Student Research Highlight

Josh Townsend recieves 2012 Kraus grant from MSA
Graduate student Joshua Townsend has received the 2012 E.H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Grant from the Mineralogical Society of America for his proposal entitled, “Extra-solar planetary mineralogy: the role of H2O in crystal structures”. The award of $5000 will support his research in the area of high-pressure mineral physics.

Looking for connections: Greg Lehn and the changing climate in the Artic
It was quite a busy summer and fall for EPS graduate student, Greg Lehn. In July, he traveled to the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL), in Fairbanks, Alaska. While he was there, Greg sliced and processed the frozen permafrost soil cores he and collaborators have collected over the past two summers from watersheds on the North Slope of Alaska. He then analyzed the elemental and isotope (Ca and Sr) composition of soil and soil water.

A Journey to the Yucatan
Led by Patricia Beddows, lecturer and assistant chair of Earth and planetary sciences, nearly 20 Northwestern students studied carbonate geology and aqueous geochemistry during an eight- day field trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. During the trip they snorkeled in cenotes, collected and dissected sediment cores, explored area rivers and enjoyed the region's culture and delicious Mexican fare.
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Seminars
>> See all eventsFebruary 3, 2012, 3:30 PM
Rifting, plumes, and magmatism: Interactions that control the breakup of a continent
February 10, 2012, 3:30 PM
New perspectives on past ice sheet dynamics: implications for future sea level
February 17, 2012, 3:30 PM
Journey to the center of the Earth: Advances in understanding the dynamics of the mantle from comput

















