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Lauren Johnson Presents ‘Burrows of Terrestrial Anurans: Neoichnology of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad’

Ohio University undergraduate student Lauren Johnson presented a paper on “Burrows of Terrestrial Anurans: Neoichnology of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad, Scaphiopus Holbrooki” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of American in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her co-author was Dr. Daniel Hembree, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at […]

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November 4, 2014 at 7:42 pmResearch

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

Sarah Maj Presents Poster on Role of Irons Oxidation, Preciptation Aluminum & Iron Minerals in Acid Mine Drainage Recovery

Geological Sciences graduate student Sarah Maj presented a poster on “Role of Irons Oxidation and Preciptation Aluminum and Iron Minerals in the Recovery of an Acid Mine Drainage Remediated Stream: Hewett Fork, Ohio” at the October annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia Her co-authors […]

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November 4, 2014 at 2:51 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

Geology Colloquium: Strack and Grimaldi Present Their Research, Oct. 31

The Department of Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Cody Strack and David Grimaldi, Geological Sciences graduate students, presenting their research on Oct. 31 at 4:05 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Upcoming Colloquia Jen Bowman, Mitch Brourman, Lisa DeRose and Liz Graybill talk about the Geological Sciences Alumni Board on Nov. 7 at […]

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October 31, 2014 at 3:40 pmEvents

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

By Elizabeth Gierlowski-­Kordesch Argentina Blog, Oct. 15, 2014 Over 900 paleontologists gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Mendoza for a week-long gala of talks, discussions, short courses, workshops, field trips, and poster sessions. I am a sedimentologist (studying sediments and sedimentary rocks), but fossils are found in sedimentary rocks and […]

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October 27, 2014 at 1:55 pmNews