Post Tagged with: "Keith Milam"

Milam Presents ‘An Assessment of Shock Metamorphism in Breccias from the Howell Structure’

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Dr. Keith Milam presented “An Assessment of Shock Metamorphism in Breccias from the Howell Structure, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. Milam is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. His co-authors were Tim Henderson […]

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November 5, 2014 at 9:25 amResearch

Tim Henderson Presents Poster on Shocked Dolomite from Kentland Impact Structure

Ohio University undergraduate student Tim Henderson presented a poster on “Initial XRD Analyses of Silurian Carbonates from the Central Peak of the Kentland Impact Structure, Newton  County, Indiana, USA” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. His co-author was Dr. Keith […]

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November 4, 2014 at 3:11 pmResearch

Eric Gibbs Presents Poster on Evidence of Shock Metamorphism at Jeptha Knob

Ohio University Geological Sciences undergraduate student Eric W. Gibbs presented a poster on “An Assessment of Peak Broadening in XRD Spectra from Limestones of the Jeptha Knob Structure, Shelby County, KY,” in October at the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. His co-author was Dr. Keith Milam, Associate […]

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November 4, 2014 at 3:03 pmResearch

Looking for the Shock that Changed the Rock

Breccia sample from the Howell Structure in Tennessee (Milam)

When geologists wanted to test drilling equipment for an Apollo mission in the 1960s, they used a crater in Tennessee. Fifty years later, those samples are providing Dr. Keith Milam a look back into a ancient time when meteorites pummeled the Earth. “Back when Wisconsin and western Russia once shared […]

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November 4, 2014 at 2:23 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Field Camp 2014 Students Learn to ‘See’ the Geology—& Continue Snowball Fight Tradition

Field Camp 2014 Students Learn to ‘See’ the Geology—& Continue Snowball Fight Tradition

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Somewhere between West Virginia and Bighorn Basin, students developed the essential ability to “see” the geology. The summer of 2014 saw another successful edition of the Ohio University Field Camp, with 15 students and four faculty. Starting in West Virginia, and Chili at Dr. Green’s […]

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October 13, 2014 at 12:01 pmIn Class

Milam Presents on Jeptha Knob and Lunar Pit Craters

Ohio University faculty made an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Michael Fox & Dr. Keith Milam presented on AN ASSESSMENT OF SHOCK METAMORPHISM IN THE JEPTHA KNOB STRUCTURE:  A SUSPECTED COMPLEX CRATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. […]

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November 4, 2013 at 4:09 pmResearch