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Picture overlooking Mt.Steller and the Bagley Ice Field located in southeastern Alaska 60°35’47.7”
142°40’35.8” (7-22-2005) |
Aaron L. Berger Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
B.S. in Geology from New Mexico Tech (1998-2002) |
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M.S. in Geoscience / Geology Option from Montana Tech / University of Montana (2002-2004) |
Ph.D. Candidate in Neotectonics, Geomorphology, and Structural Geology at Virginia Tech (2004~2007) |
| St. Elias Orogen, Alaska | The role of fluvial and glacial induced erosion on exhumation rates and strain partitioning within southeast Alaska's active Chugach / St.Elias orogen. |
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| Totschunda Fault, Alaska | Quaternary kinematics and strain rate along the Totschunda Fault which ruptured during the 2002 Denali
Mw 7.9 Denali earthquake. |
| Silver Bow Sapphire Deposit | Located the first bedrock source for any of southwest Montana's alluvial sapphire deposits 9.5 km west of Butte, Montana for the Silver Bow sapphire
occurrence. The host rock is a sapphire-bearing felsic lapilli tuff of the Eocene Lowland Creek Volcanic field.
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| Anaconda Metamorphc Core Complex | Structural mapping and kinematical analyses within the Anaconda Metamorphic Core Complex located in southwest Montana. |
| Pipestone Creek Watershed, Montana | Long term environmental effects on the Pipestone Creek watershed resulting from widespread recreational all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use and the close proximity of the Interstate-90 corridor. |
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