GSA 2021: The first conference back in person since the start of the pandemic for many, including our 10 undergraduate students working on the Keck Advanced Project! While getting there was a bit of a challenge (delayed flights, with Co-PIs Margaret Anne & Eva Lyon carrying the Keck posters for everyone making everyone a bit worried about whether or not we’d make it there in time!), it all worked out in the end. Margaret Anne had an absolute blast catching up with colleagues and seeing her students present their work (and maybe writing abstracts for the upcoming spring ACS meeting). Most of the undergraduates had their first conference experience, and spent time getting back together as a Keck group - the first time the team had seen each other since the summer. We all came away jazzed about our research and ready to work on individual theses to help us tackle the bigger project together.
The list of presentations we gave at GSA include:
(*denotes presenting authors, ‡denotes undergraduate student)
1. ‡Croy A., ‡Culbertson H., ‡Goldmann C., ‡Willis N., ‡Roquemore M.G., Lyon E., *Hinkle M.A.G. (2021) “Assessing manganese concentrations in spring and groundwater across the Shenandoah Valley, VA.” Poster presentation by all students at the 2021 Geological Society of America National Meeting, Oct 2021. doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370401
2. ‡*Larkin K., ‡Iosso C., Harbor D., Hinkle M.A.G., Lyon E. (2021) “Channel morphology change and legacy sediment mobilization following dam removal on the Maury River, VA” Poster presentation by Larkin at the 2021 Geological Society of America National Meeting, Oct 2021. doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370963
3. ‡Groff M., ‡Holicky M.G., ‡Larkin K., ‡Pulido M., ‡Wilde K., Hinkle M.A.G., Lyon E. “Characterizing land use history and assessing potential geochemical contaminants from legacy sediments and impounded water in Rockbridge County, VA.” Poster presentation by all students at the 2021 Geological Society of America National Meeting, Oct 2021. doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-371052