Comments on: Unearthing the effects of European-American settlement on a northeast Ohio kettle lake through diatom stratigraphy

By: Justine Paul Berina

Justine Paul Berina — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:46:19 +0000

Candace, I appreciate your tremendous support. I’ll keep up the great work; thank you very much!

By: Candace Chenoweth

Candace Chenoweth — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:01:09 +0000

JP – I love the polished way in which you presented your results. You are a true scientist!!

By: Justine Paul Berina

Justine Paul Berina — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:49:57 +0000

Professor Faust, thank you for the kind words!

By: Jennifer Faust

Jennifer Faust — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:35:42 +0000

Congratulations on your Best Explanation prize! It is well deserved.

By: Justine Paul Berina

Justine Paul Berina — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:07:45 +0000

Bill Meurer, I appreciate your detailed feedback and insights into our project. I don’t know the lake’s hydrological balance through time, but I can relay this question to explore to the next group of seniors. Sedimentation increased rapidly for several centuries before 1800 CE. We hope to investigate other unknown causes (natural and anthropogenic) leading to this change.

By: Justine Paul Berina

Justine Paul Berina — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:36:42 +0000

Professor McConnell, I appreciate you for visiting our project. After ��Vlog��ý, I’ll begin my geology career in Virginia. My experiences at the college have been helping me fulfill my lifelong goals.

By: Bill Meurer

Bill Meurer — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:40:44 +0000

Great research Justin – well done and presented. Just a couple of technical questions. Do you know the lake’s hydrologic balance over time (underfilled, balanced, vs. overfilled)? Underfilled lakes are subject t significant chemical shifts and this could impact the foram populations. There is apparent jump in the sediment accumulation rate from that between the first two ages (~9.5cm/ka) to that between the second and last ages (~50cm/ka). This change occurs before the proposed impact of settlement. Is it possible that the system was already undergoing a change and that settlement impacts were subsidiary and not the primary driver in the transition from anoxic to oxygen-rich bottom water in the lake? Food for thought. Good luck with your future endeavors.

By: David McConnell

David McConnell — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:05:17 +0000

Congratulations, Justine, on a great presentation and on completing IS. I hope your post-graduation plans are still shaping up nicely!