Lake sediment

I never thought I'd find lake mud interesting, but...

There's a rich history in the mud.

Climate changes.

Life forms change.

Storms rage and rivers flood.

Lakes catch a lot of this!

There's more complexity in the sediment that fits on the tip of a tooth pick than I imagined.

Here's a poster I presented at GSA along with my co-authors Christoph Geiss and Britney Wells (student at Oneonta).

Here's an album of gathering lake sediment under Christoph's guiding hand. Thanks to Jim Ebert for the photos!