The following papers represent final research projects for students who took part
in the summer, 2015 Sierra Nevada field class [Compilation in progress]

• Caroline Bedwell – Uplift of the Sierra Nevada and the Potential for Anthropogenic Drought Effect | PDF
• Crystal Chen – Hydrothermal Alteration and Mineral Deposits in the Sierra Nevada Mountains | PDF
• Zoe Doebbler –Sierra Nevadan Granitic Bedrock and Ecosystem Regulation | PDF
• Madison Rocco Ferrara – Analysis of Landslide Hazards and Risks in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California | PDF
• Chris Fitzgerald – The Giant Today: Current Volcanic Processes in the Long Valley Caldera | PDF
• Alejandro Gomez – Issues Surrounding Proposal for Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain | PDF
• Jenny Huang – Naturally-Forming Geological Tessellations in Death Valley and the Sierra Nevadas | PDF
• Penfie Jiao – Human Impacts on Changing the Geological Landform and Ecological System in Eastern Sierra Nevada: Studies Based on the Field Survey of GEOL-G188 Class in 2015 | PDF
• Will Kersey – Geothermal Energy and its Applications in the Modern World | PDF
• Arielle Soussan – Research Paper G190: Nuclear Waste | PDF
• Max Price – The Bishop Tuff Eruption | PDF
• Kaitlyn Waling – Natural and Political History of Mono Lake | PDF
• M. Wolf – The Life of Tufa: An Examination of the Mono Lake Tufa Formations | PDF
• Julie Xu – Geological Processes Shaping the Mono Basin | PDF
• Xinzhu Zhang – The glacier of Yosemite National Park | PDF

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