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Earth Sciences News

In the News: Earth Sciences Ph.D. Candidate, Benjamin Phrampus, interviewed by LifeScience

Siberian sinkholePh.D. Candidate, Benjamin Phrampus, discussed the possible relation of gas explosions and the Bermuda Triangle with LifeScience. The article appeared on Oct. 14, 2014.

Explosions of trapped methane gas are thought to account for the mysterious craters found in Siberia, including this one.
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Earth Sciences Faculty News

Faculty in the News: Oct. 7-20, 2014

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Alumni Earth Sciences

Alumni News: Thomas L. Adams in the Houston Chronicle: Project to protect rare dinosaur tracks

dino3 Houston Chronicle reporter Marvin Pfiefer has written about a project led by SMU alum Thomas L. Adams to catalog and protect the tracks of a 110 million-year-old dinosaur preserved in rock at Government Canyon State Natural Area. Adams, a paleontologist, is a graduate of Dedman College’s Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences.

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Earth Sciences

Daily Mail: Now that’s a Jurassic Park! ‘World class’ treasure trove of dinosaur footprints discovered in national park

Anthony Fiorillo, SMU, Perot Museum, Alaska, hadrosaur

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Earth Sciences Faculty

Faculty in Focus: Bonnie Jacobs in the Dallas Observer “Searching for History Beyond Ancient in the Trinity River Bottoms”

Bonnie Jacobs, Trinity Forest, Dallas Observer