Research

Department of Geological Sciences
Research

Faculty Research

Dr. LeeAnn Munk

LeeAnn Munk, Chester Creek, Anchorage

Dr. Munk conducts research in the field of environmental hydrogeochemistry in various regions in Alaska including the Anchorage Watershed, Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park, and the Western Arctic Parks. The primary focus of the research is to develop models of the geochemical pathways of Potentially Toxic Metals in near surface environments and to characterize water resources. More recently Dr. Munk has also been utilizing stable isotopic compositions of water to model sources in the Anchorage Watershed.

Dr. Kristine Crossen

Crossen Bering Glacier

Dr. Crossen conducts research in the field of glacial geology and geoarcheology. Dr. Crossen has studied Holocene History of Bering Glacier, Alaska, the Little Ice Age Chronology and Dynamics of Portage Glacier, Alaska, Little Ice Age History of Spencer-Blackstone Ice Complex, Kenai Mts., Alaska, Deposition of Pleistocene Glaciomarine Deltas in Southern Maine, and Neotectonics of Uplifted Glacial Marine Deltas in Coastal Maine.

Dr.
Terry Naumann

Naumann Galapogos

Dr. Naumann conducts research in the fields of volcanology and igneous petrology. His current research deals primarily with the origin and evolution of volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands. Dr. Naumann and his students integrate mapping, sampling, petrography, geochemistry(including isotopes) and geochemical modeling in their research.