Dr. Lauren Birgenheier

.@UofUGeo Associate Professor Lauren Birgenheier (@gloriouslymuddy), who also serves as Faculty Fellow for the College of Science, joined Cool Science Radio to discuss the potential of extracting rare earth elements from existing coal mines. kpcw.org/podcast/cool-s…

Our new open access paper: Rare earth element enrichment trends in coal-bearing strata of the Uinta Region Congrats to student advisee first author, @haleyhcoe , and co-authors, Diego Fernandez, Ryan Gall, Michael Vanden Berg, & Andrew Giebel. Enjoy! :) frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@Sarah_Lambart @EH_Cunningham @utahpmag @DrRockChef @UofUGeo Great work Emily, @EH_Cunningham!

@DrTracyfrank Good luck!

@ProfessorPowder @UUtah That was uncommon this morning, and I noted it. I have often experienced morning easterlies at the mouth of and in the canyons, but never remember them previously being all the way down in town here. Maybe I just have been unobservant.

Some easterly downslope winds along portions of Wasatch Front this morning including @UUtah

Update: It’s summer around here, and I’m pretty happy about it. 🏃‍♀️ 😃

Cross bedding in quartzite of the Mesoproterozoic Uinta Mountain Group, Uinta Mtns., Utah My neon yellow-green fingernail for scale 💅🏿

@RobertCMahon Cheapest rock glacier ever. I’m in! 🙃

@RobertCMahon Yes, this for sure.

@RockIceandSnow This was on Stealth trail off of spring canyon/ glenwild trailhead 😄

Sometimes you have to stop running for a moment to appreciate the slickenlines 😍 Triassic-Jurassic Nugget Sandstone, Wasatch Mtns, Utah #wasatchlove

My 11 yr old is doing a summer day camp today, and they are visiting the Great Salt Lake. Ooids are on the agenda! I am clearly much more excited about this than she is. 🤓 #daughterofasedimentologist

@salt_sed_belle Awesome!

For the past 40+ years, Utah has enjoyed being a net energy exporter. Energy production in Utah began decreasing in 2015 and continued to drop until it crossed the consumption line in 2020, flipping Utah back to being a net energy importer. Learn more–geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey…

Me measuring a quick stratigraphic section 😍 through the coal-bearing Cretaceous Naturita Fm for geochemical sampling a few weeks ago. 📸 credit: @over_the_crest

Drop a cool photo of you doing your job:

Looking for several early career researchers (or others!) to serve on @SEPMGEO’s Research Council. Great opportunity to get more involved with SEPM. Please RT and reach out if you know of anyone who might be interested. Photo of huge ammonite to get your attention 😉

What is the going internal and external hourly charge rate for portable X-ray fluorescence instrument (aka using another PI's pXRF instrument)? Thanks for any leads.

It’s spring around here, and I’m pretty happy about it. #wasatchlove 🏃‍♀️