Department of Physical and Biological Sciences
The College of Saint Rose
432 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
tel.: 518-485-3756 (direct)
tel.: 518-454-5140 (main)
fax: 518-458-5446
email: smithj@strose.edu
M.S. Geology, University of Washington (Advisor: Bernard Hallet)
B.A. Geology, University of Maine (Orono)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
FIELD PHOTOS
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Field crew (2000-2003) in southwestern Bolivia (left to right): Dan Farber (LLNL), Don Rodbell (Union College), Geoff Seltzer (SU), Bob Finkel
(LLNL), and Jacquie Smith (College of Saint Rose) |
Jacquie Smith standing on a young moraine in the
Carhuacocha Valley, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
June 2004 |
Sampling glacially striated quartzite bedrock for cosmogenic dating, upper Milluni Valley, Cordillera Real, Bolivia, June 2003 (l to r: JS, Bob Finkel, Don Rodbell) |
View to the east across Lake Junin (~4100 masl) toward the eastern cordillera of the Peruvian Andes
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Coring a bog downvalley from Lake Mitucocha, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, in June 2004. Left to right: JS, Chris Kassel (Union College ‘06), Don Rodbell |
Flamingoes on Laguna Colorada (~4300 masl) in southwestern Bolivia
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Nevado Huayna Potosi and the upper Milluni Valley, Bolivia |
View downvalley in Zongo Valley, Cordillera Real, Bolivia, from the top of a right-lateral moraine |
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Calcalcocha Valley, Junin region, central Peru |
View to the northeast along a large, curving left-lateral moraine in lower Milluni Valley, Cordillera Real, Bolivia |
On Pasto Ruri Glacier (~5000 masl) in the Cordillera
Blanca, Peru, for "Living on the Edge" course, July
2002 (l to r: John Garver (Union College), JS, Don Rodbell) |
Sampling boulders on moraines for cosmogenic dating in Acheron-Lyndon Valley, South Island, New Zealand, February 2004 |
Click on thumbnails for larger image.
Smith, J. A., Finkel, R. C., Farber, D. L., Rodbell, D. T., and Seltzer, G. O., 2005, Moraine preservation and boulder erosion in the tropical Andes: interpreting old surface exposure ages in glaciated valleys: Journal of Quaternary Science 20, Issue 7-8, 735-758. pdf
Ramage, J. M., Smith, J. A., Rodbell, D. T., and Seltzer, G. O., 2005, Comparing reconstructed Pleistocene equilibrium-line altitudes in the tropical Andes of central Peru: Journal of Quaternary Science 20, Issue 7-8, 777-788.
Smith, J. A., Seltzer, G. O., Rodbell, D. T., and Klein, A. G., 2005, Regional synthesis of last glacial maximum snowlines in the tropical Andes, South America: Quaternary International 138-139, 145-167. pdf
Smith, J. A., Seltzer, G. O., Farber, D. L., Rodbell, D. T., and Finkel, R. C., 2005, Early Last Glacial Maximum in the Tropical Andes: Science 308, 678-681. Abstract. Full Text. pdf
Smith, J. A., 2005, Timing and extent of glaciation in the tropical Andes [Ph.D. Dissertation]: Syracuse, Syracuse University, 173 p.
Garver, J. I., and Smith, J. A. (eds.), 1995, Field trip guide for the 67th annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association, Union College, Schenectady, New York: Albany, New York State Geological Association, 425 p.
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