Kyle Nichols

Department Chair / Associate Professor - Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Hydrology
Email: knichols@skidmor.edu
Phone: (518) 580-5194
Office Location: Dana 184

WEBSITE: http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/~knichols/

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. 2002 - Natural Resources, University of Vermont
• M.S. 2000 - Geology, University of Vermont
• B.S. 1996 - Geological Sciences, University of Washington
  

• 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 - 166: Human Interaction with the Landscape (in holding - maybe taught as a First Year Seminar)
• ES 105: Field Studies in Environmental Science (Spring semesters)

• 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, VT
• 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, AZ
• David O’Connor GE ’03 – Testing the Energy Budget Snowmelt Equation at Potash Mountain, New York