2002-2003 Program and Lecture Series
THEME:
FASCINATING GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA:
FROM AGATES TO ZEOLITES
Free lectures and labs are held at 7:30 PM, Monday, on the
Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota.
| 23 Sep 02 |
|
Fall
Annual Meeting
Program: slides from summer field trips.
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 7 Oct. 02 |
1. |
Ancient
Land: Southern Gneiss Terrane
of the Minnesota River Valley
G.
B. Morey, PhD (Minnesota
Geological Survey, retired)
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 21 Oct. 02 |
2. |
Island
Arcs and Granite:
The
Voyageurs Area
Chris
Hemstad, MSc (Voyageurs
National Park)
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 28 Oct. 02 |
3. |
Terranes
Collide Great Lakes Tectonic Zone
Mark
Jirsa, MSc (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 4 Nov. 02 |
4. |
Penokean
Orogeny and the Animikie Basin
Mark
Jirsa, MSc (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 11 Nov. 02 |
5. |
Banded
Iron Formation: Minnesota's Major Metallic Resource
Richard
Ojakangas, PhD (University of
Minnesota, Duluth, retired)
Room
B-75 Amundson Hall |
| 25 Nov. 02 |
|
Laboratory:
Minnesota's
Minerals and Rocks
Alan
Knaeble, BSc (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
(Held at the Minnesota
Geological Survey) |
| 13 Jan. 03 |
6. |
Detritus
of the Penokean Mountains:
Sioux Quartzite of SW
Minnesota
Richard
Ojakangas, PhD (University of
Minnesota, Duluth, retired)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 10 Feb. 03 |
7. |
A
Continent Asunder:
The Keweenawan Rift
Terry
Boerboom, MSc (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 24 Feb. 03 |
8. |
An
Excursion Along the North Shore and Boundary Waters Area:
Agates, Zeolites, and Ancient Life
John Green, PhD (University of Minnesota, Duluth,
retired)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 03 Mar. 03 |
|
Laboratory:
Fossils
of Minnesota
Alan
Knaeble, BSc
(Minnesota
Geological Survey)
(Held
at the Minnesota
Geological Survey)
|
| 10 Mar. 03 |
9. |
The
Paleozoic Sea Invades Minnesota
Anthony
Runkel, PhD (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 24 Mar. 03 |
10. |
Karst
Terrains of Southeastern Minnesota:
Caves and Environmental Problems
E.
Calvin Alexander, Jr., PhD University of Minnesota)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 7 Apr. 03 |
11. |
Ice Time:
Glaciers
Descend From
the
Northeast and Northwest
Carrie
Patterson, PhD (Minnesota Geological Survey)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 14 Apr 03 |
|
Laboratory:
Minnesota's Landforms and Landscapes
(Presenter to be Announced)
(Held
at the Minnesota
Geological Survey)
|
| 21 Apr. 03 |
13. |
Glacial Lake Agassiz and the
Formation of Lake Superior
Howard
Hobbs, PhD (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Computer Science (Electrical
Engineering) 3-210 |
| 5 May. 03 |
|
Kimball Memorial Banquet
Role
of Minerals in the Cultural History of Minnesota
Mark
Jirsa, MSc (Minnesota
Geological Survey)
Fridley Old Country Buffet
6540 University Ave. |
