Geology Department s Presence at National Exposition is Rock Solid
Several students and faculty members from the University of Cincinnatis
recently gave presentations at the Geological Society of Americas Annual Meeting & Exposition.
The society encourages the professional growth of earth scientists in the academic, governmental and commercial sectors; and promotes the geosciences in the service to humankind and stewardship of Earth.
, which typically attracts around 6,000 attendees, was held Nov. 4-7 in Charlotte, N.C.
The presentations given, with names of
McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
students and faculty members in bold, were:
- Optically Stimulated Luminescence Chronology of Terraces of the Lower Ohio River valley: Implications for Quaternary Climate Change and Neotectonic Deformation,
Ron Counts
,
Madhav Murari
and
Lewis Owen
- Quantifying Decadal-scale Compositional Changes in Seagrass-associated Molluscan Assemblages Using Multi-year Census Data from Two Sites around St. Croix, USVI,
Kelsey Feser
and
Arnold Miller
- Geomorphic Response to Tectonic Activity within the Mecca Hills, California,
Harrison Gray
,
Lewis Owen
,
Craig Dietsch
,
Richard Beck
and S. Mahan
- Origins, Fransport, and Fate of Plant-derived Biomarkers in a Small River Catchment in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan,
Sharmila Giri
,
Aaron Diefendorf
and
Thomas Lowell
- Temporal Megabias: Latitudinal Controls on Time-averaging of Terrestrial Large Mammal Death Assemblages,
Joshua Miller
- Morphologic Variation as a Driver of Taxonomic Richness: Venerid Bivalves of the Indo-Pacific,
Gary Motz
- Development of a Silurian (Wenlock) Blastozoan-dominated Echinoderm Fauna in the Cincinnati Arch Region: Paleoenvironmental Control Over Faunal Anachronisms,
James Thomka
,
Carlton Brett
, W.I. Ausich, C.D. Sumrall and
David Meyer
- A New Eurypterid Lagerstätte from the Upper Silurian of Pennsylvania,
Matthew Vrazo
,
Carlton Brett
and J.M. Trop
- Laurentide Ice Sheet Behavior During the Younger Dryas: A Working Hypothesis and Implications,
Kent Walters
,
Thomas Lowell
and A.E. Putnam
Doctoral student
Julia Wise
also organized Session 188, Recent Advances in Geology & Health, with Motomu Ibaraki.
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