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鈥攎aybe 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