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Dr. Barbara Beckingham (College of Charleston Geology Department; right picture), CofC Alumni Kerry Wischusen (‘18, B.S. in Biochemistry; foreground of left picture) and Joanna Walker (‘17, B.S. in Public Health; not pictured) were recently published on PLOS ONE for their research entitled “Phthalate exposure among U.S. college-aged women: Biomonitoring in an undergraduate student cohort (2016-2017) and trends from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES, 2005-2016).”
Their work served to quantify phthalate concentrations within college-aged females (age 18-22) and compare it to the data from the CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)! Their research was made possible through the Women’s Health Research Team and Student Health Services, as well as the participation of over 200 female student volunteers from the College of Charleston! Congratulations to Dr. Beckingham, Joanna, and Kerry on their amazing work!
You can check out their paper here:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0263578&fbclid=IwAR1SSXpdYbJtGsL6LECqE8kDM1p6DIpb8U0OsOTsgdSPfGOkE_MNkKb-VlI
Friday highlights around the department: a visit from the Appstate Scholars with Diverse Abilities, the paleo undergraduate researchers hard at work, and a seminar on microplastics by Dr. Barbara Beckingham from the College of Charleston Geology Department
More than 40 donors have made gifts to support resources for BEAMS students in memory of beloved geology alum Matt Christie '13. To learn more about Matt's legacy and BEAMS, watch the video and make your gift online:
https://cofcday.cofc.edu/campaigns/beams
College of Charleston Geology Department
We are grateful this to honor the life and legacy of beloved geology alum Matt Christie ’13. Thanks to the generosity of Matt’s family and friends, the Matt Christie BEAMS Support Fund will provide vital resources for BEAMS students for years to come. To make your gift:
https://cofcday.cofc.edu/campaigns/beams
College of Charleston Geology Department
Earlier this week, Clyde helped Baylin Bible prep fossils for display in the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston. Baylin is a sophomore pursuing a General Studies major and College of Charleston Geology Department minor.
The SSM is proud to host Chesapeake Technology's SonarWiz7 Annual Workshop & Expo this week. SonarWiz provides sonar data acquisition and processing software to the marine geophysical and geological survey industry and is used by College of Charleston Geology Department faculty and students. Ten of our students will participate in the training workshop and have the opportunity to network with professionals and learn more about careers in these fields.
Angus Mullis-McCord is a geology major graduating this semester who recently completed his bachelor’s essay comparing the differences in appearance and ability to provide ecological services between an unmanaged watershed and a managed watershed. He worked with Dr. Carl Trettin of the Center for Forested Wetlands Research to conduct his study and hopes to soon submit his work for scientific publication.
College of Charleston Geology Department
Dr. Scott Harris of the College of Charleston Geology Department was recently involved in research that conducted the first aeroradiometric survey to look for patterns and anomalies of critical minerals along the U.S. Coastal Plain! Dr. Harris worked alongside scientists from both the U.S. Geological Survey and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and it was published in the Geological Society of America’s “GSA Today” Journal in September. Congrats to Dr. Harris!
Dr. Teddy Them and colleagues have published a journal article in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, "New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition". The research focused on understanding the global carbon cycle across the end-Triassic mass extinction.
The photos below were taken while on-site in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in 2019. Clara Meier ('20), a recent graduate of the College of Charleston Geology Department, helped with sample collection during this particular expedition.
The article can be viewed here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X21005185?dgcid=coauthor
This is it, folks - the last water quality report of the season. We wrap up on a decent note, with only 25% of samples failing to meet the water quality standard for safe swimming. Check out more at theswimguide.org
Swim Guide College of Charleston Geology Department
Great results this week! Even two greens in James Island Creek! Check out more at theswimguide.org
Swim Guide College of Charleston Geology Department
Students in Dr. Beutel’s structural geology class were out mapping on Smith street last week. They were making scales of a section of the sidewalk that had bubbled up while adding the strikes and dips of the planes to determine the cause of the sidewalk deformity. College of Charleston Geology Department