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The Florence Bascom Geoscience Center (FBGC) is at the leading edge of scientific research addressing critical societal issues and providing unbiased data and information to decision makers and the public. Our research center is built around five broad science themes: Paleoclimate & Paleoecology, Landscape Science, Geologic Mapping, Hazards, and Special Geologic Studies.
Job Vacancy Announcement
The Florence Bascom Geoscience Center is looking to hire a GS-06 Physical Science Technician to support the Appalachian Basin Geologic Mapping Project.
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The U.S. Department of State opened its National Museum of American Diplomacy and unveiled its first exhibits telling the story of American diplomacy. FBGC Scientist and Associate Director, Peter Chirico, is highlighted in the exhibit.
Learn MoreBiography of Florence Bascom
The video in the link below is a brief but informative introduction to the life and work of Florence Bascom.
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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - March 11, 2020
Please join us for a guest presentation by William Burton and Graham Lederer on Wednesday, March 11. They will be discussing some of John Wesley Powell's major accomplishments and present highlights from the fourth leg of the expedition.
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - October 3, 2019
Please join us for a guest presentation by Dr. Amy Myrbo on Thursday, October 3rd. She will be discussing the dangers of sulfate to wild rice and freshwater ecosystems.
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Seminar Series - September 10, 2019
Please join us on September 10th as Randall Orndorff discusses the North American Stratigraphic Code.
Publications
Major-element compositional data and thermal data for drill core from Kīlauea Iki lava lake, plus analyses of glasses from scoria of the 1959 summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii
This report presents electron microprobe data on glasses and selected crystalline phases from Kīlauea Iki lava lake and glasses from the 1959 summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii. Some of these data have been published previously, but the complete set has not been published before. In addition, this report includes electron microprobe data...
Helz, Rosalind Tuthill
Bedrock geologic map of the Mount Ascutney 7.5- x 15-minute quadrangle, Windsor County, Vermont, and Sullivan County, New Hampshire
The bedrock geology of the Mount Ascutney 7.5- x 15-minute quadrangle consists of highly deformed and metamorphosed Mesoproterozoic through Devonian metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks intruded by rocks of the Mesozoic White Mountain Igneous Suite. In the west, Mesoproterozoic gneisses of the Mount Holly Complex are the oldest rocks and form...
Walsh, Gregory J.; Valley, Peter M.; Thompson, Peter J.; Ratcliffe, Nicholas M.; Proctor, Brooks P.; Sicard, Karri R.
Geology of the Trout Rock caves (Hamilton Cave, Trout Cave, New Trout Cave) in Pendleton County, West Virginia (USA), and implications regarding the origin of maze caves
The Trout Rock caves (Hamilton Cave, Trout Cave, New Trout Cave) are located in a hill named Cave Knob that overlooks the South Branch of the Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia (U.S.A). The geologic structure of this hill is a northeasttrending anticline, and the caves are located at different elevations primarily along the contact...
Swezey, Christopher S.; Brent, Emily L