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Graduate Student Receives Honorable Mention for the J. Hoover Mackin Award

Matthew Finkenbinder was awarded the Honorable Mention for the J. Hoover Mackin Award through the Geological Society of America Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. 

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Pitt-NETL Collaborators Identify Natural Isotope Tracer for Marcellus Waters

The briny waters produced during extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale require special handling and disposal. A group of G&PS geochemists led by Elizabeth Chapman (Ph.D. 2011) have shown that the natural isotope ratio of strontium (Sr) is highly sensitive for distinguishing between Marcellus brines and other sources.

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Environmental Studies Student Wins Udall Scholarship

Keely McCaskie has won a 2012  Morris K. Udall Scholarship, one of just 80 students nationwide who are rewarded for their "commitment to careers in the environment... leadership potential; and academic achievement."

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In the Field

White Sands

Undergraduate Allie Ackerman ponders extensive gypsum dunes in New Mexico during a 2008 field expedition led by Professor Rosemary Capo to investigate eolian deposition in deserts. Read More >

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