Degrees Held:

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Montana State University (Summer 2025)

Degree Sought:

MSc in Earth Sciences

Advisor:

Dr. Madison Myers

Preferred Email Address:

carlybeth8@gmail.com

Research Project:

My MSc research is part of an NSF funded project which will focus on analyzing crystal clots from multiple eruptions at Okmok Volcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska utilizing petrology and diffusion chronometry.

Research and Professional Experience:

Undergraduate Research

  • Advisor: Dr. Devon Orme, "Petrology of the Coast Range Ophiolite, and Franciscan Subduction Complex at Del Puerto Canyon, Central California" (2023-2024)
  • Advisor: Dr. Madison Myers, "Timescales of Magma Mobilization Preceding the 2008 Okmok Eruption: A Diffusion Chronometry Approach" (2024-2025)
  • Advisor: Dr. John Scannella, "Evidence of Gastropod Predation on Unionid Bivalves in the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation in Garfield County, Montana" (2025)

Contracted Field Geologist

  • Tectonic Sedimentology and Thermochronology Laboratory at Montana State University led by Dr. Devon Orme for Natalee Weis's MSc project. (2023) 
  • Historical Geobiology Research Group at Stanford University led by Dr. Erik Sperling for Hunter Olson's PhD project. (2025)

Publications:

Orme, D.A., Weis, N., Surpless, K.D., Laskowski, A.K., Crowley, J., Stine, N., Colliver, I., Ross, C., Sweet, E., Age, provenance, and geochemical relationships amongst the Great Valley Group, Coast Range Ophiolite, and Franciscan Subduction Complex at Del Puerto Canyon, Central California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, accepted, March 18, 2025

 

Poster Presentations:

  • Petrology of the Coast Range Ophiolite, and Franciscan Subduction Complex at Del Puerto Canyon, Central California (Montana State University Earth Science Colloquium 2024)
  • Timescales of Magma Mobilization Preceding the 2008 Okmok Eruption: A Diffusion Chronometry Approach (Alaska Aleutian Arc Workshop 2025 & Montana State University Earth Science Colloquium 2025)
  • Evidence of Gastropod Predation on Unionid Bivalves in the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation in Garfield County, Montana (Montana State University Student Research Celebration 2025 & Montana State University Earth Science Colloquium 2025)