The senior Geoscience majors will present their research at the 39th annual Geoscience Day.
Where: IUP, Weyandt Hall Planetarium
When: May 3, 2013
Geoscience Day 2013 Program (PDF)
Presentation Schedule
- 7:50 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Steve Hovan
- Session 1: Paleontology and Astronomy
- 8:00 - John Kearney: Refinement of Species within the Lower Ordovician Trilobite Genus Bellefontia
- 8:15 - Joy Kiefer: Species Diversity of the Early Ordovician Trilobite Genus Paraplethopeltis in the Manitou Formation of Colorado
- 8:30 - James Harley: Defining the Time Interval for the Formation of Pedestal Craters on Mars
- 8:45 - Nicole Mountain: Investigating the Seasons: A New Model in Science Teaching
- 9:00 - Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
- Session 2: Sedimentology and Structure
- 9:15 - Kellie Kerner: Sedimentary Analysis of the Black River Bay
- 9:30 - Erin McGowan: GIS Analysis of Bathymetric Data and Accumulation Rates in Yellow Creek Lake
- 9:45 - Matthew Toland: 3D Interpretation of Mass Transport Deposits on the East Scotian Slope, Canada
- 10:00 - Daniel O'Hara: Slip Partitioning Offshore Southeast Taiwan and Southward Propagation of the Longitudinal Valley Fault: Evidence from Focal Mechanism Strain Inversions
- 10:15 - Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
- Session 3: Energy and the Environment
- 10:30 - Aaron Blair: Stream Remediation as an Essential Component to Healthy Watersheds
- 10:45 - Adam Quinn: Correlating Levels of Salt and Metal Contamination in Beaver Run Reservoir to Hydraulic Fracturing of Nearby Marcellus Drill Site Locations
- 11:00 - Zachary Carr: Total Dissolved Solids in Twolick Creek Watershed
- 11:15 - Aaron Brownley: Unconventional Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Comparing the Utica and Marcellus Shales
- 11:30 - Anthony Vaiana: Estimating the Amount of Total Organic Carbon in Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin Using Wireline Logs: A Case Study from Eastern Kentucky
- 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
- 1:00-2:00 p.m. - Alumni Lecture: Scott McCallum ('00), EQT Production
- His talk will focus on his work with the Marcellus Shale: "Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Marcellus Shale"