Ashland University Geology Faculty & Staff

Dr. Michael R. Hudson
Dr. Nigel Brush

Dr. Michael R. Hudson
Associate Professor of Geology

Education:
Ph.D. – 1994 – Miami University

M.S. – 1982 – Indiana University
B.S. – 1976 – St. Lawrence University

Research Interests::
Metamorphic Petrology

Geochemistry

Geochronology

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Brown, S., Loehn, C., Tracy, R., and Hudson, M., 2006, U-Th-Pb geochronology of monazite in a quartz-sillimanite nodular leucogranite from the Carthage-Colton mylonite zone (CCMZ), Northwest Adirondack Highlands, New York: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (October)

Hudson, M., Dahl, P., Loehn, C., Tracy, R., and Puncke, M., 2006, More
geochronologic evidence for polyphase thermotectonism in the Adirondack
Lowlands: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (March)

Dahl, P., Hudson, M., Foland, K., Loehn, C., Liogys, V., and Tracy, R., 2005, Evidence of Ottawan overprinting in the Adirondack Lowlands, with implications for Lowland-Highland juxtaposition history: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (March)

Hudson, M., Dahl, P., Dria, H., Liogys, V., Loehn, C., Petruzzi, N., and Tracy, R., 2004, Monazites in the NW Adirondack Lowlands record evidence of the Ottawan Orogeny: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (November)
   
Petruzzi, N. and Hudson, M., 2002, Age of garnet growth in the Hyde School Marginal Mylonite, Adirondack Lowlands, New York: Ohio Journal of Science, v. 102

Hudson, M. R., 2001, Bedrock mapping of siliciclastic rocks of north-central Ohio by bulk chemistry and stratigraphic correlations: Ohio Journal of Science, v. 101

Miller, K.L., Hudson, M.R., and Zurakowski, J., 2000, Correlation of sedimentary rocks of north-central Ohio by bulk chemistry and stratigraphy: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (March)

Clark, H. and Hudson, M.R., 1999, Desilication in the marginal zones of synmetamorphic granitoid intrusives by assimilation of marble, NW Adirondack Lowlands, NY: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (April)

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Dr. Nigel  Brush
Associate Professor of Geology
Ph.D. in Anthropology - 1990 - University of California, Los Angeles, California
M.A. in Archaeological Method and Theory - 1981 - University of Southampton, Southampton, England
M.A. Program in Anthropology - 1978-79 - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.A. in Anthropology - 1978 - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.S. in English Bible - 1974 - Cincinnati Bible College, Cincinnati, Ohio

Experience:
Post Doctoral Work in Geology
2002 University of Akron, Akron, OH
2002 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2001 College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
2000 Ashland University, Ashland, OH
1990 to 1993 University of Akron, Akron, OH

PUBLICATIONS:
Brush, Nigel, in press, Rockshelters in the Lower Killbuck Valley of Holmes and Coshocton Counties. In Caves and Rockshelters of Ohio, edited by Olaf Prufer, Sara E. Pedde, and Richard S. Meindl, Kent State University Press.

Brush, Nigel, 1999, The Martins Creek Mastodon: An Ice Age Story, Part III. The Traveler 10(2):18-20.

Brush, Nigel and Eric Peterson, 1998, An Analysis of Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic Projectile Points from the Eppley Rockshelter #1 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Ohio Archaeologist 48(4):14-15.

Brush, Nigel, 1998, The Martins Creek Mastodon: An Ice Age Story, Part II. The Traveler 10(1):29-31.

Brush, Nigel, 1998, The Impact of Cultural Relativism on College Students. Christian Standard 133(15):8-11.

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