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  • [Abstract] IUP Weather Station - Local weather conditions, climate history, and more! (Drs. K. Moyer, S. Hovan, and E. Donley (Mathematics Dept.))
  • Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey - web-based electronic information service for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey. (Drs. S. Hovan and D. Hoskins (Pa Geologic Survey))
  • [CETPPA] Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in the State of Pennsylvania (collaborative effort among numerous science content and education faculty)
Marine Geology
  • Paleowind studies from eolian sediments recovered during ODP Leg 199 (Dr. S. Hovan)
  • [Abstract] Late Cenozoic mineral deposition along the California Margin - ODP Leg 167 (Dr. S. Hovan)
  • [Abstract] Grain size distribution and depositional processes of terrigenous minerals in the South Atlantic Ocean (Dr. S. Hovan)
Mineralogy/Petrology
  • [Abstract] Acquisition of a powder x-ray diffractometer system for the IUP X-Ray Facility (collaborative effort between geoscience, chemistry, and physics depts.)
Paleontology
  • Upper Cambrian biomeres and stages: Two distinctly different and equally vital stratigraphic units

  • The lower to middle Cambrian tansition in the central Appalachian region.
  • Trilobite faunas from the upper Cambrian microbial reefs in the central appalachians
  • Cambrian-Ordovician of western Colorado
  • Collaborative Research: Integrated stratigraphic study of Cambrian-Ordovician inner shelf facies of the western United States
Geoarcheology
  • [Abstract] The magnetic susceptibility stratigraphy of archaeologic sites in western Pennsylvania (Drs. T. Koetje (Anthropology Dept.) and S. Hovan)
Astronomy
  • [Transit page] Observation of the November 8, 2006 transit of the planet Mercury across the Sun (Dr. K. Coles and student T. Lavanga)

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