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Faculty and Staff
Retired Faculty
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- Nick Bader, Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor, Paleontology and GIS; (509) 527-5113
- Robert
J. Carson, Ph.D.; Professor, Quaternary and Environmental Geology;
(509) 527-5224
- Will Davidson, Geology Technician; (509) 527-5696
- Patti Moss, Science Division Assistant; (509) 527-5225
- Kirsten P. Nicolaysen,
Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Igneous Petrology and Volcanology; (509)
527-4934
- Kevin R. Pogue,
Ph.D.; Professor, Structural Geology; (509) 527-5955
- Patrick K.
Spencer, Ph.D.; Professor, Sedimentation and Paleontology; (509)
527-5222
- John D. Winter,
Ph.D.; This link will take you to the webpage of retired Whitman geology
professor John Winter. The page includes information about Winter's
textbook, An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology,
and a lot more.
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Student Research |
- Tamara Carley, Mineralogical variation in paleoflood deposits in the Walla Walla Valley, Washington: A case study for the development of Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (PXRF)
- Kat Compton, Strain Analysis and Integration: Quantifying the Deformation of the Laghettie Area, Maggia Nappe, Switzerland
- William Davidson, The Effects of Vegetation Removal by Clear Cutting on Temperature at the Saddle Mountain SNOTEL Site, Oregon Coast Range
- Kate Farrington, Pre-Late Wisconsin Outburst Floods and Their Pathways
- Gwen Leslie, Natural History of Juniper Canyon, Oregon
- Kate Logan, Quiet Water and Great Floods: A Story of the Steamboat Rock Silt, Grand Coulee, WA
- Season Martin, Tracing Terroir: Soil Mineralogic Effects on Vitis vinifera, Walla Walla, WA
- Johannah Withrow-Robinson, Erosion of Reservoir Sediment Following the Removal of the Marmot Dam, Sandy River, Oregon
- Ryuhei Yokokawa, Spectrometry, Minerals, and Mars: Development of a Lab
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Available at this Site |
- Academic Aids:
Help and tutorials on using Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
and other programs and how to use them to make maps, posters, and illustrated
papers, etc. See the Major's Manual below for writing papers, etc.
- Academics:
Information on Geology Department academics, including major and minor
requirements, class enrollment and descriptions, and information about
Regional Geology field trips. Also the Major's Manual in pdf
format. The Manual includes guidelines for paper writing, presentations,
field notebooks, etc.
- Department
Equipment: The toys we play with.
- Field Trips:
Information on Geology Department field trips.
- Keck Geology Consortium:
What is Keck and how does it work?
- Links: A
number of useful and/or interesting geology links.
- Local Geology:
"General Geology of Southeastern Washington", by Bob Carson.
- Geology
Tour of I-90 by alumnus Philip Fenner. Driving to and from Seattle
and Walla Walla? Taking I-90 part of the way? Learn more about the scenery
you're seeing from Seattle to Vantage with this Geo-Tour, and take a
detour or two along the way!
- Photo Album:
Photos from department field trips.
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