Several members of the Union College community were prominently featured in the October-December 2005 Journal of Quaternary Science. Donald T. Rodbell, professor of geology and director of environmental studies, was guest editor for the issue, which was dedicated to the memory of his friend and colleague, Geoff Seltzer.
A former Syracuse University professor, Seltzer died of cancer in January 2005. The special issue focused on glacial geology and palaeoclimate records from the Americas.
The article, “Comparing Reconstructed Pleistocene Equilibrium-line Altitudes in the Tropical Andes of Central Peru,” was co-authored by Rodbell and Seltzer with Jacqueline A. Smith, a postdoctoral teaching and research fellow in the geology department, and Joan Ramage, a former visiting professor of geology at Union.
Nick Balascio '01 authored a piece titled, “Equilibrium-line Altitudes During the Last Glacial Maximum Across the Brooks Range, Alaska.” Rodbell, Smith and Seltzer also contributed a number of other articles to the publication