Kyle Nichols

Associate Professor, Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Hydrology
Email: knichols@skidmore.edu
Phone: (518) 580-5194
Office Location: Annex 113

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 66 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, Vermont
• 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, Arizona
• David O'Connor GE '03, Testing the Energy Budget Snowmelt Equation at Potash Mountain, New York