Dr Allen Gontz is moving to Clarkson University in July 2021. This site will no longer be maintained. A new Clarkson University site is pending.

SDSU Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology

Drs. Shulmeister and Fink sampling the Cooloola bluffs for magnetic analysis, Rainbow Beach, Australia

Welcome!

Welcome to the SDSU Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Lab at San Diego State University. The lab, established by Dr Allen Gontz in 2016 to investigate all aspects of landscape change over the past 2 million years at various spatial and temporal scales.

The Lab uses state of the art technology coupled with fundamental understanding of how landscapes evolve based on forcings from the climate and anthropogenic systems.

I am currently taking students to work with myself and collaborators on research projects that could include:

Using remote sensing and GIS for evaluating coastal change
Using GPR for understanding evolution of lakes and wetlands in Australia
Using GPR to understand New Zealand landscapes
Understanding the mobility of large sand dune fields in southern California
Apply palaeotempestology to link large storm events on the coast to rill formation in the desert to understand creep and aseismic slip
Using UAV-based imagery and data to understand landscape change
Using UAV-based imagery and data to understand movement on active faults

If you have an idea for a project or a location, let me know and we can see how it could fit into the activities of the Lab.

A few highlights of who we are, where we work and what tools we use. More details are in the RESEARCH tab. More photos and data clips are in the GALLERY tab

Join us and see the world... Locations where Lab members are currently working or where we have recently completed a project. Details are in the RESEARCH tab

For more about the San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Science Program, click HERE

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