by Laura Seeber | Aug 27, 2015 | Beyond Marietta
My last few posts I have discussed some of my favorite places to hunt for fossils in the states of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. While reviewing the various information, I realized that I was forgetting one major thing. How the heck do you tell the difference...
by Laura Seeber | Mar 30, 2015 | Beyond Marietta
As the weather gets warmer, I always feel the urge to get outside and enjoy the world around me. As a geologist, and an outdoor enthusiast, I am always in awe at the sheer number of hidden places that are just waiting to be explored. They are places where geology...
by Laura Seeber | Feb 17, 2015 | Gas and Oil
Today as I look outside, there is a new layer of snow, and the thick, fluffy flakes slowly coming down from the sky tell me that there will probably be another few inches before the end of the day. The sky, thick with slow moving dull gray clouds tell me that although...
by Laura Seeber | Feb 10, 2015 | History, Marietta
The town of Marietta, Ohio may have been founded in 1788 by pioneers wanting a permanent base northwest of the Ohio River Valley, but the land of Marietta has a rich past that stretches out long before that time, before even the Native American tribes that lived in...
by Laura Seeber | Nov 13, 2014 | Gas and Oil
If you have been paying attention to the oil and natural gas development in the area, chances are you have heard, at least in passing about the Marcellus and Utica shales. But what exactly are they? This blog will attempt to provide a brief introduction to these two...
