Andy's Geol 390 Online Journal

Week 15

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:10:40 EST

This week my very final copy of my proposal is due. I have had Beverly read my proposal and she told me what I need to fix and clarify to make my proposal correct. I also got back my results from the panel review and will be revising my paper due to what was said. I needed to clarify my writing and use more professional language in some areas. I have done so and will have my paper signed by Beverly and hand in the final copy to Steve.

Week 14

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:10:00 EST

The final papers are due this week and will be discussed on a panel in class. I have revised my paper based on what help I was given from my classmates and from Steve. Things I need to do are proof read a little better as well as add some pictures to my proposal. The addition of the pictures will greatly clarify my work and where it will be done. This is about all the work that I will have time to do this week.

Week 12

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:05:57 EST

This week I handed in first draft of my proposal to be evaluated by the class and by Steve. I also read some of the other first drafts and given my feedback. They were all rather good. I seem to need to proofread my paper a little better and clarify a few issues. Adding some images to help describe the area where the farm and gas wells in Ohio are located. Over the next week I hop to talk to Beverly and get her input on my proposal as well as find out some information about working on my project over the summer.

Week 11

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:02:15 EST

This week I get back my outline and I talked to Beverly in order to discuss any questions to correct holes in my research. She clarified some issues for me. I also found learned a lot about my paper and the Clinton Formation from reading some more papers and the atlas I was given a few weeks ago. I think I will now be able to write my first draft.

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Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:01:56 EST

This week I handed in my outline of my proposal explaining how I will conduct my research. It will be evaluated by Steve in order to clarify what I need to work on. I have found a lot of good information on how to interpret well logs and what the data will mean. This information came from some of the books that I acquired from Beverly on well log interpretation. Once I get the outline back I will hopefully begin writing my first draft.

Week 8

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:24:28 EST

I have started to look online for some sources for my paper. I have found a few through a Google scholar search and some from the case libraries as well. I have read these papers and written an annotative bibliography. This will be handed in this week for class. I also talked to Beverly and she will be getting some more books on interpreting well logs to me some time this week or next.

Week 7

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:59:56 EST

Steve is out of twon this week so there is no schedualed class. I went and talked to Beverly about my project and finalized that I would do it. She gave me an atlas to look through for some information about the Clinton Sandstone as well as a few books on how to interpret a well log. As far as papers go I begon looking for some through the library and managed to find a few that seem like they may be usefull but I have to go pick them up at the library. Beverly also advised me to search for some articles on something like google and I may find some useful papers that way.

Week 6

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:57:25 EST

This week we read some papersand talked about scientific theory and having a thesis. we had som general discussion on our projects and the proposal we will have to write up. Beverly come back to town this week so i will have a chance to talk to her thena bout my project. there is not much else I can do at this point so hopefully next week I will be able to find some papers.

Week 5

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:30:07 EST

This week we saw a presentation by Ralph Harvey and by Peter Whiting. Ralph Harvey had some interesting projects involving meteorites or planetary geology. Peter's projects were closely related to projects that Gerry had presented. Over all I think I will stick with the project I have already chosen. I also found an interesting article in the school paper concerning drilling at the farm and how some people are rather angry that its going on.

Week 4

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:12:43 EST

This week I talked to Professor Saylor about possibly working on the gas drilling project she had mentioned when she came in. I was given a website to go to and look at some of the well information in the surrounding area to get an idea of what the farm is like. I looked at this for a while but have not really had a chance to do it this week. Otherwise this week Professor Van Orman and Professor McCall came in to present thier research. Professor McCall's research involved organisms in lake Erie sediments. Professsor Van Orman's research all involves high pressure geochemistry. While both of these are interesting I don't know if that what i really want to do.

Week 3

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:23:17 EST

This week we looked at two papers. The first of these papers was by Professor Saylor which focused on her stratigraphic work in Namibia. She was Dationg ash layers using geochemistry to tell if they were related to other ash beds in the area. Shealso presented on current projects that she may have for us to do as our senior projects. The other paper was Professor Matisoff's paper on Oxygen levels in lake erie and their relation to soil oxygen levels. He took core samples of the bottom of lake erie and Checked their oxygen levels to see if this could help to locate the problem. He also presented on his current worka nd showed us his lab. That was about it for this week.

Week 2

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:14:53 EST

This week only had one day of class because of Martin Luther King Day. This was also the first day of professors presenting their research to us. Professor Hauck was first and talked to us about the paper we read. the paper we discussed was on his predictions for the MESSENGER flight to Mercury. Derek helped with the paper during the summer between his senior year and graduate school. The paper discussed the large bulk density of Mercury and possible solutions. Monte Carlo simulations were used to find the error in some possible answers. The class ended with Professor Hauck showing us his lab and the computers in it. For next week we are to read Professor Saylor's paper.

Week 1

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:54:03 EST

This week was an introduction to the class on the first day and talked about the field of geology on the second day. The first day was mostly basic things like the course syllabus. The second day we read a few papers and had a discussion on whether or not geology is actually a science because it borrows so much from physics. Personally I feel that is science because it contains elements that are specific to the field concerning logic and reasoning. We were then assigned to read a paper from professor Hauck for next week's class.