Student Research with David Harbor

Student Research with David Harbor (back to his home page)

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Theses

Kameko Landry (honors), '19,

Independent Study

Summer 2018

NASA project - Geomorphic history of the Hoshab Fault Pakistan (NASA funded)
- Catalena Bent, '20 (Oberlin College)
- Chris Messerich, '20
- Iszak Morgan, '20
Team Plucking - sensing pressure change and crack flow during plucking events (Summer Research Scholarships)
- Ryan Monson, '20
- Kameko Landry, '19

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Theses

Kira Tomenchok (honors), '18, Approximating meteoric 10Be using the concentration of acid-extractable grain coatings: a case study tracing erosion depth on Dominica, Lesser Antilles

Independent Study

Fall 2017,Kameko Landry, '19, GEOL 401: plucking research

Summer 2017

Kameko Landry, '19 (SRS), Sensing erosion: Sub-bed pressure during plucking of bedrock under nonuniform flow

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Theses

Dan Claroni (honors), '17, Drones: geochemistry, Iceland; deformation at LANL, landslide hazard, Arnolds Valley VA
Clare Wilkinson (honors), '17, Sensing erosion; Plucking of instrumented bedrock blocks in the field

Independent Study

Fall '16 - Tal Keel, plucking data analysis
Fall '16 - Kyle Turpin Geol 402: terrace chronology research, France

Summer 2016

Clare Wilkinson, '17, Tal Keel, '18 (SRS), Sensing erosion: instrumentation of conditions leading to plucking bedrock under nonuniform flow
Elliott Helgans, '16.5, Michael Cuilik, '18 (NASA funded), Mapping Quaternary deposits and landforms of the Hoshab Fault, Pakistan
Skype supervision of research projects by Kyle Turpin in France and Dan Claroni in Iceland.

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Theses

James Freeman, '16, Evidence of Plucking at Balcony Falls on the James River, Virginia

Independent Study

Mohammad Abudayyeh, '16, GIS (Fall 2015)
Elliott Helgans, '16, Plucking data analysis (Winter 2016)

Summer 2015

Clare Wilkinson, '17, Elliott Helgans, '16 (SRS), Bedrock erosion by plucking; flume~~, field and broken concrete~~

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Theses

James Biemiller, '15, “Plucking as a Mechanism of Fluvial Erosion on Mars”
Liz Elium, '15, “Field and Flume Exploration of Channel Bedrock Erosion by Plucking”
James McCullum, '15, “The potential of soils to sequester carbon: a look at agricultural and cemetery soils of Rockbridge County, Virginia”
Chel Samuels, '15, Honors Thesis, “Characterization of legacy mine waste in Fourmile Canyon, Colorado”, Keck Geology Consortium Researcher

Independent Study

Murtaza Kapasi, '15, Structure from motion of pluckable blocks (Fall 2014)

Summer 2014

James Biemiller, '15, Liz Elium, '15, James Freeman, '15, Murtaza Kapasi, '16, Jack Wilbur, '16 ("team plucking !")
Erosion by Plucking; Field, Flume and Planetary Investigations.

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Theses

Liz Olson '14, Assessment of Current Radiometric Dating Techniques of Beachrock on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Keck Geology Consortium Researcher
Kendall Wnuk ’14, Episodic Erosion Dynamics Affecting Depositional Basins of Northwest Argentina.

Independent Study

Summer 2013

Kendal Wnuk '14, (Frank Young Geology Summer Researcher) & James Biemiller, '15 (SRS),
Geomorphology and sedimentology of the Iruya River headwaters, NW Argentina (GSA abstract)

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Theses

Liz George ’12, Reconstructing Environmental Changes in the Lower Connecticut River Using Diatoms, Keck Geology Consortium Research Program
and Env Capstone Advisee

Independent Study

Liz George '12 - Fall, 2012, Diatom methodological research

Summer 2011

Doug Sberna’13, (Frank Young Geology Summer Researcher), Geomorphology and sedimentology of the Iruya River headwaters, NW Argentina (led to 2 GSA presentations)

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Theses

Caroline Bovay ’11, Valley fill in the Andean Eastern Cordillera: a response to transient incision of the Río Iruya, NW Argentina
Bryant Bradley ’11, Unconventional exploration techniques in the Iron Bridge Field, TX

Independent Study

Bryant Bradley, 11, research, Iron Bridge Field TX

Summer 2010

Caroline Bovay ’11, RE Lee Scholar, Understanding erosion of orogenic plateau margins: evidence from the eastern margin of the Puna Plateau in Northwestern Argentina (led to 2 AGU presentations)

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Summer 2009

Meredith Townsend, '11, Turning rock into soil: collaborative investigation of shale weathering (NSF-sponsored critical zone project)

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Theses

Nick Fox, 09, [James River incision history told by soil and mineral weathering]

Independent Study

Summer 2008

Nick Fox, 09 and Kat Telfeyan, '10

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Theses

Independent Study

Matt Harrison (Winter) - Floodplain width of the Lower Maury Network using GIS

Summer 2007

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Theses

Erin Tainer , 07, Honors Thesis, A GIS Analysis of Three Bioluminescent Bays, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Keck Geology Researcher
Barrett Salisbury, 07, Honors Thesis, High Resolution Channel Survey reveals the Erosional Characteristics of a Bedrock Knickpoint in an Appalachian River
Emily McDowell, 07, Honors Thesis, [ Effect of grain size and bed cover on knickpoint retreat, Hayes and Walkers Creek, Virginia ]

Independent Study

Bill Barnhart (fall)- Goshen Pass flow highwater surveys
Nick Fox (fall and winter) - Maury River sediment above the Lexington Dam
Stuart Frankfort (fall)- Maury River sediment above the Lexington Dam

Summer 2006

Bill Barnhart, Mike Braunscheidel, Barrett Salisbury, & Erin Tainer, (RE Lee)
“Flood and flow energy in the Goshen Pass knickpoints: Validation of the stream power approach to landform modeling” see GSA abstract

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Theses

Amy Bacastow, 06, Honors Thesis, Implied aquifer depth from impact craters in the Martian north polar region
Brendan Smith, 06, Impact of technology development on environmental assessment of oil and gas activity

Independent Study

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On leave in India during academic year, 2004-05
Summer 2004 Research Supervision & Support

Drew Heath, Eric Bokinsky, Erin Falzareno, Knickpoint hydrology and morphology, Rockbridge Baths, VA

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Theses (including summer research)
Jackson Rogers ('04) Tentative title: The uniqueness of the Maury River gap at Goshen; a migrating or stationary knickpoint?
Independent Study
Lisa Miller ('06) _____ , winter term
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Summer 2003 Research Supervision & Support
Drew Heath ('05) Digital Topographic Analysis of Rivers in the Upper James Basin (RE Lee)
Amy Bacastow ('06) and Jackson Rogers ('04) Morphology of Water Gaps in Western VA (Geol Dept Funds) led to 2 GSA abstracts (Seattle SE)
Theses (including summer research)
Jeremy Laucks (’03) Evidence for Multiple Stage Development of Granitic Steps (Keck Research Project)
Wes Harden (’03) Climatic Factors Affecting Carbonate Weathering at the Soil-Bedrock Interface
Stacey Kimmel (’03) Size Discrepancies of Water Gaps in Silurian Rocksof the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province
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Theses (including summer research)
Allen Taylor Graham (’02) Lead contamination of the Soils of the Woods Creek Watershed
Jesse Kimball (’02) Channel Restoration; Woods Creek
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Summer 2001 Research Supervision and Support
Jesse Kimball (’02) Stormwater characterization in the Maury River watershed (RE Lee for MRA)
Jeremy Laucks ('03) & Krista Collier ('03), Terrace and erosion history of the James River Gap through Lynchburg VA (PRF funded research assistant) led to GSA abstract
Independent Study
Jesse Kimball ('02) Woods Creek Channel assessment by Rosgen Method, Spring
Taylor Graham ('02) Soil textural analysis; ancient BV fan/pediment soil
Theses (including summer research)
Geoffrey Marshall (’01) Web-GIS serving of water-quality data
Chris Wilson (’01) Water Quality Impacts of Storm Runoff: Analysis of Three Rainfall Evenets in the Woods Creek Watershed
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Summer 2000 Research Supervision & Support
Geoff Marshall ('01) & Zinobia Ginwalla ('01) Protocol development for citizen water quality monitoring in the Maury River Watershed, led to abstracts (Environment Virginia & Virginia Watershed Management Conf.)
Theses (including summer research)
Christine Metzger ('00) Pedological and geochemical characteris of a buried forest soil formed beore the Little Ice Age the the Herbert Glacier, Alaska
Jocelyn Smith ('00) Floodplain dynamics of the James River on the Piedmont of Virgina
Mike McGlue ('00) GIS Analysis of the Maury River Watershed: Modeling Land Use Change and Fluival Response using BASINS and the Nonpoint Source Model
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Research Supervision (summer 1999)
Christine Metzger, (Keck Summer Research)Herbert Valley alley glaciation, Alaska.
Independent Study
Christine Metzger (spring) preparation for Virginia Academy of Science presentation, Title: Quantifying erosion by dissolution in the Great Valley
Theses
Erin Kraal, Sr Thesis (Keck): Bedrock incision and knicpoint processes in streams along an uplifting coast, southern Peninsula de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Greg Bank, Sr Thesis: Headward expansion of the James River basin by capture of the St Marys River led to publication & abstract
Research Supervision (summer 1998-9) Whit Morriss, (Keck): Glacial History of the upper North Powder River, Oregon
Research Support/Supervision (summer 1998)
Christine Metzger, PRF-supported research assistant, James River Incision in the Piedmont
Jocelyn Smith, PRF-supported research assistant, James River Incision in the Piedmont
Bentley Knight, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, Distribution and Character of James River Terrace Sediment in the Piedmont of Virginia

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Summer 1998
Andy Thompson Characterization of Bathers Cave Sediments
Independent Study
Jenifer Justema (winter) History of science reporting on El Nino
John Benazzi (winter) Floodplain history for the Maury River near Lexington led to abstract
David Ledlie (winter) Channel history of the South River led to abstract
Greg Bank (winter) Chemical weathering and quartz etching in terraces of the Maury River led to abstract
Research Support/Supervision
Christine Metzger, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, Insoluble residue of carbonate rocks in the James River Valley
Whit Morriss, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, Digital Drainage Analysis and Modeling led to publication & abstract
Greg Bank, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar ,Headward expansion of the James River basin by capture of the St Marys River led to publication & abstract

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Theses
Heather Schweninger, Senior Thesis (Keck): Geophysical determination of fault locations across pediments of western Bull Mountain, Jefferson Valley, Montana
Independent Study
Ashley Amini (Winter) Remote sensing extrapolation of land cover patterns in the Wyoming Range, WY
Brian Kuck (Winter) GIS analysis of alluvial fan height for terraces along the Maury near Buena Vista, VA.
Research Support/Supervision (summer 1997)
Supervised 9 students as part of Keck Geology Consortium in Virginia, Harbor, PI "Landscape Evolution in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia" led to publications & abstracts

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Theses
David Mitchell, Sr Thesis (Carleton College), Discriminating different age moraines in Box Canyon Creek, Wyoming Range, Wyoming
Nova Clarke, Sr Thesis, Water Quality and land use, upper Maury River Basin
Independent Study
Brain Kuck (fall) Distribution of Shottower soils on terraces of the Maury, James and South Rivers, Rockbridge County, Virginia

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Theses
Quinn Kiley, Sr Thesis (Keck), Quaternary history of Sunlight Creek near White Mountain, Park County, Wyoming
Joeseph Framptom, Sr Thesis, Quaternary mass movements in Allegheny, Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties, Virginia
Independent Study
Marc Newman (Fall) Wetlands (field and library research)
John Cherry (Spring) Analysis of nitrate contamination of public water supply wells in Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Research Support/Supervision (summer 1995)
David Mitchell ,Field Research Assistant (Carleton College), Erosion of extentsional mountain belts
Mac Lacy, Field Research Assistant, Erosion of extentsional mountain belts

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Independent Study
Quinn Kiley (Fall) Geomorphology of the James Face (USFS Project) led to abstract
Ryland M Willis (Winter) Archeology, Hematite, VA
Benjamin Plummer (Spring) Surficial Geology of the Piney River area (USFS Project)
Joeseph Framptom (spring) Geology of Peters Mountain, Virginia (USFS Project) incorporated in publication
Jon Coffman (spring) Digital Rockbridge area outdoor information
Research Support/Supervision (summer 1994, NSF sponsored summer research assistants)
Heather Schweninger, Summer Field Research, Assistant Erosion of extensional mountains
Quinn Kiley, Summer Field Research Assistant, Erosion of extensional mountains
Joeseph Framptom, Summer Field Research, Assistant Erosion of extensional mountains

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Theses
Martha Cary Eppes, Sr Thesis (Keck), Late Quaternary glacial history of the Middle Roaring Creek Valley, Colorado (supervised thesis and visited field area).
Research Support/Supervision (summer 1993)
Quinn Kiley, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, "Geomorphology and surficial deposits of the James River Face Wilderness" led to abstract
James Gilreath, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, "James River terraces between Eagle Rock and Springwood"
Katharine Adams, R.E. Lee Summer Research Scholar, "The longitudinal profile of the James River from Salisbury to Springwood, VA"
Colleen Dunlevy, Summer Research Assistant, USFS Project "Geomorphology and surficial deposits of the James River Face Wilderness" incorporated in publication
Rebecca Parkins, Summer Research Assistant, Glenn Grant Funding "Textural and mineralogical analysis of James River terrace soils" led to abstract