Robert P. Lyons

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISSTANT

Lacustrine Rift Basin Research Program

Senior Honors Thesis:

Sequence Stratigraphy, Mass Wasting, Erosion, and Deposition: A Late Quaternary History of Skaneateles Lake, New York

 

 

Department of Earth Sciences
204 Heroy Geology Laboratory
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1070 USA

Lab: 315.443.4334
Fax: 315.443.3363
Email: :rplyons@syr.edu


 

 

Education

 

Bachelors in Music and Geology

Syracuse University, Syracuse NY

Expected May 2004

 

 

Research Interests

Primary: Seismic Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis, Geomorphology, Lacustrine Systems, GIS Analysis

Secondary: Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology

 

Technical Knowledge

 

Operating Systems      Windows 95/98/NT/2000,

Platforms                     IBM-PC

UNIX Applications      Landmark Graphics (OpenWorks, SeisWorks 2/3D

                                     Promax, Zmap Plus)

PC Applications           Office XP, Corel Draw, ArcView, Arc GIS, Canvas

Equipment                    EdgeTech Sub-bottom Profiling Systems, GPS Navigation

Other Field Tools         Sedimentary Properties Analyses

 

Professional Experience

 

Research Assisstant                                            05/01 to Present

Syracuse University

Department of Earth Sciences

Syracuse, New York

Field Experience

 

Skaneateles Lake high-resolution seismic survey, summers 2001 and 2002

Cayuga and Seneca Lake NYSERDA deep seismic survey, fall 2002