About the Authors

Joseph E. Peterson

jpeterson0204@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America

Melissa E. Lenczewski

Affiliation Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

Reed P. Scherer

Affiliation Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEP MEL RPS. Performed the experiments: JEP MEL. Analyzed the data: JEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEP MEL RPS. Wrote the paper: JEP.