Michael Bloom, 2009
Faculty: Nan Arens
Testing hypotheses of black shale deposition in the Late Devonian Catskill Basin, Watkins Glen State Park, New York
Sarah Allen, 2009
Faculty: Nan Arens
A florule from the base of the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana: Implications for diversity, climate and environment
Ian West (Fall 2005/Spring 2006)
Faculty: Nan Arens
A general theory of mass extinction?
Megan Crocker, 2006,
Faculty: Tara Curtin
“Going with the flow: Evidence for changes in circulation in Seneca Lake, NY during the Holocene”
Kathryn Loddengaard, 2006,
Faculty: Tara Curtin
“Evidence for Holocene lake level fluctuations in northern Seneca Lake, NY?”
Clare Morgan, 2006,
Faculty: Tara Curtin
“Reflections on mud: Holocene climate variability recorded by laminated sediments in Canandaigua Lake, NY”
Kathleen Bush, 2006
Faculty: John Halfman
A Preliminary Study of Water Quality and Water Quality Protection in the Finger Lakes. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 65 pg.
Tana Hintz, 2004
Faculty: John Halfman
Water quality survey and policy for the Keuka Outlet. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 52 pg. Co-Advisor: Jim Ryan.
Sandra M. Baldwin, 2002
Faculty: John Halfman
The effect of meteorological events on chlorophyll-a concentrations. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. 39 pg.
*student co-authors
Arens, Nan Crystal and Ian D. West*. 2008. Press-Pulse: A general theory of mass extinction? Paleobiology: 34:456-471.
Curtin, Rogers, Morgan, Petrick, Lyons, Crocker, Loddengaard, and Baker. in review, A record of stormy weather during the Holocene in the Finger Lakes region, New York, Geology.
Halfman, J.D., C.M. Caiazza*, R.J. Stewart*, S.M. Opalka*, and C.K. Morgan*. 2006., Major ion hydrogeochemical budgets and elevated chloride concentrations in Seneca Lake, New York. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 28, p. 324-333.
Laird, N. F., *R. Sobash, and *N. Hodas, (in press, 2009): The frequency and characteristics of lake-effect precipitation events associated with the New York State Finger Lakes. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.
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