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The Melts of West Clearwater and Mistastin Impact Structure
Hey everyone, not much to report for this blog unfortunately. Most of the things I have been up to have involved a lot of meetings with...
Gavin Tolometti
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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Welcome to Neish and Friends!
Before I jump straight into this blog, I want everyone to know that the content will seem similar to some. The blog is intended for the...
Gavin Tolometti
Aug 28, 20184 min read
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LPI Internship - Lunar Exploration and Regolith Trafficability
My most recent blogs have covered some events that occurred during my internship at LPI based in Clearlake Texas this summer. Some of the...
Gavin Tolometti
Aug 14, 20186 min read
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Transitional Lava Flows - Mechanical Fracturing
While writing the discussion section of the second draft of my paper I started thinking of the possible processes responsible for...
Gavin Tolometti
Apr 17, 20184 min read
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LPSC Posters, and the Struggles of Mosaicing
In this week blog, I will be presenting an update on the CPSX High-Altitude Balloon (HAB) project science objectives, the current...
Gavin Tolometti
Feb 27, 20185 min read
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Images, Balloons, and Rockets!
The past two weeks have been packed with new and exciting events! Highlights include the first official meeting of the student-led...
Gavin Tolometti
Feb 7, 20184 min read
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A New Year and already it has gotten busy!
The year 2018 has begun and it has already started off productive, with conference abstracts, scholarship and internship applications,...
Gavin Tolometti
Jan 24, 20184 min read
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Writing, writing, and lots of impact (...melt)!
I guess I don't have to explain based off the title that I am near the completion of the first draft of my manuscript. Small adjustments...
Gavin Tolometti
Nov 21, 20173 min read
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NIR and Lunar Impact Melts
A pretty quite blog today. The only research related update is that I have been continuing with my manuscript and getting closer to...
Gavin Tolometti
Nov 7, 20174 min read
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Research, Travel, and LAVA!
I sometimes wonder if I am stretching myself too thin, reading books covering different planetary science fields or finding new...
Gavin Tolometti
Oct 17, 20175 min read
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Field Season 2017 and Fall Term
I returned to Craters of the Moon to complete the rest of my field work. I revisited locations which aroused questions for my LPSC...
Gavin Tolometti
Aug 25, 20173 min read
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Craters of the Moon...More Thin Sections + ISU Samples
Right now, let us begin. The thin sections I submitted in mid-June have been completed and I collected them from the lab. I recently...
Gavin Tolometti
Jul 26, 20173 min read
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Leverhulme Article and New Thin Section Samples
It has been very busy this past month. A little mix of research, which has mainly been waiting for my next batch of thin sections to be...
Gavin Tolometti
Jul 15, 20173 min read
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Thesis Writing and Future Postgraduate Work
I have been thinking about a few things in the past month: my research, field season in August, Space Camp with CPSX, and what I want to...
Gavin Tolometti
Jun 22, 20173 min read
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Before May and Summer Work
I know what you are all thinking, yes it has been a while since I've updated my blog, but with good reasons. A lot has happened since I...
Gavin Tolometti
May 30, 20175 min read
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Research and Conference Update
LPSC Update I have been working on a draft layout for my LPSC poster and I have come to an indecisive point. I am trying to decide...
Gavin Tolometti
Feb 28, 20172 min read
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Update - 14/02/2017
Update since last blog: My abstract has been accepted for the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in March 20th-24th in the...
Gavin Tolometti
Feb 14, 20172 min read
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Preliminary Data - EPMA Results
Hi there, Before my winter holiday I ran my samples under the electron micro-probe at the University of Western to analyze the...
Gavin Tolometti
Jan 17, 20171 min read
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Preliminary Data: Thin Section Analysis
Sorry it has been awhile, field in Utah takes a lot of your time :) Part of my research aim is to analyze the petrographic properties of...
Gavin Tolometti
Nov 30, 20161 min read
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Research Update
I have looked into different analytical techniques to measure and analyse the geochemistry of the Craters of the Moon lava flows. XRF...
Gavin Tolometti
Oct 10, 20161 min read
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