Geoscience students Stephen Kunz, Adam Marks, Jon Sands, and their advisor Dr. Karl W. Leonard presented the paper “Sequence Stratigraphy of the Tyler Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian/Morrowan) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota” at the annual North Central Section of GSA meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on May 3.
Geology students Scott Flores, Kyle Wohnoutka, Kaitlyn Nelson, Gerardo Rodriguez, and their research advisor Karl Leonard presented a paper at the 2011 annual convention of the Geological Society of America meeting in Minneapolis on Oct. 9. The paper, “The Stratigraphic Significance of a Fossiliferous Shale in the Lower Part of the Raytown Limestone Member of the Iola Limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian) […]
Russ Colson and Karl Leonard, along with six students from the geology program in the Department of Anthropology and Earth Sciences, attended the 2011 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America Oct. 9-13 in Minneapolis.
Karl Leonard, Anthropology, presented a talk on the Bakken Play at the 72nd Annual Wells County Winter Show December 16 in Fessenden, N.D. The Bakken Formation and several formations below it are currently part of Dr. Leonard’s ongoing research at MSUM. The Bakken has estimated recoverable reserves of over 4 billion barrels of oil, and about 60% of which lie […]