new thesis

So, I am now on thesis topic number 4. The first one fell through because the grant fell through and it was to expensive to do otherwise. The second fell through because of Katrina, the new sedimentologists lab would have been finished by dec so i could do isotope analysis, but now the lab might not be done till summer and the isotopes i want to measure do not have a long enough half life, and its to expensive to do otherwise. The third thesis topic, well i really liked it but Charlotte did not, so :(... But now i think i finally have a topic that both she and i like, and it will not be expensive. I think she really likes this one because she mentioned having a draft of the prospectus done by January.

So, what is this new topic you might ask... well i would be taking cores in the Pearl River marsh (border of Ms and La) looking for a fault. There are numerous faults in the area but there is one that some have mapped vertically while others have mapped it horizontally... so i will be using foraminifera and sediment analysis to find it. Then once i find it, I will compair the foraminifera from the lower block to the upper block to see how they have responded to the slip. And this is usefull to charlotte who wants to do a long term study of the marsh, need to know where the fault is before placing sediment traps out and SET's out. So finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now it is time to read....lots and lots of reading... i already have a pile about a foot high. There are lots of stuff of faults and forams, but there is almost nothing on the Pearl River marsh, so finding some history/anything will be a huge ordeal... Oh well, it should be fun, i do like looking stuff up, its easy and can be done while watching tv or doing something else...

so woo hoo finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!