Geology & Geography

 Lecture Series

 

2006-2007
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Dr. Guy M. Narbonne
Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Precambrian reefs:  Template for the Modern Reef Ecosystem
Wednesday, 27 September 2005, 4:00 p.m., Clark Hall 105

“The Ediacara Biota:  Neoproterozoic Origin of Animals and their Ecosystems”
Wednesday, 27 September 2005, 7:30 p.m., Clark Hall 105
Williams College
Dr. Herman Zimmerman
Former Director of Earth Sciences Division
National Science Foundation
“Geoscience Policy:  How Does Washington Work?”
Friday, 13 October 2006, 3:30 p.m.
231 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts
Dr. Bruce Wilkinson
Department of Earth Sciences
Syracuse University
“Humans as Agents of Erosion and Sedimentation:  A Geologic Perspective”
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 7:15 p.m.
Hampshire College Red Barn
Hampshire College

Dr. Darrell Henry
Department of Geology & Geophysics
Louisiana State University
“Tourmaline: Can it record geologic information like a DVD?”
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Dwight Hall 101
Mt. Holyoke College
Dr. Isabel Montanez
Department of Geology
University of California, Davis
“CO2 Climate-Glaciation linkages During the Late Paleozoic
Icehouse-to-Greenhouse Transition”

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 7:30 p.m.
The New McConnell Hall Auditorium
Smith College
Dr. Paul Olsen
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
“Ascent of the Dinosaurs”
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 7:30 p.m., Room 107
Earth Sciences and Museum of Natural History
Amherst College
2005-06 Lecture Series