2002 - 2003 Projects and Researchers

Derek Adams

Seismic profile of the Rio Grande rift, New Mexico

faculty mentor:  Dr. Mike West, Physics Department

funded by: National Science Foundation grant to Dr. James Ni (NMSU Physics Dept.)

JR Hennessey

Geothermometry of geothermal and aquifer waters, southern New Mexico

faculty mentor, Dr. Nancy J. McMillan

funded by:  New Mexico Geological Society

Melissa Ille

Petrology of the Huachuca quartz monzonite, SE Arizona

faculty mentor:  Dr. Nancy J. McMillan

Kristine Mack

Petrology of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska

faculty mentor:  Dr. Nancy J. McMillan

external collaborator: Dr. W. Scott Baldridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Catherine McManus

Intrusion of Eocene dikes and sills, Sacramento mountains, southern New Mexico

faculty mentor:  Dr. Nancy J. McMillan

funded by:  New Mexico Geological Society

Antonio Serna

Biostratigraphy of Ordovician Bliss and El Paso Formations, southern New Mexico

faculty mentor:  Dr. Katherine A. Giles

funded by:  New Mexico Geological Society

Matt Wasson

Frasnian-Fammenian apatite microspherules: otoliths (?), Needle Range, Utah

faculty mentor:  Dr. Katherine A. Giles