Two new Undergraduate Research Projects available with Jared Freiburg at the ISGS:

  1. The origin of giant barite crystals in the Mississippi Valley, Iowa (would likely require sulfur isotope analysis and maybe fluid inclusion analysis work)
  2. The cause and significance of fluorescent/phosphorescent barite in the Mississippi Valley, Iowa (detailed LA-MICPMS elemental work on a variety of fluorescent and non-fluorescent barites)

Advisor: Jared Freiburg (ISGS) freiburg@illinois.edu