Geology

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  • When Art and Science Meet: A Geology Museum Update

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    Last summer, local artist Kay Helms spent a day with Laura and her summer research students in the field.  Some of the photographs she took became part of a traveling Smithsonian exhibit at the Nicollet County Historical Society focused on water.  Now, the photos hang in the Chester A. Johnson Geology Museum on the first…

  • Welcome Dr. Andrew Haveles!

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    This year, Julie is serving as an Associate Provost and Dean of Sciences and Education.  Thankfully, Dr. Andrew Haveles has joined our team for the year!  He’ll be teaching Sedimentary Systems (commonly known as Sed/Strat) and Evolution of the Earth, in addition to some Our Planet labs. Andrew has done fascinating research on small mammal…

  • My Life as a Martian Rover: Part II

    My Life as a Martian Rover: Part II

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    Ruby Schauffler (Geology ’17) recently spent a few days with scientists from NASA, the Planetary Science Institute and several universities testing equipment that will be installed on the next Martian rover.  Here is the second installment of her field report. Field Day 2 (4/20/16) Today I started at waypoint 4 and was to look at…

  • My Life as a Martian Rover: Part I

    My Life as a Martian Rover: Part I

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    ltriplet

    This April, Ruby Schauffler (Geology, ’17) spent a week in the field with a team of scientists from NASA, the Planetary Science Institute, and several universities.  They were in the Utah desert testing options for how the next Mars rover, scheduled to launch in 2020, will collect geological samples to look for signs of life. …

  • Laura around the world: A report from sabbatical

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    ltriplet

    Greetings Geology people and friends! I am on sabbatical this year and I thought you might be interested to know what, exactly, I’ve been doing.  I’ve had some adventures, some deadlines, and overall a very productive and reflective year so far.  Things I have learned (or re-learned): 1.  A LOT of scientists are interested in…

  • Alumni spotlights: Todd Kremmin (’12) and Jeff Allen (’13)

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    TODD KREMMIN went to work for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Houston, Texas, immediately following graduation.  He became a Senior Geosteering Technologist, searching for oil in the famously productive sedimentary rocks of south and west Texas.  Todd’s job was to “steer” the drill bit into the right stratigraphic layer deep underground, and keep it there as it…

  • Student Spotlights: Russell Krueger (’17) and Caitlin Clause (’18)

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    RUSS KRUEGER declared as a Geology major in 2015, and he continues to take upper-level courses in physics, chemistry and mathematics because he loves the challenge.  In 2015, Russ won the prestigious Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  He attended an orientation this summer, and will receive tuition stipends for two…

  • Semester in Sweden: Geology on the Rocks

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    ltriplet

    This semester, a troop of Gusties is trekking around Sweden under the leadership of Jeff and Maria Jeremiason.  On the trip are two Geo majors (and I hear rumors of a newly-recruited third??); below is a missive from Ruby Schaufler (Geology, ’17) and Lindsey Reiners (Geology, ’17). But first, here are Ruby and Lindsey with…

  • Gusties at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco

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    ltriplet

    In December, Gusties presented posters about climate change, silica and stromatolites at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco.  Nearly 24,000 geoscientists attended this 5-day conference, making it the largest of its kind in the world! Rachel Mohr (’16 Geology) and Russ Krueger (’17 Geology) presented a poster titled “The…

  • Julie Bartley’s stromatolite work makes the cover of journal Geobiology

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    Julie Bartley with coauthors Linda Kah, Tracy Frank, and Tim Lyons published a paper in the journal Geobiology. The article is titled “Deep-water microbialites of the Mesoproterozoic Dismal Lakes Group: microbial growth, lithification, and implications for coniform stromatolites,” also made the cover of the January issue of the journal. This research, based on fieldwork in…