Earth Science    at    Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Instructor:  Cassandra Strickland     Email:  cstrickland@columbiabasin.edu

CBC Courses: 

bd14866_  PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 101    (Winter 2009, Spring 2009)

*       Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington; Fall 2007 Class Field Trip

*      Cascade Mountain Building: Accretion and Uplift in the Leavenworth, WA, area;

Summer 2007 Class Field Trip

*       Columbia Gorge/Mt. St. Helens Camping Trip: Spring 2007 Class Field Trip

                  

bd14866_  HISTORICAL GEOLOGY   (Spring 2009)

*      John Day Basin, Oregon:  Spring 2007  Class Field Trip

                 

bd14866_  PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 101   (Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2010)

bd14866_  Environmental Geology (Winter 2009, Winter 2010)

CBC Geology Yahoo User Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cbcgeology/  . All active students must join this group. Past students may also join, and view photo albums of field trips. You may also load your own pictures onto this site. 

If you are interested in taking Geology of the National Parks, Geomorphology, Geohazards or a Field Experience class,  please send me an email listing the course and your quarter/time preferences.

 

About the Instructor: Coffee is vital to a successful teaching experience!

Education:

B.S., Geology, 1997, University of Toledo, Ohio

M.S., Geology, 1999, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

 

Former Professional Experience:

Earth Science Instructor, Yakima Valley Community College, Grandview, WA

Research Scientist, Imaging Science Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Water Quality Specialist for the Lower Yakima Valley, Roza-Sunnyside Board of Joint Control, WA

Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

 

Research Interests:

My main interests are structural geology (extensional tectonics & mountain building) and metamorphic petrology. Previous research includes tectonic mapping in the San Juan Basin of no. New Mexico/sw. Colorado, mapping/analyzing the lithology & structures (macro- + microscopic) of a major transfer zone in the Rio Grande Rift of south-central Colorado, and remote sensing mapping of lineaments in Alaskan tundra.  I have researched and developed new methodologies to manipulate satellite imagery (Ikonos, Landsat) for exposing lineaments in both barren and semi-heavily vegetated regions.  I am also obsessed with fossils and look forward to Historical Geology class every Spring, a time when we head down to the John Day Basin for 2 days of FOSSILS!

 

My Favorite Geology Places on the Web:

 

*     National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Pacific Northwest Division

newsletters: Spring 2007; Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008, FALL 2008

*       USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory

*        Oceans of Kansas, Excellent Paleontology Website

*       Volcano World!

  

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