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  • Chair of Earth Science | Earth Science | lechlear@plu.edu | 253-535-7744 | My research centers on mountain building processes and regional climate change and the associated influences of each on atmospheric dynamics.

    (Geophysics concentration), Cum Laude, Denison University, 2006 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sedimentology Stable Isotope Geochemistry Tectonics Paleoclimate Selected Presentations 2014 GSA Annual Meeting, Systematic variability in clumped isotope temperatures of loess carbonates during Late Pleistocene climate change, Palouse loess, USA, Vancouver, BC (2014) 2014 GSA Annual Meeting, Impact of carbonate depositional setting and seasonality on clumped isotope records of topography and climate, Vancouver

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  • Associate Professor of Earth Science | Earth Science | davispb@plu.edu | 253-535-5770 | I graduated in the spring of 2008 from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a Ph.D.

    Expertise Metamorphic Petrology Mineral Chemistry and Microstructure Structural Geology and Tectonics Biography I graduated in the spring of 2008 from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics under the direction of Dr. Donna L. Whitney on lawsonite eclogite and blueschist exposures in west-central Turkey. My masters, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2003, was carried out under the direction of Dr. Michael L. Williams on mesoproterozoic mid-crustal

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  • The goal of these programs is to provide early stage students first hand experience with cutting-edge research in a range of departments, including Biology, Chemistry, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and more. These summer research experiences for undergraduate’s (REU)’s are ten-week research-immersion internship programs…

    Earth science and life with the goal of understanding what makes a planet hospitable. Topics will include atmospheric sciences, oceanography, soil science, ecology, planetary science, plate tectonics, deep and early Earth processes, and volcanism. This program will include a 5 day field trip to the Western US. Competitive students will be interested in how the Earth works and be willing to travel. Majors from physics, chemistry, geology, environmental science, biology, computer science, or related

  • The goal of these programs is to provide early stage students first hand experience with cutting-edge research in a range of departments, including Biology, Chemistry, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and more. These summer research experiences for undergraduate’s (REU)’s are ten-week research-immersion internship programs…

    Earth science and life with the goal of understanding what makes a planet hospitable. Topics will include atmospheric sciences, oceanography, soil science, ecology, planetary science, plate tectonics, deep and early Earth processes, and volcanism. This program will include a 5 day field trip to the Western US. Competitive students will be interested in how the Earth works and be willing to travel. Majors from physics, chemistry, geology, environmental science, biology, computer science, or related

  • Read the Spring 2014 Earth Science Newsletter! Get news about the faculty, students and activities in our department! Keep in touch! We'd love to hear from you.

    State University. He has recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to conduct field work in the SW Alaska Range to study the tectonics of the region.  This project has a strong undergraduate research component as well as an outreach component for teachers/students associated with the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association (MESTA). As a result, he is keeping a blog about the experience. Much of the focus of the posts are geared toward geology in the field and the challenges

  • Grant brings Earth science workshop to PLU Next summer, K-12 and community college teachers will congregate at PLU for a five-day workshop on Earth science. Along with classroom and computer sessions, the teachers will trek through salt marshes on the coast looking for ancient tsunami…

    authenticity of cutting-edge research while making that science inviting, accessible and useful to K-12 teachers and students, she added. Participants will learn how geoscientists developed the current understanding of Pacific Northwest plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, and how EarthScope research is advancing this knowledge. The University of Portland, the lead institution, will host the first workshop this summer, with the following two held at PLU. “The location of PLU is excellent,” Whitman

  • Major in Earth Science 34 semester hours in the following earth science courses, plus 4 semester hours in supporting courses The bachelor of arts degree is the minimum preparation for the field and

    change, past and present, including the impact of climate changes on earth systems, and the disproportionate impact these changes will have on communities around the globe. Prerequisite: ESCI 201. (4) ESCI 345 : Tectonic Petrology This class introduces igneous and metamorphic petrology by following rock compositions through several tectonic processes to see how petrology can be used to better understand large-scale tectonics. Students will interpret rock samples and 8 datasets to produce a

  • to better understand large-scale tectonics. Students will interpret rock samples and 8 datasets to produce a comprehensive petro-tectonic analysis in a research-group like setting. Includes labs. Prerequisite: ESCI 201 or consent of instructor. (4) ESCI 387 : Special Topics in Earth Science To provide undergraduate students with new, one-time, and developing courses not yet available in the regular curriculum. The title will be listed on the student term-based record as ST: followed by the

  • All Courses AICE 276 : Part-Time Internship A supervised educational experience in a work setting on