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Patterned mineral deposits on Earth and Mars Anthony J. Park Sienna Geodynamics and Consulting, Inc. Computational Science Research Center (CSRC), San Diego State University Well-exposed Jurassic Navajo Sandstone iron oxide concretions preserve important diagenetic records of groundwater flow and water–rock interactions. Field relationships, precipitation patterns, and geometries of the Navajo concretions provide the basis for input parameters in numerical computer simulations and...

Bulk and Elemental Mass Change in Development of Gabbroic Corestone and Saprolite near the Elsinore Fault Nicole Velasco B.S. Candidate Advisor Gary Girty

Late Devonian Alamo Impact, Southern Nevada: Analysis of Hematite Inclusions within Quartz Grains Kieri Hutchin B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisor Dr. Jared Morrow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The early Late Devonian (~382 Ma) Alamo event was produced by a marine bolide impact near the offshore margin of a large Paleozoic carbonate platform fringing western North America,...

Major and minor elemental analyses of distal channel deposits from the Late Devonian marine Alamo Impact Event Marck Maroun B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisor Dr. Jared Morrow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT This study determined the geochemical signal—major and trace element composition as well as a potential extraterrestrial component, iridium—of distal, onshore...

Geologic Mapping and Petrochemical Stratigraphy of Southern Warner Valley, Southern Oregon, USA Michelle Dooley M.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisor Dr. Vic Camp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The tectonomagmatic evolution of the northwestern margin of the Basin and Range Province is well expressed by the mafic-to-intermediate-to-silicic volcanic stratigraphy and...

PEAK OIL AND THE GREAT RECESSION Kenneth S. Deffeyes Emeritus Prof. of Geology Princeton University In 2001, my first oil book predicted that world oil production would peak in the year 2005. The most recent data from the Energy Information Agency say that it happened! Even with the extreme spike in oil prices, the year 2008 produced less oil than 2005. Production for the first half of 2009 is even lower. The invisible hand of economics has become the invisible fist; pounding the...

Lecture for Geology 580; San Diego State University, Department of Geological Sciences

This video discusses ongoing collaborative research on energy efficient wireless sensor networks by UCSD's Computer Science and Engineering department, with a substantial focus on experimentation at San Diego State University's Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.

Water quality assessments are becoming more and more critical in Southern California and elsewhere. This video describes ongoing activities related to HPWREN-enabled real-time hydrology sensors at San Diego State University's Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. Both permanent and mobile approaches are being discussed.

During CyberBridge 2009, Dr. Roland Wolkowicz describes why education is critical to today's young people.