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Hello! Welcome to GR. Always
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 08:01Hello! Welcome to GR. Always nice to know how stumbles across the site. Any ideas what research area you'd like to pursue in your MSc/PhD?
If you think your pyritised fossils pics are good enough, please do consider submitting them to the images section - more pictures in there are always welcome!
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Tue, 09/23/2008 - 00:16I have to figure out exactly how I'll tailor my studies before I work too hard at figuring out a research area, although on a field trip, I icked upa rock with small, deep and very round depressions made from presumably swirling water and my professor suggested that would make great thesis work - figuring out in detail how that is formed. That could be interesting because I can picture several lab experiements to recreate it and such which could be fun. I'm probably going to go Environmental Geo/Hydrology or something like that, since restoration work is dear to my heart. I'll know more after I meet with the directors at the nearest college offereing Geo PhD programs. I'm limited to this area right now due to family reasons (my elderly mother can't live by herself after a stroke a few years ago) but I'm at the begining of quite a journey!
I don't know how well the pyritized fossils pics will turn out. The best one is an ammonoid but only part of the shell is showing. I did get some lovely igneous rocks as well that are glacial erratics from further north. If the pics look good, I'll upload them as a few are quite interesting. Also some fossilized wood that is quite striking.
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Tue, 09/23/2008 - 00:22
Hey, another American. What other geology forums are you on? And it seems a little counterintuitive for geologists to be creationists, isn't it?
I'm not on any others yet. I went looking for a geology forum and the first 10 were full of Creationist trolls calling Hutton, Darwin, Lyell and others liars, etc. Much silliness. There seems to be a bit of a movement by some who would have us return to the Dark Ages, where the only science discussed would be that which supports Biblical notions. It's quite frustrating!
Where in the US are you? Can you point me to some other good Geo forums? I'd like to be active on several if they're all of good quality.
As you can see, I'm figuring out the conventions of this forum.Wasn't sure if hitting "reply" would get a new post in the thread or start a subthread (which now I see it doesn't) so I am going to keep it simple and say thank you right here to all who have welcomed me! 
It's nice to be among people with similar interests.
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Greetings From USA - W. NY State
Submitted by MissFabulous on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 14:04.Hi, all. I'm 37 and started abck to school last spring for Environmental Sciences. I quickly discovered Geology and since I can't change my BS classes (which are somewhat heavy in the geosciences anyway) I'm auditing a bunch of Geo classes to keep up and I go out in the field with the brightest minds I can find. I've started discussing pursuing a Geology MS or PhD in the Fall of 2010 after I finish my BS that Spring. There is a good program through the National Science Foundation in which I may be able to move directly into PhD work.
I live in the westernmost part of NY state, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo. Geologically, much of this region matches up to the UK and parts of Scanidnavia. From what I understand, the matching coal deposits were part of Wegener's lines of reasoning for his theory of Continental Drift.
Anyway, it's nice to find a geology forum that isn't "flooded" with Creationists. Hope to have some interesting discussions here. As soon as I get pictures of the pyritized fossils I got yesterday, I'll put them up in the proper forum.