About

Dr. E. Kirsten Peters is a native of the rural Northwest, but was trained as
a geologist at Princeton and Harvard. She has studied field evidence of Ice
Age climate and catastrophes, as well as researched gold concentrations in
and around gold mines in the West. She’s taught college students off and on
for years, but now more of her time goes into writing about all branches of
science and engineering. Questions about science or energy for future Rock
Docs can be sent to epeters@wsu.edu. This column is a service of the College
of Sciences at Washington State University.