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Geochronologic Framework for Western USA Regional Cenozoic Unconformities and Associated Unconformity-Bounded Sequences

Paleogene tuff in Jefferson Valley, southwestern Montana I am currently part of a project focusing on western USA regional Cenozoic unconformities. We presented some of our results at the 2023 Geological Society of America (GSA Connects 2023) meeting held in Pittsburgh, PA 10/15-18, 2023, but I thought I’d post a brief recap of our presentation below. Our study area lies within western Montana.…

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Field Trip! Eocene-Oligocene Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology, Northern Jefferson Valley, Southwest Montana

Eocene-Oligocene Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of the Northern Jefferson Valley, Southwest Montana Field Trip Sponsored by the Montana Geological Society Field Trip Information: Saturday July 8th, 2023 Trip Leaders: Deb Hanneman (Whitehall GeoGroup Inc., Whitehall, MT) Don Lofgren (Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont, CA) On this field trip we will visit: – Late Eocene outcrops…

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AWG Requests Women Geoscientists Photos for GSA 2023 Annual Meeting Pardee Session

Photos needed: for the Pardee Session Spotlight on Positive, Diverse Female Role Models   GSA and AWG are looking for photos of women working in the field as part of their Pardee Keynote Symposia “P2. Spotlight on Positive and Diverse Female Role Models” which will be held at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, 17 October, from 1:30 PM through 5:30 PM. Our goal…

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New AWG Distinguished Lecturer Speaker Series to Launch on April 5, 2023

The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) is starting a new Distinguished Lecturer series on April 5, 5 pm Mountain time. The first lecturer is Dr. Kathrin Schilling from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. AWG recommends that anyone interested for Dr. Schilling’s talk to register for it using either the QR code or the website link given above in the featured image graphic or…

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Yellowstone National Park Winter Trackways and Feeding Traces

Snow caps on boulders in YNP’s northeastern area make for interesting natural snow animal features! Being in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) in winter is always amazing. It’s a good time to watch animal behavior – minus the confusion of the many human interactions that one normally runs into during the summer season! It’s also a prime time to observe animal tracks in the snow and get insight into…

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Association for Women Geoscientists and Brunton Sponsor Two Student Awards

Association for Women Geoscientists and Brunton Sponsor Two Student Awards

The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Brunton Award and Brunton Field Project Award promote the future of field mapping and data acquisition for the upcoming generation of people whose gender identity has been historically underrepresented in the geosciences. Applicants should have a passion for and exceptional experience with field work, including internships, field camp, coursework with…

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Late Eocene-early Oligocene Travertine Deposits and their Correlation with High-Elevation Tertiary Strata, Gravelly Range-Greater Yellowstone Region, Southwest Montana

Late Eocene-early Oligocene Travertine Deposits and their Correlation with High-Elevation Tertiary Strata, Gravelly Range-Greater Yellowstone Region, Southwest Montana

My field work in the Gravelly Range of southwest Montana has been on-going for a few years. Each field season there usually are field crews from the Alf Museum/Webb Schools headed up by Don Lofgren, along with many other earth scientists from a variety of places working together in the Gravelly Range. We base our field camp at the US Forest Service’s Black Butte Cabin for part of July and…

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Yellowstone Flood Damage Update - Lamar Valley to Cooke City Road Reopens

Yellowstone Flood Damage Update – Lamar Valley to Cooke City Road Reopens

Figure 1. The Lamar Valley to Cooke City road segment that reopened 10/15/2022 – months after the June 2022 flood event. Map cropped from: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wda8f The historic Yellowstone flood of early June 2022 dramatically changed the fluvial geomorphology in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park (YNP). According to the National Weather Service Billings, Montana, the Beartooth…

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Association For Women Geoscientists - New Website!

Association For Women Geoscientists - New Website! #AWG

The Association For Women Geoscientists (AWG) has migrated over to a new website! There are lots of new website features that will be rolling out over the next few months. Plus – we still have the standard AWG offerings listed on the new website such as awards/scholarships opportunities, job listings, resume review services, and mentoring connections. Link to the new website here: awg.org.…

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Priabonian, late Eocene chronostratigraphy, depositional environment, and paleosol-trace fossil associations, Pipestone Springs, southwest Montana, USA

Priabonian, late Eocene chronostratigraphy, depositional environment, and paleosol-trace fossil associations, Pipestone Springs, southwest Montana, USA

Ischyromys articulated skeleton from late Eocene strata, Pipestone locality, southwest Montana. Finally – the work done by myself and my co-authors, Don Lofgren, Steve Hasiotis, and Bill McIntosh, is published in the new issue of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (1): 5–20. Our work combines chronostratigraphy with depositional environment interpretations and paleosol-trace fossil associations for…

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Association for Women Geoscientists' Annual Institution & Corporate Membership Drive

Association for Women Geoscientists' Annual Institution & Corporate Membership Drive #AWG #geosciences #geology #earth science

The Association for Women Geoscientists is gearing up for our annual institution and corporate membership drive. We believe that having these types of members makes our organization more diverse and as such, it strengthens our efforts in enhancing the quality and level of participation of women in geosciences. We encourage you to talk with your institutional departments and corporate…

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Welcome To My 2021 Field Office

Welcome To My 2021 Field Office #earthsciences #geology #montana geology

This is my summer receptionist… a Yellowstone 2020 wolf pup of the Junction Butte pack that roams mainly in the Lamar Valley of northern Yellowstone National Park. My geological field work lately has taken me to several areas of western Montana, so I thought I’d do a visual collage of a few of the landscapes where I’ve been working. To start with, I’ve been spending time flying drones over…

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AWG's Laramide Chapter Is Hosting A Workshop on Bystander Intervention Training

Association for Women Geoscientists' Laramide Chapter's Workshop on Bystander Intervention Training #AWG #AWG larmide #geosciences #geology

In an effort to combat racism and other “isms”, the Association for Women Geoscientists’ (AWG) Laramide Chapter is hosting a Bystander Intervention Workshop training! You will learn practical knowledge and strategies about what YOU CAN DO to combat unfair treatment of people of color, women, and other unfairly treated groups in professional and personal settings. The first session is this…

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Linking One Woman’s Geoscience Career to Gender Equity

Linking One Woman’s Geoscience Career to Gender Equity

Coinciding with International Women’s Day and Women’s History month, I did a zoom meeting last week with students and faculty in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Seminar at the University of Northern Colorado. My zoom presentation was – “Linking One Woman’s Geoscience Career to Gender Equity”. Here’s the abstract of the Powerpoint slideshow that I presented (a pdf of the Powerpoint slideshow is…

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Drone Flying, Southwest Montana Style

Drone Flying, Southwest Montana Style #UAS #UAV #Montanageology

Jeremy Crowley describes flight planning for UAS high accuracy photogrammetric data collection using a DJI Phantom 3 and Phantom 4 Pro version 2 at the Bluebird Mill mining ruins near Rocker, southwest Montana. Last fall I decided that using UAS would really add to my geologic field work. That was the easy part. I did make the step to buy a drone and ended up with both a DJI Air Mavic 2 and a…