Projects

Below is a partial list of significant projects I have worked on (alone or as part of a group) over the years, in and out of school.

GEOLOGY

Undergrad

Facies of the Diligencia Basin

Sturzstrums and geology of the West Range, Nevada

Grad School

Masters thesis on volcanic lithic fragments and the composition of igneous source rocks

Point-counting template and history

Strange rotating plates like the Okhotsk Plate

Clay transporting toxic metals

Altyn Tagh Fault; extrusion vs. distributed shortening

Puerto Peñasco beach fossils and modern analogues

Review of the tectonics of Western North America

TEACHING/PRESENTATIONS ON GENERAL TOPICS

Introduction to the Burgess Shale

Northridge Earthquake

What is a Geologist?

Snake Valley water issues

Mary Reed Project

Intro to Dinosaurs

Earth Science Curriculum

Atmosphere

Climate Change

Convection

Coriolis/3-Cell

Doppler/Spectra/Big Bang

Earth's Layers

Earth Science and Society

Oceans

Plate Tectonics

Stars

Tectonic Hazards

Water

Weather

WEBSITES

Scenic Science Tours website: scenicsciencetours.com

Class website: mraffolter.com

Campaign website for a Salt Lake City Council race: http://sites.google.com/site/billdavis4district5/

Ballpark Community Council website: ballparkcc.org

CREATIVE

Poetry (selections)

Dichromatica