Research

Ohio University Geological Sciences graduate student Sarah Starkey presented a poster on “Determining the Extent of Hothouse Climate Effects on the Jurassic Silica Cycle” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her co-author was Dr. David Kidder, Associate Professor of Geological […]

Dr. Damian Nance presented “Genesis of the Supercontinent Cycle” in October at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nance is Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. His co-author was Brendan Murphy of the Department of Earth Sciences at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, […]

Ohio University Geological Sciences graduate student Michael Blair presented “A Paleopedological and Ichnological Approach to Spatial and Temporal Variability in Pennsylvanian-Permian Strata in the Lower Dunkard Group, West Virginia” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of American in Vancouver, British Columbia. His co-author was Dr. Daniel […]

Dr. Daniel Hembree presented “Paleosols and Ichnofossils of the Monongahela and Dunkard Groups: A Multi-Proxy Approach to Understanding Late Paleozoic Terrestrial Landscapes” in October at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hembree is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. His co-author was Ohio […]

Ohio University student Joshua Richardson presented a poster on “Investigating Heat Flow Through a Flooded Coal Mine Complex for Heat Pump Applications” in October at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. His co-author was Dr. Dina Lopez, Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences at Ohio […]

Geological Sciences graduate student Sam Miller presented a poster on “Treating Metals in Acid Mine Drainage Using Slow-Release Hydrogen Peroxide” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. His co-authors were Young-Wook Chung and Yongje Kim of the Korea Institute of Geoscience […]

Ohio University geology alum Jennifer Bauer ’14MS presented a paper on “Phylogenetic Paleobiogeography of Late Ordovician Laurentian Brachiopods” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of American in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bauer is now a Ph.D. candidate with the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at the University […]