Darion Carden

darion Carden

Geoscientist

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expedition media

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Research

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geoscience references


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my name is darion.

A photo of me filming a segment for the June Lake field season in Fall 2016

A photo of me filming a segment for the June Lake field season in Fall 2016

I'm actively pursuing a career path in geosciences that allows me to apply my field experience with my educational and professional training in Geology.

I graduated from the University of Kentucky (UK) in May 2018 with bachelor's degrees in Geological Sciences, as well as GIS/Geography. While at UK, I acquired extensive training in field, laboratory, and computer-based geoscience, as well as skills in project management and communications.

Please click through this website I've developed to illustrate my academic, professional, and field experience.


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Coring & surveying june lake, ca

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ivory in Oman

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great bay sediment cores


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600 miles

continental divide trail

STARTING IN LATE MARCH OF 2019, I WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE MEXICO BORDER IN THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL. THIS WAS MY FIRST LONG DISTANCE BACKPACKING TRIP. I WOULD ULTIMATELY FINISH ~600 MILES SPANNING THE ENTIRE STATE BEFORE BEING CONFRONTED WITH DEEP SNOW AND PERILOUS MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO.


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Glacial Lacustrine studies

convict lake, CA

16,000 years of Environmental Change

LAKE SEDIMENT RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOCLIMATE AND VEGETATION CHANGE IN THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA


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The alaskan experience

fairbanks, AK

IN 2016, I WAS HIRED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA’S (GSA) GEOCORP PROGRAM AS A SOIL SCIENTIST IN THE OUTDOOR RECREATION MANAGEMENT TEAM.


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big bend

Big Bend National Park

JUST AFTER NEW YEARS 2020, WE DROVE FROM DALLAS TO BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND STAYED AT THE TERLINGUA RANCH BEFORE SETTING OFF ON A MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING TRIP ALONG THE OUTER MOUNTAIN LOOP TRAIL. FATE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS, BUT THAT JUST MADE THE TRIP ALL THE MORE INTERESTING!


Convict Lake: Fall 2016

Lunch break in Gunnison, Co. Field Camp Summer 2017.

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Denali National Park

Little Angel Falls. Near Escalante, Utah.

Students discussing. Field Camp Summer 2017. Gunnison, Colorado.

Oysters on the Pacific Coast Highway 101

Just outside of Denver. Driving west to Gunnison, Colorado.

Boulder, Utah.

Portland, Oregon.

Pacific Coast Highway 101

John Muir Wilderness

Somewhere in Nevada

Gunnison National Forest

White Mountains National Recreation Area (Central Alaska)