Texas Geosciences
May 8, 2017
Daniella Rempe: Tracking Water in the Critical Zone
By Anton Caputo and Monica Kortsha Somewhere between the ground we walk on and the bedrock below lies a murky area that’s not quite soil…
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April 12, 2017
AAPG Celebrates Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology
By Monica Kortsha From almost the very beginning of its founding 100 years ago, women have been a part of the American Association of Petroleum…
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April 5, 2017
UT Scientists Monitor Country’s First Commercial CO2 Sequestration Operation
By Anton Caputo Deep underneath an old Texas oil field in Jackson County, science and economics have come together to achieve something unique. For the…
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February 14, 2017
Taxidermy for Paleontologists
By Monica Kortsha The life of a paleontologist doesn’t always mean working with rock-encased fossils. Sometimes specimens can be downright fluffy. Last week Becky Desjardins,…
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December 20, 2016
UT Fossil Collections Bring Big Cat to Life
By Monica Kortsha Heroically posed men and horses commemorate the past 200 years of Texas history on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Go…
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October 31, 2016
Digging up geology’s spooky side
The geosciences are spookier than your introduction to petrology class may have let on. Some geological formations are said to be haunted by ghosts, while…
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October 25, 2016
Dino-sized Outreach
Jackson School Assistant Professor Rowan Martindale shares how her lab participated in the Hot Science, Cool Talks community science fair. Check out more posts from Rowan…
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June 24, 2016
Summer Fieldwork with JSG Professor Rowan Martindale
This summer JSG Professor Rowan Martindale and graduate student Nick Ettinger traveled to Morocco and Slovenia to look for Early Jurassic rocks, specifically those from the…
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May 16, 2016
Some Thoughts from Back Home
I returned to Austin, Texas on Saturday night. But I want to write one more post to sum up my thoughts on reporting from Mexico…
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May 14, 2016
No Core Today, But Plenty of History
Today on the ferry to L/B Myrtle the drill manager came to me and my co-travellers with bad news. The drill bit had worn out…
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May 8, 2017
Daniella Rempe: Tracking Water in the Critical Zone
By Anton Caputo and Monica Kortsha Somewhere between the ground we walk on and the bedrock below lies a murky area that’s not quite soil…
Read MoreApril 12, 2017
AAPG Celebrates Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology
By Monica Kortsha From almost the very beginning of its founding 100 years ago, women have been a part of the American Association of Petroleum…
Read MoreApril 5, 2017
UT Scientists Monitor Country’s First Commercial CO2 Sequestration Operation
By Anton Caputo Deep underneath an old Texas oil field in Jackson County, science and economics have come together to achieve something unique. For the…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2017
Taxidermy for Paleontologists
By Monica Kortsha The life of a paleontologist doesn’t always mean working with rock-encased fossils. Sometimes specimens can be downright fluffy. Last week Becky Desjardins,…
Read MoreDecember 20, 2016
UT Fossil Collections Bring Big Cat to Life
By Monica Kortsha Heroically posed men and horses commemorate the past 200 years of Texas history on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Go…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2016
Digging up geology’s spooky side
The geosciences are spookier than your introduction to petrology class may have let on. Some geological formations are said to be haunted by ghosts, while…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2016
Dino-sized Outreach
Jackson School Assistant Professor Rowan Martindale shares how her lab participated in the Hot Science, Cool Talks community science fair. Check out more posts from Rowan…
Read MoreJune 24, 2016
Summer Fieldwork with JSG Professor Rowan Martindale
This summer JSG Professor Rowan Martindale and graduate student Nick Ettinger traveled to Morocco and Slovenia to look for Early Jurassic rocks, specifically those from the…
Read MoreMay 16, 2016
Some Thoughts from Back Home
I returned to Austin, Texas on Saturday night. But I want to write one more post to sum up my thoughts on reporting from Mexico…
Read MoreMay 14, 2016
No Core Today, But Plenty of History
Today on the ferry to L/B Myrtle the drill manager came to me and my co-travellers with bad news. The drill bit had worn out…
Read More