Tech Geoscientists at GSA Conference
by George Zamora
BOSTON, November 6, 2001 -- A group of ten Earth scientists from
New Mexico Tech currently are presenting results of their recent
research projects at the 113th Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of America (GSA) in Boston's Hynes Convention Center.
In addition, one of the Tech researchers, Fred M. Phillips, professor
of hydrology, is slated to receive the organization's prestigious
"O. E. Meinzer Award," which is presented each year
by the GSA Hydrogeology Division to the author of a published
paper of distinction which advances the science of hydrogeology.
Approximately 6,000 geoscientists from around the world are in
attendance at the week-long convention, titled Boston 2001: A
Geo-Odyssey, which runs through Saturday, November 10.
The New Mexico Tech researchers presenting research papers and
talks at the international conference and the titles of their
presentations are listed as follows:
- Laurel B. Goodwin, associate professor of geology, "Competency
Contrast, Kinematics, and the Development of Foliations and Lineations
in the Crust;"
- Mitchell Plummer, doctoral candidate, "Simulation of
Alpine Glaciers as a Means of Interpreting the Glacial Record;"
- Robert S. Bowman, professor of hydrology and coordinator
of the hydrology program, "Diffusion Coefficients of Hydrologic
Tracers Measured by a Taylor Dispersion Technique;"
- John L. Wilson, professor of hydrology and chair of Department
of Earth and Environmental Science (and previous O. E. Meinzer
Award winner), "Gas Mini-Permeameters;"
*Benjamin J. Lechler, graduate student, "Operator Errors
and Gas Permeability Measurements;"
- William W. Weiss, field petroleum engineer at the Petroleum
Recovery Research Center (PRRC), "Artificial Intelligence
to Reduce the Risk of Oil Exploration and Production;"
- Bruce J. Harrison, assistant professor of environmental geology,
"The Pedogenic Record of Hillslope Erosion and Deposition
Processes;"
- Gabriel M. Gomez, graduate student, "Pressure Fluctuations
at Taca Taca Porphyry Copper, Northwest Argentina;"
- Gabrielle E. Kurth, graduate student, "Cosmogenic Nuclide
Dating of Pluvial Shorelines in the Western Great Basin;"
and
- Fred M. Phillips, professor of hydrology and this year's
winner of the O. E. Meinzer Award, "Correlation of Sierra
Nevada Continental and Pacific Marine Paleoclimate Records over
the Last Glacial Cycle."
Established in 1888, the Geological Society of America provides
access to elements that are essential to the professional growth
of Earth scientists at all levels of expertise and from all sectors,
including academia, government, business, and industry.
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