Geosciences professors, student publish manuscript

Prior MSUM Geography student, Jacob Larson and Geosciences professors Dr. David Kramar and Dr. Karl Leonard published “A Geostatistical Analysis of Seismicity in Oklahoma Using Regression Trees and Neural Networks” in the Journal Physical Geography. This research utilizes machine learning to establish relationships between wastewater injection sites associated with the shale-gas industry, and the prevalence of earthquake activity in Oklahoma. […]

Geology students present paper at regional conference

Geology students Nicholas Anderson, Christopher Benjamin, Donavan Donarski, and their Geoscience advisor Karl Leonard, presented the paper “Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Tyler Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian/Morrowan) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota” at the annual meeting of the North-Central section of the Geological Society of America meeting in Lincoln, NE on April 24, 2014.  They also attended the post-meeting field […]