Jani Radebaugh and Eric Christiansen, Geological Sciences, Shannon Tass, Statistics Executive Summary and Scientific Merit The largest moon of Saturn, Titan, has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and a pressure similar to that of Earth at the surface. There are winds, strong enough to have produced two wind-dominated landforms similar to those on Earth – […]
Mentoring Environment Grant Final Report
“Melting glaciers as a source of mercury and other trace metals do high elevation ecosystems in the Wind River Range, Wyoming” Greg Carling, Dept. of Geological Sciences 1. Evaluation of Academic Objectives The purpose of this project is to evaluate the chemistry of proglacial streams in the Wind River Range of Wyoming to develop baseline […]
Digital Outcrop Model and Paleoecology of the Eight-Foot Rapid Algal Field (Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay Sequence), Paradox Basin, Utah
Colton Goodrich and Scott Ritter, Geological Sciences Abstract Although phylloid algal mounds have been studied for 50 year, much remains to be determined concerning the ecology and sedimentology of these Late Paleozoic carbonate buildups. Herein we perform a digital outcrop study of the well-known Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay mound interval in the Paradox Basin because […]
A Tectonic Origin for Mountains on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Jani Radebaugh, Geological Sciences In this proposal, we proposed to: (1) undertake a global study of peak heights and slopes of mountains on Titan to determine the relative importance of tectonism and erosion, and thereby gain a better understanding of the timing of mountain formation and subsequent evolution by erosion. We also proposed to: (2) […]
Assessing the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo with Three-dimensional Geophysical Imaging
FINAL REPORT BYU Mentoring Environment Grant “Assessing the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo with Three-dimensional Geophysical Imaging” Project period: January 1, 2012 through January 31, 2014 Submitted by Prof. John H. McBride June 13, 2014 Executive Summary: Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The principal objective of the project […]
Thermal and Mechanical Structure of Alpine Glaciers Using Radar and Drilling
Dr. John McBride, Department of Geology Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives of the proposal were to: travel to the Gorner Glacier system in southern Switzerland; set up a base camp on the glacier, operating out of the village of Zermatt, Switzerland; acquire 2D and 3D […]
Three-Dimensional Seismic Study of Pluton Emplacement
Drs. Eric H. Christiansen and William Keach, Department of Geological Sciences Introduction The origin of Earth’s continents, many of our most important ore deposits and the largest and most damaging volcanic eruptions are all related to the emplacement of silicic plutons–large masses of once molten magma. Understanding the details of the mechanism by which these […]