Dear Friends andAlumni

1wa told on tim b ahigh-ranking admini "tratoron campu" that ien'e'i" ne of the 010 t u ce "ful1'partment on ampu", l:lit in'ontra't to the other 'uc 'efullepartment, eo" ienu -, .. i "all a'r the b ard.n

hen 1 in~uirel ab utwhath' really 01 ant, he repli 1eo iences ha" th right L I-

an 'e between rigorou" du a-ti nal and vigor u re ear hprograrn.. or onl ' that, butthe C)t1 ntration area' inH'lgoing fun 1 1 r'"ead) in the1 partment are quite varie 1,"0\' ring th e. iting exp rtiin the d 'p~1rtm nt. hat hewa' trying to 'a i the t ju'tat out ev r fa "ulty meml: er

in the department i d ina hir her part when it me to

developing an active re ear hpr gram in hi I her area fe p rti e,

1 uld not agree more,our fa ul managed over theear to develop agare ive andwell-funded program in ju tabout ever di ipline, in ba inanal i, environmental e -hemi try, ngineering aeoland carbon eque trati n. Thnumber f publi ation (45) inrefereed j urnal , and pre enta-ti n" (7 ) b ur fa ulty andtudent in regi nal, nati nal,and international 01 eting at-t t t th re ear h productivityof thi department.

Regard Ie of whi h prgram ( e I gy, H 'dr ge I gy,

h mi tr , phy i ),ur graduating tudent c m-

plete 1, h r he kn w thatwell-paid and hallenging j bare \: aiting for th m up ngraduati n even at thi dif-fi ult e n mi time. W allknow thi' i n t the a fortudent graduating fr motherdi' ipline or from eol gy de-partment el e\: here. 1wouldlike t believe that our educa-tional and re arch programare l:alan ed and unique in

many wa ; th a:l quat Iv r the ientifi fundamen-

tal, and tea h the tudent th"know h w" when it ome tapplied re ear h. Th mpet-ina proaram acro the nation,a we all knm , tend t preparetudent t j in the academirank r to \: rk f, r th in-du try. In a nut hell, tudentare oetting th r dential andkill th n d t mp te f, rand ecur their dr am j b ,reaardle f th nature f thejob beina ouahr.

Enrollment upWhit enr llment in

the univer ity ha ufferedfr 01 the ec n mic trainon Mi hiaan' con m ,tudent have b n lining upt g t in ur proaram. ejumped fr m 7 maj r" in th2 7-2 academi9 maj r in 2thi ear w ha e 12 under-graduate rudent enrolled.F rty one graduate ru1entar enr lied-up from la tyear. Thi all refle t nfi-den e fr m th tudent in urprogram and we feel proud ofit. ur apable undergraduateadvi or, Mi h lie Kominz, waalwa there for ur "tudent ,

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mentoring them, an wering their inquirie andkeeping them in line. Mi helle i , de 1i atedscienti t who never 10 t track of what i reallirnportant, the tudent. This is why he wa,elected to b our undergraduat advi or andone of the rea on he \ a awarded the de-partmental appre iation award. he hared theaward with Heather Pet ovi who wa able toecure multiple F grant with olleagu fromthe Mallin on In titute and th 0 partment ofeography.Man award were be towe 1 on our fa ulty

in recognition to th ir achievement and role,Mike rammer won the Em rging holarAwar 1, Bill Harri on and ave Barne , theAAPG Public ervice ward, and th' 2ut tanding eologi t ward from the AlP ,

re pe tively. Bill and Linda Harri on re eivedre ognition from the olleg of rt an 1 1-

ence with, ean' raff and Faculty ppr ia-tion ward. Their commitment and dedicatic nto the d velopm nt of the M RRE facility hanot gone unnoti ed.

The 1epartm nt continu d to build itfacilitie, aria and Heather e tabli hed a newge chemi al lab in Roc d Hall u ing F an IWM fund pecified for in tructional purpo -e ,Dan a idy built hi new lal in Haeni ke,and an R and I were a quired. In additionome 25 new computer were bought u ino( P) Di tril ut>d omputer Plan funds torepla e the old omputer lab in Wood.

Researchur re earch group now en ompa '

three Ph.D. tudent, Zhana aginta ev,Mohamed Ahme 1, and Talal Al Harbi; threema tel' tudent: ]inal Kothari, e Becker, andDal Daile; two computer cienti t : Raj' hBalekai and Ben Welton an I a enior re ear hcienti t, bm Milew ki. We have ongoingproje t in Paki ran and inai I' late 1 to tha e ment of the groundwater potential in the,re, that ar funded b the Al and T,re pectively.

We are working on a A A funded proj tover the ubian Aquifer in E Africa to a ethe utili of RA E data for extra ting h dro-geol gi b enTation from GRA E dara, and

we srarted a pil )t ,tud in the Mojm'e desert toe amin' whether th dextral fault 'yst'ms in th>area could lea 'ti ng a ond u its for grou nd wa-ter tran'pc rt. ur re'ent finding: were present-ed in over 15 talks b m mlers of our re:ear'hteam in various national and internationalplatforms and weI" ummari: 'd in four n '\\'article' that appeare I in Holo'ene,]. H '/rol-ogy,]. reat Lak's Resear'h, and omputers ineo cien es.

MGRRE ProgressM RRE 'ontinu" to blossom, K-12 ac-

tivities Ie I b Mike and usan rammer hm'ebrought ,omc 25 students to the facility.ave Barne' i' becoming the 'rate e, pert on

i 'u' pertaining to carbon sequestration inMi 'higan. The have been luite succe,sful at-tra ting stud 'nt' an 1 considerallc funding tothe fa ility. Linda and Bill Harrison continue topia a pivotal role in the fa 'i1ity an 1 hm'e nowa luired 'om' p 'rcent of the :edimenrar 'ore' available in the 'rate of Michigan.

Alumniur lum and friend are the extension

of thi department, the' aI" the loyal sons an 1bughter of th >Department of eoscience:.The dvi 'or oun iI is a te'rament to thededi ation of a group of \"ry 10 al graduates.Man of our alum' and all the ouncil mem-bers continue to e tend a helping hand.

The show up at the fall and spring meet-ings, participate in our recruitment initiatives,g) on cur Hel1 trips, and m 'ntor )ur student .We want to conne 't with all of our alums, soplea 'e update your information on our wd site(wv.'W.wmich.edu/geolol-,l), alumni_form.htm).The 'pring banquet is our large't gath 'ring, 0

mark your alen 1ar for Friday, pril 2 . We willbe looking for you during WI' upcoming springbanquet to meet with our stu !ents and facultyand to learn al out your achievement'.

1'0 do not forget to visit our Facd ook(Friend lumni of M Departm 'nt of'0' iences) that is now run b' one of our

alum, Kim Finkb'iner t'inmann, an 1 is pro-viding , n avenue for conn 'cting the alums, the,tudents, fa 'ulty and staff,

Dave BarnesHello to all alumni and friend of the depart-

ment. I am pleased to report a very rewarding year,and a hi~h le\·e1o( en~a~ement in research,en'ice,and teaching a 'tivitie .. M r\:sear,h ,1 tivitie. arc stilltnten eI tocue 1 on eolo~lcal arbon eque tra-tlon e\,lluatlon in Mi 'hi~an. care 'ompleting)ur funded reear,h (through the Midwe t Regionalart on 'equestration Partner hip, one of 'eveno E- ETL fun led re~ional P's) on Phae II"Demon tration Phase" work in 'Iudin~ continuedre~ional chara 'teri:ation in ichigan and directsu~ r0rt tn 1ichigan t~)r on ' of the three mall sale

_ inje 'tion demonstration project. condu 'tedthe Partnership. Thi inj\: tion demonstrati m

project was 'on lucted in two stages with a total of6, tons of 2 Injected into the i1urian SaLlan h "dolomite" in northern Lower Michigan.

The first (l, tons, in _ ) injection testwas 0 sU 'essful that 0 E authorized and addition-al ton rrogram (in carl' 2 ) an I the finalre.ult i that this e.·r eriment i. (a. of thi writing)the large t .aline res n'oir, _ tnJe'tion rroject inthe '. The te t indi ,at'd the hi~h probablity torin lustrial scale _ inje 'tion into thi injection: me. er' significant results (or the demontrationof in lustrial scale art on apture and eological

'--',_uc~"') in Michl.~an! Two r ublicati mseeet low, one with lea 1 author recentl' ex-gradu-ate student, Jo h Kir chncr) were the direct re ult ofour 1R Pre. earch a 'tivities.

ur other tunded r'sear,h a 'tivitie for fea itil-itytulic)f in entral, southwestern, and north-eastern Lmwr Mi 'hi.~an related to pendin~ ElectriPl wcr In lu tr coal plant permit appli 'ations (the erer )rts are I1l\\' putllc record a part of the e r ermitapplicati ms) were su ' 'essful and were the basis (orsewral funding api lications (sec below). ne publi-cati m \\,1 als) an outcom' ot these resead1 activi-

tie. continue to work with the Ell.' tric PowerIndu tr' in Michigan and will continue geolooi alcharacterization work and the development of inje '-tion imulation modelino capabilitie in the coming'ear. uane Hampton i a tivel 'parti ipating in themodeling work with the help )f funded graduate.tudent Ton' lark, Far'hid Kehavar:, and K'iePatter on. ndergraduate reearch ai tant ]aonsmus i al 0 making very ignificant contributi m'

to the resear h effort.ur group wa al 0 acti\'e in atten ling meeting

and profe ional pre entation. We had a trongpreence at the Ea. tern I.''tion Meeting in Pitt burgin 2 with 'everal pre'entation. manda Wahr,tephen Kelley, and ]a 'on mu' all attended and

preented their re earch work at the ational Peetin~ in enver in 2 , I attende I and pre-

sented a po ter at a re ent ( ugu t) P Hedburoonferen 'I.' on eological art on equetration:

Prediction and erification in beautiful anCOLl\'erS. . I \Va' alo invited to pre ent overview talk. on

in Michigan ateveral di\'er'e pr )feional meet-ing. including the i higan Economi e\'e1opment

sociation, Ke' tone Youth Polic' ummit (inKalamazoo), Mid- meri a Regulat)r' ommi· ion(in Traver'e icy), Mi higan hamber of ommerce(in Lansing), and the Michigan' Future onferen e(at r 'stal Mountain). eolooical eque tration ilearly a very hot topic and of interet to a I: road. pectrum of profe.ional organization.

Regarding 'ervi'e activitie , one of the m rerewarding activitie that wa' oncluded in Maof thi 'ear, wa m parti ipation in the Mid-wetovernor' reenhou'e orddvior' ommittee. ur ommittee oen rated a

recommendation f,)r the development of a idwe tregion-pI.' ific cap and trade program that wa influ-ential on the development of pending Federal leanEnergy Legi lation, The meri an lean Energy andecurity ct. This intenive I.' tra-curri ular a tiv-ity (reulting in travel all over th Midwet, a wellas Washington, .. in ctoter and Winnipeg,Manitoba, anada in ovemler (brrr), wa' oneof the a 'tivitie' that wa cited in my (unsucce' ful)nomination for a nivericy-wide ervi I.'award. Thiwa· head " I: ig-worldtuff and \'ery rewarding.

Tea 'hing a 'tivitie' were al over' suc efullat'ear with a be't-l'ver field trip to Kentucky with the'ed trat group featuring everal pe 'ial guet geolo-giT in luding Dr. Paul Potter, Dr. hri' Kendall,and Kentuck ' geolooicalurvey geologit (an I

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friend) Dave Harri and Marry Parri . Weather waoreat and, II had aver' edifying tim!

I had aver' g od experience tea hing a gradu-at edimenrar' p tr I gy la for nly th ondtime in a de ade or 0 and it wa apparently wellr eived. We are ding lot f re erv ir haracter-izati nand p tr ph ic 0 I am pret up on thituff again (after a urn a a coa tal 0 ologi tla t entury). For

P II ague ( pe ially Dav Harri) w r kindnough to acknowl doe me of the tud nt ori-ent I activitie with th 2 9 ut randing Edu a-tor award. I am grateful £, r thi ackn wi dgm nt.

I look forward to another v r' rewardino 'ear fwork in 2 9-1 in' ur 0 partm nt of

Dan CassidyThi ha been a great year £, r me. Re ear h-

wi ,Duane Hampton and I ar m ving £, rwardn ur r arch on hemi al a idati n f ii,

aqui£' r ,and edim nt. e ubmitted a couple ofprop al (on till p nd-in ) to condu t r earchn dim nt treatment. I

have two new tudent,]o'ryzenia and M ghan ood,

I think" ry: nia" i poli h£, r "good," and I on iderth m both good tud nt .] y i w rking on all ortf thing, including oxygen

relea e ompoun i, h mi aloxidation, et . Meohan i tryino to fix a n tru tedw tland that i not performin well.

Thi pa t year, I tauoht Earth tu1i (likealway), Prin ipl of Hydrog logy, Principl of

ffi Hl ur', Prin ipl f Prinei~ Ie I f It like \\'wcr going aroun I in 'ir'lcs all emcst'r, until wcgot ff th merr '-g)of un n, Remedial it I anup(for ompanie whl are a bit behind m their cn-vir nm ntal due diligen ), Prin iples of Pot-H Ioverup, Prin'iple )f h am I eing i ~o.edfThld' Envirmm oral leanup from the

( metimcs-Forg )ttcn) Per. pc tive of a igaretteButt. . a ollat orativ group, uanc Hampton,Ron ha e, Robb ille pie anJ Bill au'k, anJ

oorinue to make changes to our Earth tuJi sE I ) la'.

Ron ChaseH r I am ntinuing to tach an 1 ~ut Ii h

long past normal retirement time. I 'l ntinue to I vewhat I do and an't think, at thi moment, of m reattra tive alt rnatin; .Ido find that, towardth latter rage ofme areer, littlcthing mean a lot. Forin'ranee: l) I keeph arino u' triesfr m r at Out formertu i nt that makeme pr ud (pi , ekeep me. uppliedwith th when')ll get a hanee); _) I am ba 'k tntothe frehman gel I )/.,l)' tea hing m de after a I - 'earab en e and loving it; ) I am finall 'learning howt toler, te fa ulty me tinWj 4) younger fa 'ulty"re ar h . u e mean m )re to m' than m ' own;5) m' Im'e f the outd rs nl, in rea. with time;) a grand ,hildren appear and grow, I 'oorinue toe a Ii£' th, t i larg r than re ar han i publi 'ation;

and 7) life impr ve' dramati 'all' with earl' morningy gao

n the a 'ademic 'ide, thing' are hummingal ng a the' u ually d. 0 new' ur,e'! Th usualone I tea h ontinue t 'halleng tudents andpr du' a f w urse al ng the \va " t ut also pr) luappre iativ 'omment' when th yare c mplet t Iwoul1 not want it to te therwi'e, Re entl', I haver duceJ m' pper Penin 'ula field (ur. e to themapping egments require I of geok g , major andhave left the earth. 'i n t a hing mp nent tlR bb ille pi . I am n t 'et read, t) pa on thefield t a hing. It will tea 'ad da ' when I no k ngerpound on ro k an I j ke' Brunton ompa e. The

rmy orp of Engineer, funding provi jed to

ontinued on pug -

reat Lakes oasrallan 1li 1 a ti\'ity wa h\'ert d todi-ater rdief and con,tru ti)n pnject two 'ear agoand I ha\'e nor re 'eh'ed an new bra fr)m the lluff1ewatering proje r. Howe\'er, I ha\'e at m ' dipo ala three- 'ear data et that number in the million' of

a hin ton, ' ,area and work a attorne' in dif-ferent law firm (that d n t mp t ),

I uppo e I can't n lude with ut menti ningm 're nt h bby and the ati faction it ha brouohr.fter rekindlino a I n -p tponed I \'e f the Fren h

h rn in lat 2 7 and thrarting of Ie on with theWM horn in truct r, Iha\'e n w latche:l on withthe Kalama:oo Philhar-m ni r h tra, theKalama:oo Beetho\'enFe tr he tra, \'ariou ub ti-

rute an 1 extra po ition' inthe Kale mazoo area, a um-mer work h p in Penn-'I\'ania with faculty and

graduate rudent fr m theJuilliard chao I of iu i ,

endaninternati nalw dwindquintet\\' rk'hopin ew Mexi a where th quintet in whi h I pia 'edwa' \'oted "let in amp" f, r the pa t two ummer.M original plan wa to play mu i after I retiredin order to wind d wn from teaching and re ear h.Thing happened fa ter than I thought the w uld.It', been a great ride!

reetino t all f m ,f, rmer rudent. You nowknow orne of the detail of m ' life. Plea e let mkn w h w you are doing at ronald. ha e@wmi h.edu

flit.! floU' on a ~lumping Lake MI higan bluff chat tms causedby ground tmter di,charge during a pring chaw.

entrie'.Publi ation' for the

next 'e\'eral 'ear, are in themaking. I am particularl 'prou 1 of Rennie aun 13

Ider 0 iat ,Reno,v.) who ha ma nag d

to 1e\'dop new 1igiralprl 'esing te hni lUes forIan 1·lide analysi' and earlywarning trategie and par-la' hi entire dissertationPh. ., _ 7) into se\'eralref r e 1 fulli ati n inll1ternati nal journal (,ee fa ulty publi ation lit).

. personal life ha l een enhan d latd 'with new and, )ntinuing grandchildren. hri i awond rful wif and the ro'k that keep' me upright.he L al a grandmother whl i ju t a oood a he

wa, a: a m )ther (add her ompanion hip to m ' li'tf thing' that mean a I t). Karl, andy, and grand-

daughter Ella are lea\'ing Telluride, ol., to pur ueemplo 'ment in the a t ast area I er t family.Karl', dream l f mountain lifeort )f fided outwhen he reali:ed that the work pre ure i inten eand Tdlurid i unaffordalle without family money.'ott and olleen pr \'ided u with grand n Ethan

in May. long with granddaughter Madd I the're'ide in In 1ianapoli' (in a new home) where ottmake a Ii\'ing r erf rming fl t and anklurger '.Jamie and Kate, and grand, n J )e .. are, till in the

Johnson R. Haasuring the la t few year my re ear h ha f,-

u ed primarily n tudyino how ba teria and othermicr be influence the geo hemi try of narural. 'tern, with an empha i on h a\'y and rare metal.

'w rk ha fo ued in particular n h wanaer biba teria-mi r l:e that don't inhale 0 '0 n-eanIi\'e and breathe uino, in tead, thino like iron ru t,ulfate, m thane, and e\'en uranium. ge mi ro-

i t ha\'e learned in ju t the la t two decade,b an adapt t e entiall any environment

where water remain liquid and where there i an en-\'ir nmenral energy ource fr m which to feed. Thireali:ation lead' to a fairl ' profoun:l impli ation;that life an ari e and per i tin em'ir nment -andn w rld -\,er ' different from Earth.

To date, 15 ther 'tar Ttenr with planet'ha\'e been di' lwereJ in our e t r of the alaxy.We lon't yet know if r whi h of th e other alarI' tem in tude planet that bear life, but the ear hi' on for orne inch ation of an alien bio phere. It i

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highl ' likel ' that con-vincing evi lence of lifeout ide our 01. r ' tem-perhap. only mi robiallife, but life non thele-.-will be found within thenext few year ..

How can anyoned te t mi rot e fromlight- 'ear awa ,? B ' lOt k-ing f; r tra of theirinfluence. n Earth, mi- Johnson R. H£1lt\

robe give u an oxygenatmo.pher" byab.orbingolar enefl.,')' and u ing it to drive their own repli a-tion. In the pro e ,the e mi rot e -e 'anoba teriaand their des endents-spew out wate that in lude.ox 'gen gas, whi h we h, ppil ' t r ,the. Without th )secyanoba teria Earth llIldn't maintain an ox 'gcnatm) phere. x 'gen ga is far too rea'tive and or-rosive to last long in a planet' atmosphere, unlessomething i on tantly making more. stronomer10 king for exoplanet (a planet outside our solary tem) bio phere are looking mainly for telltale of2 inunlight bouncing or radiating out fr)m an

exoplanet' urfa and through it atmosphere. If2 i present in the, ir of. ome exoplanet, in prin-iple we an detect it. Doing 0 would prm'e ~eyondan' rca on able doubt the e 'isten e )f life t e 'ondour planet.

What doe. thi have tt do with geo hemi'tr '?Mi rotc ontrol our planet' atmosphere, ceans,fr h water, ground water, urfa e geolol-,'l', re our edeposit and limate. It's \'ery likel ' that where\'ermicro~e ari,e the' eventuall' grow to dominateand ontrol their planetary environments to mu hthe ame ext nt a the' have on Earth. How man'Iiff; rent wa 's an mi robe. influen e the world onwhich they evt Ivc?We d m't really know, 'ct. But wean make edu ated gue es on what to look for, andwhat not to look for, by u ing the tools of -hemicalthermo I nami " a tronomy, geo hemistry and geol-ogy to on train the pos. it ilitie',

For example, onome planet mi robes mightevolve the ap, ity to emit -hlorine gao in tead ofo 'gen, and a' geologi time wear onu h world,would take on atmosphere filled with the pro IUCb

of that metat oli m, u h as 12, H3 I, 14, andrelated gases, Pale yellow light reflected out of suchan atmo phere would arrya ignature that an't ea -ily be produ cd in any other way than b life.

M most re -ent par er, n \\ inr re s \\ ith the journal strot iol-O!"'l,eplores this r tnlt illt)', and. uggests that a tronomers oughtto includ ' the telltal 's of -hlorinicgas's in their roster of high-r rob-ability life signatures, ome of m 'other cu rr 'n t resea r -h proje't.inclu Ie a theoretical 1.:. 'aminationof the pOs. it ility of IIf' e\'l)Iv-ing in a ut urfa -e water oceanin id' ~aturn'. moon Titan,exploring the intluen -e )f a ti\'l~galactic nu ,I i on th' e\'olution

of life in exoplanetary-system Kuir er t elts and 1rtclouds, thermod 'nami - It)()straints on alternatecompo. itional and metat olic paths ft)r t a 'tena inexoti - geo -hemical er\\'ironmenr. , 'Hh.l ir\\'esngatingplanerar a 'cretion and litt 'r 'ntianon pro 'e sC Inhioh-merallicity, art on-cnriched olar nd ulae.

Alan KehewThc past 'ear has t cen tai r1y typi 'al tor me. In

the fall sem 'ster, I attend 'd in Houston an Iin the pring semeter, thl.: orth entral J inRo kford, Ill. In Houston, I t came a I fcllow,whi h \\a ani'e experien 'e. t the Rod.tord meet-ing, I wa a ke I to consider whether the der artmcntwould ho. t a futur orth emral eenng as \\'edid in 1976 and I 4, ith the con 'urren 'e ofMt hamed and the rest ot the fa 'ult), WI.:are I1t\\'scheduled for the 2 13 m 'eting. It i a lot of work,t ut t rings quite a t it of exposure to the dl.:partmentand its program.

In the spring semI.: ter, I h 'lr ed Rol b Jillespletea h the I\'ili:ation an I colo!., in E!., r t Ct)Urst~an I went on the trip at the en I of the semester. Thetrip was reali, ex eption,ll an I I think that all of thestu 1ent got a lot out of it, It wa reali, a t~Hltasticexperien 'e. ome ot the g' )logi al highlights for mewere seeing the fluvial Ioth les in the swan granitee 'posed in the tkt -ataract ot the ile ( ig. I) an I

seeing an 'ient quarries in the 'a tern d'sert. Forexample, \\'e saw the e. pt surl.: of the Pr' 'amt riant rc ia \'erde anti '0, a t eaunful, muln-colore 1 con-glom 'rate that wa luarrie I I ' the Romans an lu edthroughout the Roman Empire (Fig. J. e alsovisited som' archeological sites that I hadn't t cento before, su h as t u imt eI an I the r 'rami L atDashur.

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Research-wise, I han~ beencon'entratingon glacial map-ping with theMOE fficeot leologicalu n'e . th rough

the Great LakesMar ping oali-tion fun led b

. Thi um-mer I mappedtwo quads inBarr' ounty.

s part ofthis project,

\\'e hille I t\\'O rotasoni' I ormgs in tunnel 'hanneL(suI glacial meltwater channel ), in order to let-ter under tand th ' stratigraph ' and origin of thesefeatures (Fig. 3). ne of them had a thi 'k section of'oar,e .grawl, \\ hi 'h is \\ hat I wa.I.' pectlng, but the nrher one hadlml) a Yer) thin ectlon of grayeI,un lerlatn I inter! edded tills andla 'ustrine se liment . This one re-quires some revision to the modelof thee ch,1I1nels that I ha\'e beendeyeIoptng torome time. tl.:pha-nil' Ewallls dotng the te.turalanalY,ls on the,e Sl.:Illnents torher undergraduate Lee Honorsollege thesi: and we, along withn h Ko:low. kl ,1I1dJ lhn Esch ot

tng.l r aler on tunnel ch,1I1neb at )Portlan l.

Thlear Ka ,lnd I proceeded with our long-pbnned home luilding proje 't in Maine. The houeame out beautifull ,which is amazing since we were

not around most ofthe time it wa leingluilt. Thi. willIe our

Michelle KominzHello alumni and friends. It i - th' height of the

semester an I time to review m activitie of the latacademic year.

Fall 2 hen I began theemester there waa chance that I would be going toea in lwemI erand DecemI er on the Re,olution I DP Ie"M317. Becau'eofthi Ireonfiguredgeoph i'rodo

the Ie 'ture part in epteml ran 1 ,tober and leave thelal to m ' trut)' T ,TraviHa ·den. Fortunatel . I learne Ipretty quickly that the expedi-tion wa p tponed. Believe itor not it wa Ie, u e the pe-troleum exploration Iuineswa looming so that theRe,olution, which wa in dr ,-do k I eing overhauled, keptbeing plnponed ro make way

for customer with more cash. Thi was fortunate forthe geoph .. ic las, whi h wa' hard enough withouttrying to cram it into 1 week .. I tried to ut lackon the workload compared to the first time I taughtWhol' Earth eophy'i (ye, I do read studentreview,) but it remained a really high-work-load 'Ia .

pring 2 9. Tea hing cean . tem wa funin the spring. It had I een over a 'ear since I had la.ttaught it (fall 2 ). a it fdt fre h. Of oure therewere up Iates to I I.' made, slit was fresh. The instantresponse sy:tem work. well for me in thi la,. I getto a -k thetudents luetion a part of the learningproce. , not ju·t as an ae:,ment exer ie (that i ,tl)r grading). hawn M 10 ke . helped me out as m'T . This was th firt time sin e arriving at WMthat 1 had to teach alout "global warming" during aremarkably cool winter and spring. Fortunately eo I-o/.,'Y eminar hosted Mark Pagani, a limate change

) ~wi II II.: giv-this fall in

e\'entual retirementhom '. In th' mean-ti me we wi II pendsome time here in theummer and hnst-ma. ne of m daugh-ters willI e housesitting for at least thene. t 'ear or so.

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xp rt fr m Yale, earl' in th erne ter and he hadt ta h wino that mo t of the world had the typi alw, rm limat while Kalamaz wa lu ky nough tbe itting in rh middle of a I al old nap. If Mark

\' r p aking in a venue near y u I highly r com-m nd him.

Departmental ndergraduare A Ivi or. WhileI wa n't working with the geophy ic tudent orpr paring Ii ker-que rion f, r 0 ean ' tern, I waaLki ing our non-teaching undergraduat mtior andminor. Remarkably, om of you graduat ar n \\'tudent with \Vh m I worked when y u fir r ignedup t maj r in ur departm nr. I w nder what y uar doin now? I made orne min r hang r rhHydr ge I gy Maj r (with the kay f the H 'drge I gy pr fe r) t make it a litd mor flexible,Ba i all" x pt for m vino tru rur, I Ge logy ande hemi tr ' to rh f.Il ( nl' in 2 -2 I ) and

mm,jng Hydr g logy t the pring (p rmanendy),and thu m ing up mo t of the hedule thar Ihad d vi d, advi ing ha be me m rhing thar Ian handle pretty well.

raduare dvi ing. My th r a h'i ing j bwa w rking wirh my tw graduate rudent. J hKir chner fini h d hi rna ter' and ubmitted amanu ripr t "Te r ni "on the exten i n f pa -ive margin and their impa t n th \' lum of theean and ea I v I hanoe v r the la t 15 milli n

year or . Jo h al ubmitt 1 a manu ript ba edon hi (pardy underoraduar ) work with Dave Barneon qu trati n f carb n dioxid in th i hioanBa in. He defended in Jul ' and ha n \\' begungainful empl ym nr \' n Energy in klahoma.Travi Ha ,den ha b n working with r data fromhi Ph.D. r earch area, the i r ria Land Ba in inntar ti a. e hm'e n \\' modified rh ba k tripping

method to take into ac ount r ion by an i e heet.Preliminary r ulr of thi work were pre ntedat th fall A (Am ri an ph' i al nion)

annul I m ting and updat df, r pr entati n at a i n ew rk hop for parti ipant inthe DRILL MI pr gramin Wellingr n, e\v Z alan 1 inFebruary.

for m ' elf, m' (f, rtsare largel ' inv)k 1 in xp-diting m' tu 1enr ' work. Ir main invoke I in the ne 'rpha of the he apeakeimpa t rhrough m' olleague~, r Rurger . I also ha\'e om-pI t d, wirh the aid of. everalundergraduate (ver rhc 'ears(primaril' Dani lie dett andK'ie Patter' n) a (mpilati mof p 0 ity data a a fun tionof lithol gy fr)m DP ( 'can Drilling Proj t)ore. )me preliminar' tati ti . have been 1( neand I ha\' begun to write. I have l een an editor ofBa in Re ear h rut am in the pro e~ )f oratingut f that p iti n thi. fall. I h, \'1;: l gun to 10 k

into the te toni of the ea t coa r 0 ew Z aland'.outh I land. ith lu k, I P Expc Hti m 17

will ail thi veml er and mb r with m onloard. Ryan il ert, an un 1crgraduate geol )g)' rna-j r, h Ip d m mpile dara f,)r anal si. of e\'erale pi ration well drill d in rhe r oi n. The ere-ult , ad 1 d to th lipr r lara (man' of m E655 Ba in nal' i. sru1 nt. will rememl r thatwell) will help in the eventual anal 'si f the reoult'f rhar ,pediri n.

0, if all g e wcllI will ail, a a ph ':i ,I proper-rie pe iali t, on I P Exr ediri n 17 tt ante r-bur' Ba in and Travi. will.ail n the n xr I g, a",alOa a ph . i al prt pertic' pe iali t, (n I DP Expedi-ti n 1 to the ilke Land margin t f ntar ti a.

Corio KoretskyHello frien I ,nd alumni! I hope it ha l > n a

g 1 year for all f you. It ha: b en a bu. ' 'ear for"Team eo hemi tr '."

Melinda hailer fini h d h run 1ergra 1uarework, and afrer mu h m iderarion, de ided topur ue medi al. hool at rarc ni\'\:r~ity.e tried to ralk her into gradu, r . ht I to. rud '

g ) hemistr ' instea 1, an 1 altht ugh we arne lose,m di al ho I won out, Melani Ha\' man ha. l eenworking f, r rhe EP in hi ago, and ·h uld h)r e-full' be fini hing off her . the.i~ )merime oon.

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Tr~vor hirlo'k'ontinu~ hi~ Ph.r~i>~arch,tud 'ingi and u ,1d~orp..

tion on i>~dim~nti>and pur~ min~rab.ngd udlar and

Martin kafia lothI ~gan working onth~ir th~ i r~~~archin th~ pa t ·~ar. ngel

lin£!. ~l,r~!.h. . I.' I' . ~I III ~comll1~ amI 'rollO )gl. t, growll1g 1~\\ane aputrafaci~m, an Fe..reducing micr) )rganbm; artini~ bu •. tr 'ing to luantify m ,tal adwrption on mont ..morillonit~. Thomai> Rei 'h an I R 'an ibert, bothund~rgra 1uat~ g~olo!-'y tlId~nt, hav~ b~~n workinghard in th~ lal, ,1~wdl. Thoma an I R 'an willl othl ~ preenting th~ir work thb Jun~ at the annualJol1 'hmidt m~ 'ting, th~ premier int~rnationalme~t1n~ for g~o 'h~mitr . Lu 'k f'(Jrth~m, thi '~arthe me~ting \\ ill b~ held in Davoi>, wit=~rland.

Patri 'k Donovan, anoth~r g~och~mbtr ' un 1~r..graduat~, joine 1the group r~cenrl'. H~ has l e~nworking with ngd and Ryan to calil rate aequen ..tial extraction m~thod to I 'tter un lerMand trac~m~tal.l e 'iation in th~ ~nvironm~nt. Lai>ti>ummer,t\\'l) t ach~r~, KeIth Lang and L1nc~ oodlock,al 0 worked with th~ grOl'l , on an F.. pon~or~ 1R~ ~arch E:\~ 'n~nc~ for T~a ,hcr grant. Thelearn~d to Ui>ea mi 'roelectro Ie ~ . t~m fiJr m~a uringi>ub..millim~t~r , 'al~ dii>olv~d ox 'gen, .ltlfide and pH

an I w're l ra\'C enough to deploy th~Yi>t~m in thefiel1 (at leini>tu 'k Marsh).

i>man' of 'ou know, Thomas and Melin la'011\ inc~ lm~ to run the hi 'ago Marathon bstyear. I ran fix hil hen' 'morial Ho~pital andral ed over' I in honor of m late father, onnKl)r~t. k . Thank 'ouo much for all who ·ontrih ..ute I, loth financiall andvia ~ncoura~i ng word~! Th~marathon training was tough,and the ra 'e, ei>1~ciall ' in th~un~ea~onable heat (n~ar 9lyra 'e fini~h), was tougher,lut the e:\peri~nce \\ a "r~at.In fa't, I am 'urrenrl trainingf~)rm' econd marathon. Ifallgl)e~ well, I wi II be ru n n ing thcarathon u Mont Blanc in

late June, jUi>t,1fter th~ wid ..ch m id t meeti ng.

ome meml er of "T~am ~o hemitr'"ichelle Barger, Patri k Donovan, artin kafia,

Thoma Reich and me) have alo been running quitea l it lately. In fa t, in late Mar h, we ran the Kal..haven Relay-a 33.5 mile relay race, which we com ..plet~d in about five hour and I minute'. Plea 'eend m~ an email ( arla.koretsk @wmich.edu) andlet me know what you've been up to lately!

R.V. KrishnamurthyL1t year marked one of tho e event' that 0 ur

rarely, in fact only on e in~\'Cn '~ar, in an a adem ..ic'· life. Ye , I am referring to theabbaticalleave! Iwa on my 'e ondabl:aticalince joining We tern.uring the fin 'al batical, way la kin 2 , I hadpent the t ulk of the time in erman alone (thankto. ho )I..g )ing kid) and \Va eag r to vi it thatcOllntr " ~peciall . with m 'wif~. Thi tim~ around,I c )uld do one letter. I coul1 get an invitation fromin.titlltion n)t onl 'in erman, but Finland, Pari'and India.

During the fir t two m mth of the 'al batical, Iwas aociated with the niversity of Hel inki; oneof the top rated univer itie of the world. I wa a kedto teach a oure for their graduate ·tlIdent and thef()LInd m Thermo 1ynami for eologi t ver newand uncommon. The onl 'limitation to teachingther~ wa that the student wer~ not required to takeany te t l r return home work a' ignments if the'di I not want to. nd of coure, the tate pay forthe du ation, which meant one couldn't argue withthem that it wa' their money.

till thetud~nt howed a good degree of int~r ..~t and attendan e \Va not a problem. long'i 1e thecour e, I work~d with one of the employee of theeol gi al urve', helping her with the interpreta ..

tion of her i otope data 0 that it could be written u,1. a paper me of the~ da .. I also delivered t\vo talk·

for the department a part oftheir departmental eminar.

When not involved withwork, we moved around the ityof Hel inki, rated th~ third he'tcity in the world to live. necould ea. il 'ee why. Helinkiha an excellent tranportationnet\\'ork, hundred' of retau ..rant and park, and i' relative ..Iy crime free. Within walkingdi-tance from m )'t parts )fthecity i' th~ Balti ea, whi h pro ..

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vid exquIsIte rui esto Tallin in E tonia awell as an overnightcrui e to tockholm.nd how can one nor

ta te the famou Finlan-Jia an J almon fromthe Balti ? The one-Jaytrip we made to ea hof the e citie wa ju tbarely ade wate toeefamou landmark' likethe otel Mu cum.

From Hel inki, we went to the Phy i -al Re earchLab )ratory (PRL), hmedabad, India. PRL i mIma Mater and the re eption I got \Va one befit-

ting of an alumnu . The next five m mth' were tobe pent in India, keeping the PRL a the maint a . PRL ha initiated a massive national programon i orope mea urement in fre h water 'tem,funded b the Ministry of Water and irrigation andhave acquired additional ma pectrometer for thepurp )se.

M 'vi it wa timely in that I could help them etup the Oi .olved Inoroani arbon analy'i. ystemthat we have pioneered here. We al ) Ii cu edpo ible futur ollaboration. t the PRL, I had thehonor of delivering their annual olloquium an I ape iallecture commi ioned ty the Indian ationalden e ademy,

ther a ademi a tivitie. in In lia include I theinvitation to pre ent the Prof. ho h MemorialLecture at the Indian )Ciation for the ultivationof cien e in al utta where .. Raman li'cov-r d th Raman Effe t. ot I Laureate who \\'a

vi iting from the followed my talk. I wa aloappointed to the board of dire tor. of th Interna-tional ympo ium on uarernary limate hangein the Himala a. mong m re pon 'ibilitie' was,in a Jditi n to pr enting an invited talk, to chair ae ion and parti ipate in a plenar ' panel dicu ion.Thi 'mpo ium took pia e in the city of handi-garh and wa attended by (ver I participants fromall ov r the world, t th conf renc , I could initiatcollab )ration withcienti t fr)m the niver ityof ainit, I who wanted i orop xperti on theirlimate rear h, ar working on how t( hipample of lake ediment fr m India, whi h han w t e om ,lmo t impos it Ie.

Being in a larg country like [n lia and admittingthat on> ha friend. and famil ' all over, it is im~ t-

sible nm to atten I rn nme nnn-a -ademic and rnurist actin ties.

hill.' we did tr rn mah I estu. I.' of the time ;l\'ailalle, oneof the mnst memnralle tn~ swas rn the Taj Malul (~ icture Jhere), made 1.'\' 'n more tamouin the I 'President linrnn.Luckily, our chillren were aIlern join us on thi. adventure an Jthe 'oukln't I e1ieve that It wasthe tk t time 1.'\' 'n fnr me. in

m 'relati\'C1 long lite, that I \\<1 viSIting the mnnu-ment! Legend has it that the mogul, Emperor ~hahJahan, who built the monument as a mark of I(wefor his wife, had the hands of all the _, craft -men imdved in it. 'onstructinn 'hopp doff s ) thatreplica of the Taj will ne\'er be luilt again.

I.' left In lia in ar'h, in goo I time, when theda 'time temperatures were soaring rn a 'omf )rtalle

degre 'S (locally speaking) and r'turned fnr amonth to Kalama;:no whi h wa. just emerging fromone of the worst winters. her a month at home, itwa time to pa k up and visit the Helm )It: In t!tutefnr H 'dn lo/.,'yin Halle, erman '. Iiall " the I irth-place of the famous musician Handel, was originall 'part of East erman. Today it I oasts of se\'eralI.' lu ational institution of which ZED i. one. espent two month at the Institute and the fa'ilitiethere are arnunding. There are ix ma .lectrom-eters, one or two tor each of the isotop's h 'drogen,oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur, a ra lio carbondating facility, se\'Cral h 'dro 'hemi 'allaborarnriesall under one roof. ' ho. t jokingl ' mentionedthat the i mope lal we ha\'e here is ~rett) much ,1

mu eum pie 'I.' for them! But he was a~ologeti' when1 had finish 'd m series of si. Ie 'tures outlining allthe re'ear,h we have d me her' during the past twodecades with my museum piece.

ith all their infra tru'tlIre, their resear'hactivitie. looked limited an I I 'ould liscuss omepo. it Ie j )int wnrk with them, irl\'olving gra luatestudents. If it comes through, long-term marriagewith them is a possibilit),. nmher lecture visitwas to the Max Plan 'k Institute fnr 1i'robiolog( eeanogra~ hie) at Bremen, alo the headquarterof mas Iectrometer giants Finnigan. In letween.we made a dash to the Max Plan k Institute in Jenato enalle me rn 'omplete a paper that w' ha\'e lel.:nworking on for awhile.

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Friday aft~rnoon an I Monda morning 'ou are notsuppose 1 to think of work, not e\'en in y)ur dream,Thi was good tor m' as I could tr<l\'d the length andl rea 1th of that rdativel ' 'mall nation (comparedto In lia), ~ got a ta, te ot th~ biggest city an I themallet \'illage, all ~asil ac 'esseJ 1: their famourailwad ' )stem, Languag~ was a l oth~r at time, 1: litwho wants to wa,t~ time talking to people when themain ex~r'Le was for on~'s ~ '~s! What will r~main inmemor ' for long is the Bavarian Ips, the Hotl rau-hau in 1unich, the Zwinger Palac~ in Ore den andthe main railwa station in Leip:ig,

Hall~ It df I pi 'tur~, lu~ town with more than7 percent of the land m'ere 11: ' \'egetation, \'erywalker-fri~ndl ' 'ity, Halle has ',cdlent trekkingwute. shaded copioul 'l y huge tree. The alleriyer 'ut thwugh the 'ity an 1when one ha, hadenough ot trekking, one ju t hopped onto a float-tng restaurant on the alle and rela.ed, The Handdu:ic festival took pia 'e during ourta ' although it

was diffi 'ult to gel tickets to an of those. The Han-del museum it If featllre more than 7 mu icalin trument still tun 'tiona\.

n unexpecte 1 ,han e that came up wa aninyitation to Pans where one of m ' 011 'olleaguesfwm alTech is the director of the atural Hi toryMueum. The u.eum has an excell 'nt re'earchwing with in:trument like ano '1M (a million-10llar tal)) an 1 other mass pe 'twmeter,. Theirresearch i, world-cla sandf) 'uses on r lanetar geol-01-," mo.d' lealing withterrestrial and extra ter-retrial n 'k:. The' werekeen to 11 ten to omelow temperature i )tope~eo 'hemi, tr ' talks andmy week long vi it waarr wved. It was a greatgift ince the 'ost of li\'ingin Pari \\'mld ne\"r hayemade m conj ler g )ingthere. To Icscril e Pari.would l e to haul coal to ew a ,de and I pr fer n )tdoing that.

ne more 'ountr' that we \'iited wa the :e hRerullic; Prague tn particular. [n m ' b ))k it I alsoa "mut" 'ity for an ' one intere ted in EuropeanhI. t)r . own ignorance was exemplified when [told m ' host how happ , I was to visit :e holm'akiaan 1 ,h ' retorted, "[t is not :echoslovakia. That

was then and now we are two nation, :ech andIm'akia, 1:oth epa rated b' mutllal on 'ent." [ real-

i:ed 'oon that or F xi' not the mean' to 1: eup to bte hc urately on world affair. For me Praguehold apecial ,harm if onl 1: au e one of m liter-ar'idol , "Fran: Kafka," lived and wrote there. Thevi it to hi mu eum therefore wa ver' poignant an 1thouoht provoking.

Like all g od thing, the 'abbati aloffi iallame to an end when we boarded the retllrn flight inFrankfurt and prepared oureh-e for the long hau\.What echoed in m 'ear' wa' what m ' ho t at theHelmolt: Intitute had remarked on the da ' he ameto receive u' at the Halle- alle bahnhof (railway 'ta-tion) "We a ademic are very poorl paid," he 'aid,"lllt thi i a profe 'ion where you canee manrlace' at other" expene,"

Heather Petcovicreeting' oeo' ienc friend and alumni! The

pat year ha' 1: een bu'y with re 'ear h proje t' andteaching cla"e , not to mention the fun )f wat hingm ' girls change and grow. llie had her firt 1: irthda 'and ]ei a willte four thi fal\.

I 'ontinue to tea h the Earth ien e torElementary Educator oure that I wa' hired todevelop and 'upervi 'e. I al'o have been teaching theupper.Jiviion Mineral and R k our e for Earth'ien 'e and Earth ience Teaching major'. n-fortunately, I \Va unable to attend the Field Meth-od coure in the Michigan pper Penin ula thiummer, due to a conflict with a teacher work hop.Howev r, I am I) )king forward to being involved inthi' oure again in the comino ummer.

major proje t in the pat 'ear \Va a Michi-gan Department of Education-funded profeionaldevelopment work. hop for outhwet Mi higanhighchool 'cience teacher'. Together with 01-league from the Mallin on [n 'titute f,)r ci-ence Edu ation-Herb Fynewever ( hemi'tr),harle Hender )(1 (Phy ic ) and Marcia F tter

(Education)-we worked with area teacher' totudyand develop a 'pe ts of their tea hing practice, andto develop new leol n that are aligned with currenthigh 'hool cien e ontent 'tandard . The teacheri(1\'oh-ed preented thei r 1= r je t at the M ich igan'ience Teacher sO iation (M T ) meeting, held

in etroit in Mar h, and wrote article about theirleon plan for the M T j urna\.

Two major F-funded re earch project havebeen keeping me bu . arla K )retky and [ have

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a grant to levdop an environmental geochemi tr 'field coure and to tud' how the coure affe ttudent under'tanding ( f complex environmentalproblem, In the first offering of the course, ,tudent~will vi it Wood Lake in Kalamazoo, condu,t anoriginal inve tigation of the water quality in the lake,and preent re ult to the ommunity, ourse de-velopment to )k place thi pa t pring and ,ummel',with the fir t tudent enrolle I in fall _ 9, olun-teer fn m the 'oure are participating in ~urve ' ,ob en'ation , and inten'iew' a part of th re earchontudent learning, Initial result~ of the reearchwill be pre ented at the 2 9 ological ocietyofmeri a ( ) meeting in Portland, re,

My e ond F-funded project i a continua-tion of the re ear h on prollem-.olving in the field,with a fo u on better under tan iing the skills andknowledge that und rlie field work in be 11'( 'k map-ping. e are also intere, ted in how the ekills an Iknowledge tran ition from n "ice ( tudent) to expert(profe ional geologi t). B' -omparing the strategies,l ehavior , and thought pro e ,e of the student, tothe profe ional , we hope to understand where the"gap" are b tween tudent and prate i mal think-ing in the field.

Together with ollaborator. Kathleen Baker ( e-ograph ',WM ), Julie Libarkin and Zach Hambrick(M i higan tate niver ity), Joe Elkins ( orthern

)1 rado niver ity), and ,everal do toraltu-lent fr m M and WM ,I pent a week in theRo k)' Mountain in Montana 'olle ting data on 2p, rti ipanr- a' the completed a tatter)' of ognitivemea ure- plu a I-day mapping proje t, We al 0 werefortunate to a quire an eye-tra king y rem, whichi ba i all, a et of tiny vid 0 amera mounted ongla e'. hen anal 'zed, the e 'e-tra ker. how~ wherethe wearer' gaze i dire t d, all wing u to comparehow different people look at features in the land-

Heather, joe Elkrn., and Kathleen Baker git'e drrecwlll.l to a MOJHanamapprnJ.:pro)e r paniCl/>aJH before "launchinJ.:" her rnw (he field area.

s ape or in an oucr )p. Initial re:ults from thi-proje -t will also l e pre~ented at the Portlandmeeting.

ontll1uatlon ot these proje -t~ plus ,1lh'isll1g,teaching, and working with graduate studentpromi es to keep th' -omll1g 'ear Intere t1ng!

William SauckHello again friends and alums! In the

Fall, 2 " seme.ter I again taught a section ofeo I (Earth tudies). The fa lio resp m ier

(-licker) i. 1 'now a routine.: part of tea 'hlngtho e larger -la e. Tea 'hing luring ~nng termin'luded a small -las (~) tor H<l\'It) - agneti-Methods (Geos56_ ). For the se'on I 'ear in a ro\\,I did not tea -h the eOI hy ics mo lule of the H '-drogeok /.."yField course during ummel' II, againtlIrning that over to r'c 'ntl' gra luated Dr. Lauraherrod. During Mar-h 3 - pril _, the EEP

( 'mpo ium for the pplication of Jeoph .. i-to Engineering an I nvironmental Prollem )meeting was hel i in Ft. orth. ' paper, d,s rib ..ing the lc.:sons learned from I 'ear~ of u. ing theeophy~i -011 te t site at slum Lake, was pre:ente i

l y Dale erkema as I was nm alle tl) attend.ur ex'hange program with several Egyptian

niversities was more a -tive than e\' 'I'. Dr. 'manITemam 'cam here as a po t.. loc in ugu.t 2

and returned in Ma _ ham :i: ,haraaarri\'ed to work on hi. Ph.D. resear-h in geophy ICin epteml er _ "l ,(channel program) and his WIfeand -hild arrived thi pring. nmher g 'oph . I-Narrive Ia the d 'pendent ot one of Dr. Irammer'sPh. ,students (Tariq nan). H is wife, Lamees, \\aa lecturer in geophysics at Mans )ura niversit)"and she ha gra ed man' ot our class ., lal s, an 1

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sem1l1ar:- \\ Ith her presen 'e.n the family :-ide, hristine has 1een turning

in draft. of her dis 'rtation in linical P 'cholo/.,')"atlark ntyersi!) in M,l:-saLhusetts, and will proball

I I.' defen ling 1 Decemler. arol'n (our me 'hani alengineer) was release 1 from (a Brazil-ian auto part supplier) lue m the downturn in theautomotive indu:-try. he has mov'd to oloradoto establLh re.iden' and h,lS be 'n admitted to theEnvironmental Engineering .. , rogram at theolorado choolof ine. Eric i fini hing his B..

111M.E. at of thIS f:lIl. His spring 1 reak trip thi'e,lf with a of M clas. was to Patagonia, hill', tostud a I rol o.e I h' lrodectric proje't. Ill' worked atthe alift)fJ1ia bran 'h of To 'ota Engine'ring duringthe ummel' of _ Idest . on Jeff an 1 hi. wifelin~ in r' tal Llke, IL, with our two gran I OI1S,age1.'\' nan 1 three.

Bad new. wa:- that Elen':- al lominallipo:-ar-'oma was d ,dar 'd inop 'ralle b' the Mayo :-urgeonafter three inten'ention in the lastix 'eelf) in~er teml er. egllt into anllther prom\. ing e., eri-mental 'hemotheral program (with ET-747) inhi 'ago, but after three' ,,11.':-, :-he wa mo \\"ak

and her Ilood count. too low to continue. ft'ra week in Borgess, .he wa:- rdeaed to Roe rborHll pi 'I.', where sh 'gra'efull) spent the ne.tnine week. sa 'ing hergoo H 'I.' to f~1I11il' andfriends. ~he died quietiin the night)J1 I ril1-. _ 9. I thank all m'llleague ,1111 fnend 111the lell Clence com-muni!) for their vbit.and support, and fllr the1'1.' hlced t'aching "nd

committee load. Her memorial i age 19raphy 'hoi-arship fund in her name via the WM Foundation.

Chris SchmidtI know I mut have doneomething intere.ting

during the la t a 'ademic 'ear, but, with the I.' 'cep-tion of fly fi.hing fllr Bonefbh and Tarpon in theFlorida Key", I can't remember anything that an ofyou would want to hear about. I do rememl 1.'1' thathri WhLner (M .. 199 ) and [, along with teve

Harlan ( eorge Mason) and John eiman ( ewMexico) finally had our paper on paleomagneti s offolded :-ill' in outhwe t Montana pulli hed in the

Bulletin ( ept. I ) The lulk of hri" work i.still in manuscript fllrm,o hri, you need to getthat lone lefore I'm too old to are. That day i ap-proa hing, 0 PLE E fini hit.

The re:-t of this narrati\'e amount. to what I did)J1my ummel' vacation. There were two thing thatmight be of .ome intere t toome of you out there:

Geology Club trip(April26 - May3)

This wa a fun and e. hau ting whirlwind tripwithome great stu lent". We 'tarted in La ega'and pent time at: 1) The irgin River orge at the

evada, rizona I order (Basin-Range and olorado Plateauloundar . That' where we tookthe pi ture al ove); 2) Zion;3) rand anyon (two da );4) P Mountain inder one andun'et rater north of Flagtaff,~everal of thetu lent, in lu lingGene chmidt were '/4 of the wam the mp of the P cone when Idecided we needed m pu'h on tothe next 'top, 01'1'1' guy';

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5) Hoover Dam (there were ome great volcanicro k here), but three of u nearl got arre ted lan ov rzealou e urity per on who apparentlyhad the potting cope on u a we were examininga rock out rop al mg the road cut on the rizonai Ie. In retro pe t we probally hould have left thehamm r in the van. Anyway my tudent' on-vin ed the guy that the would be 10 t without me(they lied), 0 he let me go. Ft rtunatel the guwa unaware that I had a audi (Talal), an Iraqi(Muthana) and an Iranian (Far hid) with m' orwe might have creat d an international in ident;) thru t fault of Red Ro k ceni Loop west ofLa ega; 7) overview of Yu a Mountain (pro-po ed high-level waste torage ite); ) Death alley;and 9) two famout )PS at the outhernpart of the an An-drea fault ea t of LA.

going back to rgentina this wint'r to work m thete toni of the arboniferous ystem.

Robb Gillespieheers to all alumni and frien Is. It's l een

another great year!Thing. continue to happen at M RRE. Hard

work has led to opportunitie~ that ma' pt ~sill'take MGRRE and the Departm 'nt t f Jeos ience'to the "ne, t level." M u 'h remain~ to l e done, andit will prove to lean ex'iting 'ear as 'fforts aremade to help make the~e opportunities l ear fruit.

The 2 I Ea~tern e'tion meeting for themeri 'an ssociation of Petroleum eologist

P ) i. to be h,ld her' in Kalamazoo. BillHarrison and I willl e 'o-general chairs an 1 Mikerammer and Dave Barnes willl e 'hairing the

program an I hort cour~e 'ommittee'. e hm'ealready started work. The theme of the meeting is"Perseveran e -Pi~ cline to Pro'~ erity." The logoha~ l een de~igned, and initial advertising has l een.ubmitte I for in lusion in this 'ear's program. Weanticipate 'omewhere bet\\' 'en 3 -5 geologist:in attendance. Be sure to keep th ' week of cpt.2 ,2 I open on 'our cal 'ndar so 'ou can atten I.

Th' new ourse,2 2 "E/"'Ypt- ivi-

lization and Jeology" wastaught for the fir~t timeth is pa~t spri ng semester.Dr. Ian Keh '\\' co-taughtthe 'ourse with me, an 1Dr. Howard Doole' fromthe Department of Histor "and Dr. Mustafa Mugha:'from th' Department ofF )r 'ign Languages weregue t lecturer~. It was wellre eive I, an I th' two weekfield trip to Egypt during

the first two weeks of May was a smashing su 'cs .We had fewer stu I 'nts than we would have liked,lut we anti 'ipate I this being a fir. t-time offering,a new type of 'Ias~ coml ining semester courseworkwith 'ummer travel, l eing "off-cycle" for deadlinesdue to the spring semester cour'ework and takinga "hit" from the world e onom ' to a clas: withadditional international trav'l expen.es. But, wehad a great bunch of students (mo~t from the LeeHonors ollege) and a very high b'cl of interestfrom '\"ryone im'olve I. Th 'depre~~ed 'conom'

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SouthwesternMontana:

In Augu t m onene ( urrent geology

major) and I did omemapping an I interpret-ing tru ture of theMontana thru t beltat the Lewi and larktate Park along the

Jeffer on River. ene i the mo t re ent of a num-ber of un lergraduate tu lent who have workedwith me in thi area (notabl ott Badham, JakeMar on, and Danielle dette among other). enedid a great job and h'lped me ee ome of thetructure in a new light ( ee pi ture left). We alsodid ome fi hing ( ee pi ture below).

I'm urrently working with a Montana Bureauof Mine. geologi r( usan uke) to publi h theBozeman 2 degree map heet and e\'eral 7 \'2 ft.quadrangle map in the Butte-Bozeman area. I'll be

aLtlIall ' helpe 1with pri 'e"an j hotd were more than\\ilhng to up-gra h~fa'ili-tie. , at re luced fare. , justto get the lusin ss." ord-of~mouth" a k'rtising haalrea j sprea I, an 1we aregetting tudent re lue, tsfor ign-up information asem' tel' ah 'a 1 of the ne.tcours' offering. um rou alumni, friend andfamil 'are re lu 'sting information to get in on thetrip. e might have to think of some wa to run atrip for them. e are optimistic about n' 't ear"'ou rse.

Th' E 15 'olt gi 'al Ilazards an IDi:asters" cou rs ' was taught f)f the ,econd timelast fal\. e had 72 stu jents in the 'lass and it i'l e'oming a popular offering. e alread have,tu j 'nts igned up fix this f~lll's 'our,e as ofJul'I, so we e.pect an even larger course this s mes-ter. The cour,e i getting goo 1 "word-of~mouth"adv'rti II1gl ,the ,tudents around campus, andit I, )l\iousl' catching on. I'm al ) teaching lothse tion of I ~ >_2 " cean 'stems" thisemester, with more than _75 stud 'nt alreadsigne lup. Thishoull keep me mor' than lu

I am 'urrentl on one the, i· committee. I'mstill looking over Jennifer 'hul::'s shouller. heis working hard to finish h'r .. thesis b theen I of summer so she 'an l egin h 'I' new job.

The "Mi 'higan opper Errati " proje't still'ontinu 's (I guess it's m 0\ n faull f)f thinkingit wa' compl 'ted lat 'ear). Last year \\" final-i::e j a 45 minute Power-Point I r'sentation alout

i 'higan 01 per" that no\ runs on one of thene\\ flat-, creen panels in, ide the 'hmaltz eo-I )gi al us 'Um.

This 'ear's efforts will hop 'full 'llo,s)m intoanother flat-s 'reen presentation showing stillr hotograr hs of variou, tn es of copr 'I' sample''urr'ntl inth'coll"tionsatth' 'am,1I1 u-,eum (the offi 'ial ~tate of ichigan Mineral Mu-eum) at i 'higan Technological niversity. nanimation 'on 'erning the geologi 'al evolutionofth, ew"nawP'ninsula( opp'r ountry)will hopefull 'aLo be available to include in thenew presentation. Dis 'lISsions are 'urI' 'ntl'l eingcondu,ted with the 'aman Museum to s'cure avi iting 'olle 'tion of 'opper spe 'imem for displain the Department of eosci 'nces' Mus 'um.

Ion 'e again had the opportuni to helpRon ha e teach the 4 "Field tudiein eolo~'Y" our'e thi pa't 'ummer. It wa' agreat bunch of stu 1ent , an 1 the beautiful 'pringweath I'wa at it' l e't.

The geolo~'YofMi higan' pp I' Penin-sula i impre"ive. I never get tired of: I) 'e ingthe eastern limb of the Lake uperior yn linewhere it crop' out al ng )ne the \\')r\ f' mO'timpre ive thru t fault to form the 'pin ofthe Kewe naw Penin 'ula; 2) 'eeing the greatreentone t1)\ (one of the large't l a 'a It flm

on earth); )1' ) 'tanding on the 2.5 billion ear)11 erpentinite at Pre que I I . Thi i trule'tr m geology, and it ju t doe'n't get mu hbetter than thi '.

This year, fe I' tho e tudent that went to op-p I' countr ,\ e included an e urion into theuin opper Mine. tudent went into the old

mine at level even, alollt 9 feet underground,and l a k into the mine for al lit a quarter of amile. It wa an e 'e opening e 'perien e totand"in. ide" the Han 0 k Fault where it cut throughthe mine tunne\. Ever 'one gained in ight into thegeolo~'Yof ')111 er e 'ploration and mining, and amuch greater appre iation for how hard life wa'for a copper min I'during the 1 and earl19

Tre Rio Re'our e', In ., the 'mall Te a '-l a 'ed )il and ga compan I'm as '0 iated \i ith,had a rea 'onabl gcod ear. il pri e' were dc wn,and are ju 't al out where they hould be around

per barre\. That" a fair commodity price foron umer and oil companie alike. But, I proba-II should h, \'e 'old out la't ear at 1 a barre\.

Th' n'w getting-older hou e continue tolea llack hole for all form' of urren (I don'tanticipat' I'll '\' I' hange thi' 'enten e). II thewood from Iat 'ear" tree/torm di'at ri now,pi it, and I have firewo )d for a Iifetime. O\i, thea h tree' in th neighborhood are l eginnino tou 'uml to the a h loreI', an j we willle lucky ifthe three remainino a h tree on ur property la tanother two-three 'ear'. Tw) )thers have alrea j ,gone. fter onl 'even year' in the hou'e (hardto l eli ve it's l een that I ng alread ), I now havetwo hot water heater that need to be replaced(hard to believe the ani la'ted thi long). Lindapoints out that thi i reall ju t an opportunity togo green, and in ,tall tank-Ie" water heater. I ju tpoint to m he kbook and watch the green go.

PublicationsBAR EBarne D ,Bawn, DH, an I Kelle, R (2 9). ,eolog,-al eque tration of arhon Dioxi Ie in the ami rianMount ~Imon anJ,rone: Regional wrage araClt) ,ite hara 'ten:arion, an I Luge calc InJe't1tll1 Fea,til1-

it)·; Mi hirgan Ba,in, . Environmental Jeo I 'n e"\'. 16, no. 3 ( epreml er 2 9), PI'. 163-1 3.

Kirs hner, J.P. and Barne" D. . (2 9). Geological,apa "It)' of rhe Dundee Lime,rone, Michi-

gan Ba in, . Environmental eoscien"C. ,\'. 16, no.3 ( eprember 2 9), PI'. 127-13

Harrion, W.B., Ill, Grammer, .M., and Barne" D.(2 9). Re,ervoir haracrerbri"s of rhe Ba" bIambDolomite in r,ego 0., Mi higan - Resulr for a alineReervoir 2 eque,rrarion emomrrarion. Em'iron-mental eo,cience" v. 16, no. 3 ( eprember _ 9), PI'.

-151.

IDassid ,0, orrhup, ,Hampron . (2 9).The Efte"t

of three cheml al o,·ldanr.. on ,ul sequenr 110 legrada-rion of 2,4-Jinitr )toluene (D T) in bar h ,Iurr\ reacrtH'-.Journal hemlCal Te hnoloh»), Biorechnolog\. 4(6):20- 26.

eRA EKaunda, R.B., hase, R.B., Kehe\\', .E., Kaug,1r'-, K.,and elegean, J.P. (2 ). Inrerpretarion of a Progr'ssivelope Movemenr sing Balanced ro" e "rions andumericallnregrarion: Environmental and Engineeringeo ien "e, 01. 14, 0.2, PI'. 121-131.

KaunJa, R.B., hac, R.B., Kehe\\', .E., Kaugar" K.,anJ elegean, J.P. (~ 19). leural et',mrk Mo lelingppltL,H1tll1' 111Actl\' , 101e ~rallitt', Prohlem" Em'iron-

mental Earrh • 'Ience, OLto! er Volume

Kaunda, R.B. an I ha,e, R.B. (2l 9). Prol e Inclinom-erer or In-Place Inclll1ometer, or Dtle Ir Maner: Le"tll1from Llke 1ichigan Ilutt:': "OClation of Em'ironmen-ral an I Engineering (J 'ologi,r 52nd Annual Meerll1g,Prllgram \\ Irh I,rr,lcr...

HAAHaa" J. R. (2 ll9) ThL' potential fea,ihilit) ot chlorinicphoto,\'nrhL"j., on e 'rrasolar planer... Asrrol iolo}...')(ac-cepred, in pre,,).

HA PTa. id\ D., orrhup, and Hamprtlll, [ . in pre, ).

"The Eftecr ot rhree 'h 'ml 'al t) , lant, on ,ul. ' juentIio legra lation of 2,4 IlI1trnlroluene (D T) 111Iarchlurry rea "ror,." Journal hemical Technolog) Bit)reLh-noloh,)·

Hampton, D. and DeFrain, T. _ . Lal tlr,UtH\, rl:,rof chuma'tllll1,: w ,II ,creen, t~lr free r l' I lu r re 't \'Cry.111Proc. ot 2 'Perroleum Hydro'arillns an I rgani"hemica\. in Houn I arer: Preventilln. Der' 'tilln.

and Remedl<H1on 'onterence and E. I t Slrilln, 0\. 3-4.2 , Housron, arillnal ,roun IWarer 'tKla-rilln. available rhrough Hllund arer n Line.

assidy [.P.. orrhup ., and Hampron \ ., 2 ll. TheEffecr of Ps lln rhe hemical De,rrUCrl\\ll tIl' 2.4-\ j-

nitrotoluene and lln It ubsequent Bltl kgr.ld.ll ilit', 1\arive lltl Mlcroorg,mi'm,. 4rh Eutllpean Bltlr 'me li.l-

tllln onterence. ~hanla, Jreece. ept'ml '1' ••

Ko I ZKomin:. M .. Bn\\\ nll1g. J.\, tiller. K.l,. llg.H111.ln,P.J., i,int:e\ a. ., and "'wte e, l R. (2l .). Lue rL'raCeOli' to Miocene ea-Le\d E,tlm,uL' trom thl.: L'\\Jer,e and Delaware lla,ral Plall1 \lrehLlle: n Errl l'

nal"ls, Basll1 Re,ear'h. \'.2 ,p 211--26. (_).

Browning. J ..• Miller, K. J •• ug.H111an. P J. KllI11ln:.M. ., McLllIghlll1. P.P., and Kulr e ':. . (2l ).0\ Imillion 'ear 1" 't)rd of ,equence'. ta'lL' .md e.I·!c\' ,Ichange from cean \ rilling Program LlIl,hLHL'<'<lrehllle ... Mid· t1antic 'lla,ral plain. Basin Re'L'ardl, \'. _ . 1'.

227·24 .

Ha -den, TlJ., Kllmll1:, M .. , Ptl\\.u,. D ... Ed\\arLb.L.E., Miller. K.lJ .• Bn\\\nll1g. J ..• and Kulr 'C:.(2 ). Impacr elte 'r, an I regltll1al r 'cronic in,jghr"Ba btril pll1g rhe he"lp 'ak' Bay Impacr "'rrucrure,eoloh,) \. 36, p. L 7-33 . (_).

Llndr·. .J.• Korer,k, . 1 .• Lund. TJ., ~"hailer. 1..and Da" . (2 V) urfa 'e 'llmrleatlt)n mo lelll1g tlf0(II) ad'llrprilln lln ml rure of hydrou, t~rnc tl. I Ie.

'Iltca and kaolll1tre. Geochllllica er II mllchimica ora.111pre".

Lund. T, Korer,k ,.M .• Landry. .• "hailer. M .. an IDa" . (2 l ') u ad,orprilln lln mi. rure, of HF . lit 'aami kaolinire: a re,r llf rhe 'ompllnent ad Itrivlt) surfa 'ellmple,atllln mlldel. "llchemical Tran'acriom. ~:~.

continued on pag 17

K~lrl't I.), l, i., lku\·II1\.:, L., u'llar, ., H,l\'l'm,m, M.,hattu I., T and \J a\.:n 'r, M. (_l ~'). Influence ot par·

tina ,md Jun(u~ on ~altmar~h ~l'dlml'nt~. I. Pore W,1(l'r\.:l'~)chl'mitr. 'hl'micatl 1eo I0/.,')', 255, 7-99.K~Hl't I. ,l.M., lkunn\.:, L., udlar, ., H""l'man,1., 'haml '1., T, ,md a\.:n 'r, M. (_ 8). Influl'n "l' ofI ,Htlna an 1 Juncu~ on "lltmar~h ~l' Itml'nt~. II. Trace

dement \.:l'~ ·hl'ml~tr. hl'mi~al (Jl'~llol,,)', ~-5, I :\.11 >.

~d rdll\\'l't, T, Korl'hk, .M .•m I Knshnamurth ,R ..(2 ('). Influl'n 'l' of Spar tina and Juncus on saltman,h~l'dllnl'nt~. III. 011 I pha~l' ~H\.:anic gl:llChl'mistr. 'hl'mi·c,ll Gl'oh ..'), _55, 114-119.

Korl't~k', .M. and Miller, [ . (_ ')0 '). 'l',Nmal influenceot thl' nl'l' Ill' ru~h Juncu~ ml'mananu~ on ~altmar hpor' water g 'ochl'mistr . Estuanl'~ and Coa~ts, > I, 70- 4.

Pet 0\ I , H.L., Lil arkll1, J. ., ,md Ihkl't, K.M., 2 9,n l'mpltlcal ml'tho 10101,') ti)r IIW 'stlgatlng g 'ocognitlon

in the tid I: Journal of Gl'OSCI 'ncl' Education, v. 57, p.)((·n, .

hl'-AI~lt,I, v., td~wana, . ., tl'b\ ana, E. ., auck,.A., and l'rk 'ma, D.L . (2') 9). Temporal geophysical

sl\.:naturl' tmm contaminant-mas_ remediation, Jeo-111\h, 74(4), B II >·B 12>.

LTB 'cker, R. H., and ultan, M., 2 9, Land 'ubsidl'n 'ein the ill' L dta: Inl'rl'ncl's fmm Radar Intl'rtemml'tr "H~)lo'ene, \. 19, no. 6, p. 1-6.

Bl'ckl't, R.H., ultan, M., Boer, I.L., Twi ,M.R., andKonopko, c., 2 9, Mapptn\.: ~ anbactenal blooms inthe It 'at Llke~ uSll1g MOL I ,Journal Ire,lt LIkesR '~ear 'h, \'. >5, lssu ' >, p. 447-45 >.

1Ile\\'~kl, ., 'ult,m, M., cu\.:ene, Y, bid Ial'm,,m I bdd (,dil, K., _ 9, Remotl' 'ensing 'olutlont~)r E tlmatln\.: Runott and Re har\.:e 111 nd Ennmn-ment ,Journal ot II ·dmlo/.,'), \. >7>, p. 1-14.

Mllcwski, ., ultan, M., Jayaprakash, .M., Bakk.li, R.,and Be ker, R., _ ,RE L cM, a Tool for IntegratingTemporal Remote 'nsll1g Lata for use in Hydm\.: 'ologlCIIwl' ti\.:,ltIon , ~omputl'r 111 leo cil'ncl's, \. 35, I ue L ,I .- 1-2 I .

EI- al'l M. 1 Idrahman, E sa, K.. , 1 o-E::, E.R.,ultan, M., auck, .., and Gharid, .lJ., 2 " e\\'

kasr--quar's algonthm for modd parameters e~timationusing sdt.potential anomalies, ,omputer~ and Geo~ci-'nces,v. H,lssue II, p. 15(:9-15767.

Forman, ., 'aginta 'e\, Z., 'ultan, M., mlth, ., Kend-all, M., Mann, L., and Becker, R., 2 "The mIgrationof paraboltc dunes and wetland formation at ape ,odational ea horl', M : Lmds 'ape re~ponse to a legaq

ot human disturbance, Iioloc 'n .• v. I ,no 5, p. 765-774.

Jone, ., 'ultan, M., Yan, E., Mlle\\'. ki, ., Hu~~dn, M.,I-Dou an, ., I-Kal y, ., Be 'ker, R., 2 , H 'dmlogic

Impact~ of Enginel'nng PmJl'et~ on the Tigris-Euphratey. tem ,md It Mar hland~, Journal of H 'dmlol,')', v. >5>,

p. 59-75.

., EI 'efr, ., Milewski,, Jeo 'hemical, Isotopic, and

Moddll1g on trall1t. on the ( ngin and Evolution ofthe Rul I Khali (/t(llIl1Jwater quifer ystem, rablanPeninsula, Journal of HyJmlogy, v. >56, p. 7 - >.

ulran, M., WagJy, ., Manocha, ., auck, W., AbJ IJdil, K., You~~ef, .F., Be ker, R., Mill'\\'. ki, ., Jone.,., 2 ,n lntegrateJ ppmach for lJentlfYll1g qui-

tl'r in Transcurrent Fault y~tem: The ajJ hear

tem of the rabian

owr [rom. e/Jt 2A PG Em InmmenwllJeo.lcience\ fea(Urin~/)howWa/)hy Iry undaIlarrison and fi~lre\from a pa/>t!rb)' Harrion,lJl'<Unmerand 13ame.1fromthl\ s/l<!cialedl!ion of thejounUlI.

Deportment of Geosciences StoffKath ' Wright Administrati\'e

. istant r.Beth heeseman ewsletter Editor

ffice ssociateMi 'ha ,I Durham Technician

alvin (of ,I in anJ Hobl e ) reall nail·Jit when he said, liTh lay are ju t pa ke I." urwork here at M RRE ju 't keep expanding andwe wi h you ould all come in for a vi it to ee ityou r c!ve,'.

Repo'itor new'-our collection' grew 'venmore this past year with the addition of severallarge collection, of cores, cutting and well re ordsfrom governm 'ntal agen ies, ~rivate in lustr andother educational in truction . We re eived corean I thin ,e tions rom the We t Bran h fiell (pre-viously housed in Denver at the ) repre ent-ing one of the bigget oil ield in the tate. epa ked up al out 7, pounds of utting an Iore at another Mi higan univer,ity an I are nowret oxing and inventor 'ing them. The' repre entsome ver . old wells and stratigraphi te ts from the

and '4 sand w nil I have l een ent to a land-fill if we had not taken them ver . quickl .

Through a ollal oration with the tate ofMi higan, Linda Harrison and a team of 12 work-tudy stu lents inventoried large colle 'tions atM RRE. We are ver grateful to tcve Wil'on ofthc Mi higan eologi al urvcy for all his help onthi projcct, e peciall with metadata entr , Thi'

work L part of a national data rcpositor programfunded b the J,

Wc inventoried ovcr 75, boxes of 'ores andentered actual orcd intcrvals, m 'rgcd wclll )g.from about 17, w lis, finished han l-enteringlata from ore analysc for over 2, I wcll. iahenalle dirc ,tcd a tcam 0 stud 'nt. who scanne I

mu IIogs fro m 3,7 wc II .Wc are cSI • 'ially grat ful to tho • work-stu I

,tudents who di I all the he,,, lifting,literall an Ifigurati\'c1 " to gct all that work lonc-thank 'ou 0

mu ,h.

II thc e data arc now casil ' ac 'e sillc, lothin-housc an I on-linc, lue to thc 'arcful attention toletail given thcm b our a Imini trator, iah cn-all,. he ri Ics herd on our datal a ' , implcmentdata haring, trains stu I'nts in oftware a~ plica-tions, and assists cvcryone in their r 'se,u ,h.

lndustr outrca 'h-Bill and Linda Harrisonorganizcd two workshop. for thc PIT this pastycar with a total of 27 attcndants. M JRRE alsowcl't mcd dozens ofprofcsional visitors who\\"re looking for infor-mation on oil and gao aswcll as mincral resour '-cs. ftcr a wcck-Iong visitl 'Whiting Petrolcum,wc rc ci\··d a vcr n ic •thank- 'ou lettcr fromthcmaying, "Wc rou-tinely u c corc rcpo, ito-ries in the nited tatesand findthc f~lCilitie, at M JRRmore than hold theirown when comparcd tothe oth 'r rcpositorics.M JRRE has assembleda 'ore colic tion of great

continucd on pag 19

I r~adth. M JRR ~.c~~ Loth 'r imtitutions in thelillg~nc~ of th~ir ~fforts to enall~ ligital a "es tobta u 'h as core anal 'S~S and r~ 'ent effort. at re-ind~in~ actual cor 'd int~rvaL sets an \\' standardttlr lili~~n 'e 111ar-!lI\'ing. Th~ cooperative andUPI Ortl\'e natur~ ot th~ staff e'c '~d. all ~XI e'ta-tion . ThIS is impl' one ot the finest fa ilities avail-all~ to th' industr ."

M ,RRE \\,lS wr ' well r~pr 'sent~d at theEa tern "crion of th~ P J last Y ',lr wh~n Dr'.ramm~r, llarrison and Barnes and s '\' 'ra1 stu-

d~nb ma I~ presentation. Jennifer chutz won theI et stud~nr po. t~r award.

Research and Publications-W~ are vcry'xcit~d to have I ~en award 'd several major grantsthis '~ar. ith support from Rep. Fred pton,M(,RRE was award~d 6 in red 'ral fund-in~ to '. tallish 11 H RB, a g 'ological 'arIon.~ lue tration res~arch and ~du 'ation I rogram in

Ichi~an.[ aw Barne I~ads a team from M RRE in 'e-

cunn~ n~arl in Fe I~ral funding ft)f threen~w r~s~ar 'h proj~ 't. that will ~valuate the poten-ti,ll for • torag~ in vanous d~~p und~rgroundg~ologi 'al tormation in th~ Mi 'hi~an Basin andnearl 'lr~as. The MGRRE t~am in 'Iu les Bill llar-n. )(1, [ uan~ Hampton, and tt)ur students.

RR '. work in • sequ 'stration wa theul J~ 't ot th' "I teml er, 2 9, volume of Environ-m~ntal J~osden 'es. II tt)ur articles w~re aboutour worl. uthors include I l ,we Barnes, Bill Har-rison, an I Mike Hamm 'r and two of our tal 'nte I.tudents, Josh Kirschner an I 'tev~ Kdl ' .

~\'Cral P, Sl edal publi 'ations It) 'used onM JRRE res~ar'hers' work in 2 sequestrationand in T~asing lom~.tic oil produ'tion.

ike ,rammer an 1 Bill Harrison were alsoa\\,lrLI~d almost 4 from the l ~partment ofEnerg' to evaluate an I mo lel stratigraphic controlon the lisrrilution ot h 'drothermal dolomite reser-vOIr a\\a from major fault planes.

K-12 utrea 'h- ur K-I. ourr~a 'h program,or~Ki L, has ha I a lusy , ',lr a, wdl. usan Ham-

mer, Mike Hammer and Jennifer Porter, alongwith s~\' 'ral geo. 'ien 'es gra luat' and und~rgradu-ate stu I~nts, visit~d with owr I,E K-12 studentin ,outhwestern Michigan during the 2 -2 9s 'h )01 ·~ar. Th ' sixth grad~ t~a ,hers from one 10 alschool ditri 't wrote:" very year we look forwardto 'our program coming ba 'k to our school. Wecan't thank ou enough for ad ling another valu-

aIle dimen.ion to our geolo~ry unit." notherteacher wrote, "The Ie' ons are tailored perfect! ' inorder to enhance our curri ulum. It i. alwa ol vi-ous how much the children enjoy the lessons andthe hand-on a'tivitie the bring. Thi' outreachprogram i. truly an a'et to our ,chool 'tem ... "

-u.'an and Jennifer al'o pre ented work hop'for teacher. on natural reource and clim,ltechange curriculum at the Mi higan den 'e Teach-

o'iation meeting and. tafted an exhil ithighlighting ore Kid , and the eoscience Depart-ment during the 'onference. everal eociencefaculty, staff andtudent joined oreKid for anexhibit and presentation at the Kalamazoo emand Mineral show where hundreds of areachoolchildren arrived b the bu load to learn aboutgeolo~ry.

oreKi I also partnere I with the Ketone en-ter for Pulli Polic and Key'tone cience hool,of Ke 'stone, 01, to organize a Youth Poli 'y ummiton greenhoue ga redu tions in Michigan. In Jul',.7 hi~h s 'hool tudent and eight teach 'rs fromacros the tate gathered on the WM campu fora week-long cOI1\'eration )n putlic policy urround-ing 'Iimate 'hange an 1 redu 'tion in atmo pherigreenhoue gae . We welc )med parti'ipant with aBB at M JRRE on the dOl the arrive I an I wereamazed to be in the ompany of '0 many I right andhighly motivated high 'choolrudent .. During theweek Ke 'tone 'taff kept the teacher. bus with aworkshop for YP tea her and 2 other local tea 'h-ers on their limate taru [moe'tigations curriClI-lum ttlr middle' hool and high 'chool ,tudent'. Wehope to run the program again ne tummer andlook tt)fV ard to a whole new crop of ,tudenr-!

This ear' a tivitie were sponored I y grant·from DT Ener~ry Foundation an I onsumer'Energy Foundation.

fourth w<Ukr t('(lrkin~ hard rn the lall.

Project Director Title Sponsor Funding DateSource

Adam Milewski Developing Cost-effective Methodologies for Groundwater US Department ofFederal 7/08-6/09Assessment and Exploration in Sinai Agriculture

CAREER: Generation of sediment heterogeneity byNational SCienceCarla Koretsky macrophytes and macrofauna and consequences for redoxFoundation Federal 8/04-7/10

chemistry and trace metal speciationDan Cassidy IEvaluation of Samples from Orlando, FL IURS Corporation Private 6/09-12/09Dan Cassidy Evaluate Samples from Streator, IL URS Corporation Pnvate 7/09-1 10Dan Cassidy IEvaluate Samples from Boston, MA IURS Corporation Private 9/09-12/09Dave Barnes Strategic Planning for Carbon Geostorage II Burns and Rowe Pnvate 2009

Dave Barnes Geological Characterization of the Mount Simon SandstoneBattelle Memorial Private 2009Saline Reservoir C02 Sequestration Target, Holland, MI

Dave Barnes Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP); Battelle Memorial/Federal 2009-2018Regional Geological Sequestration Assessment, Phase III DOE

Dave Barnes MICHCARB, An initiative for the Acceleration of GeologicalDOE Federal 2009-2011Carbon Sequestration in Michigan

Dave Barnes Regional Simulation of C02 Injection into the Mt. Simon Battelle Memorial/Federal 2009-2012Sandstone along the Midwest Arches Province DOE

Heather Petcovic Development and evaluation of a problem-based field and National ScienceFederal 9/08-8/09laboratory environmental geochemistry course. Foundation

Heather Petcovic Alignment of Secondary Science Teacher Practice Materials In Michigan DepartmentState 9,07-6/09the Battle Creek Region of Education

Heather Petcovic Improving the STEM workforce by improving community college National ScienceFederal 8/08-8113teachers of science Foundation

Heather Petcovic Collaborative Proposal. Learning across the Expert-Novice National ScienceFederal 9/08-9/11Continuum: Cognition in the Geosciences Foundation

Keystone Center forMichael Grammer Keystone Youth Policy Summit Science and Public Other 7/08-8/09

PolicyMichael Grammer Core Kids DTE Pnvate 12/08-12/10

Evaluation and Modeling of Stratigraphic Control on theMichael Grammer Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs away from RPSEA Federal 2009-2011

Major Fault Planes

Michelle Kominz Disentangling Eustasy, Sedimentation, Tectonics and Ice National ScienceFederal 6/07-3/10Loading Using Antarctic Drilling Results Foundation

Mohamed Sultan Assessment and Development of Renewable Groundwater The National Acad-Federal 3/07-1/10Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan emy of Sciences

Mohamed Sultan Assessment and Development of Alternative Water Resources NATO ScienceForeign 2/07-12/09in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Program

Integration of Grace Data with Inferences from Hydrologic

Mohamed Sultan Models, Geochemical Data, and Field Data for a BetterNASA Federal 4/08-4/11Understanding of the Time-Dependent Water Storage Variability

in Large-Scale Aquifers: Case Studies from North AfricaA Proposal to Evaluate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars

Mohamed Sultan Exploration Public Engagement Program and Mars Student NASA Federal 2007-2009Imaging Project

Mohamed Sultan The Mesopotamian marshlands from disintegration to National ScienceFederal 9/04-8/09restoration Foundation

Mohamed Sultan Transcurrent Fault Evaluation for Water Resources MOjave WaterEducation 3/09-7'09Investigation of Este Groundwater Basin Agency

William Harrison IPetroleum Technology Transfer Council Michigan Center I Petroleum Technol- Other 10/97-9/09ogy Transfer Council

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GEOS 2020 Egypt-Civilization and Geologyh\ /{ohh (Jilk' Ill!

ur fiN offering of GE _ _ "EI-,rypt-1\"IIt:atllll1 ,\11I Ie lllt,'t" \\a, rolle I-out thl~ I a~t

~I nng ~em '~ter. The 'our e \"" held in two part~.The hr~t ~prin,g-semester portion wa~ d 'sign 'd topro\'i Ie the ~tudent~ with all the ba 'kgroun I materi-al the\ nee Ie I to full un ler~tand and apl r 'ciatethe "on I 1 ortlon of the 'our e, a two \\'e 'k h 'kltrip tn E!.,'tpt. "O\'ered I-,'tptlan geolol-,'t" history, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, art, literature,and JLL t alout any oth 'r discipline 'ou can name. [ r. Mohamed ultan and Dr. dam Milew, ki conductedtll lratory ~l:~ Jl)n~ teaching ~tll lent~ al out the E!..,'tltian I a 'ment compl 'x and groun I\\ater resources,whtl, Dr. Roll 1Il1e~ple ,lnd [r. Ian Kehew taught the O\'era II Ie 'tureection . Dr. Mu tafa Mugha:' fromthe [ 'I artment of rorelgn Llnguage. an I [ r. Howard Dooley from thl: 0 'partment of History were guestIe 'turer~, and w 'r' both \. 'r ' w ,II r 'c 'iv ,d.

The 'our~' 'ulminated \\ith an lI1-depth fid I trip throughout Egypt. It was the firt international travel-al rna I e penen'l: for ~ome of the tud nt. ot onl did the see and learn about I-,'t'pt,lut thl: ' were alsointroduCl.:d to th' "citement of global ~tu I and tr<l\,d at theame time. lexandria, the Pyramids at Giza,the 'phin., airo, bu iml el, swan, Luxor, Karnack, the aile of the Kings and the Red ea oralRl:ef~ wen: ju~t ~ome of the nMn '~ite~ W' vi~ited. We were all only inches awa . from King Tut's mummy,llloking hlln nght 111the l: ", .

e ~norkded around the Re I ea 'oral reef~, ~ome of the fine. t in the world. We saw what woullhaw been the world's I.trge~t 01 elisk, but 'ra 'ked and still unfinished in an swan quarry, we stood ina Imiration in the new Lil rar . of Ie' ,\I1dria (the original lil rary wa::. the center of knowledge for the,\11'ient \Vorl\). e \il:\W I Ie an Ina from rort )uaitl . (the ite originall occupied 1y the Lighthou e ofAle an 1na-{lI1e of the onginal e\'en on I'r of the Worl n. epent three da ,ailing down the ilefrom ~wan to Lu.or, glIding past the great 'il. ita san I tone quarrie, thatupplied the tone for mo, t of thetomb~ ,lnd temple~ in southern Egypt. nd on the last da , we ,tood in the rand aller and Kufu' Burial

hamber in the mi Idle of the reat Pyramid(the onl . surviving meml er of the 'e\'en Won-ders of the World). We all agreed that thi wasperhaps one of the mo't memoralle experi-en 'e, one can have in a lifetime.

Ev'r' e\'Cning we had a Power Pointpresentation from one of thctudent . E\'Crystudent was responsible for at least one of themajorite' we were to ee. The night beforeour visit to their particular ,ite, th 'y acted a,our 'xpert "go-to" tour guide telling u the hi-tory of the ite, it importance, it onnectionto th ' country's geology and how it wa con-structe I, how it fit into the Egyptian culture,

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it religious and arti ti' significan 'I.', how it e\'olvedand how it wa re-dis o\"red. It wa. truly han Is-onlearning, and e\'er one had a great time learningabout all thing' j.,ryptian.

There was also pi 'nty of time to practi 'I.' "retailtherap ." But, I noticed that mo t of the groupneeded no pra ti 'I.' whatsoever for thi a'ti\'ity. urtrips to the \'ariou oub (markets) were alwa 'S funfilled and interet ting. E\'eryone lo\'ed the food. Thee\'ening with our friend from the TEFL s 'hool inIe andra and the" linner of a thou and plates"

was an o\'erwhelming 1.', perience. Just a k me ofthetu lents from the trip.

I think Dr. Frank e\'eran I.' (along a one ofour.tu lent) and Dr. Ian Kehew were in a se'r'tcompetition to .ee \Vh) ould take the most photosduring the trip (what would we do with Hit digitalphotography?). Thousands of pi ture were takenbetween the (\\'0 of them. M wife Linda, who wasalso along on the trip, tried \'aliantly to keep UIwith the photopair, lut she came in a distant third.( he ays he wa ju tIeing "more ell.' ti\'e.") Itwas quite a job tr ing to pick the best images to goalong with this article, lut there a few her' to whetyour appetite to join us next year.

II of us ha\'e our own thought '11 out thetrip. We all ha\'e our fa\'orite m )ment, our bestremembran 1.', our most cherishe I e\'ent. tephanicEwald, one of the tu lents from the trip, ummedit up thi way. "Thi trip ex eede I m expe'ta-tions in e\'ery way. We got to e perien e 0 many

different aspects of gypt: from the coastal cit) ofIe. andria, to the ile aile cities of \\.H) an I

Lu'or, the geoloj.,') of th 'eastern lesert, snorkel-ing on the Re lea, and finall the p rami Is an Iairo. I.' also Iud wondertul a "ommo lations 111

e\'er . cit)' and our Ej., ptian tra\'e1 agent an I tourgui Ie ( ::a an I mr did ,1 SUIerb Jol ,lI1d werewonderful p '01 I, to g 't to kn{l\\. I had su 'h a greattime I didn't \\ant to leave and \\'{HtId lo\'e to goI a 'k as soon as pm, ,ble. I highl recommen I thiScla, s and trip to an 'on' who is inter'sted in ' ~1.'-

rien 'ing and learning m lr al out Ej., 'ptian historand culture."

Th' 'em' t 'r coursework was off 'r 'd I . the[ epartment of ) 'os 'ien 'es through the 011'geof rts and ciences. The ficldtrip portion ofthe course was offered I Jeoscienc's throughth' Ilaenicke Institute for dol al 'tudies - tudI road Program. This multi-organi:ational an I

multi-departmentalll1tera'tion IS pro\'ing t{) I I.' a, uc 'ess(ul, ne\\ model for thi,pe of Inno\ ati\"program. I.' arc all ver plea ed with th' wa . th 'course functioned thiS fir, t time around. I.' ~ 1.111to offer th 'ourse again this 'oming _ I spring. emester with onl a fe\\ 'hange. Th 'n, aft 'r thesetwo outings, \\'\.' will re-asse, s the program, an Imake an' mo lifiLations and "t\\"eks" we thll1knecessar ' for th ,2 II Sl ring semester. ne of themajor 'hanges W' 11.111to make then \\ ill I e to of:fer the initial semester portion of the 'ourse as anon-line pre. entation, Th,l( wa , stu lent from otherschools can I I.' 'om ' 'Iigille to join us for the Eg 'ptfield-trip I ortion of the course.

Iso, for the n' t j.,,)pt field trip (first twoweeks of Ma ,2 I ), we an: sa\'ing a \'er ' limitednumber of spac 's for geo-alumni, frien Is and fam-it , that may wi h to I 'part of the gran I adven-ture. ontaet us now at rol b.gillespie Cl \'ml 'h.e lufor more inftlrmation. h 'eah, and, ame a Ia tyear-don't forget to 111'Iu Ie 'Our down-pa ment-ju, t make tho ch 'cb out dir' 'tl 't{ Roll ('eah,eah - that' It).

GEOS2500 Planetary Geology"\X ehu 'tu ~u t(l till' nWlln 111lhl I 'ColIe, and 10 tht' (ltht'f lhin~ . rwt I t'GHI'-t' tht'\' af'

~,1 \. lut I t' ,1lI l' tht'\ aft' haf I." \X.'lth tht' t' \\'(lfd .., Prt' il1l.:ntJ(lhn Fit:~l.'rald Kenn 'dy fallit'd theAm~fi .111lullil. lh.llk'n~~~1 till' Ru ian .• 1I1dI t'~an the otticial "I all.' fUf th ' Moon." The phl.'-n(lml'nal 'ilntitk and t "hnieal al((lmpli hm 'nt of the n t de a k I nl lu I.' lone ufthl.' mo tI ("(llitil I t'rI(l I (If alh-.1I1ll'nH:nt in .111(If mankind'., hi tor). B~ ide the intro lUltion of numl.'roun \\ t~' hnulll~ll'" k(lmplltl'f", Td[(ln. 1.1"l'r.. and Enl.'rgi:l.'f I attl.'ril.' tu n.lml.' ju t a fl.'\\'). all the I a IqUt' ..t\(ln lIt thl.: I lanl.'t'HY mi .. i(m \\' fl.' an w 'red (What m,ltl.'ri,ll. make-up th~ moon! Ho\\' dIdit f\lrm? \X'hl.'n di I itt(lrm?). Thl.: il.'n'l.'that an \Wfl,d tho ..1.'lUI.' tl(m .. \\',1'>gl.:nlof-.').The la..t .'.,pollo ml ....I(m

to thl' monn ( polio17) lalTll' Ilhl' only.. ·k'ntl ..t l'\'~'f t'IH into"I al 'durin~ th ' t'ntlrl.'nlLl(ln mi ....i(ln. I k \\.1'>Harrt ..nn lhmitt - .l

( IE) _Sl P1.1I1-\:tan ll.'(ll(l!..,\I I '111~(Itkrl'~1. n(l( Il'G1U I.' itI'- 1.',1'>\.11LltI '(au 'iti.. h.H~1.Ilit I I.:',HI"I.'itI" t,I'>(in,ltin~ and fun.It .. 't (lur pla(l.' in theUI1lYl.'f 'into nmtl.'t- \\hy Earth, \\h here,why now? nl b· un-kr ..tanding the ~imilaritil.''' and di(krl.'n 'I.''' of the oth\:r Ilanl.'t .. 'an \\'1.'begin to better undl.'r ..tand(Hlr own planet arth. nl' I lookin~ for ..ign .. of life in other part .. of the ni\'l.'n;' can we beginto undl'f ..tand lif' h 'f on arth, ,1I1dour ..ignifican 'I.' in the cosmIC picture.

o hll\\ do \\'1.'~o al Ollt condunln~ .. 'il.'ntific inYL',tigation of other planet ..? Do we need to..end "1I.:n(l..t to all the other planet? fl.' the co ..t.. of all tho I.'"..pace ml ....ions" worth it?

I.'\\'jlll' .lminl.' the other planet I tlr ..t .. 'I.'in,g ho\\' WI.' con lu 't ~eological irl\'l.'..tiganons herelm Earth. an II) 1.'.amll1in~ ..oml.' nf the ba ..i( gl'olonical prtn ''I 11.'''tho ..1.' ilwe ..ti,gations ha\'e allowedII'- t(l 11.'\'l.'lnl. I.'\\'111thl'n al ply thl.'''l.' cnn "pt to intl.'r-planetar 1I1\'I.'..n~anon .., and Sl'1.'\\ hat \\'1.'

'an learn al out th' fl.'..t ot nur ..nlar ..y tl.'m and thl' l1IYL're. You'llee Mars close-up in 3-D, andHHI'lI11.'arn 11Ll\\t(l 1rtYL',1Mar Rny 'r. '{ou'lIlcarn the diffl.'fl.'ncl.' Il.'twl.' 'n ,1comet and a meteorite,,1111 tin I Lllit \\'hat your ,han 'I.''' ,Ire of bl.'in,~wiped-out b) one of them. )\nl can \·ote.l to whether-(lr-not Plut(l 1I.:"l.'rY6to Ie a pl.1I11.:t,nr It It ..houkl demoted to the ..tatus of a h\art planet. nd 'ouwill li"ln\l.'f \\Iut the ultllnatl.' tatl.: of arth. ,lnd all of mankind, rl.'all IS.

\1, \\llLl I.. \\lI1nll1.~ thl'" pac' R'KI.''' now? ell, m,1I1kind is.oml.' and see why.

GEOS 2200: Climate Change:Geological Perspectives

E 22 i a new three-credit cla~~ of-fere I in spring 2 1: limate hange: eologicalPer pe tives. This general-c lu ation ourse will in-trodu e non-majors to ~e\'eral important geo~C1enceconcepts, including uniformitarianism, plate te'ton-i' , geologi' time, the formation of the ~olar ~y~tem,earthystem scienc " th' arlon "Ie, and thefunctioning of the c1imat' system. We will e 'aminethe long re'ord of Earth's climate and atmospheric'ontent, fo 'using on more recent times. Thi recordwilll e placed in context of what was happening onthe Earth to help us understand why the climatechanged.

rmed with this geologi 'al pers~ ective onclimate varial ilit)·, we will examine Earth's currentclimate, why it i 'hanging, and how it i~ likel tochange. ~Winton hurchill said, "The longeryou look lack, the farther 'ou can look forward."nder~tanding the pa. t i~ e ~ential to under~tand-

ing the pre~ent and future.~imilarly, rthur 'hlesinger Jr. po. ited that

"a nation denied a conception of the pa~t willl 'disalle f in dealing with it pre'ent and its fu-tlIre." The geological perspective of 'Iimate hangeis uniquel able to provide a big pictllre of thi~prollem. It will help larify what the natllral ando ietal 'omequen es of climate change 'oull be,as well as what measures might l e taken to adaptto limate hange and to mitigate it deleteriou~effe ts.

This 'ourse will not l e taught as "al ~olutetruth" rather, we will preent the urrent evolvingtate of knowledge. It wHll e stnt 'tlIred to encour-age tlIdent~ to . earch or truth, realizing that his-tor' and ien 'e are written only to l eul e luentlanalyzed and rewritten. We hope to equip. tu lentwith enough ba 'kground to riti all listinguishbetweencience anJ 'onje 'tu reo

weekly Jicussion section will help. tlI lent~pro e' information from their reaJing and the Ie '-tlIre, and evaluate what the l elieve in the conte tof their Jeepening understan ling. The goal i toprt du e itizens who an see the big pi ture morelearly than their peer, and a ume leader-llip rolein charting a reponible 'OlJr'e in dealing withlimate hange.

G OS 5020: Envir nmental Field GeochemistryThi i a new, enior un lergraduate level cour'e that i t e-

in~ de\'1:! 11 nl by r. Koretsk ,in 10 e onsultation with Dr.Pl'ICO\'i', [ ev'llll ment of this course is supported b a twol'on, 1>S,l grant from the ational cien 'e Foun lation,('eosl il'nll' IUGHion Pro,~ram .1I1d 3S, of mar-hingtun 1 'ontrilut, Ih the ML ollege of rts and ci-l'nU' .lI1d the [ epartllll:nt of Geos 'len 'e . The F supportI I dng u l:d 1.lrg ,I· to renO\.He and equip an out tanding.\ IU'ou g 'o'h 'mitr laborator' for undergraduate 'ducation111ROll Il1.\11. Thl Ial oratory willi I.' equipped with threelV I pectrol hotometers, an Ion chromatograph, two pHIlwtl'rs, a microl ahnce, centrifuge, water purification sy, tem,new gla. ware, ne\\ variabl volume automati pir:etor andother lal m.mlr supplies.

'e\\ tiel I equipment mclude' field DC. , pH and onduc-tI\ ity I r 11 e ,c.JP an I hand-held weather device., sediment'm'L, \\ater amI ling equil ment, sediment gmt and a newcanol.'. Th ' cour, ' willi e open to upper-level students major-mg in eoscience. or Environmental tudie.

tudenr. in th' COllrs ' will work collal orativel to inv~s-tigate real-world 'n ironm 'ntal s stems, In the initial offer-ing, the fo 'us willI e on Wood L'1ke, an urban lake with ahistor ' of eutrol hication. tudents will ilw~stigate water qual-i 'in Woods Lake, then prepare a written report and publi 'I re. entation of their findings for intere te I communitymemler. and students. ur hope i to train. tudentin utting-'dge anal 'tical water ,1I1al'si: and fi Id :amplingte 'hni lues and to gi\'e the stu lent a ,han 'e to appl . theirknowle Ige in a real-world setting,

Dr. Pet ovi will stud stu lent learning to gain insight:into the novic '- ','pert transition with reop 'ct to field andIalorator knowledge and skills and to assess the efficacy ofa problem-ba ed, . en'ice-Iearning undergraduate coure inallowing students to gam thee kill. In ubsequent 'ears, weplan to consider other local aquati . ystems.

X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)In pring, thc dcpartmcnt purchascd a uscd Rigaku Miniflcx II po\\'d I' RI at.l suI stantiall rcdu 'C I ~ri"t:from Pfizcr. Thc intrumcnt is 10-12 ycar. old, \\'hi"h i. a signifi ant impro\'(:mcnt tW 'I' thc non-fun 'tlonin!!,ncarl antiquc (cstimatcd 197 ' era) RD formcrl o\\'ncd I y th' Icpartmcnr.

ore: The nett' RD is also C1LlTenrlynon-fllncrional, am/ hm heen sin 'e \rl' purchmd ;r,o I "Llll'r sa) [()() llIllch llholH

Ir' capabdl[les Tl~hr noH'!

Ion ChromatographThis summt:r, a Dion 'x 1 wirh autosampkr an I anions 't)lumnwas purchascd using an F grant to [ I' . P 'tcm'ic and Korcr k , wh. "hwas supplemcntcd I 'conrriluriom from th ' Colkgc of rts andcicn 'cs and thc Dcpartmcnt of Jcoscicn "C, . Th ' nc\\' I 'an simultanc-

ousl m 'asurc f1uoridc, nirrat" chlori Ic, sulfatc and ~ho pharc in aqu '-ous samplcs.

ComputersThc dcpartmcnt rcccntly a quircd 25 ncw DclllOll in thc spring of 2 9. This cquipmcnt \\'01.

through thc ollcgc of rt, and cicncc.

ptipl 'x Iesktop work. rations for our ood Hall "om~ ut 'I'purchasc I as part of tht: D.strilutc I .omputing Plan (0 P)

GPSThc dcpartmcnt rcccntly acquircd 25 nc\\' Garmin cTrc Hhand held P units for usc in 'lassr )om and field c w 'is's.Thi, c luipm 'nt wa, pur ha cd with. rudcnt fccs.

Classroom TechnologyThc dcpartm nt r"cntly outfittcd thr'c of our lccturc -Iassrooms in Rood Iiall with UI datcd and pcnna-nent 101 room tcchnologic 0 II thrce rooms hav' bccn cquipped \\'irh cciling mountcd Epon multimc liaprojc tors and dual D D R vidco equipment. This cquipmcnt \\'as purchascd .1S part of rhc _ 9 nc-Timc Funding Initiativc through thc ollcgc of rts and i 'nc 'so

Brunton CompassesThc Iepartm 'nt relcntl 'a 'quircd _ n '\\' Brunt m olwcntionalPo "ket Transits 'ompassc tor uc in "fassroom an I tiel I C 'I' ".sesoThis cquipmcnt \\'as I ur ,has 'd ib Pilrt of rhe ~Funding Initiativc through rhc ollcgc of rts an I "icn"e 0

How the undergradstole the awardsbanquet

n award-winning po 'm I (Jeo~ -ience~u ndergraduate ~tudent:

Tom Howe.

The enme faculty down at Rood Hallliked th' war~L Banquet a lotoo.but theundergrad, who li\ed ju~t we~t of Roo IHall, did not.The undergrad hated award~ banquet~,

the whole final~ ~ea~on, now plea~e don'ta~k \\h " no one quite know~ the r 'a~on.

It could be hi~ Brunton wouldn't read~tnke and lip; it -oull be, perhap~, he wa~hung over from the trip. But I think themo~t Itkel ' r 'a~on of all, wa~ the la -k orwindow~, in,ide Rood Hall.

Butoo.\d1atewr the r 'a~on, th ' compa~~or the beer, he ~tood there on Thur~da ,an I he ~11arle I With a ~ne 'r.oo

"The potluck i~ tomorrow, they're mak-mg ~lll11e li~he~, out or be'll1', an I chee~eand po~~ibl fbhe~." Then h ' growled withhl~ undergrad fing 'r~ nervou~1 Irumming,"I mu~t find ~ome wa ' to ~top thi~ I anquetfrom coming, (or tomorrow he knew ...

II the (Jeograd~ and doc~, would wakeI nght ,In I carl an I put on their plaid~o-k~,

nd th 'n! Oh th 'rocb! Oh the rocb,ro-b, rocb, ro-b, ro-b, RO K'. That'~all the would talk about wa~ RC K',R K', R K! Th 'n th' whol' depart-ment woull 'It down to their fea~t, andthe\ 'd fea~t and the ,'d rea~t and they'df'c.N, FE 'T, FE T, D FE T!The \1 r'ca~t on the ~undrie~ that the

flCltlty I roughl! - Then the und 'rgradrendered a ini~ter thought ...The undergrad r 'nd 'r 'd an aw(ul, ~inb-

ter thought."I know jlN what to do" the un Ier-

grad laughed in hi. throat, and he ~wiftly,ldorned hI' hat and hb coat. nd hechu -lied and clucked, "What a mean,n.bt\ tri -k" and he hea led toward Rood,an I he head 'd ther' quick.

He got on hi~ , nowmol ile and with~ome olleml t\ ~acb, acro~~ we~t campu~,the undergrad 1.11I tracb. II the win low~were dark, quiet ~now filled the air, allthe fa -ult\ were at home Ireaming ~\wetdream, \\'ithout car '. hen he cam' to theftr,t door he ~il\\ from the ~ juare.

" ow to get in," th'undergrad hi~~ed, andhe climbed to the roof,'mpty bag~ in hi fist.Then he ~lid down

the \'enting, with a four-letter word, theonl witnes~ to this, was a surpried lookingl ird. He got stu k only on e, for a momentor three, and then found him elf inside thold RD.Then he slithered and slunk, through the

dim lighted hall, and he stole all the ro k,the big an I the ~mall. Fold ample, andmylonites, feldsapthoids and chist... ar-bonate~, turbidities, too many to list.

He stuffed them in bags and the sack(rom hb t 'nt, th 'n he ~tuf~>d all the bag~,one-! y-one, up the vent. He slunk to themu~eum, and ~tole all the gems, the rare,the f1uores ent, the pelothems.Ill' -leaned out the museum, as fast

a~ he could, he ev'n took their PetrifiedWood. Then he stuffed all his loot up thewnt with glee, 0 W! Grinned theundergrad, I'll take the new RO!

nd the undergrad grabl ed the ROand ~tarted toward the door, when he was~pott 'd b 'a cmtodian buffing the floor.Th' undergrad had l een caught, l y thiscusto lian dude, who \Va. ju t finishing upwith the f1oor~ of old Rood.

H ' ~tar 'd at the undergrad and ~aid,"Who the hell are you?" nd "what are youdoing here at quarter past t\Vo?" But youknow that undergrad was so smart and 0

~Iick, he thought up a lie and he thoughtit up quick. "Th' department didn't tellyou?" the undergrad lied, "there'~ a copperplate that'~ misaligned inside. I'm taking itba k to my workshop, dude. Then I'll fix itand I ring it right ba -k to Rood." nd thefib fooled the cll'todian, and he left with a~hrug, hb indiftcren -e may have been fromthe boo!' in hi~ mug.The last thing he rook was chmidt's

overh 'ad projector, no one should haveto sit through that AM lecture. And theonl thing that he left inside, wa~ a set ofmarker~ that were totally dried.

It was quarter past dawn, all the faculty~till a-be I, all the alumni still a-snooze,when he packed up hi~ sled. He packed itup with the fos~ils, and th' gems and the

ro k , the XRO, the projector and eventhe clock. 20 feet up, to the top of themoraine, he drove with his load, like hewas in 'ane.

"Poo poo to the doctor, the undergradwa humming, they're finding our nowthat no banquet was oming. "They'reju t arriving, I know just what they'll do,their mouth will hang open a minute ortwo, and then the faculty down at RoodHall will all cry Boo-Hoo! That's a noise,grinned the undergrad, that I simply musthear!" 0 he stopped, and the undergradput his hand to his ear.

nd he did hear a ound rising over thesnow. It started in low, then it started togr)woo.

But the sound wan'tad, why, this~oundounded merry, "it ouldn't be so,"bur it wa merry, very!

I Ie tared down at Rood Iiall, the under-grad poppe I his eyes! Then he hook, whathe saw wa a hocking urprise. All thefaculty down at Rood hall, the tall and themall, were ELEBRATI G! Without anrocks at all. He hadn't topped the AlumniBanquet from coming, it ame! omehowor other it came ju t the same.And the undergrad, with his beer-gut, ice-

cold in the now, 'rood puzzling and puz-zling, "how ould it be o?" It came without'eminar on carbon eque tration, it amewithout lecture on zones of ablation ...

And he puzzled 3 hour, till his puzzler\Va sore. Then the undergrad thoughtthought ofomething he hadn't I cfon~.Maybe thi banquet means a little bitmore?!

nd what happened then, well in RoodIlall they say, that the undergrad'~ heartgrew threeizes that day.

nd asoon a. his heart didn't feel quiteso tight, he whizzed with his load throughthe bright morning light.

nd he brought back the equipment andspecimen' he had hoarded, and to he ... Hehimselr.The undergradoo.acholarship was

awarded.

I till rememl er th' da' I r:l1t the admb ion ktt 'r frllln 'J ; it \\.1 lll1' llf th' ll11htIdightful da' of m) Itk. Rdtlre lonr: it dawnt: IUlon m ' that I \Hlull lllll1 Il.'r:in ,1ne\\d1aptt:r 111m Itf', ThIS reali:ation ma Ie mt: a bit ,m iou .ls to how wtlli \HllI! II '.111, tadjust to thiS new pia -e.

It's I een a year Ince then an I no\\ I kd completel at hom' 111Kal.lma:oo, m\ newhome. urrently I am working with Dr. ultan on the pmje t whi -h kals \\ Ith estlmatinr:river discharge using remotely sensed data. Its I t:en a . em 'st 'r since I j01l1ed his resear-hgmup and the pmgress I made is with the hdp of [r. dam ,m I -olleagues fn1l11mreearch group. I have also been a T for the past 'ear and it has I een a wonderful e.pen-en -e interacting with the undergraduates. I willi e dden ling m' research pm~ os,ll soonand I am looking f )f\vard to the n' 't semester to make suhstanrial pmgr'ss in m' reear-ha wdl as my ourse

in -e the lat fall 2 an I pring 2 I have I een 0 busy with apprecia-tIe ta k in thre' main endea\'l)fs. First, m resear-h proje -t where I ft) -usedin-depth on finding and developing convincing wa' to decipher the. our-eof rainfall ov 'r the ahara deert during Pleistoc 'n ' time. My fin lings andre ult are pre enred in, poter galler at the nnual onferen e of Im-proving Michigan's ceo to eographic Inf)rmation etworks (1M I)that wa held in Lan ing, Michigan in Ma 2 9.

econd, the qualifying clae of m Ph.D. degree ar' .ucce full com-pleted and m up oming re lit will be dedi ated to re ear-h hour ..

Third, a quiring remarkable feedba k as being a T of two impor-tanr cia e, Mineralol,'Y an I Petrology. onsequently, I hav' re-eived the2 -2 9 Department Teaching Effectivenes awar I. In a Ilition, I havere eived the department' avid W. Kuenzi tud 'nt Research war I.

I annot I elie\'e how fast the day are going. It i I arel thre' 'ear.ince I cam here and I have a trong de ire to have a I reak and go hometo see famil an I friend. In summer II 2 , I am a T of th' H 'dro Fi 'Idoure and I am planning to takeoff I efore starting the fall 2 9 em' tt:r.

o my departure shoull t e in ugu t and I knO\\ that It I. the hottestmonth in El,'ypt, so I feel it will be tough, t ut at the s,lme time it willi egood for me to ta te that weather again after a long time I e1l1g here in ano\\', old '!wironment.

Abstract:bou EI-Mar: I, ., ultan, M., Kehew, ., Knhnamurtlv)", R., utrim,

E., an I MilewskI, ., (2 9): GI' based ppm,llh for the nal'si ofRemote ens1l1,gan I tahl' Isotopt: [ ata for a I etrer L'l1lk'r tanding ofthe Paleodimatk Re,gime O\"L'rthe Atrian 'aharan Dt'sert. Iml rm'ingMil'hir:an's Atl'ess to (Jt'o,graphil' Intormation etworb (lMt\(d nllualIConferente and E po, Lan ing, MiLh" May 4-11

I dou lou f.1 1.1g IPh.D. ,mdl Iat'

] nni~ r Trout

Dan L In

M ham dAhm d Kathryn Titu

K le Patt'rson Marcel Robin 'on

2009 Department AwardsGraduate Resear hand reativecholar Award

Jo hua Kir chnerZhanay aginta e

nd rgraduate Re' arch andCreative Activitie wardsThoma ReichRyan ibert

Rc carch and rcativc cti itic'Poster AwardTravi HaydenHeather ualman

Graduate Tcaching Effectivene sward

Abdou A. Abou El-MagdMeghan ood

enior Honor Awards:

Earth cien eMarcel Robin onJcnnifer Trout

Earth cience Educationamantha BokorBrad Pillen

co logyBrian Eu ti e

Hydr ge logytephanie Ewald

GeochcmistrKirk Wagenvelt

e ph sicsRyan it ert

Ad isor oun ilFieldamp cholar'hip

Ja on muBrian Eusti eThoma Howe Ml!ghan (Jocx!, Zh(1l1(IV.agnua)'l!t, jCICUIrVm'mb"r II hi'lL!

Komjn~, Mou bou EI-MagJ, (mclJo~hu I /(,rchn"r.

Kalamazoo cmMin ral ociety wardtephanie Ewald

Llo d and Maril n chmaltzndergraduate cholarship-

M RRJason smus

Laton Field amp cholarshipKirk Wagenvelt Distinguished tudent

er ice wardJohn ThorntonLaur n D. Hughe'

Environmental cholarshipThomas Howe Douglas Daniels ch )Iarship

ter hanie EwaldW. Da id Kuenzi Memorialcholar hip

Abdou El-MagdThomas ReichZhanay agintayeR an it ert

Presidential cholartephani' Ewald

En irologic TechnologiesPete Marsala

Llo d and Maril n chmaltzndergraduate cholarship in

Geology or Earth cicnccPatri k Donovan

irgau-McLcan wardPeter FcutzMar-el Rot inson

Department ppreciationward

Ryan BosJa rcd Bowc nusan Jagcr

Maric Lussier

Thc raduate ollegeTravel rantMartin kafiaMichellc BargcrDoris Bc -k 'rbdou EI-Magd

J)y r ;:'nia

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ongratulauons w graduate studem, Zhanay 'agimaYl!t' (shOt(11 aoot'l! mIlthis family)! He won first pwe in a state-wIde compl!uuon Ihat u'as arrangl!d hvlMAG/ (lm/JTot'rng Michigan's CCeS w GeographIc /nfollnauon wmrks)for his presemalion on "G / a/)pli alion and the assessmem and detdopml!m ofrenewable groundwater resources rn fghanistan and Pakistan."

The raduate ollegeDi 'crtation ompletionFclltm, hip

Zhana) aglOw 'e\

ollege of rtTravel rantThomas Rei 'hRan it crt

Be t tudent PapEastern ecti nJennifer hut::G Travel GrantJohua Kir' 'hner

r ward at thePG Meting

cience'

can' ummer Resear hThe i cholarhip . Le Honors

liege~teph,lnle Ewald

\\ 'n Fro tic Environmentaltudies ward

Thomas ReichR an it ert

E.:x nM bil Bigh rn BasinField ward

hua Kir' hner

Best P ,ter Pre entation at the2 Ea.stern ctiontudent E. 'po ompetitionHeather Qualman

Recent Graduates: Master's DegreeRecipients:

eology MajorJa 'ot .DaK ,I ' Patters mRussell Platteel y . Pohl

Kathryn . TitusKe\ in ierengo

Bachelor's DegreeRecipients:

Earth cienceJeffrey . Barney

e lTamara DeFrainJo hua Kir ehnerHeather ualmanudre' Ritter

Terri L. hattu k

Je i a Wold

Earth -ienc Majors'gan . Rarnhc.lrtn Ire\\ Jar-eau

Kri tofter Hensha\\[ anlcl Krollshlc . Kn n. hage

Daniel R. Priestarecl R. Rol inson

Jennifer L. Trout

H 'drogeolog , aj rara n ·der

Earth ci nce EducationBonnie ros,Ra -hel alimEmil, toneJennifer an Hoc

Ph.D. RecipientsLi-a M. nder'on

2008 Geosciences FacultyAward Recipients

Dr SlIhan /Jr.:,.:nh.'d Dr. Il.:alha P':lcol'ic (/.:{d cmd 1 r Mlchdll.' fo.:ol11m~(righl) tmh lhl.' Dl.'/)arll11l.'lll' FacullY Award. Thl.'Y/kit· h.llh Clllllrihlll.:d .1~"liJicanlh W lhl.' D':/'<lroncnl aCllt'IU':, III lhl.' /}(I..\l)'l.'ar.

CongratulationsWe are plea ed to announ e that ta 'ulty ml.:ml er, r, [ a\i I Rarne ,\Va awarded the 2 uhtan ling eologi t war II y the, meri 'anIn titllte of Pr lfl.:s ional Geologi ts ( IP J)! They ~resentl:d the awar~1to him at their meeting on I e eml I.:r_, 2 ,)

ongratulations to Rill and Linda Harrison t(,)r I eing sdected t(,)r t11t'Collegof Art and cienccs Dcan' taff and Faculty Appreciation Award!~ TI1t', havegiven much of their pcrsonal time to luild up MGRRE and the [)q',lrtment!Thank you! Your work is apprcciatcd!

ongratlilation to those whll ha\'\.~gotten married this year!ngd ucllar

Joshua KirschnerBenjamin HoytJennifcr Lindquist (now Porter)Beth tede (now hee 'eman)

Gco 'icn I.: A lrnini tratiw s i rant r., Kathy Wri/.d1t, wa a\\,,\r Il:d a ML'Makc a Diffcren 'c Award. Kath ' showcd compa sionate concern for a tudentthat wcnt al m'e and Ieyond the job!

ongratulation to Bill Harrison~ Hc has I een delt'd tl) rl'(eiw thl: P(,Public en'icc Award~ Thl: award willll' pre entc I to him at the natilmalmeeting ne~'t year in c\\' Orlcan .

ongratulation to Mike rammcr! Hc wa. sel 'ctcd as a r' 'ipienrofWM ' Emerging cholar war j for 2 9-2 1 . Hc was prl.:sent-d with the award ar th A ad 'mi ' onvo 'arion on cpt. I ,2r at jo!: , r. rammer!

ongrarulation to Dr. ultan! The col 19i al 0 'ie . of mcri 'a ( J

ele red him as a Fcllow ar rheir May 2 "ring.

Ford Field Eventll:n (Il:n -I:' partl(lpare I in ,1n: -ruirinr: I:n~nr ar Ford Fieillasr o\'emt er. frer rhe I:\'enr, rhe

,ru ll:nr, ha I rhl: npportunil) ro I:njo ' a Lions game!

Michigan Graduate Education DayApril 23, 2009

lm11uarl: rud 'nr, Zhana aginra 'e\', participare I in rhe Mi -higan raduare Educa-rinn D,l in Lansing in pri\. H' pres nrl:d a posrer regarding," I pplicarit ns forrhl: Rl:newabll: Houndwarer Resource in fghaniran an I Paki-ran."

Major ExcitementThe I 'nsci 'nc 'S Il:nlnl, lub (ml:mbcr, Pl:rl:r Man,ala) was insrrumenral in gerring marerial ro-r: 'rh 'r ro r' -ruir n '\\' majors. Thl: Dl:partmenr i also fortunarl: ro ha\'e alumni, Paul aniel, Kimhnkll:inl:r, ,1I1dBtll 'rctnmann on hand ro explain rhe 1:. ciring opportunirie in rhe eo.ciences!

Undergraduaw ,wdell! tl'orkinJ{ on anQSSllrlmell!.

The grout) on che Baraboo. \\:'i,CoJid / (rip.

GradUal!? !Udell!. Mwhanna )Qqooh. checkin~OU( (he rocks.

Dr . chmidl lellchlllt: on che lid / (rip

o

Geosciences Community

Bock RowFar, hi 1 K>~ha\'ar:, kram M kha >[ zi:K II '.

haata ,]eff Barn , avid Barne , an 1 tephen" IIe

Third Rowdam i[c\\'~ki, K ,Ie Patt>ron, Trevor Whirl Kk, Ben Ho t, Thoma Howe, Kirk Wagenvelt, ]en-

ni~>r hult:, >sle' Pohl, enc 'hmi h, tephen Tatum, ]aon 'mu, Joe ddu-i (with hat),i -k Palf', uan Hampton, Ian Kehew, and Ron ha e.

Second RowBill au 'k, 'man - 10 k " Joy r zenia, I: :Iou Abou EI-Magd, BrianEuti 'e, hri tin n'1er, hri 'hmidt, Ruth air, ndrew o'pel (with had ), R an Bo ,R\ Krihnamurth', an 1 Emil· Hartwi -k.

Front Row] )hn Thornton, Hatem EI- a' 1, Heath r ualman, Ra hel alim, Bonnie ro', Tracie agle,Beth hee eman, Talal I-Harbi, ohameJ ultan, Martin kafia, Zhana agint< yev, Mi helleKomin:, H >ather P t'o\'i -, Rot b ill 'pie, man ]a Wahr, and Kath Wright.

2008 Geosciences AlumniAward Recipient

r. Barry . M -Bride earne I hi aster of -ien -e 111 eolol.,'YfromWesternMi-higan nlwrt 1111 anlhb l)-enrateof Philo oph 'in Jeolo~' hom the nl\wsit) of )Iora I) atBoulder in I 97. He has 2 ' ',us of oil an I ~a '.penenc' \\Ith'veral different - )mpanies.

Before arriving at estern Mi -higan ni\"rsit) h' ,Hrende Ifiell c, mp at Indiana niversit)"s Judson M 'a I Jeologi - Fieldration in ar Iwell, MT, where he first met Dr. Ronal I hase

and Dr. hrisropher chmidt; hb utllre thesb alh'i. ors ,nWM .

In 2 6 cBride m,ld' a mm'e en orddlera En 'r~ , Part-ners II, LL in reenwoo I illa~e, olora 10 ,ls Mana~er ofeolo~'Y. In 2 7, his partners forme I a seCon I -om~ an -aile I

ordillera Energy Partner III, LL an Il orh -ompani's are run simulran 'ousl . Borh compankfo u their effort in otid, multi-pay areas su h as the Te 'as Panhandle, deep na larko an I EastTexas basin.

M Bride ha published multiple pulli ations ,lnd considers his trong uir en be stru tlIralgeology an I petroleum ystems. He is a meml er of the Ro -).., ounrain ssonanon of leolo~L ts.

P ,Ea t Texas eological ociet)' an I Houston Jeologi -al 0 -ie '.

DR. BARRY McBRIDE

Dave Huey2008 Graduate, B.S., Earth ScienceI currentl liw in hamr ion, Mi 'h, an 1 \\'l rk a anexpl )rati m ge )logit fl r Kenn' 'ott Eagl Mineralompan ' (Rio Tint)' - Eagle Proje t). I Wl rk out

of the I-hpeming offi e fl r most of th 'ear, an 1)' 'a ionall· pen I time at the 'gaunee core- hed)ffi 'e, y primar . job is t) explore for ni lei)p~ er In the 'cntral \\'est'rn r r er Penmsula )f1i 'hlgan, Looking tor other 'onomi al min ral isa e' mdar fo u ot the proJe't. I aLo do land manwork, and a,·sist the environmental lepartment onan a.-n e I,d basis. I pr \'ioul 'did nvir mmental'onulting work for 4 'ear' in P , Y, WI, MI,an 1 H, Sl m' pr 'vious geologi al experience al-low me to l ring ant ther limension to addresingthe hlghl ' s nitl\e environmental nature ot theproJe t.

a ,-to-da luties on ist of fiell re on follow-ing up on cur aero mag un' ,that wa completedla t ·ear. I), thn ughout the winter, I, t a aLan Iman (real ,tate la kgroun 1 help) ree, r hingmineral rights, ,urfal \: ner'hip, a ce " et'. torall the targets we have identifie 1 (over 15 0 far).I am the l mpan ' "P lint-of- ontact" for 10 alland owner an 1 mineral owner. I al') work withIan 1 we alrea 1 mn, or wouillike to a 'quire, tix\",mous purposes. I re~ear h geologi data availalleat 'ollene , the R, the DE ,or at variou 10 alfa ilitie - ju't at Ollt an 'thinn I can get m handon. uring the winter, I als ) intera t with 11 alf Ik, intere:te 1 in g 01 )g)' and mining. I have given

pr sentationsand

, and have1 a guet

pealer for high-ch 1 )1 car er-la '-programs inthe P tilingthem what I 10,and how I got towhere I am now.

pe ificall)',summer luties

re lulre that I a 't a t am I a l'r tor lur re' npr gram. That means we must 'omplete a fiell visitto ea 'h of th targ 'ts l1entlfi It our mag ,un'e '.Ea 'h target mu t t e inspecte 1 and evaluated lya g ologi 't, along with a te h l r safety per'on, toletermin the area's mineral IotentiaL e inves-ti!.!ate with ncl hammer, hand lens, and instinct.

Dadd and \\:'end) Hue) on one of man) treks.

P i employed to guid u to the target, and we'pend virtually all of our time ut in the remoteregion f the P wo d , I hav een numerou,ight out in the wood, in luding m e, bar,wolve, old logging amp, et ., but, rarely pe pie.e take note about ea h tarnet we an re-rank

our finding attheendoftheea'on.Thi allow uto complete a more f, u ed re on (or drilling) ro-gram each,u e ·ive year. We will tak wh Ie r k'ample for a -ay if we find omething intere ting(and own the mineral right ). We will al run full'oil line over uch area t get even m r detail ddata. fter fieldea n end, or during inclementweather day, I will po t ample I ation n themap, analy:e reult', evaluate additional magn ti,urve . lead and re earch variou mineral r urfa eowner hippo'ition.

The proje t i' moving ahead. We expe t everalimportant deci ion during the coming m nth.We have ever exr ectation that all the ruling willbe in ur favor, and we will b read to m v asoon as we an, an n t ·tart an ' can tru tionlr mining at 'the ite' until we have the e rul-ings. Howe\'er, we are ntinuing ur xpl rati nprogram, our mill plan, road plan, et . A tuall ,an' lay we c uld hear word on our ante t d a eruling. The e i ue do affect me, but minimall, be-,u e I'm invol ed in the e pi ration end f thing,But, I do h pe to live up here f, r a I ng time, and Ima need to tranition int the pro Iu ti n end fthing' a the proje t move into the future.

fter work, I ala work a a real e tate agentalong ide m 'wife (Wend) f, r rthern Mi higanLand Broker. e pretty mu h e lu ively deal withvacant land, camp, and timberland, That j b ialmot a mu h fun a m full time w rk. nd, flllr'e, I u uall have a hammer and a hand len

along with me when I'm out looking at real e tate.We love what we d ,and we I ve where we live.

Audrey Ritter2008 Graduate, M.S. DegreeHowd ' from Hou ton! M ' hu band and alumni IHis arga (M. ),

and our daught r Emma have lived in Hou ton now for a ·ear. e ar-

rive 1 last ear ju t in time to experien e ( ur first hurri 'am.:. I viou I ,

living without power for 11 da in the lat summer lown here i nor

ideal Ii ing con lition , but we all 'urvive I as did our new he use. I had

the be t wint r of m life an I 10 not mi the snt. at all ( lesl ite theOF ummer da ' ).

I am urrend working as a enior ee logi t for E. 'on 01 iI Eplo-rati n ompan (EME ). My fir t a signment her ha len working

on the high-profile Brazil project. I have pent man h )urs pro 'e.ing

and interpreting 3-D ei mi data, creating I'~ )sitional, sequen 'e

tratigraphi and diageneti m 1el, de rit ing onn~ntional 'ore and

thin e ti n , and working on athodolumin' 'en e ( L) mi 'ro op', th ' s 'annmg e1e 'tron ml 'ro-

. ope ( EM) and back atter e1ectr m imaging (BEl) interpretation an I re ults in 'onJun 'tlon \\ Ith

the p tr am Re ear h ompan ( R ). Re end, I was part of a four-day te 'hni 'al meetmg that took

pia e in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whi 'h in 'of( orate 1preliminar' r'sldr. from m' work. I han; atten Ie 1 fid 1

hools in ew exi 0, e t ""Gas, tah, olora 10,y )ming, and I laho evaluating stru 'rural an 1 tratl-

graphi' traps, . 'als within petroleum. 'stem., an 1

an ient la 'ustrine depositional elwironm 'nts.Based on m' (jell perform,HKe, I was ntm1inated

to I e an apprenti 'e instructor ti.n the carl onate. e-

~uen 'e. tratigraph ' portion of a hel I chool fe)r early

areer pro~'ssional . nct a signm 'nt is s ,he 1ule 1

to tart in March, 2 I with th ' Pro luction ompan'

working m a proje 't from ann.

side from work, IHis has joined a I) 'al 'rew

team and has I een rowing again for th' fir t tim in2 y ar! Emma, wh ) i now thr 'years 011, . tart d I allet and tap lanc' class, and i air '<leI) colle'ting

rock. F r me, I am urrend pregnant with our

e ond daughter due in De ember, attempting

to train for a triathlon ( ummer 2 I ) and I

am re ar hing univer itie an 1 their a 0 'iated

program to pur ue a Ph her in Texa in the

near future. We al 0 have another ad litie n

to our family; our 13 w ek old pupp Belle, a"platinum" (. hite) L1brador Retriever. We have

be n pending meLt of our weeken I on the

lea h in alve ton, TX, with friend' and neigh-l)r )r working in our 'ard adding Ian I 'aping

and a deck. If you ar ver in Hou ton, Jo norbe a tranger. Take are and let wi. he ,!

Part-Time Workers:AValuable Resource for Employersin Stressed Economic Timesby alumni: Niah Venable

I am a alumnu" with an M .. Earth C1ence

Jegre' from _ 6. M original intention when

'hl o"ing and, )mpleting m' ('gree at WM was

to find work tn the cnvironmental 'onsulting fid L

Maintaining tull-timc cmplo 'mcnt hO\\'Cvcr, meant

I er"onall coml rombing m rolc a" the mothcr of

t\\'l) \\'on Jertul 'hillren an J in 'urring substantial chil J are 0 ts that would e entially cut my paycheck

in h,llf. Though m,ln \\'omen woull tell 'ou that having ,1 full-tim' career and rai ing hildren i' a

ne 'e "ity in to Iay\ dual in 'ome an ( or singlc parentociety, I think that there ma·l e andhould l

alternative".

~ hile atten ling the H Z P R traintng, esion at Western, I met a \\'oman who mentioned that

he \\'llrk' I part-tllne tl)r a 10 'al 'on"ultlng firm. I wa" ama:e (he was alle to work part-time, l e 'ause

I had a""umel..l dut to I e a pn)t'e""lonal tn the s 'ien 'e" you had to work full-time. he did mention that

she wa fin ling It dithcult tl) mO\'e up tn her po"ition, an I that "he ha I no benefit' whan ever, lut that

l)\'erall the job ga\" her the 01 portunl to, I en I time with her 'hildren and till ue her e Jucation an J

I rl)te,,,ional "kill. .

her a ,eric" of lu 'k ' me 'ting, I landed in m' part-time po. ition. I am employed b the eo ien e

Dep,ntmcnt, at the 1i 'higan lcologi 'al Rcp )Siwry for Reearch and Education a an admini'trator.

ith my husband working a II, s 'h 'dulc of four, I -hour da s an I m s 'hedule of three days a week, I

lmh haw to pa for (\\'0 la" of childcare, saving u, mone' and leaving me \ ith a de ent paycheck. M

children get to _I 'nd tllne \\'Ith theIr parent" and experience the instituti)J1 of daycare and 'hool. The

I eneht tor m' I" that I g 't to 1 crtorm ,1 "nil' ot dutie at lea,t partiall' related to the geo' ien 'e and

I eCathe of thc n,ltUfl.' of the taCillt), h'll other stu lents rca 'h th 'ir e lu'ation goal'. Though I lon't en-

Cl)urage n1l..).t stll Jent to embark on child-rai. in,g while 'ompleting a degree and trying to 'tart a areer,

I 10 teet that "tu lent nee I to I c ,mare that It ISviable to lea non-tra Jitional tudent an J u ceed in

\'l)ur '\11..)1"l)f legree I fl)gram, c\'Cn one a" ngorou and comple. as the Earth ience.

an cn ( nl1te, though man hell do hire worker in part-time or flex IO'ition , the e jol. eem to

Jlstin'th lacktng tn the SCleIKC". I feel that emplo w have quite a I it to gain b· hiring profe ional

\\'l)rker the"e !lNtlOm, espe ,tall tn tight fin,lIKial time •. The get emllo 'ee that are more m )tivated

tl III thclr Jllb" I '('<luse thc ,n' not onl mcl:ting the nee Is of their t~lInilies l ut alo fulfilling personal

an J I rot'e"sionalgoak The' 'an aHor I to offer a de ent payche k to the employee' le ause the arc

gcncr,lll not in 'urring as much cost, if an " ti)r benefit,. The' also, an I mot importand , get emplo 'ee'

that ,nc train 'd to fill positiom wher' it reall loes matter what 'our e lu'ati n and 'kill set are, rather

than gcttin,g a "temp" from .omc ran 10m hiring agency.

w. Thomas Straw,Professor Emeritusde a and I ontinue tc enj y retirem nt in ew Harmon "

Indiana. 10 aionall' give Ie tlIre to Elder Ho~tel that vi itew Harmon and other 10 al group i an J in the rring of

2 I co-authored two gui lebook arri Ie. an lied one fieldtrip for th orth· entral Regional meeting of the '01 )gicalo ietyof m ri a in Evan. ville, I .

The pa tIm nth have been, intere. ting, challenging, reward·ing, and, trange as it may eem for a n·year oil, lite changing.In Febru, ry 2 I was hire I to work en an , Ileged vi )Inti )J1

of the wampbu ter pr vi ion of the 19 5 Foo I ecuritie ctin outh· entral Tenne' 'ee. From the )lIt~et it eeme I to lethe. orr of j bone ukl a ii, love: wonderful client., a I 'ar-cura e of drained wedand~, relatively inept go\'\~rnment experr~and a r a, nalle hearing c ffi er. Tw tra t of Ian J, two hearings, and we pre\ aile I in l orh 'a~e~-almo t.The Hearing ffi er found for m 'client, but loth a,e were rever,e I on apre, I to dIrector of the atil nalpp al ivi ion ( ) of the atllral Re'our'e~ on ervation en'l 'e. In a ~imllar 'a~' in Iowa the Fe J.

eral pp Ilate court f, und in favor of th land-owner farmer-with a l it of luck m ' eli 'nt willl e ex n rat 1.f our e, the a e i now in the han J of aver' apalle la\\ 'er an I the Fe leral ourr~.

t about the ame time I working on thi cae I entere I Barne ]ewi~h Hcpiral in t. Loui. to ha\'\~ a hearrpro edure I igned to cc ntrol , trial fibrill, tion ( F), Ith )ugh I had epi~ ) Ii' F ~in 'e I 95, it di I norbecome chronic until late ummer la t 'ear. )mehow, a, 1 onten J d with the lel ilitating ff cts )f thl-ondition knowing that the famou British geologist.geochronologist rrhur II )Ime, had his 'areer cut,horr by the arne mala J did linl to omforr me. areful monitoring for th' ~a~t, ix months indi 'ates th'pro edure wa a u e . eedle to a, de' a and I are plea 'ed with thi out'ome. he ha' her hand '.man·yard bo (old man) ba k, an I 1 have, more com~ lete life,

I continue to lelve into theubdetie of the Late Plei to 'ene glaciofluvial and glaciolacu, trine Jep )sits inthe hio an J Waba h River vall ' up tream fr m the onfluen e of these ~treams. But, l e allse J 'er ti 'ksand higger, a.k.a. "re I bug" eem to find me as lele table a~ I find watermelon an I ripe strawl erriesi an Jafter having b en tr ,t d for L me di ea,e twi ei 1 generally a\'oid wood, I area~ fmm June I until aft r thefir t fro t.

We ontinue t travell ut no longer have a motor oa h. I wa. in Kali pell, T in e~ teml er, \\' \'I 'ite JKe ' We tin Februar', ew ]er e' in pril, an I re end 'l ent several Ja'~ \ i~iting our gran J bughter, II \in la ka wher he work for Be htel. he an I I ~pent a da ' fi hing our of th ' un 'w" Val Je:-:h' 'aught a

+ p und halibut, and I brought in a 17 p under. fter about _ minllte~ or ~o ot 'ranking an I pump-ing, 1 "a able to l ring it in withour help. Ye" we ar w'll ~upplie I \\ ith fi h.

I enjoyed the pring ouncil meeting an I we are looking fc rward to \'i~iting Kalama: ) for the tall meeting.

Best wishes,Tom Strow

Greetings to Alumni and Friends:

The eo "ien 'e I\'iory ouncil met on t 3, 2 and pril 17,2 9. The e meetinga 'hie\'ed ~everal mile, tones. Both Pr sident John Dunn and Dean Thoma' Kent addre' ed thel)Un 'il in "tol er. Pre, i lent Dunn identified the Mi "higan eol )gical Repoitory tl.)r Reearch

an 1 Edu ati)O ( RRE or" ore Lal") as a" em" of the ni\'erlty, anJ praised the epart-ment l f eos "Ien"e tt)r It. insight in e tallishing thi facilit). In addition toer\'ing a an edu-'ational an 1 a re earch fa "ilit) for facult)· an 1 stuJents, RR aboerve the naturalre )ur'e in 1ustr' in i higan an I the nite I tates. Mione of fi\'e Reearch II niveroitiein the tate of Michigan, anJ the Department of eos 'iences faculty meml er trive to upportthe niver'it)' in maintaining that recognition. Pre'i lent unn redited the Department for hav-ing an h'ior' oun"il that help' SUIP)rt and lire t the Department a. the niverity look totuture a 'a 1emi' prl gram, anJ to how the e pr )gram can provide employment 0Pl=0rtunitie for

graduate, .ean Kent empha i:e I the importance of maintaining contact with lumni and friend' of

the 11\\"rSlt), ,lS ,1l1d the tate of i 'higan loth look forupport for current and futurea "ademl' programs, Both the Pre i 1ent and Dean en ourageJ lumni and the oun il to meetWith the ni\'er it) to fa ,ilitate Jis 'u,siom )n how we can all help maintain the academi pro-gram ot the Department.

t the sugg 'sti)O )f th ' President and D 'an, the ouncill r 'ented a written reque °t to thePre iJ nt an 1 an offer t) meet with the dmini tration an I the epartment to eek a mechani'mto tun 1 two en low\: I ~ositions tor the M RRE Fa 'ility, a Dire 'tl r and an as, i tant, Discuion\\'ith th dmll1lstranon, the epartment, the oun ii, an I tate agencie are current! in prog-r '..,s. n) sUI ~ort IS\\'elcom '.

The oun ,II has hatt J multiple ommunication d ) "ument in loth written an I ele tronitt)fJllat to a I t the Department in e, tallishing contact with lumni anJ frien I. e hope that\\'e will 'apture the lI1tere, t of th )se that ha\'l,~been out of tou h with the Department, and thatthl will result in an '.panJing groul of active lumni and with others who have an intere"t inthe Department and the niverity, namel ',the eos 'icn "es Ilian e.

The oun 'il ele'ted M r. Jame un 'an r. to Emeritu. ouncil member hip. He wa an earll)un,il meml er, and an avi 1 upporter of the Department. Hi on, Mr. Jame uncan Jr. wa

ele °te 1 tl) Hl)nor,H) oun il meml cr, hil ' H' i. a valueJ trienJ of the Jepartment, an I a major"l)ntrilutor to the el s'ience mueum in Roo I Hall. Both Jame, uncan r. an 1Jame Dun anJr. ,1re p,lSt re..,i1cnt ot K'lbn1.l:l 0, U" 'esstull usines men, an I long time friend of the epart-ment of leo 'Ienc'. e honor these two gentl 'men tl.H their out, tanding contrilution to the[ e~ artment anJ to the l\'Isor) oun "il.

The .oun "il meml ers look tnrwar I to seeing lumni and frien I at Home oming in the fall.

~.John . Yellil.hhairper on

Th )ma . Kaminecretar'

-Announcing the WMU

Geosciences Alliance

Dear Alumni,The WM D partm nt of eo' ience' i plea 'ed to announ l: to ,lll 0 our v, IUl: I, IUll1ni thinitiation of the WM l!tan 'e. The WMll (J '0 ien l: lIidnll:, in nJun ril nwith the Department' e) ien e ivLor oun 'ii, will provide \)ll with a \",lrilt) l) l IIor-tunitie regarding a tivitie within the Department. More speLlhlall', th' WMl (1l:0 II n eAlii, n e will:

• provide an opportuniry to you, a an alum, to e1e't to maintain a higher I '\' ,I of ont,l t ,mdommon interest wirh the Department)f eo 'i 'n 'e community;

• cr ate and identi opp )rtunitie' tor alumni to l e mentor, and to identify int 'rnshil for,tudenr- in the geo ien e ;

• proml te th' u and w Ifare )f th' Department, irs ta ,tdry, staff and stud 'nt ;• reate, upport and ommuni 'ate opp )rtunitie, tor intera 'tlon l 'rwe 'n tu I 'nt, ta 'ulty,

taff, alumni an i frien Is in the g '0 'ience ;• a i t wh n v r po ibl in the emplo ment )fWM 'ien e graduate an i alumni.

As valued alumni of the WM Departm 'nt of co 'iences, meml 'rship in the 'os ien 'e,Allian i autOlTlati and without 'harge. We a k that 'ou maintain 'urrent 'onta 'r Intormatlonwirh th epartment and with fellow alumni. Important announ 'em 'nt an I informati n willI: nt to you. You ar al 0 urged to k p rhL important ric I: joining the Fn nd lumni ofWM eo ien e D partment group on Faceb )ok!

We hope that ou" ill tak rhi opportuniry to l ' an active alum and meml 'r of the eo' ien"Allian e. Plea 'e feci fr to onta tan meml er l f the h L or ouncil or epart-ment of eo ien' fa ulry if yl u would like ad iirional informarion.

Best regards,John Yellich, ChoirGeosciences Advisory Council

Donations for 2008-09.krrv L. ik~nn r,lhim . AI-]all,lh0,\111.: I~ an h,'rT~m H. Bark~rt~w Bigar 1amlyn A. Bloo hn)rth

] m~ A. Bohlin,\111r,1L. B~)hlintmhe\\ K. Brl?\\'l?r

Timotll\ Bm-kR~\f1Bu ho',Hhil? hai\T'K~nn~th R. hai\T1?hn'tin~ ]. ha'l?

R \f1a11 B. 11<1'Tim~)(h\ L. larl?V•ri tin 1. Il?ml?nttar-]. bn~nt

H. 0,1\1 I oil?Brian L. )II?Bywn ]. 0 )k'\ 'tlliam F. ookBr 'n Ian u rran•ri tin~ . Dal1ld,. t rr:art:t . OanldTIm )th\ K. Dtrlggl?r~Brigt:t D~wl~m~ ]. Ferritto,]r., an R. Frun 1

L m.'tta M. Gam )nR )1 ~rt K. <urisonDl?nnt ,nIlden]uJy ,1lIId~n

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. tart)\VaneJ )hn O. ra eHam tG 11had ramml?r

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J hn on Haa,\'j I]. Hall

Thoma M. HannaAllan P Haall, IIIJeffrey . Ha\\'kinRi ·k . HenJ r~onLorrall1~ F. Hubn 'hJ,mi e R. Hiland

Thoma O. Hyllan 1h,\11d,l . ]I?n I?n

Lar . Jl?n~l?n]aml?~ J. Jcssmor~EJlth J. John~onBrad II? . JordanThoma M. KacorR) KaplanTl?r '~,1KaplanIan Keh~\\'

Kay . KehewKar 'n M. Kenn 'dPl?t~r T. K~nn~dy] ·ftrl?YB. KlanTl?rl?s<l . . KlanMI -had P. KIt,-hJ,l '01 R. Kod I I?aria M. Kor~t k .

M 1 hal?l . Ko\ a 'IchIlliam E. Laml right. RI -hard Latonharl'~ Ll\\TCnCI?Ian P. Law' m

Rol 'rt J. LongTo 11 R. MallRol I?rt J. MannI?Timothy Manl?,Kar~n . Matera nl? R. Mater

Barry . McBrid~Beth McBrid~Bl?tt)' L. McHamhane J. McLean

Jame J. cMaterR,lY . Merrtllu:anne K. errill

R,m lall L. MIl~tell1Mar R. Moore01,\11.1Morton-ThomponJeffer MuzzdlPat Mu::dlOa\'id H. aaKyle eldMdeah ddJame H. IdDoughl B. ttenEIt:,ll ~th . Parkcott . Park

T. M i had Pen lergras'LI~a K. Phillip

Mi had J. Phillip~onna PIllenan ha Pohl

Wolfgang G. PohlHeath~r QualmanDavid . Rappnn Ric~

Rol ert . RiceLinJa Rice- e sora . Roone

Bran L. RothPaul E. ach.De\: lie B. aperteinLeon aper.teinRi -hard . aundersBarl am E. m'ageBru -e E. avageL10 ·d]. ehmalt:Manlyn . hmalt:D~nnls R. chmudeMary Jo . chmuJeWilll<lm R. chorgerJudy hatterRI k hatterThomas M. taddm,\11nirgtl tearn

D,l\'id R. t~eleami M. teinaekeru an]. td:er

Willtam T. tel:erMr. Mr. harles

ternbachJud tricklandWilltam trickierMohamed ultanKenneth TatumLin fa TatumDouglas E. ThompsonMdvin L. Tro 'erBrian . aileRo.ann aughnJohua 1. WabindaroItee Wagenvdt

K'vln WagenvdtThoma F. WalkerKathr 'n WrightJ hn . Yelli hheryl M. Yiatra

Mark . Yiatra

Corporate donationsfor 2008-09

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Bigard and Huggard Drillingolumbu' III Production

nergy Foundationo k Invetmentore nerg, LLnvirologic Technologie, Inc.

Re ource , Inc.Fidelit haritable in FundIIFP In estmentHuffman Royalty, LL[nnova xplorationarh, cLennan

mpanie , Inc.ichad Baker orporationexen Petr leum .. ., [n .

Pale oming Dove. LLRobert J. Manne il a

plorationhell il ompany

Foundati nteam Drilling ompanyummlt Petr leum

rp rati nTamarack Re 'ource, LLTiger De elopment, LLWa elet [n e tment , LLilliam J. trickier, LL

lour generoll5 comribuuoru co thedeparnnem ~uPPOTla ulde arra:v ofactit'lt;e and ue appreClale :vourhelp. W'e try co lhank each donor.hill m It'llh all hureaucra ie u'e doml',l someone occmionally, If leem;sed ),ou, pleme knoll' lhal u'e relyon yourup/JOTl and ll'ill commueco make eleT)' effoTl 10 acknOtdeclgeyour gtfl '. Pleme a cepl ourrncerelhanks.

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