The senior Geoscience majors will present their research at the 38th annual Geoscience Day.
Where: IUP, Weyandt Hall Planetarium
When: April 27, 2012
Geoscience Day 2012 Program (PDF)
Presentation Schedule
- 8:20 a.m. Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Steve Hovan
- Session 1: Oceanography, Geology, and Climate
- 8:30 a.m. Mike Russo: Biogenic silica Digestion Methods: Assessing the Impact on the Eolian Dust Record
- 8:45 a.m. Caz Bejgar: Utility of Conodonts for Refining the Age of the Upper Stonehenge Transgression and Basal Nittany Regression in the Central Appalachians
- 9:00 a.m. Mike Deemer: Thermal Alteration of Johnston Site Lithic Materials
- 9:15 a.m. Stephen Norair: Stream Discharge Trends and Patterns Within the Great Lakes Region
- 9:30 a.m. Renee Heldman: Comparing Lake and Soil Geochemistry to Understand Limitations on Biology in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
- Session 2: Environment and Energy
- 10:00 a.m. Tyson Milbrand: Preliminary Stream Site Characterization for Quaker Run, SCRA Site 19
- 10:15 a.m. Josh Putt: Effects of a Natural Wetland on Abandoned Mine Drainage on the North Fork of the Twolick Creek Watershed - Commodore, PA
- 10:30 a.m. Heather McGinnis: Analysis of Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) Impacts on Bear Run, Indiana, County PA, During Times of Abnormally High Precipitation in 2011
- 10:45 a.m. Jason Wolfe: Surface Water Quality of Beaver Run Reservoir Due to Marcellus Gas-Shale Drilling
- 11:00 a.m. Pat Boyle: Basin-Wide Synthesis of Thermal Maturation Indices of the Paleozoic Appalachian Basin
- 11:15 a.m. Alumni Lecture: Steve Smith ('01), Geodetic Earth Scientist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- His talk will focus on his research on Alaskan volcanos: "Chronologic Multisensor Assessment for Mount Cleveland, Alaska from 2000-2000 Focusing on the 2001 Eruption"
- His talk will focus on his research on Alaskan volcanos: "Chronologic Multisensor Assessment for Mount Cleveland, Alaska from 2000-2000 Focusing on the 2001 Eruption"