Washington and Lee University
W&L Geology students have not only a variety of opportunities to study in the field with professors, but they also have opportunities to conduct their own original research. Our BS students complete a thesis with an advisor. In 2012, five BS students advanced their skills as researchers, problem-solvers, and writers while studying pertinent geoscience questions:
2013 Thesis Students
Clay Holshouser:3-D Seismic Attribute Analysis of the Yegua Formation, Texas Gulf Coast
Rose Pettiette: Tectonic Evolution of the Chugach-Prince William Terrane: U/Pb Detrital Zircon Age and Provenance of Cover Strata to the Paleocene Resurrection Peninsula Ophiolite in Seward, Alaska
Lauren Schultz: Sequence Stratigraphic and Structural Interpretation, Modeling and Restoration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
2012 Thesis Students
Matt Benson: Assessment of Live Coral Cover and Carbonate Production Across Time, Depth, and Space in the Caribbean
Liz George: Reconstructing Environmental Changes in the Lower Connecticut River Using Diatoms
Lizzy Mann: Bioturbation of forested shale soils by tree throw in the Appalachian Mountains
Maya Reimi: An Experimental Investigation into Incorporation of Trace Metals in Carbonate Material