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Iceland: Extreme Learning In The Land Of Fire And Ice, Jason Polk, Leslie North Feb 2016

Iceland: Extreme Learning In The Land Of Fire And Ice, Jason Polk, Leslie North

Leslie North

WKU Libraries kicked off the spring season of "Far Away Places" with Dr. Jason Polk and Dr. Leslie North, Asstant Professors from the Department of Geography and Geology at WKU, who talked about leading a study abroad group to Iceland in the summer of 2015. WKU Libraries kicks off the spring season of Far Away Places with Jason Polk and Leslie North, Asst. Professors from the Department of Geography and Geology at WKU, who will be talking about leading a study abroad group to Iceland in the summer of 2015. Dr. Polk and Dr. North co-taught this course with faculty …


Boom Or Bust? Mapping Out The Known Unknowns Of Global Shale Gas Production Potential, Jérôme Hilaire, Nico Bauer, Robert Brecha Jan 2016

Boom Or Bust? Mapping Out The Known Unknowns Of Global Shale Gas Production Potential, Jérôme Hilaire, Nico Bauer, Robert Brecha

Robert J. Brecha

To assess the global production costs of shale gas, we combine global top-down data with detailed bottom-up information. Studies solely based on top-down approaches do not adequately account for the heterogeneity of shale gas deposits and hence, are unlikely to appropriately capture the extraction costs of shale gas. We design and provide an expedient bottom-up method based on publicly available US data to compute the levelized costs of shale gas extraction. Our results indicate the existence of economically attractive areas but also reveal a dramatic cost increase as lower-quality reservoirs are exploited. At the global level, our best estimate suggests …


Extreme Rainfall Frequencies Over The Kennedy Space Center Complex, Adam Schnapp, John Lanicci Apr 2015

Extreme Rainfall Frequencies Over The Kennedy Space Center Complex, Adam Schnapp, John Lanicci

John M Lanicci

A study of extreme rainfall frequencies over the NASA Kennedy Space Center complex was accomplished using a high-density rainfall dataset from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission’s observational network archive. Data from the network were gridded and analyzed to produce rainfall accumulation estimates for various return periods over the complex ranging from 1 to 100 years. Results of the analysis show that the rainfall accumulations for the 100-year return period are typically around 315 mm and 433 mm for 24-hour and 72-hour durations, respectively. These 100-year event estimates are consistent with those calculated from a longer-period archive at Titusville. Because the …


The Lower Ordovician Fillmore Formation Of Western Utah: Storm-Dominated Sedimentation On A Passive Margin., Benjamin Dattilo Jul 2014

The Lower Ordovician Fillmore Formation Of Western Utah: Storm-Dominated Sedimentation On A Passive Margin., Benjamin Dattilo

Benjamin F. Dattilo

No abstract provided.


Meridional Shifts Of The Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone Since The Last Glacial Maximum, J. Arbuszewski, P. Demenocal, C. Cleroux, Louisa Bradtmiller, A. Mix Dec 2012

Meridional Shifts Of The Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone Since The Last Glacial Maximum, J. Arbuszewski, P. Demenocal, C. Cleroux, Louisa Bradtmiller, A. Mix

Louisa I. Bradtmiller

No abstract provided.