Geological Sciences Brings Research, Excellence to Annual GSA Meeting

Trey Klopfenstein ’18, Alex Nadas ’18, Jack Seeley ’18, Sarah Kogler ’18, Damian Nance, Mitch Brourman ’94, and Hanna Brourman ’18

Ohio University Geological Sciences faculty and students were a major presence at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting held Oct. 21-25 in Seattle.

Department members presented nine formal presentations authored by four faculty, four graduate students, and one undergraduate student. Faculty members also chaired two scientific sessions, presented an invited speech on career advice to student members of the Paleontological Society, participated as officers in society governance, and received career awards.

Special sessions were held in honor of Professor Emeritus Royal Mapes and the late Professor Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch. Current department members also connected with alumni and reinforced our shared love of Bobcat Geology.

OHIO Presentations at GSA

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL FIELD NOTEBOOKS FOR INCLUSIVE GEOSCIENCE COURSES

Haddock, A., Thatcher, S., O’Brien, M., Vinson, G., Todd, A.C., Sullivan, B., Miller, L.Z., Thomas, C., Kilpack, W., Morris, M., Whitmeyer, S., Atchison, C.L.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-304839

EFFECTS OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC CLIMATE TRANSITION ON SOIL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN, (MONONGAHELA AND DUNKARD GROUPS): EVIDENCE FROM ICHNOFOSSILS

Hembree, D.I. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-299619

HIGH FREQUENCY SEQUENCES WITHIN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN ALLENSVILLE MEMBER, LOGAN FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO

Klopfenstein, T., Nadon, G.C.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-306161

INFLUENCES OF MODERN PEDOGENESIS ON PALEOCLIMATE ESTIMATES FROM PENNSYLVANIAN AND PERMIAN PALEOSOLS, SOUTHEAST OHIO

Kogler, S., Hembree, D.I.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-302577

CHARACTERIZING DNAPL CONTAMINATION AND VAPOR INTRUSION IN DAYTON, OHIO

Nadas, A., Lee, E.S.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303637

THE INFLUENCE OF BIOEROSION ON TAPHONOMY – A CASE STUDY USING NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS

Seuss, B., Hembree, D.I., Wisshak, M., Mapes, R.H., Landman, N.H.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-294788

HOW IS BIODIVERSITY PRODUCED? MOVING FROM BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS TO SPECIATION PROCESSES DURING THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT

Stigall, A.L.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301746

A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF THE ALLEGHENY GROUP (LATE MOSCOVIAN) IN THE DISTAL APPALACHIAN BASIN

Stubbs, D.G., Nadon, G.C.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-306350

STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO FACILITATE INCLUSION IN FIELD ACTIVITIES

Thatcher, S., Vnson, G., Haddock, A., Todd, A.C., O’Brien, M., Pritchard, C.E., Sullivan, B., Miller, L.Z., Thomas, C., Kilpack, W., Morris, M., Whitmeyer, S., Atchison, C.L.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-304912