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necessary for running helium analysis. I have also
Nate collecting samples in Argentina
begun to analyze the regional DEM for the area which,
coupled with the helium data, will help piece together
the complex history of the Andean, Frontal Cordillera
in Argentina.
African Rift, in efforts to constrain the sedimentary
patterns and history of subsidence of the lake’s
southern basin.
During my first year at Syracuse, I focused
mainly on completing my classwork. I took a wide
range of classes within the department. Some classes
covered topics that directly apply to the research I
am doing, while other classes helped to broaden my
geological knowledge. Many of my classes included
field trips to places like the Finger Lakes region of
New York and all the way to coastal Maine.
After the end of my first year, I got to travel to
northern Kenya in East Africa to do my field work for
my Master’s thesis. Lake Turkana is well known for
its sites of hominid fossil discovery, but it is also an
area with a diverse geologic history and a rich record
of past climate change. Our research group spent a
total of about 3 months in and around Lake Turkana
collecting two types of seismic data and core, dredge,
and rock samples. My trip to Africa is an experience
that cannot be repeated, and I look forward to the
analysis and interpretation phase of my work here at
Syracuse.
Xiangyu Mu
Recently, I have spent two months doing
Amy Morissey
I started graduate school at Syracuse last
Amy with Lake Turkana in the background.
August under the advisement of Dr. Scholz. My
industry-funded research for my thesis will mainly
focus on the interpretation of several vintages of
seismic reflection data from Lake Turkana, in the East
Xiangyu on Lake Taihu
field work on Lake Taihu in China, sampling water