{"id":63671,"date":"2015-05-07T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=63671"},"modified":"2015-05-07T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:35:08","slug":"63671","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/05\/63671\/","title":{"rendered":"Baghai-Riding speaks at First Tuesdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Nina L. Baghai-Riding, professor of biology and environmental science at Delta State,\u00a0was the featured guest speaker May 5 for First Tuesdays at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences in Jackson.<\/p>\n

Baghai-Riding spoke about her work with palynological research, focusing on a local fossil flora. She informed the audience as to how palynomorphs \u2014 pollen and spores\u2014 can be used to date sediments, give an understanding of past ecosystems, as well as show flora diversity.<\/p>\n

Baghai-Riding also discussed the palynomorphs from the Upper Cretaceous McNairy Member of the Ripley Formation from Alcorn and Tippah counties in northeastern Mississippi.<\/p>\n

To date, she has identified over 150 different species from this member.\u00a0\"plates\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPalynomorphs from this unit signified that the McNairy member represents a deltaic environment and possessed a subtropical to warm temperate climate,\u201d said Riding.<\/p>\n

The McNairy unit extends into Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Alabama, and is well known for its heavy minerals and being an outstanding aquifer unit.<\/p>\n

In attendance were David Dockery, Mississippi State Paleontologist; Michael Bograd, a state geologist; and Heather Sullivan, herbarium curator at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.<\/p>\n

Baghai-Riding advises environmental science and general biology majors. For more information, contact her at nbaghai@deltastate.edu<\/a> or 662-846-4797.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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