Michelle M. Gavel
Education and/or Training
M.S. 2019, New Mexico State University, Geology
B.S. 2016, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Geological Sciences
Projects and/or Research Interests
After previous positions as graduate intern for the Energy section and geologist on the Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project, Michelle joined the Minerals section in 2020. She has a research background in tectonics, low temperature thermochronology, and geochronology. She enjoys being a GIS project support person for the section, collaborating on bedrock mapping projects, and doing summer field work.
Selected Publications
- Gavel, M.M., Twelker, Evan, Wypych, Alicja, Naibert, T.J., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., Wildland, A.D., Barrera, M.L., Biegel, J.N., Harvey, D.A., Ketcham, R.A., Muller, I.P., and Regan, S.P., 2023, Field station locations and magnetic susceptibility data for the Chena-Pogo and Mount Harper projects, Big Delta and Circle quadrangles, Alaska, collected June-September 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-27, 3 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31096
- Gavel, M.M., Regan, S.P., Holland, Mark, Wildland, A.D., Wypych, Alicja, Naibert, T.J., and Twelker, Evan, 2023, U-Pb zircon geochronology of bedrock samples collected in the Eagle and Tanacross quadrangles, eastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2023-2, 38 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31013
- Gavel, M.M., Twelker, Evan, Wypych, Alicja, Naibert, T.J., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., Wildland, A.D., Barrera, M.L., Blackwell, N.J., Fessenden, S.N., Harvey, D.A., and Muller, I.P., 2023, Field station locations and magnetic susceptibility data collected in 2022 for the Mount Harper project, Eagle, Big Delta, and Mount Hayes quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-6, 3 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30963
- Wypych, Alicja, Gavel, M.M., Naibert, T.J., Avirett, D.F., Barrera, M.L., Hubbard, A.K., Newberry, R.J., Regan, S.P., Twelker, Evan, Wildland, A.D., and Wyatt, W.C., 2022, Geochemical data from samples collected in 2021 for the Taylor Mountain project, Tanacross and Eagle quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2022-4, 3 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30843
- Gavel, M.M., Wypych, Alicja, Naibert, T.J., Avirett, D.F., Barrera, M.L., Hubbard, A.K., Newberry, R.J., Regan, S.P., Twelker, Evan, Wildland, A.D., and Wyatt, W.C., 2022, Field station locations and magnetic susceptibility data collected in 2020 and 2021 for the Western Tanacross project, Tanacross and Eagle quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2022-3, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30838
- Gavel, M.M., Wypych, Alicja, Naibert, T.J., Avirett, D.F., Barrera, M.L., Hubbard, A.K., Newberry, R.J., Regan, S.P., Twelker, Evan, Wildland, A.D., and Wyatt, W.C., 2022, Field station locations and magnetic susceptibility data collected in 2021 for the Taylor Mountain project, Tanacross and Eagle quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2022-2, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30837
- Gavel, M.M., and Hubbard, T.D., comp., 2021, Digital data addendum: Analytical data and field observations from surficial geology and morphology of the Alaskan central Arctic Coastal Plain, 1981-1987, in Rawlinson, S.E., Surficial geology and morphology of the Alaskan central Arctic Coastal Plain: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 93-1A, 6 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30670
