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North-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (20–21 April 2006)

Session No. 12
Thursday, 20 April 2006: 1:20 PM-5:40 PM

S3. Cultural Geology II: Building Stones, Gemstones, Terrain and More

GSA Geology and Society Division

 

Joseph T. Hannibal, Convener
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1:20 PM
GEMSTONES: AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE EMPHASIZING THE CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGY
BABCOCK, Loren E., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, babcock.5@osu.edu, babcock.5@osu.edu
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1:40 PM
GLACIAL ERRATICA: COMBINING ART AND GEOLOGY AT A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
SAJA, David B.1, HANNIBAL, Joseph T.1, STILGENBAUER, Sarah E.2 and DICKEN, Eric L.2, (1)Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, (2)Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, dsaja@cmnh.org, dsaja@cmnh.org
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2:00 PM
CULTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE NATURAL HISTORY AND ART MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH
KOLLAR, Albert D. and BREZINSKI, David K., Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Nat History, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, brezinskid@carnegiemuseums.org, brezinskid@carnegiemuseums.org
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2:20 PM
BEYOND DECORATION: THE USE OF COMMERCIAL DECORATIVE STONES IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
ST. JOHN, James M., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University at Newark, Founders Hall 156A, 1179 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055, stjohn.2@osu.edu, stjohn.2@osu.edu
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2:40 PM
BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONE FROM THE PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF WISCONSIN: A REVIEW OF HISTORIC PRODUCTION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
BROWN, Bruce A., babrown1@facstaff.wisc.edu, babrown1@facstaff.wisc.edu
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3:00 PM
ATHENS MARBLE AND THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF MIDWESTERN SILURIAN BUILDING STONES
KLUESSENDORF, Joanne, Weis Earth Science Museum, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, 1478 Midway Rd, Menasha, WI 54952 and MIKULIC, Donald G., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, jkluesse@uwc.edu, jkluesse@uwc.edu
 
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3:40 PM
STONE USED IN EARLY BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN THE "HEAD OF THE LAKE" REGION OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO
MIDDLETON, Gerard V., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, middleto@mcmaster.ca, middleto@mcmaster.ca
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4:00 PM
THE SHARON FORMATION: AN IMPORTANT, BUT ALMOST FORGOTTEN, HISTORIC DIMENSION STONE IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
HANNIBAL, Joseph T. and SAJA, David B., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, hannibal@cmnh.org, hannibal@cmnh.org
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4:20 PM
GEOLOGY ALONG ZANE'S TRACE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF OHIO'S MINERAL INDUSTRIES
WOLFE, Mark E., Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 2048 Morse Rd, Bldg C2, Columbus, OH 43229-6693, mark.wolfe@dnr.state.oh.us, mark.wolfe@dnr.state.oh.us
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4:40 PM
INDIANA CANALS: OVERCOMING (AND BEING OVERCOME BY) NATURE: SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY TRANSPORTATION
BULLARD Jr, Reuben G., Geology, University of Cincinnati, ML 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, bullarrk@email.uc.edu, bullarrk@email.uc.edu
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5:00 PM
GEOLOGIC MATERIALS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OHIO RAILROADS 1830-1930
CAMP, Mark J., Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft, MS 604, Toledo, OH 43606, mark.camp@utoledo.edu, mark.camp@utoledo.edu
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5:20 PM
MORGAN'S RAIDERS AND THE BATTLE OF BUFFINGTON ISLAND:GEOLOGY'S ROLE IN THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT
SCHUMACHER, Gregory A. and POWERS, Donovan M., Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, 2045 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH 43229-6693, greg.schumacher@dnr.state.oh.us, greg.schumacher@dnr.state.oh.us
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