Darlene Fissler
 Darlene hiking in the Sierras |
Darlene completed her MS in May 2006. For her thesis, she determined strain in the deformed Seine River conglomerates in Ontario. This is an ongoing project in collaboration with our colleagues at UW-Madison who are doing similar work in the Sierras. The long-range goal of this project is to determine how rheology relates to finite strain by using the various degrees of deformation in different clast types. |
 Darlene presenting her poster at GSA in Salt Lake City, UT. |
For more information, go to Darlene's NC GSA abstract from Minneapolis 2005
and Darlene's GSA abstract from Salt Lake City 2005.
Darlene is now gainfully employed at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Undergraduate Students:
Jody taking notes for class in Baraboo, WI Jody is happy to be looking at Mid Continent Rift basalts in MN for a class fieldtrip. Melissa (in pink) presenting her poster at GSA in Salt Lake City. Melissa cutting rocks in the lab.
Jody Rymaszewski
Jody finished her BA in Geosciences in 2007. She and her research partner Jason Friedrich studied small scale faults and joints associated with the Waukesha Fault in Southeastern Wisconsin.
For more information, go to Jody's abstract from the 2007 Institute on Lake Superior Geology Conference in Lutsen, MN.
Melissa Meeuwsen
Melissa finished her BS in 2006. She worked on an independent project to study fabric formation. She used the same deformed conglomerates that Darlene studied to document fabric foliation at various degrees of strain. She was particularly interested in the role of competence contrasts in fabric formation.
For more information, go to Melissa's GSA abstract from Salt Lake City 2005.
Melissa is now gainfully employed as a scientist at ARCADIS in Minneapolis.