Photos
I've been fortunate to travel to some interesting places for research. Here are some photos!
Western Australia (2007)
Duck Creek Dolomite, Wyloo Group, Western Australia (~1.8Ga)
Outcrop of the Duck Creek Dolomite at Duck Creek Gorge, W.A.
Iron formation of the Fortescue Group at Dales Gorge, W.A.
I participated in the Agouron Institute Advanced Geobiology Summer Course in Western Australia during the summer of 2007. We investigated the geobiology of the Late Paleoproterozoic Duck Creek Dolomite Formation, dated to approximately 1.8 Ga. I have a manuscript in preparation reporting: complete measured sections through the formation; complete carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the entire formation at Duck Creek Gorge; X-ray crystallography of iron- and silica-bearing rocks throughout the section, and the first report of microfossils in their environmental setting. For our paper on this project, visit my publications page.
Puerto Rico (2007)
Cyathea tree ferns at El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico.
More tree ferns in El Yunque, P.R.
Southern Namibia (2006)
View of Fish River Canyon, Southern Namibia. This is the second-largest canyon system in the world.
View from down in the canyon.
Welwitschia mirabilis in the Namib Desert.
These photos are from the 2006 Agouron Institute Advanced Geobiology Summer Course to the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in the Fish River Canyon in Namibia. For our paper on this project, visit my publications page.
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (2006)
Mistaken Point, Newfoundland.
Easternmost point in North America: Land's End, Newfoundland.
Pennsylvanian sphenopsids in outcrop at Joggins, Nova Scotia.
Outcrop view of Joggins, Nova Scotia.
I planned, organized, and led a two-week graduate student field trip to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with Karin Louzada, another graduate student in EPS.
SEA cruise (2005)
Our vessel! Very seaworthy.
We had to learn how to set sails and sample for plankton tows.
Elephant seals like to hang out on buoys. Outside of the Port of San Diego.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (2004)
Yours truly sampling from a particularly large Cycas rumphii.
Curvy Zingiberales (ginger family)
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland (2001, 2002)
One of my field sites in Ireland: Tinal Bay, near the town of Dingle.