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Vanessa O'Connor
-- Seeking a M.S in Environmental
and
Conservation Sciences Optical dating studies of Mars analog materials, specifically sulfates Supported by a grant from NASA Results presented at the 2007 GSA Meeting in Denver, CO. and the 2008 Lunar and Planetary Sciences Meeting in Houston, TX. PAPER IN REVIEW: O'Connor, V.A., Lepper, K., Morken, T.O., Thorstad, D., and Podoll, A. (in review) A geochronological tool for Martian dunes: Optical dating properties of sulfate analogs. Geomorphology. Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Spring
2007 to present
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Marissa
Detschel --
Seeking a M.S in Physics Influence of Mars UV spectrum on OSL properties of analog materials Supported by a grant from NASA Results presented at the 2008 Lunar and Planetary Sciences Meeting in Houston, TX. PUBLISHED PAPER: Detschel, M.J. and Lepper, K. (2009) Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating Properties of Martian Sediment Analogue Materials Exposed to a Simulated Martian Solar Spectral Environment. Journal of Luminescence, 129: 393-400. Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Summer 2007 to present
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Alex
Buell
-- Seeking a M.S in Environmental and Conservation
Sciences OSL dating of Lake Agassiz beach ridges Supported by a grant from the Comer Science and Education Foundation Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Summer 2007 to present
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Andrew
Gorz --Undergraduate
Geology Major NASA Undergraduate "Space Grant" Awardee; Spring 2009 OSL dating properties of Mg-Carbonate (MgCO3): A newly discovered mineral in Martian sediments Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Spring 2009 to present
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Lauren Sager -- Undergraduate Geology Minor Topic: Currently in definition phase
Tenure with the ODD
Squad: Summer
2009 to Present
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John
Fielding
--Undergraduate Geology Major NASA McNair Scholar 2007-2009 Pack rat middens as paleoenvironmental indicators in North Dakota Tenure with the ODD Squad: Fall
2007 to present
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Kelly
Gorz
--Undergraduate Geology Major NASA McNair Scholar 2005-2008 Geochronology of Lake Agassiz strandlines in Western Cass County, North Dakota Presented at the 2008 North-Central GSA Meeting in Evansville, IN. The presentation was selected for The Historic New Harmony Award for an outstanding undergraduate student presentation Tenure with the ODD Squad: Fall
2005 to Fall 2008
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Dan
Thorstad --Undergraduate Geology Minor NASA Undergraduate "Space Grant" Awardee; Spring 2007 A comparison of the basic Optical Dating properties of two natural gypsum samples as analogs for component minerals in Mars surface sediments Presented at the 2007 GSA Meeting in Denver, CO. PAPER IN REVIEW: O'Connor, V.A., Lepper, K., Morken, T.O., Thorstad, D., and Podoll, A. (in review) A geochronological tool for Martian dunes: Optical dating properties of sulfate analogs. Geomorphology. Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Spring
2007 to Fall 2007
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Todd
Morken --Undergraduate Geology Major NASA Undergraduate "Space Grant" Awardee; Spring 2006 Optical Dating properties of Thenardite - potential sulfur source mineral in Martian sediments Presented at the 2006 GSA Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. PAPER IN REVIEW: O'Connor, V.A., Lepper, K., Morken, T.O., Thorstad, D., and Podoll, A. (in review) A geochronological tool for Martian dunes: Optical dating properties of sulfate analogs. Geomorphology. Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Spring
2006 to Fall 2006
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Andrew
Podoll
--Undergraduate Geology Major NASA Undergraduate "Space Grant" Awardee; Spring 2005 Optical dating properties of Kieserite - an important accessory mineral in Martian sediments Presented at the 2005 GSA Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. PAPER IN REVIEW: O'Connor, V.A., Lepper, K., Morken, T.O., Thorstad, D., and Podoll, A. (in review) A geochronological tool for Martian dunes: Optical dating properties of sulfate analogs. Geomorphology. Tenure with the ODD Squad: Spring
2005 to Fall 2005
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Roark
Franklund
--Undergraduate Geology Major Maximum age predictions for OSL dating on Mars based on dose/depth models and martian meteorite compositions Presented at the 2004 AGU Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Tenure with the ODD Squad: Summer
2004 to Spring 2005
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Abby Marohl -- Undergraduate Geology Major Luminescence dating of fluvial sediments from Chupaderos Canyon New Mexico Tenure with the ODD Squad: Summer
2004 to Spring 2005
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Jennifer
Thorstad -- Undergraduate
Geology Major EPSCoR AURA Summer 2004 awardee Geochronology
of lake deposits in Valles Toledo; New Mexico
Presented at the 2004 GSA Meeting in Denver, CO. PUBLISHED PAPER: Lepper, K., Reneau, S., Thorstad, J., and Denton A. (2007) OSL dating of a lacustrine to fluvial transitional sediment sequence in Valle Toledo, Valles caldera, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology, 29(4): 112-116. Tenure with the ODD Squad: Summer
2004
to Spring 2005
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Ryan
Swanson -- 2004 NDSU Governor's School Participant Optical dating of the Banco Bonito lava flow in the Jemez Caldera of New Mexico PUBLISHED PAPER: Lepper, K. and Goff, F. (2007) Yet another attempt to date the Banco Bonito rhyolite, the youngest volcanic flow in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology, 29(4): 117-121. Tenure with the ODD Squad: Summer 2004
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Asha
Pannem -- Statistics Graduate Student General laboratory assistant - Lake Huron Project Tenure with the ODD Squad:
Spring
2007 to Spring 2008
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Rich
Thomasson
--Undergraduate Geology Major General laboratory assistant - Lake Huron Project
Tenure with the ODD
Squad: Fall
2005 to Spring 2006
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 Contact: ken(dot)lepper(at)ndsu(dot)edu |
Dr.
Ken Lepper Department of Geosciences North Dakota State University 131 Stevens Hall Fargo, ND 58105 |
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