians, Virginia (co-advisor)
Evan Howe (1994) Structural interpretation of Rockbrdige County, Virginia, central Appalachian Valley and Ridge province (co advisor)
Bryan Shuman (1994) Faint foliations related to Quetico-Wawa subprovince docking event, Reid Lake area, Ontario, Canada (co-advisor)
Kurt Anderson (1993) Kinematics of the Precambrian Homestake Shear Zone, Sawatch Range, Colorado
Todd Burke (1991) 1990 accumulation studies on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska
Ross Freeman (1990) Tephrochronology of north coastal Chile: differentiation of units and comparison of petrographic and geochemical methods
Brian Link (1988) Paleohydraulic flood reconstruction in the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado
Mike Tabor (1988) Spruce Creek Rock Glacier: an analysis of two years of movement (MAT Research Paper)
Victor Sunshine (1987) Mechanisms of carbonate precipitation in glacial lakes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains — climatic implications
Van King (1986) Neotectonics along the Teton Fault, Wyoming
Tom Twitmeyer (1986) Experimental deformation of the Lyons Sandstone
Geoff Gushée (1985) Tidal flat sedimentation in arid regions: a study of the Bahia la Choya tidal flat, Sonora, Mexico
Matthew Huston (1985) Glacial history of the upper Blue River drainage, Ten Mile Range, Colorado
Geoff Mason (1985) Avalanche chronology, No Name Valley, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
