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Department of Geological Sciences
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge
CA 91330-8266
Phone: (818) 677-3541
E-mail: geology@csun.edu
Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm
Department News and Events
Shake Out 2011
Students enrolled in introductory geology classes in conjunction with students in the Department of Geological Sciences' Geology Club have planned to advertise the ShakeOut Exercise on Oct. 17-19 and to staff a Festival in Sierra Quad on Oct. 20. Students also plan to visit classrooms during the week of Oct. 17 to give short earthquake preparedness presentations. The festival on Oct. 20 from 9a.m. - 2 p.m. will include earthquake-kit booths, a video of damage to CSUN's campus in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and earthquake preparedness handouts and other information.
For 2011 ShakeOut photos see http://www.csun.edu/geology/shakeout2011.htm
Seismometer Recovery Cruise
Dr. Weeraratne is currently involved in the study of offshore southern California seismic data. This project is part of the ALBACORE study that is designed to understand seismic and tectonic structure of the North American and Pacific plate at crustal, lithospheric, and asthenospheric depths. Ocean bottom seismometers that were deployed off the coast of southern California in August 2011 are currently (September 2011) being recovered. See the following link for further information, including a description of the research project, the CSUN Geology students involved, a location map showing where the seismometers were deployed and the current state of recovery. http://www.csun.edu/geology/DSW/dswcruise3.htm
29th Fall Field Frolic
Join the Geology Department field trip as we frolic at Zion National Park, Utah; Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah; and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. August 24, 25, 26. See flyer for further details: http://www.csun.edu/geology/2011 FFF announcement.pdf
Follow this link to see trip write up and photos: http://www.csun.edu/geology//Field_Trips/fff11tuweep/fff11index.htm
The Fritsche's Geotrek IV
GeoTrek IV was a series of 10 hikes led by Gene Fritsche, Geology Professor Emeritus at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The purpose of these hikes was firstly to acquaint the participants with the geology along the route of the hike. More importantly, Gene walked the 100 miles to secure support and contributions from CSUN geology alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of geology for the GENE AND SUE FRITSCHE GEOTREK ENDOWMENT, which awards annual scholarships to geology students at CSUN.
Ten Terrific Topical Transverse Range Traverses
To see photos of previous GeoTreks follow these links:
GeoTrek I L.A. Zoo to Point Mugu
GeoTrek II San Gabriel Mountains Transect
GeoTrek III Hiking the rim of the San Fernanado Valley
AAPG Short Course
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
"Geology & Geophysics Applied to Industry Basic Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation" Presented by Fred W. Schroeder, Ph.D. Additional information can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/geology/aapg_short_course.pdf
CSUN Geology 2011 Summer Field in Ruth, Nevada
The CSUN Geology Department will again share its Summer Field program with CSULB in Ruth, Nevada. Information about the program can be found at:
http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cnsm/departments/geology/programs/
summerfieldgeology.shtml
New Geology Faculty
The Department of Geological Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members, both of whom will start at CSUN in Fall 2011. Robinson Cecil received a BA in Geology from Vanderbilt University and MS and PhD degrees in Geosciences from the University of Arizona. She is presently finishing a postdoc at Caltech. Robinson's research focuses on problems in regional tectonics, using mainly geo- and thermo-chronometry and radiogenic isotope geology to better understand the magmatic and topographic evolution of continental arcs. She is particularly interested the interplay between lithospheric-scale tectonic processes operating at depth in orogenic systems and their associated surface responses.
Josh Schwartz received his A.B. and M.S. from Brown University, and PhD from the University of Wyoming. His research focuses on understanding the magmatic and thermal evolution of mid-ocean ridge lithosphere, and the generation of magmas in collisional orogenic belts. His current field areas include Macquarie Island (Southern Ocean), the Blue Mountains (NE Oregon), the Southern Appalachian orogen (Alabama), and Fiordland (New Zealand). His research combines field mapping, igneous petrology, isotope geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology.
CSUN Geological Sciences among top 100 hydrogeology programs
The National Groundwater Association has named CSUN among the 100 best programs in hydrogeology. More than 400 programs were considered and, in the end, 100 selected. There were a number of factors centered around the length and strength of the program, as well as its faculty. The National Groundwater Association reviews and selects the programs for its Top 100 list to give prospective groundwater students a list of strong options and a jumping-off point for their search in selection of schools. You can see the list at:
http://www.ngwa.org/students/hydrogeology-programs.aspx
CSUN hydrogeology courses can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/geology/Hydro/hydro.htm
OBS Recovery Cruise
Dr. Weeraratne weathers a storm on the deck of the Kilo Moana. Dr. Weeraratne along with Cristo Ramirez and Jialin Li, both CSUN geology graduate students, are on a scientific cruise to recover two arrays of ocean bottom seimometers (OBS). The OBS's were deployed a year ago and have been sitting on the ocean bottom in the western Pacific collecting seismic data. They are part of a research project to determine how oceanic tectonic plates are constructed and evolve with time. More on this cruise can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/geology/DSW/dswcruise2.htm. Details of the deployment (previous) cruise can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/geology/DSW/dswcruise.htm
Shakeout 2010
On 10/21/10 at 10:21 a.m. the third annual Shakeout earthquake drill took place. After receiving notification of the drill via the CSUN Office Phone Messaging System there was a collective, campus-wide, Drop, Cover and Hold On. In the accompaning photo Dr. Doug Yule is in the process of getting under a desk in the Geology Department office. He was joined by department staff members Mari Flores-Garcia, Perla Vielma, and Romica Silas.
2010 AAPG-SEG West Coast Student Expo Field Trip
This year’s AAPG-SEG West Coast Student Expo field trip was led by Aaron Hebeler with help from Rebecca Greenberg. Both are CSUN geology alumni now employed by Occidental Petroleum. The trip was to the San Miguelito oil field west of Ventura. CSUN geology professor emeritus Dr. Gene Fritsche was on hand to provide lessons at the outcrop.
Bender in Washington DC
On July 22 a poster event of "exemplary research" was held for members of congress in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill to celebrate the success of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. California State University Northridge (CSUN) was honored to have one of its undergraduate LSAMP students, Ms. Carrie Bender (back row, beneath arrow) from the Department of Geological Sciences, chosen to represent all of the CSU System at this event. Carrie will continue her graduate studies in the department this Fall, supported by an LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) fellowship. She joins second-year graduate students and BD Fellows Cristo Ramirez and Melissa Nunley who entered the program last year.
2010 Geology Graduates
On graduation day this year we had a well-attended afternoon soiree in the mineralogy/petrology lab celebrating the achievenments of our latest geology graduating class. Outstanding graduate (Aaron Hebeler) and senior (Ben Termeer) awards were presented and all graduates were honored by fellow students, faculty, staff, families, and friends. Shortly thereafter caps and gowns were donned and Pomp and Circumstance commenced.
Professor Sails on Record-breaking Drilling Expedition
and Receives University Award
Dr. Kathleen Marsaglia recently sailed as a shipboard scientist on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 317 off the Canterbury Margin of South Island, New Zealand. This two-month scientific cruise set several records for deep ocean drilling: deepest hole continuously cored, shallowest water depth, and deepest microbial sample from a hole. A preliminary report of their exciting findings can be found at: http://publications.iodp.org/preliminary_report/317/
She has several graduate students lined up to study the relationships among the distinct seismic stratigraphic sequences drilled on this margin, sand provenance and cementation.
Dr. Marsaglia also received the CSUN Outstanding Faculty Award for 2009-2010.
CSUN sends team to PS-AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition
Representing the Department of Geological Sciences at CSUN, the AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Team accepts a $500 scholarship check from Morgan Sullivan (Chevron) for placing second in the Pacific Section competition. The team is, from left to right, John Johnson, Jenna Fleck, Cristo Ramirez, Rebecca Greenberg, Marcia Lidzbarski, Ben Termeer, and Adewale Adedeji, followed by their proud advisor, Dr. Kathie Marsaglia. Not pictured is MS student Aaron Hebeler who, as a past participant at SDSU, served as the team mentor.
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