Undergraduate Geologic and Paleontologic Studies of the Middle Eocene Bridger Formation, Green River Basin, Wyoming

巴特尔斯阿尔比恩学院REU网站将地质科学系的实验室研究与怀俄明州西南部的实地研究相结合。每个本科项目都考察了绿河盆地始新世地层的地质学或脊椎动物古生物学的严格限制方面，并与正在进行的阿尔比恩学院-密歇根大学联合研究项目相结合。始新世沉积物和它们所包含的脊椎动物动物群记录了落基山脉盆地保存了不同沉积环境的独特组合和现代脊椎动物的相互作用，取代了6500万年前恐龙灭绝后出现的脊椎动物。在各种古湖泊、湖缘、曲流和冲积扇沉积物中，保存着大多数现代脊椎动物类群的动物祖先化石遗骸。来自全国各地的学生参与者将实地工作和复杂的实验室分析与彻底的报告准备和演示相结合。从脊椎动物古生物学到沉积物地球化学问题的主题中选择了个人调查。在项目的实地和实验室阶段，学生们得到来自不同机构的知名科学家的建议和协助。

9619908 Bartels The Albion College REU Site combines laboratory studies in the department of Geological Sciences with field research in southwestern Wyoming. Each undergraduate project examines a tightly constrained aspect of the geology or vertebrate paleontology of the Eocene formations of the Green River Basin in conjunction with an on-going joint Albion College-University of Michigan research program. These Eocene sediments and the vertebrate faunas they contain record an interval when Rocky Mountain basins preserved a unique combination of varied depositional environments and the interplay of modern vertebrates replacing those that appeared after the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The fossil remains of animals ancestral to most modern vertebrate groups are preserved in variety of ancient lake, lake-margin, meandering stream, and alluvial fan deposits. Student participants, recruited from across the nation, combine field work and sophisticated laboratory analyses with thorough report preparation and presentation. Individual investigations are selected from topics ranging from issues in vertebrate paleobiology to sediment geochemistry. In both field and laboratory phases of the project, students are advised and assisted by a diverse body of established scientists from a variety of institutions.