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Benjamin Rodriguez
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Mentor: Karl Karlstrom, PhD

Project: 40Ar/39Ar detrital sanidine geochronology and bedrock incision investigation of paleo-river terraces on the Jemez River at Soda Dam

About Benjamin Rodriguez

I am researching the bedrock incision history of the Jemez River in northern New Mexico. From argon geochronology of river clasts and sands, I hope to test and refine April Tafoya's proposed incision rate of 195 meters per million years and better understand the evolution of the river and the neotectonic forces that drive increased rates of river incision.