Publication!

[Mew Master]

Okay, for those of you who don't know (and even those that don't care), I just got the final proof back for an article I submitted to the Geologic Curator overseas, back in November. The volume should be published around the 14th of September, and I'm getting a hard copy of the volume. The title of the article is:

SKETCHING IT: USING DIGITAL PHOTOS, DRAWINGS, AND ARTIST SOFTWARE TO MAP A FIELD JACKET DURING PREPARATION

So, I'm really excited. It's my first scientific article I've ever written and it's an expanded and written version of the talk I gave at SVP last year in Bristol. It' also has something to do with my Thesis since I used my thesis material for the method.

So yeah, publication on my resume here I come. ^^

[Lady Vulpix]

Congratulations!

[Katie]

Give a summary! Why does a field jacket need to be mapped?

[Samchu]

yay! Congrats Denny. ^___^ It's good to hear your hard work is paying off.

[Deadwood_Zen]

Gratz bro!

[Mew Master]

Since you asked, I'll post the Abstract from SVP, which is what was the basis of this paper.

A field jacket was prepared from the 2008 field season, recovered by a team from
the Big Horn Basin Fossil Foundation south of Douglas, Wyoming, quarry information
for which is missing or unavailable at this time. Detailed mapping of fossil
quarry sites is a necessity for accurate measurement and subsequent study.
Often in the field, limited information is available during excavation, leaving the
process of preparation of the fossils as vital to the collection of accurate data.
During each day of preparation, several digital images were taken. A schematic
drawing of the field jacket was also updated with new information as each fossil
was uncovered and extracted. The photos were compiled using commercial artistic
software (Adobe Photoshop 7.0 ™ ), and using notes made during preparation
the fossils were outlined to create an accurate composite of a portion of the quarry
floor for future study.

[Blademaster]

Booooring.

[Deadwood_Zen]

Booooring.

Hey, its what he likes to do. Leave him be. If its not your thing, then go somewhere else. If you want to troll, Mt. Moon is a category under this

[Mew Master]

Zen, this is just Blade's way of screwing with me. He's really excited for me, I can tell XP

[Telume]

Congrats, not often you get the chance to show your worth to anything noteworthy! Scored one for us normal people.