The SD Mines GEOL/GEOE/PALEO Seminar Series

presents

Senior Research Proposal Presentations

Fall 2020

The following videos have been posted online to be viewed at your convenience.

All are invited to watch these online talks and join us to ask questions of the students about their Senior Research proposals during the GGE seminar.

Nov 20 Seminar Q&A order:

· Anthony Gordon

· Caleb Schraeder

· Gabriel Poteet

· Jimmy Bradford

· John Hewitt

· Sydney McCuiston

· Adam Vantellingen

· Christian Albayalde

· Shawn Enstrom

· Michael Nieland

· Adam Jaroszewski

· Patrick Mulligan

· Joseph Durst

· Christopher Patterson

· Aynsley Melancon

· Benjamin Stec

GGE Faculty only: rubric

· Open the entire playlist (YouTube)

· Using Geometric Morphometrics On Holocene Neotoma Cinerea Teeth to Set Bergman's Rule
Christian Albayalde

· Subsurface Velocity Structural Analysis from Receiver Functions of the Upper Geyser Basin
Jimmy Bradford and Spencer Larson

· Characterizing Differences in Drainage Densities in Relation To Lithology in Black Hills, South Dakota Using NHDPlus HR Geospatial Model
Joseph Durst

· A Soil Survey and Its Effects on the Future of Hermosa, SD
Shawn Enstrom

· Comparison of Tensile Strength for Common Plaster Jacketing Materials in Paleontology
Anthony Gordon

· Petrogenetic Implications of Textural and Compositional Features of Plagioclase Ultraphyric Basalts (PUB) From the Northeastern Pacific Ridge System
John Hewitt

· Geospatial Analysis of Patterns of Fossil Vertebrate Skeletal Articulation in the Pierre Shale Along the Missouri River, South Dakota
Adam Jaroszewski

· Lassen Peak Ambient Noise Tomography Using NoisePy
Sydney McCuiston

· Effect of Seasonal CO2 Concentration on Calcite Growth Rates in Rushmore Cave, Keystone, SD
Aynsley Melancon

· Geospatial Analysis of Paleoflood And Historical Flood Data for Flood Risk Management in the Black Hills
Patrick Mulligan

· Paleoclimate Reconstruction of the Hell Creek Formation in Eastern Montana And Northwestern South Dakota Using CLAMP
Michael Nieland

· Petrographic Analysis of the Middle and Upper Niobrara Formation, Southwestern South Dakota
Christopher Patterson

· Estimating Depth in the Western Interior Seaway at Presho, S.D., in the Gregory And Sharon Springs Members Using Foraminifera
Gabriel Poteet

· Characterization of Groundwater Contamination from a Gasoline Leak Near Surbeck Center in Rapid City, SD
Caleb Schrader

· Differences in the Transverse Diameters of Cheek Teeth Between Palaeocastor, Capatanka, and Capacikala (Mammalia: Castoridae)
Benjamin Stec

· The Impact of Non-Native Grass Species on Microbial Activity in Soils
Adam Vantellingen

Ask questions of the Senior Research presenters!

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm MDT, Friday, Nov 20, 2020

Join us online!

http://www.sdsmt.edu/GGEseminar