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March 2025 newsletter features Wade Aubin on paleomagnetic analysis of Crater Lake pyroclastic density currents. President David Gonzales examines Proterozoic zircon inheritance in post-75 Ma plutonic rocks. Foundation announces 2025 M.S. thesis grant recipients. Field trips planned for Aztec Arches and San Juan Basin paleobiology.
February 2025 newsletter features Annette Patton on Southeast Alaska landslide risk research. President David Gonzales explores mineral color physics through refraction, interference, and diffraction. Foundation offers $3,000 field camp scholarships and M.S. thesis grants, welcomes new interim director Michele Tuttle.
November 2024 newsletter features Vince Matthews challenging Laramide age of Rocky Mountains, arguing for recent extensional formation. President David Gonzales explores Colorado mineral names including coloradoite, durangite, and ourayite. Foundation reports low donation rates seeking nine additional contributors by year end.
October 2024 newsletter features Peter Hennings on injection-induced earthquakes in Texas oil fields. President David Gonzales explores telluride minerals from La Plata Mountains field trip. Foundation emphasizes giving season fundraising. Newsletter includes field trip photos and upcoming dinosaur tracks excursion.
September 2024 newsletter features Dr. Kathy Cashman on Hawaiian lava flow emplacement processes from 1983-2018 observations. President David Gonzales examines Engineer Mountain's 16 million-year granite intrusion and glacial modification. Foundation reports summer field activities and ongoing fundraising initiatives.
February 2024 newsletter features Peter Vrolijk on 2004 Sumatra earthquake mechanics and IODP Expedition 362 sediment analysis. President Chris Heine examines urban heat island effects and CO2 emission policies. Foundation announces M.S. thesis grants and constitutional updates. Field trip committee plans Harding Pegmatite and Chama River excursions.
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