My current research investigates the middle member of the Union Wash Formation, specifically where it is exposed in the Darwin Hills locale, in Owens Valley. Several objectives of the project include:

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• Establishing a more precise and definite lithologic description of the unit 

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• Determining a more exact depositional environment --> basin or outer shelf to slope?

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• Coming up with a better understanding  of paleoenvironmental condtions, specifically focusing on paleoxygenation

 

• Understanding potential paleoceanographic sea level fluctuations based on sequence stratigraphy

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• Investigating and defining several unusual structural components within the sediment, including soft sediment deformation and the possible presence of seismites

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