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Links to Other Geology Related Sites

Affiliation of Christian Geologists www.wheaton.edu/ACG/

Geological Society of America www.geosociety.org

American Association of Petroleum Geologists www.aapg.org

American Geological Institute www.agiweb.org/

United States Geologic Survey (USGS) www.usgs.gov/

Perry Mastodon Site www.wheaton.edu/Perry/start/entry.html

American Scientific Affiliation www.asa3.org

Department News

ALUMNI - Have you received your copy of this year's Department Newsletter "CONTACT"? If you would like us to send you a copy email us at Geology@wheaton.edu with your contact information (specify if you would like to receive it electronically or not). As always, we love to hear where you are at and what you have been up to, so keep us posted. Now you can view this year's 2007 Contact online in pdf format. Contact 2007 (in pdf)

2008 Geology and Environmental Science Graduates: Congratulations to our three May graduates Kevin Befus (Geology), Brandon Lewis (Geology), and Glenn Sharman (Geology). All three were recipients of the 2008 Gerald Haddock Outstanding Student Award.

From left to right: Kevin Befus, Glenn Sharman, Brandon Lewis

Summer 2008 Field Camp:
This summer was the year for the geology major track at the Black Hills Science Station. Geology students had a blast learning geology in the field. The next geology major track will be available in Summer 2010.

Students Present at National Meeting: Each spring students present their research at the North Central Regional Geological Society of America Meeting. To read the abstracts (current and past), click here.

Summer 2004 Geology of England & Wales Trip:
During the month of May 2004, six students took a jump across the Atlantic and had the fantastic experience of an eight day tour of the Geology of England. Retracing the steps of the fathers of modern Geology, they traveled from southern England's Dorset coast, through Cornwall and into Wales. They examined the Sidmouth exposure of Old Red Sandstone, the ophiolite complex at Coverack, the South Wales coal fields, the glaucophane schists of Anglesey, and the home of William Smith. Dr. Chris Walley, formerly of the American University of Beirut, provided outstanding trip leadership. Click here for a photo gallery.

Recent Faculty Publications and Abstracts :

Clark, James A., Hooyer, Thomas S., and Lee Clayton.. 2007. Neshota outlet and drainage spillway associated with glacial Lake Oshkosh, Denmark Quarry, Brown County. in T.S. Hooyer, ed. Late-Glacial History of East-Central Wisconsin, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Open File Report 2007-01, pgs. 45-58.

Hooyer, Thomas S., and Clark, James A. 2007. Eureka moraine and wave-washed till surface of glacial Lake Oshkosh, Buchholtz farm, Waushara County. in T.S. Hooyer, ed. Late-Glacial History of East-Central Wisconsin, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Open File Report 2007-01, pgs. 17-20.

Clark, James A., Zylstra, Deborah J., and Befus, Kevin M. 2007. Effects of Great Lakes Water Loading upon Glacial Isostatic Adjustments and Lake History. Journal Great Lakes Research, 33:627-641.

Moshier, Stephen O. "That Was A Close One," review of Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago, by Douglas H. Erwin, Books & Culture, May/June 2007, 38.

Moshier, Stephen O. Survey of Geological Artifacts Encountered at Tell el-Borg, NW Sinai, Egypt. American Research Center in Egypt 58th Annual Meeting, April 20-22, 2007, Toledo, Ohio.

Stephen O. Moshier, Jeffrey K. Greenberg, and David E. Maas,
Geology Education at Evangelical Wheaton College: History and Approaches
2003, Geological Society of America Seattle Annual Meeting.

James A. Clark, Paul E. Haidle, and L. Nicole Cunningham,
Comparison of Satellite Altimetry to Tide Gauge Measurement of Sea Level: Predictions of Glacio-Isostatic Adjustment.
2002, Journal of Climate, v.15, p. 3291-3300.

Jeffrey K. Greenberg
Indoor Field Study for Structural Geology Course
2002, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 50, p. 575-582.

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