Four Wichita State students presented their research at the National Geological Society of America meeting Sept. 22-25 in Anaheim, California.
- Mitch Baker, graduate student in earth, environmental and physical science
- Jack Dalton, graduate student in earth, environmental and physical science
- Ricky Nichols, senior in geology and secondary education in earth and space science
- Makenna Roths, senior in geology and honors baccalaureate
The students were accompanied by faculty researchers Dr. Will Parcell, chair and associate professor of geology, and Julia Schwartz, assistant educator in geology.
The group presented the following publications (* indicates student):
- Parcell, W., Baker, M.*, Dalton, J*., Nichols, J*., Schwartz, J., 2024, Influence of paleotopography and active basement structures on depositional patterns, Middle to Late Jurassic, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Schwartz, J., Baker, M.*, Dalton, J*., Nichols, J*., Parcell, W., 2024, Stratigraphic analysis of the cretaceous eagle coal in Elk Basin Wyoming with XRD and XRF. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Roths, M.*, Parcell, 2024, Analysis of geoscience education techniques within the National Park Service. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Nichols, J*., Parcell, Schwartz, J., 2024, The search for rare earth elements (REES) in lignite coal seams with X-ray diffraction (XRD): A case study from the Cretaceous Eagle Formation, Elk Basin, Park County, Wyoming, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Dalton, J*., Baker, M.*, Nichols, J*., Parcell, W., Schwartz, J., 2024, Stratigraphic significance of a bentonite unit in the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, northeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Baker, M.*, Parcell, W., 2024, Convergent philosophies: using geology and biology to describe microbialite paleoenvironments. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.
- Baker, M.*, Dalton, J*., Nichols, J*., Parcell, W., Schwartz, J., 2024, Microbialite mystery: characterizing development of microbialites in the Jurassic strata of Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54.