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2021-03-29 |
Lake Superior Agate Origins, Classification and Prospecting |
Jim Magnuson, Author, Owner of Minnesota Rocks |
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2021-03-15 |
Craton to Coast: National Park Paleontology from the Grand Canyon to the Channel Islands |
Justin Tweet, M.Sc., Associate, Geologic Resources Division of the National Park Service |
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2021-03-01 |
Investigation and cleanup of the former Ford Plant in St. Paul |
Amy Hadiaris, M.Sc., Supervisor, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
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2021-02-15 |
The Dawn of the Dinosaurs: The Unlikely (& Very Lucky) Triumph of Dinosaurs |
Kristi Curry Rogers, Ph.D., Professor, Vertebrate Paleobiology Dept., Macalester College |
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2021-02-01 |
*Glaciation and the Great Lakes, an Epoch in the Making |
Andrew Breckenridge, Ph.D., Geology Professor, Natural Sciences Dept., U. of Wisconsin Superior |
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2020-12-14 |
*The Glacial History of Iowa |
Phillip Kerr, M.Sc., Geologist, Iowa Geological Survey |
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2020-11-30 |
*Mesozoic Vertebrates of Antarctica |
Peter Makovicky, Ph.D., Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, U. of MN |
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2020-11-16 |
*Minnesota’s Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell |
Sue Leaf, Ph.D., Author |
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2020-11-02 |
*Geological and Tectonic Evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, from Ancient Craton to Recent Enigma |
John Goodge, Ph.D., Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UMD |
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2020-10-19 |
Neotectonic Fault Reactivation and Landscape Rejuvenation on Norway’s Post-glacial Margin |
Jeni McDermott, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Geology Dept., Univ. of St. Thomas |
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2020-10-05 |
*Minerals are the Future |
Brian Lentz, B.Sc., Vice-President, Big Rock Exploration |
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2020-09-21 |
*How Ancient Iron-Rich Rocks Tell the Story of Minnesota’s Oceans |
Latisha Brengman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UMD |
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2020-04-27 |
CANCELLED: Craton to Coast: National Park Paleontology from the Grand Canyon to the Channel Islands |
Justin Tweet, M.Sc., Geologic Resources Div., National Park Service |
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2020-04-13 |
CANCELLED: Minerals and Microbes and Mining...Oh My! |
Cara M. Santelli, Ph.D., Assistant Prof., Earth and Environmental Sciences, U. of MN |
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2020-03-30 |
CANCELLED: Minerals Are the Future: Why the Green Energy Economy Will Create More Mining |
Brian Lentz, B.Sc., Vice-President, Big Rock Exploration, LLC |
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2020-03-16 |
CANCELLED: Neotectonic Fault Reactivation and Landscape Rejuvenation on Norway’s Post-Glacial Rifted Margin |
Jeni McDermott, Ph.D., Assistant Prof., U of St. Thomas |
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2020-03-02 |
Crossing a Continent: Detrital Zircon Evidence for Mississippian (ca. 330 Ma) Sediment Transport from the Appalachian Mountains to the Grand Canyon and Beyond |
Alan Chapman, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. of Geology, Macalester College |
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2020-02-17 |
Building Australia, the Geology Down Under |
Christian Teyssier, Ph.D., Prof. and George & Orpha Gibson Chair of Geoscience, U. of MN |
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2020-02-08 |
Saturday Laboratory: An Exploration of the Minerology and Geochemistry of Gemstones |
Conducted by Jeff Thole, M.Sc., Macalester College. |
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2020-02-03 |
Geological Mapping Of Our World – How It Works in the Current Era |
Harvey Thorleifson, D.Sc., Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey, State Geologist |
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2019-12-09 |
History of the USGS - From John Wesley Powell to Streamgaging |
James Fallon; M.Sc., Supervisory Hydrologist, USGS |
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2019-12-09 |
USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Program |
Julia Prokopec, B.Sc., Hydrologist, USGS |
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2019-11-25 |
The Midcontinent Rift System - Almost an Ocean |
Laurel Woodruff, Ph.D., USGS Eastern Minerals & Environmental Resources |
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2019-11-11 |
Natural Archives from Shallow Lakes, Wetlands, and Springs of the Great Basin Show Evidence of Extended Periods of Drought over the Past 6000 Years |
Kevin Theissen, Ph.D., Environmental Science, U. of St. Thomas |
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2019-10-28 |
Reptilian Giants of South America after the End Cretaceous Mass Extinction |
Alex Hastings, Ph.D., Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology, Science Museum of MN |
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2019-10-14 |
What Causes Color In Minerals, and Why It Is Important |
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2019-09-30 |
Introduction to Alberta Oil Sands Mine Tailings: Management, Regulation, and Research |
Ben Sheets, Ph.D., Senior Geologist, Barr Engineering |
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2019-09-16 |
The Geology of the Bakken Formation, North Dakota |
Randy Strobel, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Metro State U. |
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2019-04-08 |
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? To a Geologist, It Depends on When You Start the Clock |
Karl Wirth, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Macalester College |
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2019-03-11 |
Geology of the Minnesota Arrowhead |
Mark Jirsa, M.Sc., Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2019-01-28 |
The Nitrate Contamination Problem in Southeastern Minnesota: The Importance of Geologic Controls |
Tony Runkel, Ph.D., Chief Geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2018-11-26 |
Getting to the Core: Understanding Past Climate, Human Impacts, and Geological Processes using Lake Sediment Core Samples |
Amy Myrbo, Ph.D., Research Associate, Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office, University of Minnesota |
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2018-10-01 |
The Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin: Geology, Minerals, Reclamation |
William Cordua, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus, University of Wisconsin River Falls |
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2018-09-17 |
Caves of Minnesota |
Greg Brick, Ph.D., Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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2018-04-30 |
Trilobites |
Roger Benepe, Geological Society of Minnesota |
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2018-04-16 |
When Rocks Die: The Science of Soil |
Laura Triplett, Ph.D., Gustavus Adolphus College. |
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2018-04-02 |
Xcel Energy Plan for the Next 25 Years |
Dana Cottrell, BS, MBA, Xcel Energy. |
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2018-03-19 |
A Trip to the Bottom of Yellowstone Lake |
William Seyfried, Ph.D., Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota. |
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2018-03-05 |
Minnesota Geological Maps and Data Online |
Jacqueline Hamilton, MS, Minnesota Geological Survey. |
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2018-02-24 |
Laboratory: Hands On Rock, Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Conducted by Jeff Thole, M.Sc., Macalester College |
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2018-02-19 |
Glacial Geology of Washington State |
Katherine Marshall, MS, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2018-02-05 |
Bedrock Geology of the Twin Cities: New Insights from Recent Mapping |
Julia Steenberg, MS, Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2018-01-29 |
The Minnesota Mineral Collection ****** Reschedule from 1/22 because of snow storm. ********* |
Joshua Feinberg, Ph.D., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota |
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2018-01-22 |
The Minnesota Mineral Collection ****** Postponed until 1/29 because of snow storm. ********* |
Joshua Feinberg, Ph.D., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota |
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2017-12-11 |
What is Space Weather (and Why Should You Care)? |
Cynthia Cattell, PhD, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota |
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2017-11-27 |
Minnesota: A History of Ice, Rivers, and Landscape Change |
Andrew Wickert, PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences, UOM |
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2017-11-13 |
One Century and Counting: The Use of Geophysical Methods to Explore the Unseen Geology of Minnesota |
Val W. Chandler, Ph.D., Minnesota Geological Survey |
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2017-10-30 |
The Pros and Cons of Mining |
Jeffrey Lipovetz, BS, TKDA Engineering, Saint Paul, MN |
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2017-10-16 |
Agate Hunting Made Easy |
James Magnuson, Minnesota Mineral Club, Author of Agate Hunting Made Easy |
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2017-10-02 |
Questions about Dinosaurs |
Kristi Curry Rogers, Ph.D., Geology Department, Macalester College |
