Earth Science    at    Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Instructor:  Cassandra Strickland     Email:  cstrickland ‘at’ columbiabasin.edu

CBC Courses by Cassandra Strickland: 

bd14866_  PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 101    (Spring 2010)

*       Columbia River Basalts, Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt & the Missoula Floods; Winter 2009 Class Trip

*       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 2010)

*      John Day Basin, Oregon:  Spring 2007  Class Field Trip

*      John Day Basin, Oregon: Spring 2009 Class Field Trip

                 

bd14866_  PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 101   (Spring 2010; online only Fall 2010)

bd14866_  Environmental Geology (tba)

bd14866_  Geology of the National Parks (tba)

If you are interested in taking a Field Experience or independent research class,  please send me an email.

 

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 (extensional tectonics & mountain building) and metamorphic petrology. 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!

 

My Favorite Geology Places on the Web:

 

*     National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Pacific Northwest Division

newsletters: Spring 2007; Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008, FALL 2008, Winter 2009, WINTER 2010

*       USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory

*        Oceans of Kansas, Excellent Paleontology Website

*       Volcano World!

 

Adjunct Instructors of Columbia Basin College

Adjacent to the Department of Energy’s Hanford Reservation and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, CBC is in a unique position to have access to top quality adjunct instructors. Our adjunct instructors work in various research disciplines, scanning multiple geologic arenas, including geostatistics, environmental geology and geochemistry.

 

Michelle Valenta, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Picture to left)

Michelle’s  Teaching Schedule:

 

Summer 2010  Physical Geology 101/101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other instructors, not pictured:

Signe Wurstner, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Winter 2010, evenings)

Chris Murray, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Spring 2010, evenings)

Charlotte Sullivan, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

 

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