GLACIAL GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE MATANUSKA GLACIER, ALASKA

An NSF-Funded Program -- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

The Matanuska Glacier REU program is now directed by Dr. Staci Goetz of Central Michigan University. Click on this link the announcement for the 2004 field season.

 Updated web site.

Images from the 2001 Field Season

2001 Student participants and their projects include (click to see photos):

Sean Heyer , Augustana College, "Evolution and the effects of stagnation on ice-cored moraines"
Andrea Johnson , Northwest Missouri State University, "Dating of moraines using lichenometric analysis and tree-ring dating, Matanuska Glacier, Alaska"
Justin Johnson , Gustavus Adolphus College, "Nature, Origin and Fate of an Ice-Cored Recessional Moraine"
Ranae Kowalczuk , Slippery Rock University, "Rotation, translation, and vertical displacement of supraglacial clasts during summer ablation, Matanuska glacier, Chugach Mountains, Alaska"
Mehgan O'Hearn , Augustana College, "Resedimentation processes based on sediment characteristics near a medial moraine, Matanuska Glacier, Alaska"

2000 field season participants:

Jessica Allewalt , Augustana College, "Age of a Late-Glacial Lateral Moraine, Matanuska Glacier"
Ben Burnett , Lehigh University, "Moulin to Vent Dye Tracer Experiments on the Matanuska Glacier"
Isaac Larsen , Carleton College, "Subglacial Hydrology Interpreted from Boreholes and Dye Experiments, Matanuska Glacier"
Kevin Pemberton , Northwest Missouri State University, "Orientation of Englacial Debris Bands, Matanuska Glacier"
Jessica Terrien , Augustana College, "Dye Tracer Dilution Tests in the Little River of  theMatanuska Glacier"

1999 field season participants:

  • Anders Carlson , Augustana College, "The Composition and Genesis of a Little Ice Age Exposure West of the Matanuska Glacier"
    Heather Lloyd , Lehigh University, "Rate of Meltdown and Boulder Migration near the Terminus of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska"
    Kelly Peterson , University of Kansas, "Hydrology of the Matanuska Glacier as Determined by Dye Tests"
    Brooke Swanson , Gustavus Adolphus College, "Characterization of Glacial Outwash Downstream from Glacial Margin: Application to Ancient Outwash Deposits"
    Nick Waterson , Augustana College, "The Suspended Sediment Load of the North Vent of the Matanuska Glacier"

1999 Group Photo

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For more information contact:
Dr. Jeffrey Strasser
Department of Geology
Augustana College
639 38th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
(309) 794-7218