Geology & Geography

 Lecture Series

 

2009-2010
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Dr. Pamela Hallock Muller
College of Marine Sciences
University of South Florida
“Goldilocks and the Three Biogenic Carbonate Minerals:
What Determines “Just Right”?”
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 4:15 p.m., Clark Hall 105
Williams College

“Coral Reefs in the 21st Century: Is the Past the Key to the Future?”
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Chemistry Building, Wedge Auditorium, Room 123
Williams College

Dr. M. Lee Allison
State Geologist, and Director, Geological Survey of Arizona
“Intelligent Design and the Assault on Science and Religion”
Friday, 2 October 2009, 3:30 p.m., Room TBA
University of Massachusetts

Dr. Robert Anderson
Dept. of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research University of Colorado at Boulder
"From Glacial Polish to Valley Relief: How Glacial Sliding and Rock Type Matter in Glacial Landscape Evolution"
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Paino Lecture Hall, Room 107, ESMNH Building
Amherst College

Dr. Jane E. Selverstone
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
“The Chemistry of Deformation in Metamorphic Regimes”
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 7:30 p.m., McConnell Hall Auditorium
Smith College

Dr. Robert M. Thorson
Dept. of Ecology Evolutionary Biology and Dept. of Anthropology
University of Connecticut
“Beyond Walden: Glacial Kettles in American Science, History,
Literature, and Culture”

Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 7:30 p.m., Red Barn
Hampshire College

Dr. Galen Halverson
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
McGill University
“Understanding Neoproterozoic Oceans”
Monday 12 April 2010, 7:30 p.m., Room TBA
Mt. Holyoke College

2008-09 Lecture Series