Student Presentations
2016 Geologic Society of America: Northeastern section meeting, Albany, NY
Geology of Mt. Desert Rock
and Great Duck Island
Spencer Gray III, '17 created the first detailed bedrock geology maps of two islands off the coast of Maine owned by COA. His methods included hiking around both islands with a GPS, using orthography from a dji drone, and analysing data in ArcGIS.
Abstract: Gray, S.E. III and Hall, S.R., Geology of Mt. Desert Rock and Great Duck Island, 2016. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Vol. 48, No. 2, paper no. 26-7.
Glacial erosion and pre-existing
fracture networks collaborate to create the
Acadia National Park Landscape
Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla, '18 and Gemma Venuti, '18 (with Dr. Sarah Hall in photo) studied the relationship between MDI's geomorphology and it's fracture and fault networks. This was done by using Geographic Information Systems to find geomorphic features using LiDAR and other data sets and then ground truthing via fieldwork.
Abstract: Rodriguez Padilla, A.M., Venuti, G., and Hall, S.R. 2016. Glacial erosion and pre-existing fracture networks collaborate to create the Acadia National Park Landscape, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 2, paper no 58-2.
They also presented this work at the Geological Society of Maine meeting on April 1 at UMO.
Documenting the Rocks, Soils, and Biota of Serpentine Outcrops in Western Massachusetts
Abstract: Medeiros, I.D., and Rajakaruna, N., 2016. Documenting the rocks, soils, and biota of serpentine outcrops in western Massachusetts, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Vol. 48, paper no. 38-9.
Ian also presented this work at the Geological Society of Maine meeting on April 1 at UMO.
2014 Acadia National Park Science Symposium, Schoodic Institute, Maine
Assembling a teaching collection at COA: outcrop, hand-sample, and thin-section analysis of rocks from Mt. Desert Island and Mt. Desert Rock
Tyler Prest, '16
Abstract: Prest, T., Strader, J., Galey, M., Hall, S. R., 2014, Assembling a teaching collection at COA: outcrop, hand-sample, and thin-section analysis of rocks from Mt. Desert Island and Mt. Desert Rock, Acadia National Park Science Symposium, Schoodic Institute, ME.