T131 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research (Posters)

Monday, 17 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

ONLINE STRATIGRAPHY OF HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, ARKANSAS

Paper number: T131-15
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

Students at Eastern Illinois University taking Stratigraphy are required to do library research a national park, make a stratigraphic column and both write and orally present a brief geologic report that is posted on the internet. After posting the report and column on the internet, the project undergoes critique by classmates and the professor. Both are then revised as needed. This allows the students to experience a peer review in a relaxed setting.

Though Hot Springs National Park stratigraphy and geologic history are relatively well known and available; on this web page everything is concisely stated and allows anyone to easily access the information. The Hot Springs National Park stratigraphy page can be found at the url below. http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/%7Ecfrbj/parks/hosp/hosp.html.