Presentation given November 2014: The Upper Devonian Berea Sandstone is a major natural gas and oil reservoir in eastern Kentucky. Oil and gas production dates back to the early 1900’s.…

Classical notions of “layer cake stratigraphy” have been denigrated as representing an antiquated view of the geologic record. The American paleontologist E.O. Ulrich was vilified as the quintessential advocate of…

This presentation was given March of 2015 at the Geological Society meeting hosted by OOGA in Columbus, Ohio:  In 2010 Senator Bingaman of New Mexico requested that Department of Energy…

From March to December 2011, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Seismic Network (OSN) recorded 11 earthquakes in Youngstown, leading to speculation that the earthquakes were caused by wastewater injection.…

Routine geochemical screening methods combined with advanced mineralogical and elemental stratigraphy data are integral to successful unconventional petroleum reservoir assessment and development. Advances in instrumental technology and field deployment strategies…

Presentation given February 2014: Greenland GPS Network (GNET) is being used in combination with other geophysical sensors to examine ice loss in the world’s second largest and most unstable ice…

The OARS Tunnel is a 20-foot diameter sewer tunnel being constructed for the City of Columbus to prevent combined sewer overflows from downtown Columbus entering the Scioto River. The tunnel…