Extreme Science: Meteorite Impact on the Atlantic Coast

About 35 million years ago, an asteroid or comet nucleus collided with Earth at the present mouth of Chesapeake Bay. The product of this environmental catastrophe, known as the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, is now concealed beneath sediments on the Atlantic continental margin. This 53-mile-wide feature is one of Earth’s largest and best-preserved examples of [...]

Research Presentation at Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting

Students and faculty from Furman University attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Geological Society of America held in Wilmington, NC.  Nine students presented their research work in the form of posters.  Students in attendance at the conference were: Virginia Batts, Rhonda Chan Soo, Ruthanne Coffey, Elizabeth Johnston, Brittany Lins, Molly McGee, Hannah Pearcy, Alyssa [...]