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Geoscience Department

Skidmore College

815 North Broadway

Saratoga Springs, New York 12866

Phone: 518.580.5280

Fax: 518.580.5199

This page last updated 10.21.10

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Kyle K. Nichols

Kyle Nichols

Associate Professor, Department Chair

815 North Broadway

(518) 580-5194

knichols@skidmore.edu

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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. 2002 - Natural Resources, University of Vermont
  • M.S. 2000 - Geology, University of Vermont
  • B.S. 1996 - Geological Sciences, University of Washington
 
COURSES TAUGHT AT SKIDMORE
  • GE 309: Field Techniques (Fall semester when needed)
  • GE 304:Geomorphology (Fall semesters on even years)
  • GE 301:Hydrogeologic Systems (Spring semesters on even years)
  • GE 207:Environmental Geology (Fall semesters)
  • GE 351:Regional Geology of the Mojave Desert (whenever I have the time)
  • LS2 - 166: Human Interaction with the Landscape (in holding - maybe taught as a First Year Seminar)
  • ES 105: Field Studies in Environmental Science (Spring semesters)
 

RECENT THESIS STUDENTS

  • Erin Black, GE ’06 – Turbidity of the Kayaderosseras Creek watershed
  • Megan Chadwick, GE ’06 – Buffers on the Battenkill: Maping Riparian Zones Using GIS
  • Michael Cleveland, GE ’06 – Long-term erosion rates of the Grand Canyon using 10Be
  • Davin Lyons, GE ’06 – Holocene climate change of Keuka Lake, Finger Lakes region, based on sediment cores
  • Derek Eaton, GE ’05 – Initiation and Growth Processes of the Miller Brook Gully, Stowe, VT
  • Daniel Feuer, GE ’05 – GIS Analysis of Tributary Basin Characteristics in the Upper Colorado River Basin
  • Luca Peppe, GE ’05 – Bedrock Depth Study of the Kayaderosseras Valley and a Reinterpretation of the Deglacial History
  • Veronica Russell, GE ’05 – Using 10Be to Discover the History of the Goldstone Piedmont at Fort Irwin, Mojave Desert, California
  • Robin Wiles-Skeels, ES ’04 – Evaluating the Effect of Land Use on Peak Discharge and Runoff in the Saratoga Lake Watershed
  • Katrina Smith, GE ’04 – Paired Watershed Study of the East Branch Kayaderosseras and Sturdevant Creek near South Corinth, New York
  • William R. Foniri, GE ’04 – Using In Situ-Produced Cosmogenic 10Be to Determine Surface History of the Kofa Mountain Piedmont, Yuma, AZ
  • David O’Connor GE ’03 – Testing the Energy Budget Snowmelt Equation at Potash Mountain, New York