GEOL261- Talk topics by order in which you will make your presentation.

The last four topics on the table are open. If you wish to change your topic for talk 2, please come and see me before Friday Sept, 25, 2009

Oral Presentation Topics- GEOL261-Advanced Physical Geology
Number Topic First Name Last name Talk #
1 Fossils- vertebrates Morgan Devine 1
2 Metamorphic petrology Kevin Bilinski 1
3 Folded mountains- where, when, what, how & who Robert Beavin 1
4 Mineralogy Echo Ahlemeyer 1
5 Unconformities- types, recognition, occurances Daniel Wedding 1
6 Milankovitch cycles Sara Fee 1
7 River landforms Kim Smith 1
8 Petroleum geology Clint Broach 1
9 Desert landforms Aric Koehler 1
10 Ocean temperatures- modern and ancient Danielle Blake 1
11 Geophysics- uses and methods Mary Simonsen 1
12 Mining geology Dustin Gibbon 1
13 Soils Max King 1
14 Glaciers - landforms Amber King 1
15 Glaciers -ice flow mechanics Tina Bledsoe 1
17 Faults and Earthquakes Chris Grathler 1
18 Ocean chemistry Tom Parkinson 1
19 Igneous Petrology Kim Voiles 1
20 Volcanoes- types and characteristics Holly Keimig 1
21 Extinction events in the geological record Holly Keimig 2
22 Sedimentary Petrology- clastics Kim Voiles 2
23 Absolute dating techniques Tom Parkinson 2
24 Sedimentary Petrology- chemical Chris Grathler 2
26 Hydrogeology- subsurface flow Tina Bledsoe 2
27 Evaporites Amber King 2
28 Paleozoic paleogeography-global & North America Max King 2
29 Geologic evidence of climate change Dustin Gibbon 2
30 Stratigraphy Mary Simonsen 2
31 Fossils- paleobotany Danielle Blake 2
32 Coal geology- formation and mining of Aric Koehler 2
33 Environmental contaminants- sources, solutions Clint Broach 2
34 Karst landscapes Kim Smith 2
35 Geologic time & development of Column Sara Fee 2
36 Fault block mountains -where, when, what, how & who Daniel Wedding 2
37 Mesozoic paleography-global & North America Echo Ahlemeyer 2
38 Landslides and other mass wasting Robert Beavin 2
39 Fossils- invertebrates Kevin Bilinski 2
40 Paleofloods-  where, when, what, how & who Morgan Devine 2
open Meteorite impacts- where, when, what, & how      
open Coastal Processes      
open Sea floor geology      
open Planetary geology