The student members of the Rho chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon at Indiana University invite you to the annual Crossroads Conference held on April 4th in the IU Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Below you can find a table of the 2025 oral and poster presentations.
| Presenter Name | Authors | Institution | Title |
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| Sristika Adhikari | 1Adhikari, S. 1Stone, J.R., 1Westover, K., 1Yost, C.L., 1Latimer, J., 2McGlue, M.M., and 3Leandro, D.-L.
| 1Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University
| A 2,048-Year Paleolimnological Study of the Common Era Based on the Diatoms and Sediment Chemistry from the Central Basin of Lake Tanganyika |
| Shanta Banstola | Banstola, S. | Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University | Local climate zone classification of the city in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal |
| Isabelle Caban | Caban, I.. Yanites, B. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Long-term response of channel geometry to volcanic eruptions in Chile |
| Ye Jing | Jing, Y., Li, Y., and Edmonds, D. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | The creation of oxbow lakes depends on the bifurcation dynamics |
| Trenton Meier | 1Meier, T.H.,1Herrmann, E.W., 1Brassell, S.C., 1,5Njau, J.K., 2,5Stanistreet, I.G. 3Stollhofen, H. 4McHenry, L.J., 5Schick, K.D., 5Toth, N.P.
| 1Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB
| Reconstructing Paleoenvironments of Bed II at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania During the Technological Evolution of the Oldowan to Acheulean |
| Alec Siurek | Siurek, A. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | The Indian Creek Member: A New Stratigraphic Unit of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Mississippian, Chesterian) of Indiana |
| Eli VanDyke | 1VanDyke, E., 1Stevens Goddard, A., 2Leary, R., 1Batsukh, G.
| 1Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB
| Thermochronologic Signatures of Burial and Exhumation Capture Cretaceous Tectonics in Walled Basins of Western Mongolia
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| Presenter Name | Authors | Institution | Title |
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| Adeline Bowen | Bowen, A.G., Stevens Goddard, A.L. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | U-Pb Geochronology on the Mt. Simon and St. Peter Sandstones of the Michigan Basin |
| Jaxon F. Bennett | 1Bennett, J., 2,3Seeger, K., 3,4,5Minderhoud, P.S.J.,
| 1Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB 2Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany 3Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands 4Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy 5Department of Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares Research Institute, Daltonlaan 600, 3584 BK Utrecht, The Netherlands | A Global Analysis of Deltaic Land Elevation and Population Below Local Mean Sea Level
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| Kenia Yasmin Caro | 1Caro, K.Y., 1Kenderes, E.M., 2Kenderes, S. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IUI | Do changes in precipation and magma chamber temperature affect the hydrothermal features at Yellowstone Caldera |
| Dibya Chakraborty | Chakraborty, D., Sheahan, S., Jacinthe P.-A. | Earth and Environmental Sciences, IUI | Nitrate Loss from a Drained Agricultural Watershed in Central Indiana: Effects of Crop Type and Hydrologic Flow Path |
| Lucia Conrad, Eliza Joyce | Conrad, L., Joyce, E., and Kenderes, E. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Tracking Ancient Volcanic Eruptions with Chemical Fingerprints |
| Carissa Cullen | Cullen, C., Barth, A. | Department of Earth Sciences, IUI | Comparing Volcanic Plumbing Systems Between Boulder Batholith, Montana and Joshua Tree National Park, California
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| Sayan Das | Das, S., Yanites, B.J., Chiang, P-C., and Johnson, K.J. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | The role of sediment dynamics in the evolution of Taiwan orogen |
| Joshua Elms | 1Elms, J.E., 1,2O’Brien, T.A. | 1Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Not in Kansas Anymore: Out-of-Sample Idealized Tests for Machine Learning Atmosphere Models |
| Annie Hadley | Hadley, A., Reynolds, S. | Physics and Earth-Space Science, IUI | Modeling Exoplanet Biosignatures from Large-Scale Seasonal Biosphere Changes |
| JeongYeon Han | Han, J., Li, Y., Gearon, J.H., and Edmonds, D.A.
| Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Numerical Investigation of Alluvial Ridge Development in Meandering Rivers |
| Madiha Hassan | Hassan, M., Latimer, J., and Yost, C. | Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University
| Abrupt Climate Change and its Impact on Total Phosphorus Input in Mozambique Channel: Spectral Analysis |
| Taryn Joest | Joest, T., Elliott, W. | Geology, Physics, and Environmental Science, University of Southern Indiana | Paleoclimate Interpretation from the Study of Plant Fossils from the Bond Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Missourian) at the Old Dam Site Near New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana
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| Thomas LaBarge | LaBarge, T.W. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Ontogenetic Variation in the Tooth Crown Dimensions of Tyrannosaurus rex |
| Destiny Legg | Legg, D., Latimer, J.C. | Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University | Phosphorus Geochemistry of Marine Sediments Recovered from Site U1478
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| Mallory Miller | Miller, M.E., Lilien, D.A. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences IUB | Potential Effects of Enhancement Factors on Glen’s Flow Law |
| Garrett O'Hara | O'Hara, G.D., and Edmonds, D. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | Quantifying the Role of Headcutting in Floodplain Channel Development |
| Hirak Parikh | Parikh, H., Stone, J. | Department of Earth and Environmental Systems Indiana State University | Modern Patterns of Diatom Diversity Across Habitats in Historically Mining-Affected Coeur d’Alene Lake in Idaho |
| Emily A.S. Pasek | Pasek, E.A.S. | Michigan State University | Teaching and Learning Through Art-Geoscience Intersections: A Systematic Review
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| Rebecca Porter | Porter, R., and O'Brien, T. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences IUB | Projections of extreme weather events under a warming climate: using climate models as a guide for decision making
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| Maximillian D. Richter | 1Richter, M.R., 1Barth, A.P., 2Eddy, M.P.
| 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indiana University Indianapolis
| Application of Ti-in-Zircon Thermometry to Track Magma Evolution of the Big Bear Lake Intrusive Suite, Ca.
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| Lior Segal | Segal, L., Macris, C. | Earth and Environmental Sciences, IUI | Can Meteorite Impacts Form Impact Melts With Primary Carbonate Inclusions |
| Samantha Sheahan | Sheahan, S., Jacinthe, P.-A. | Earth and Environmental Sciences, IUI | Phosphorus Loss from US Midwest Croplands: Effects of Fertilizer Management and Cover Crops |
| Emily Throop | Throop, E., Edmonds, D., Yanites, B. | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB | An Investigation of the Rockiness of Soils as a Result of Tree Throw
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| Mya Whaley | Whaley, M., Latimer, J., Stone, J., Yost, C. | Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University | Microplastics and Heavy Metals in Crayfish and Sediments: A Comparative Analysis Between Pollution Accumulation in Streams and Retention Ponds in Hamilton County, Indiana |
| Madeline Williams | 1Williams, M., 1Yanites, B., 2Schanz, S. | 1Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, IUB
| The Impacts of LGM Glaciers on Channels Downstream of the Glacial Termini |
