Earth Science    at    Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Instructor:  Cassandra Strickland     Email:  cstrickland@columbiabasin.edu

CBC Courses: 

bd14866_  PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 101    (Fall 2008, Winter 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   (Fall 2008, Winter 2009)

bd14866_  Geohazards/Natural Disasters (Winter 2009)

bd14866_  Field Experience- Research credit  hours for 2nd year geology students.  

 

Yakima Valley Community College, Grandview, also listed under this page, when available

YVCC Courses:

bd14866_  Physical GEOGRAPHY, Tuesday/Thursday 5:30-8:30

 

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:

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 and metamorphic petrology; more specifically I study the evolution of mountain belts.  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!

 

 

Pictures- Spring 2008 Physical Geology classes on their respective field trips (top-Columbia Gorge; bottom- on the path of the Missoula Floods, E. WA.)

 

 

 

 

My Favorite Geology Places on the Web:

 

*     National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Pacific Northwest Division

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

*       USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory

*        Oceans of Kansas, Excellent Paleontology Website

*       Volcano World!

  

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