Jon Spencer of the Arizona Geological Survey stands on a rock in the Santa Catalina Mountains to explain local geology to attendees of the GeoDaze 2005 field trip. A range of students, faculty, alumni, industry members, as well as family and friends attended the trip. Photo Credit: Andy Frassetto
Attendees of the GeoDaze 2005 field trip to the Santa Catalina Mountains pore over a map with geoscientist Jon Spencer (blue shirt in center of photo). Spencer is a geologist at Arizona Geological Survey and an adjunct faculty member in UA's department of geosciences. Photo Credit: Andy Frassetto
GeoDaze, an annual showcase of earth sciences research by undergraduate and graduate students at The University of Arizona, will be held April 3 and 4.
Research subjects covered by the 36 oral presentations and 26 posters from students in several UA departments include economic geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, geophysics, geoscience education, paleoclimatology, planetary geology and structural geology.
Tekla Harms, a professor of geology at Amherst College in Mass., will give the keynote address on April 4 at 3 p.m.
Harms, who earned her doctorate in geosciences from the UA in 1986, will discuss how the Tobacco Root Mountains of Montana formed about 1.75 billion years ago. The title of her talk is, “A map-scale sheath fold in the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana, and its role in the evolution of the 1.78-1.72 Ga Big Sky Orogeny.”
All presentations will be in the Arizona Ballroom North at the UA's Student Union Memorial Center. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on April 3 and from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 4.
The event is free and open to the public.
GeoDaze culminates with a fieldtrip on April 5 led by UA Regents' professor of geosciences George Davis and UA professor emeritus of geosciences Ed McCullough. The trip will revisit the McCullough's dissertation area and examine the rock unit called Catalina Granite that is exposed at the western base of the Santa Catalina Mountains.
There are still some seats left on the Saturday, April 5 field trip. Registration for the field trip is first-come, first-served at http://earth.geo.arizona.edu/geodaze/08/.
GeoDaze, organized by the graduate students of the UA's department of geosciences, provides a forum for students to present their research and receive feedback from faculty, alumni and peers. The annual event also provides an opportunity for students and faculty to interact with interested community members and representatives of industry and government agencies.
GeoDaze is supported by corporate sponsorships and donations from alumni, faculty and friends of the geosciences department.
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