Twelve Geosicence undergraduate students participated in the annual UWM Student Symposium on Friday April 27th. Here they were able to showcase the research they have been working on. … Continue Reading »
Geosci Students Present at the UGrad Research Symposium
The Undergraduate Research Symposium occurred last Friday in the Union, including researchers from across campus and across disciplines, there were four Geosci undergrads presenting. Detaya Johnson gave her talk at 12pm in Union 240 on “Geochemical Analysis of Deformed Metaconglomerates.” … Continue Reading »
Prof. Stephen Dornbos Unearths Ancient Multicellular Fossils
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee paleontologist Stephen Dornbos and his research partners have discovered new clues in pinpointing when life on Earth evolved from single-celled to multicellular organisms… Continue Reading »
Prof. Julie Bowles part of effort to drill to Earth’s mantle
Assistant Professor Julie Bowles recently returned from a two-month expedition that’s part of a renewed effort to drill through Earth’s outermost crust and into the mantle below. The expedition on board the research vessel JOIDES Resolution is part of an … Continue Reading »
Geoscience undergraduate major receives research grant
Detaya Johnson, an undergraduate Geosciences major, has received a $500 research grant from the Institute on Lake Superior Geology (ILSG). Detaya’s project is titled “Geochemical analysis of deformed metaconglomerates.”… Continue Reading »
Professor Tim Grundl’s XRF Probe Project
Professor Grundl and colleagues from the University of Washington designed and built a set of X-ray fluorescence probes for Areva, an international mining company headquartered in France and Nagra, the agency in charge of the Swiss nuclear waste repository test site. … Continue Reading »
New Paleo-biology, -Ecology, and Biogeochemistry Laboratory (PEBL)
The Paleo-biology, – Ecology, and Biogeochemistry Laboratory (PEBL) is a newly formed research space in the Department of Geosciences at UWM. PEBL research reflects the collaborative efforts of Drs. Margaret Fraiser, Stephen Dornbos, and Erik Gulbranson. … Continue Reading »
Copper Harbor along the Lake Superior
The Copper Harbor Conglomerate in Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan formed in an ancient rift valley 1.1 billion years ago when Amazonia (Precambrian Shield of NE South America) rifted away from Laurentia (Precambrian North America).… Continue Reading »