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The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Michal Kowalewski on “Tales Told by Dead Shells: Paleobiological Approaches to Historical Ecology and Conservation” on Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. in 245 Walter Hall. Kowalewski is the John L. and Beverly A. Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Kenneth Brown on “Crystals as archives into Igneous systems and processes: exploring potassium feldspar megacrysts in granites and granodiorites” on Nov. 17 at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Brown is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Geology at the West Virginia University Department of Geology […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Lindsey Schafer and Frederick Twumasi, Geological Sciences graduate students discussing their research on Dec. 1 at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Schafer presents “Statistical analysis of mining parameters to create empirical models to predict mine pool formation in underground coal mines” Abstract:  Mines are […]

Dr. Alycia Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences, is the North American leader of the International Geoscience Programme Project 653: The Onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, which is funded by UNESCO and built around the concept that engaging the greatest diversity of scientists collaboratively on a key scientific issue […]

Fourteen undergraduate students in Dr. Keith Milam’s mineralogy class traveled to Virginia to visit an urban rock quarry and decipher the rocks that hold clues to the geology of Eastern North America. For many of the students, this was their first chance to use in the field what they’ve been […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents John Senko on “Fe(III) reducing bacteria and the formation of ‘iron ore caves’” on Oct. 6 at 4:10 pm in Clippinger 205. Senko is an Associate Professor of Geosciences at the University of Akron. Abstract: The Quadrilatero Ferrifero (Iron Quadrangle) of Brazil contains extensive […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Joel Barker on “What’s old is new again:  Using Arctic mummified forests to predict climate” on Oct. 13 at 4:10 pm in Clippinger 205. Barker is an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth Science at The Ohio State University. Abstract: The climate that […]