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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 |
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2022-04-11 |
*Tri-State Zinc-Lead District |
Cheryl M. Seeger, R.G., Ph.D., Missouri Geological Survey |
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2022-03-28 |
Exploring the Various Georgia Geological Provinces |
Reba Brumbeloe, Interpretive Ranger, Georgia DNR |
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2022-03-14 |
*42nd Anniversary of Mt St. Helens |
Sheila Alfsen, M.A., Adjunct Professor of Geology, Portland State University |
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2022-02-28 |
*Young Canyon, Old Rocks: a Journey Through the Geological History of the Grand Canyon |
Steven Semken, Ph.D., Professor, School Of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University |
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2022-02-14 |
*Life Cycle/Circular Economy Concepts: Potential application to MN's Mineral Resources |
George Hudak, Ph.D., Minerals and Metallurgy Research Group Manager, Natural Resources Research Institute |
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2022-01-31 |
*Nevada: America’s True Golden State |
John Muntean, Ph.D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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2021-12-13 |
*Constructing Oregon |
Sheila Alfsen, M.A., Adjunct Professor of Geology, Portland State University |
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2021-11-29 |
*A Brief Overview of Black Hills Geology AND Gold and the Black Hills |
Mark Fahrenbach, Ph.D., CPG, Environmental Scientist III, South Dakota Geological Survey |
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2021-11-15 |
*A Billion Years of Early Earth History: Perspectives from Minnesota's Nearest (Canadian) Neighbor |
Ben M. Frieman, Ph.D., Laurentian University, Sudbury Ontario, Mineral Exploration Research Centre |
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2021-11-01 |
*Geology of North Carolina |
Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor, Ph.D., P.G., State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey |
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2021-10-18 |
*A Brief Geologic History of Colorado |
Lon Abbott, Ph.D., Teaching Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado |
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2021-10-04 |
*Earthquake Science and Impacts of a Major Earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone |
Larry “Boot” Pierce, M.Sc., Chief, Geologic Resources Section, Missouri Geological Survey |
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2021-09-20 |
Geology of Minnehaha Falls Park |
Randy Strobel, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State U. |
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2021-05-10 |
POSTPONED: Minnesota Underground: A Guide Book to Exploring the Minnesota Underworld |
Greg Brick, Ph.D., MN Department of Natural Resources |
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2021-04-26 |
*How Modern Geochronology is Transforming Our Understanding of Geological Rates: An Example from Alaska |
Cameron Davidson, Ph.D., Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology, Carleton College |
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2021-04-12 |
*Geo 3M: Mountains, Melting, and Metamorphism |
Donna Whitney, Ph.D., Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, U. of MN |
