Geology student research 2020-21

Allison Bandera 2021 Timing and Nature of Surface Uplift of the Northern Range, Trinidad: An Analysis with Knickpoint Indices
Carson Cerquone 2021 Evaluating Functional Diversity of Marine Mollusk Communities: A Case Study of Grand Cayman Island
Sydney Drier 2021 Lithographic Variability and Provenance of Pleistocene Bedload Material in the Meredosia Channel of the Upper Mississippi River
Autumn Peele 2021 Rib Histology of Edmontosaurus and Triceratops: An Analysis on Suitability for Determining Ontogeny
Joel Padgett 2021 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Neotectonic Activity in the Araya-Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
Quintin Powers 2021 Gastrolith Identification and Replication by Means of Artificial Digestion
Thomas Stritch 2021 Late Amazonian Wind Regimes and Landscape Evolution in Northern Meridiani Planum, Mars

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Triceratops gets star treatment in Swenson lab

A historic discovery is taking shape in the basement of Augustana’s Swenson Hall of Geosciences.

Planetarium and geology museum to host Nov. 1 open house

Augustana's John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will be open to the public on Saturday, Nov. 1, for the annual Fall Open House. The planetarium and geology museum will be open 7-8:30 p.m., with indoor and outdoor programs. There is no charge for admission.

Mapping coral reefs to study and help a critical ecosystem

Community-based learning on a large scale: Augustana geology students travel with faculty to the Caribbean island of Bonaire to research environmental change in coral reefs.