Boomtree Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Howdy all, I'm a PhD student at OU in Norman in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology. My background is in forest ecosystems and I'm in the remote sensing field. We use satellites and ground-based sensors to study the productivity of vegetation on Earth's surface and the fluxes of carbon and water between Earth's land surface and the atmosphere. I've started getting into fossil wood after assembling a nice collection of minerals from Oklahoma. A couple of years ago I became the second person to find fossil wood in the chert of the Potato Hills in Southeast Oklahoma, where I had a cabin. The novaculite in which I found the wood is around 400 million years old. The cellular structure is fantastically preserved. I've also found some minerals in those hills that have yet to be documented. I'm hoping an ambitious PhD geology student will help me analyze my specimens in the future. Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hi Russ and welcome to the forum from New York! We would love to see pics of your collection! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hello, Russ, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Interesting intro, I would love to see some of your fossil plant material. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome to the Forum, Russ. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome from sunny California! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome to The Fossil Forum from a neighbor slightly to the south! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome from Minnesota! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomtree Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Thanks for the welcomes! I can post pictures after I get home. I'm visiting Flagstaff at the moment. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Welcome from Colorado! I would be very interested in what information you might share about Maclura Pomifera (AKA) Osage Orange. My minority studies professor at WSU was an Osage Indian. I'm sure there are many Osage there, trees and Indians. Fascinating tree! Again welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Welcome from Cooke County just across the Red River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 12:35 PM, Boomtree said: I'm hoping an ambitious PhD geology student will help me analyze my specimens in the future. Russ Just any PhD student or by any chance Joe F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomtree Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, BobWill said: Just any PhD student or by any chance Joe F. Neil Suneson came over to my place and was kind enough to look over my specimens. He said I've got three dissertations worth of research on the stuff I've pulled out of the Potato Hills. So I'd suspect it would take some time, dedication, and some papers. Who is Joe F.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I thought you might know a fossil enthusiast I met at a talk he did for the Dallas Paleontological Society, Joseph Frederickson who I presume is still a PhD candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at U.of O. I haven't talked to him in a while but he did some work on some Cretaceous shark material from Ft. Worth and I showed him where a big shark is in Cooke County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Welcome from Germany. Good luck in finding a worthy and willing candidate for the research. Looks like you spend your spare time keeping the bottom of the rhythm section going. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Welcome to the Forum ! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomtree Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) On 3/30/2018 at 10:49 PM, BobWill said: I thought you might know a fossil enthusiast I met at a talk he did for the Dallas Paleontological Society, Joseph Frederickson who I presume is still a PhD candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at U.of O. I haven't talked to him in a while but he did some work on some Cretaceous shark material from Ft. Worth and I showed him where a big shark is in Cooke County. Thanks for the lead. I haven't met him, but he is on the EEB webpage. EEB isn't a department at OU, although it is at some other universities. We have an EEB degree program, which can be undertaken by PhD students from many other departments. It looks like he is in the Biology department. I have some non-silicified wood with pyrite from the cretaceous layer in SE Oklahoma. Have to keep it wet or it crumbles and false apart. You can see it here... Edited April 1, 2018 by Boomtree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Interesting wood. It looks burned. I find some embedded in limestone sometimes in the Duck Creek Formation of the Lower Cretaceous of Texas with the same look except for the pyrite. You'll like Joe if you get to meet him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Welcome from the Grand Lake area in the NE part of Oklahoma. Very nice finds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Welcome to the forum. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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