Completed undergraduate theses

2017

Alexander Arita - Examining the geochemical relationships between the Twentynine Palms and Queen Mountain plutons in Joshua Tree National Park

Eduardo Chavez - Exploring laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for use in geologic provenance studies

Lizzeth Flores - Understanding the petrogenesis of the Twentynine Palms Quartz-Monzonite in Joshua Tree National Park using K-feldspar megacrysts

2016

Natalie Law - Honors thesis: Using Geochemistry to establish the connection between dacites and rhyolites of the Bonanza tuff, San Juan volcanic field, CO

John Lowery - Investigating the magma processes responsible for the compositional variation in the northeastern Cathedral Peak lobe in Yosemite national Park

Ryan McKay - Search for the source of cogstones in southern California

Sierra Patterson - Locating the volcanic source rock of prehistoric cogstones from southern California: Were they carved from basalts from Orange County?