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2025-05-05 |
Spring Banquet - Bemidji and Bemidji West (Pearl Harbor). |
Jared Trost, M.Sc., hydrologist with Upper Midwest Water Science Center, USGS |
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2025-04-21 |
Stromatolite Morphology and Diversity - How did (mostly) brainless pond scum build large, complex structures? |
Julie K. Bartley, Ph.D., Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College |
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2025-04-07 |
Ancient Seas, Modern Thrills! Journey Through Minnesota's Paleozoic Geology |
Andrew Retzler, M.Sc., Sedimentary Geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2025-03-24 |
Earthquake Hazards |
Stephan Delong, Ph.D., USGS Earthquake Science Center and Visiting Professor, U. of Minnesota |
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2025-03-10 |
Mining (V) |
Joyashish Thakurta, Ph.D., Research Manager, Natural Resources Research Institute, U. of Minnesota Duluth |
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2025-02-24 |
Greatest Mass Extinctions in Earth's History (V) |
Rachel Phillips, Ph.D., (GEO GIRL), Postdoctoral Researcher and Instructor, U. of South Carolina |
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2025-02-15 |
Saturday Lab, Topic TBD |
Jeff Thole, Geology Laboratory Supervisor and Instructor at Macalester College. |
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2025-02-10 |
Soils |
Holly Dolliver, Ph.D., Department Chair of Plant and Earth Science, U. of Wisconsin, River Falls. |
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2025-01-27 |
TBD |
TBD |
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2024-12-09 |
Beautiful Ohio: Sedimentary Dreams |
Deborah Naffziger, GSM |
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2024-11-25 |
Shale in a Nutshell: An Overview of Shale Oil and Gas in the U.S. and Texas (V) |
Tim McMahon, Ph.D., Project Manager & Principal Investigator for Tight Oil Resource Assessment (TORA) consortium |
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2024-11-11 |
Geological Mapping |
Harvey Thorleifson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, U of MN |
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2024-10-28 |
Groundwater Governance in the Great Lakes States—from Well-Cobbled to Equitable and Sustainable? |
Carrie Jennings, Ph.D., Research and Policy Director, Freshwater Society |
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2024-10-14 |
Damaging earthquakes continue in Oklahoma nearly a decade after peak wastewater injection (V) |
Jacob Walter, Ph.D., State Seismologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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2024-09-30 |
Plan, Core, Scan, Store: Facilitating Core Research |
Kat Cantner, M.Sc., Science & Outreach Coordinator for Continental Scientific Drilling Facility at U of Minnesota |
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2024-09-16 |
Fall Banquet - Geology of the Mississippi River Gorge |
Randy Strobel, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State U. |
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2024-05-06 |
Spring Banquet - Digging into the Stories of Sands |
Kate Clover |
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2024-04-29 |
From Formations to Foundations: The Geology of Bridge Construction |
Jill Mickelson, Principal Engineer, Braun Intertec |
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2024-04-22 |
CANCELLED: PFAS: Contaminant hydrogeology of the East Metro |
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2024-04-15 |
Important Events In Precambrian Earth History As Seen Through Minnesota's Bedrock |
Eric Nowariak, Precambrian Geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2024-03-11 |
Tales Told by Trilobites (V) |
Thomas Hegna, Ph.D., Associate Professor, SUNY Fredonia, Research Associate at the Buffalo Museum of Natural History |
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2024-02-26 |
Tennessee’s Natural Resources & Geology-Related Tourism (V) |
Ron Clendening, B.Sc., Geologist, Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation |
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2024-02-17 |
Paleo Lab: Fossils Through Time: Fossil Diversity and the 'Big Five' Mass Extinctions |
Jeff Thole, M.Sc., Geology Laboratory Supervisor & Instructor, Macalester College |
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2024-02-12 |
Charting Pathways to a More Sustainable Future in the Ogallala Aquifer of Western Kansas (V) |
James Butler, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey |
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2024-01-29 |
Sediment Records of Extreme Earthquakes |
Chris Paola, Ph.D., CSE Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of MN |
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2023-12-11 |
T. rex, Triceratops, and MOR: The Dynamic Dinosaurs of Museum of the Rockies (V) |
Ashley Hall, Outreach Program Manager, Museum of the Rockies |
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2023-11-27 |
CANCELLED: Tennessee’s Mining Industry and Geology-Related Tourism (V) |
Ronald Zurawski, State Geologist, Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation |
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2023-11-13 |
Deciphering the Details of Dinosaur Worlds: Insights From 35 Years in the Cretaceous Rocks of Montana |
Ray Rogers, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Geology Dept., Macalester College |
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2023-10-30 |
The Great Lisbon Earthquake in 18th-Century Philosophy and Seismology |
Anna Graber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History of Science and Technology, U of MN |
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2023-10-16 |
Urban Micrometeorites and Everything You Need to Know about Them |
Scott Peterson, micrometeorite hunter |
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2023-10-02 |
Making magmas: Experimental insights on magma depth and temperature beneath |
Emily First, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geology, Macalester |
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2023-09-18 |
Fall Banquet - The Deep Caves of Minneapolis and the Shock of the Anthropocene |
Greg Brick, Ph.D. |
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2023-05-08 |
Spring Banquet - Snorkeling at Shadow Falls: Fossils of Minnesota |
Justin Tweet, M.Sc., Associate, Geologic Resources Division of the National Park Service |
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2023-04-24 |
Science, Politics & Psychology: How do we form opinions about complex scientific problems? |
Paul F. Putzier, P.G., CGP, Hydrogeologist Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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2023-04-10 |
*Meteorites: The History and Mystery of Raining Rocks |
Craig Zlimen, Owner, Minnesota Meteorites |
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2023-03-27 |
Geophysics of Minnesota |
Aaron C Hirsch, Ph.D., Geophysicist, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2023-03-13 |
*The River That Flows Uphill: Geologic Evolution of the Upper Mississippi River, Stream Piracy, and Reorganization of North American Mid-Continent River Systems (V) |
Eric Carson, Ph.D., WGNHS Interim Director |
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2023-02-27 |
*Volcanic Features and Highlights of Southern Idaho (V) |
Shawn Willsey, M.Sc., Distinguished Professor, Geology, College of Southern Idaho |
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2023-02-18 |
Saturday Lab: Rock Cycle (Hand-identification) |
Conducted by Jeff Thole, M.Sc., Geology Laboratory Supervisor, Macalester College |
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2023-02-13 |
Ongoing Geological and Archaeological Investigations at the Pedersen Site in SW Minnesota |
Josh Feinberg, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, U of Minnesota |
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2023-01-30 |
Minnesota’s Major Aquifers – An Introduction to Groundwater Provinces |
Paul F. Putzier, P.G., CGP, Hydrogeologist Supervisor, MN DNR Groundwater Atlas Program |
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2022-12-12 |
Hunting for Dinosaurs: The Search for Ancient Giants |
Alex Hastings, Ph.D., Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota |
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2022-11-28 |
Ice Age and more recent extinctions: first signs of human impacts on the Earth system |
David Fox, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, U of Minnesota |
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2022-11-14 |
Southern Spain: Tectonic Collision, Geoparks and Fabulous Vacation Spots |
Melissa Lamb, Ph.D., Professor, Earth, Environment, & Society, University of St. Thomas |
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2022-10-31 |
What’s New with Plate Tectonics? |
Christian Teyssier, Ph.D., Professor, Gibson Chair in Geoscience, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, U of Minnesota |
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2022-10-17 |
From Sparta to St. Paul, the Roles Earth Processes Played in Our Past |
Kent Kirkby, Ph.D., Teaching Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, U of Minnesota |
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2022-10-03 |
Minerals and Microbes and Mining...Oh My! |
Cara Santelli, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, U of Minnesota |
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2022-09-19 |
Fall Banquet - Geologic Highlights of the Sioux Quartzite in the Pipestone Basin: Rock, Pipestone & Nobles Counties in Southwestern Minnesota |
Mark Jirsa, M.Sc., Minnesota Geological Survey (retired) |
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2022-05-09 |
Spring Banquet - Minnesota Underground: A Guide Book to Exploring the Minnesota Underworld |
Greg Brick Ph.D. |
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2022-04-25 |
Record of an Ancient Meteorite Impact Buried beneath the Twin Cities, MN |
Julia Steenberg, M.Sc., Phanerozoic Geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey |
