Hello

[cwright@xxxxxxxxxxx (Cindy Wright)]

Hello out there, I just joined the list and thought I would introduce
myself.  I am a graduate student doing a MSc at the University of Victoria
(British Columbia), working with Chris Barnes on conodont geochemistry.  My
background isn't in paleontology...or for that matter in geochemistry, but
rather the biochemistry of marine invertebrates.  I received my undergrad
in Marine Biology from the University of Guelph and after a couple years of
being in the "real world", I moved to the west coast (definately NOT the
real world).  After some discussion with my supervisor about what you could
and could not do with fossilized material, chemically speaking, we embarked
upon our recent project....to determine the Nd isotopic composition of
early Paleozoic oceans as derived from conodont apatite. 
I'm also interested in the new prospects out there for molecular
paleontology...but thats another story!

I also take care of our labs computers and software.  I do have a question
that hopefully someone can address.  Is there a decent program out there
that will draw attractive stratigraphic sections without the hassles
associated with programs like Canvas....oh, yeah...we are on Macs.  Perhaps
some relational type program where you input your information into some
kind of worksheet, then the program draws it for you to the appropriate
scale? 


Many Thanks
Ciao
Cindy


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Cindy Wright
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria