MS candidate James Amato is featured on page 4 of this month’s issue of L&S InFocus. Be sure to check it out!… Continue Reading »
Five UWM Graduate Students receive Student Research Grants from the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the Society of Sedimentary Geologists (SEPM)
GSA and SEPM recently announced the recipients of their student research grant competitions. Awardees of this national/international competition included five UWM Geoscience graduate students. David Cordie, a first year Ph.D. student, received a student research grant from GSA for his … Continue Reading »
Students Brave the April Snowstorm
The students in Structural Geology (Geosci 414) braved an April snowstorm to collect fracture orientation data from Harrington Beach State Park near Port Washington, WI on April 2. The fractures formed in Devonian aged limestones that are exposed at an … Continue Reading »
Nick Fedorchuk and Emily Joynt earn Fellowship for the 2016-17 School Year
Emily Joynt was awarded an AOP (Advanced Opportunity Program) Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year. Emily is an M.S. student working on a hydrogeological project under the guidance of Adjunct Professor Weon Shik Han and Professor Tim Grundl. Her work … Continue Reading »
Geoscience Graduate Students awarded 2016 Tinker Field Research Grants
The UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), in partnership with the UWM Master in Sustainable Peacebuilding Program (MSP), announced that Kate Pauls, Nick Fedorchuk, and James Amato were selected for this award. This award is funded through … Continue Reading »
4/3/2016 Vanuatu Islands 7.2
Earthquake Details Seismogram Explanation Location: Vanuatu Pdiff-wave arrival time: not verified. Date: April 3, 2016 Sdiff-wave arrival time: not verified. Time: 08:23:53 UTC; 3:23:53 am CDT The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters. Latitude: 14.35 S The … Continue Reading »
4/2/2016 Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska 6.0
Earthquake Details Seismogram Explanation Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska P-wave arrival time: 05:58:14 UTC; 12:58:14 am CDT Date: April 2, 2016 S-wave arrival time: 06:04:52 UTC; 1:04:52 am CDT Time: 05:50:01 UTC; 12:50:01 am CDT The vertical axis is in units of … Continue Reading »