Shane Wells Travels to National Geological Conference To Present Results of Fieldwork

MEADVILLE, PA (09/22/2011)(readMedia)-- Shane Wells, of Clarion, Pa., is among seven Allegheny College students selected to present their research at the Geological Society of America Conference in October in Minneapolis. Approximately 6,000 scientists are expected to attend the annual conference.

Wells worked with Associate Professor of Geology Rachel O'Brien and the college's manager of Geographic Information Systems, Christopher Shaffer. The title of their presentation is "Bedrock Elevation and Shallow Hydrologic Systems in a Glaciated Region, Northwestern Pennsylvania."

Financial support for the students' travel to the conference in Minneapolis is being provided by the Allegheny College Class of '39 Research Fund and the Carol Darnell Freund, Class of 1954 Fund.