Tag: Department of Geological Sciences
December 4, 2017
Trickle-down is the Solution (to the Planetary Core Formation Problem)
Scientists have long pondered how rocky bodies in the solar system—including our own Earth—got their metal cores. According to research conducted by The University of…
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Brian Horton First to Receive SEPM Dickinson Medal
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Brian Horton is the inaugural recipient of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) William R. Dickinson Award. The award, which…
Read MoreJuly 17, 2017
Fossil Site Shows Impact of Early Jurassic’s Low Oxygen Oceans
Using a combination of fossils and chemical markers, scientists have tracked how a period of globally low ocean-oxygen turned an Early Jurassic marine ecosystem into…
Read MoreJuly 5, 2017
Ancient Animal Thought to be First Air Breather on Land Loses Claim to Fame
Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s…
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Stalagmites and Rodent Bones Record Signs of Ice Age Texas
By Monica Kortsha Inner Space Cavern is a fossil hot spot. Thanks to sinkholes that exposed the cave to the surface during the last Ice…
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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 MoreMay 5, 2017
Water Plays a Vital Role in Formation of Earth’s Crust
May 1 (UPI) — New research suggests water penetrates deep into the crust and upper mantle to cool rock and facilitate crust formation at mid-ocean…
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Rock Samples Indicate Water is Key Ingredient for Crust Formation
By examining the cooling rate of rocks that formed more than 10 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, scientists led by The University of Texas at…
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…
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