2010 AWG Brunton Award
Rose Feinstein
AWG takes great pleasure in announcing Rose Feinstein as the 2010 AWG Brunton Award recipient. Rose is working on her M.S. in geology at University of Houston concentrating on Quaternary stream morphology. She is expected to complete her degree in 2012. She received her BS in geology at University of Arkansas in 2010. 
Rose’s research is a field-based study focused on Quaternary fluvial geomorphology of headwater Rocky Mountain streams. The objective of this project is to focus on the role of blow-down related large woody debris in headwater stream channel morpology. The source of the large wood for this study is a severe storm that occurred in 1997. The study is unique in that it is able to focus on a large-magnitude, low frequency event that caused massive loading of LWD into streams. This study will compare geomorphological data collected 11 years ago to the present channel conditions of three headwater streams in the Routt National Forest. While the original study of 2000 focused on determining the quantity and type of new blowdown-related LWD, this study will attempt to study its affect on channel morphology. Fieldwork will be conducted using a total station to survey channel morphology, and results will be analyzed using GIS.
The AWG Brunton Award promotes the future of field mapping and data acquisition for the upcoming generation of women geoscientists. It is awarded to a female geoscience student at the senior level or beginning their graduate studies who has been a summer intern, excelled at field camp, or performed field data collection that will lead to a senior or graduate thesis.
The award is funded by:
