Faculty

2008-2009

• Historical Geology (GEO 112)
• Invertebrate Paleontology (GEO 217)
• Earth Science (GEO 101)
• Marine Science (GEO 105)
• Modern and Ancient Carbonate Systems of the Bahamas (in the Bahamas) (GEO 255)
• Geological Problems (GEO 485)
• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (GEO 324)
• Paleoecology (GEO 317)

• History of reef perturbations
• Preservation bias and the echinoid fossil record

Professor Rhawn Denniston, Ph.D.

• Environmental Geology (GEO 331)
• Geology of a Region (New Zealand) (GEO 329)
• Climate Change (GEO 222)
• Geomorphology (GEO 320)
• Tectonics (GEO 214)
• Physical Geology (GEO 111)
• Geological Problems (GEO 485)
• Quaternary Environments (GEO 322)

• Using the isotopic chemistry of cave deposits (stalagmites) to determine past climate change in the Great Basin, the Ozarks, the northern Midwest, Portugal, and central Nepal.
• Using the isotopic and trace element chemistry of corals from the Dominican Republic to reconstruct past sea surface conditions in the Caribbean.

Professor Emily Walsh, Ph.D.

Courses Taught:

• Investigations in Geology (GEO 114)
• Geology of the National Parks (GEO 223)
• Physical Geology (GEO 111)
• Mineralogy (GEO 212)
• Greek Archeology (in Greece) (CLA 381)
• Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (GEO 319)
• Geological Problems (GEO 485)
• The Origin of Mountains (GEO 325)

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