Albion College Geology Field Camp, 2008

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William S. Bartels

Vertebrate paleontologist and stratigrapher

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1987

Bill, shown here examining our latest flat tire, has taught with Albion's field camp since 1987.  Bill has conducted paleontological research in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming since 1976.

Beth Z. Lincoln 

Structural geologist

Ph.D., UCLA, 1985

Beth, helping students download GPS data to create an electronic map, has taught with Albion's field camp since 1983.  Beth's research includes a collaboration with Tim Lincoln on mapping the Precambrian core of the Black Hills near Custer, SD.

Timothy N. Lincoln

Petrologist, economic geologist, and geochemist

Ph.D., UCLA, 1978

Tim, explaining how to measure foliations in the Precambrian core of the Black Hills, has taught with Albion's field camp since 1983.  Tim's research has involved mapping and geochemical studies of rocks around Custer, SD., since 1986.

Mick W. McRivette

Neo-Tectonicist, Structural Geologist

Ph.D., UCLA, 2008

Mick is a visiting instructor.  Mick's research investigates active tectonic response of the Tibetan Plateau to Indo-Asian collision.

Carrie A. Menold

Field Camp Director, Metamorphic petrologist and geochemist

Ph.D., UCLA, 2006

Carrie, is a new faculty and new director of Albion's field camp.  This will be her 3rd time teaching field camp. Carrie's field area is in the northern Tibetan Plateau where she studies mountain building and crustal accretion.

Thomas I. Wilch 

Quaternary geologist and volcanologist

Ph.D., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1997

Thom, here helping students use a laser range finder, has taught with Albion's field camp since 2001.  Thom's field area for his own research is in Antarctica.

 

Christopher Van de Ven

GIS and Remote Sensing

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003

Chris has taught with Albion's field camp since 2005.  His field area is in the White Mountains of eastern California.

Christopher Van de Ven
 

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