Independent and original research is a valuable part of an undergraduate education as a Geology major, and all Geology majors complete a research project during their senior year. Senior research provides students the opportunity to explore a particular sub-discipline of geology in detail and to apply the research skills that they have mastered in their geology coursework to a specific research question they find fascinating.
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Geology Senior Theses from 2021
Developing a Fossil Exhibit at York River State Park (James City County, Virginia), Megan Sidlo
Isolation basin records constrain late Holocene sea-level trends in northern Norway, Sarah Snipes
Quantifying Morphological Variation in the Ornament and Shape of Dermal Scutes in Sturgeon (Acipenseridae), Chris Snyder
The Importance of the Sedimentology of Dunes in the Protection from Sea Level Rise, Melanie Strik
Tectonic Inversion in the Sherando 7.5' Quadrangle, Blue Ridge Province, Virginia, Kelly Thigpen
The Origin and Significance of Metamorphosed Ultramafic Rocks in the Chopawamsic Terrane, Buckner Quadrangle, Virginia, Nicholas Vaka
HOLOCENE TRENDS IN BIOGENIC SILICA REVEALED BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO A LAKE SEDIMENT RECORD FROM NORTHERN NORWAY, Caitlin Walker
