26 Sep 05              Fall Annual Banquet  –  Program:  Summer Field Trips
                                Grand City Buffet    952-912-0888
                                8912 Highway 7 (near a Target)
                                St Louis Park, MN 55426-3919       MAP 
                                 Dinner at 5 P.M. / Meeting at 7 P.M.

                Lecture Series Theme    EXTREME GEOLOGY:  Geological World Tour
                All lectures start at 7:30PM

                Lecture# 

10 Oct 05     1        Tsunamis: Before and after the 2004 Sumatran Event   
                                John Craddock, PhD (Macalester College, Geology Dept)   
                                   Location Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230
                                                     Same as last year      MAP

24 Oct 05     2        Continent-Continent Collision in the Greek Islands
                                 Karen Kleinspehn PhD (Univ. of Minn, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics) 
                                  Location Computer Science (Electrical Engineering)  CS-3-230 MAP

07 Nov 05    3        The Northern Galapagos Islands:
                                An Example of Intraplate Volcanism along a Plate Boundary
                                  Karl Wirth, PhD (Macalester College, Geology Dept) 
                                 

21 Nov 05   4         Return to the Moon
                                 Paul Weiblen, PhD (Univ. of Minn, Retired)
                                  Location Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230 MAP

05 Dec 05    5        The Structure of the Alps
                                  Ian Williams, PhD (Univ. of Wis. – River Falls, Geology Dept.)
                                   Location Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230  MAP     

30 Jan 06    6         Earthquakes   
    Val Chandler, PhD (Minnesota Geological Survey)
                                  Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP 

13 Feb 06   7         The Geology and Chemistry of Deep Ocean Hydrothermal Vents 
                                  William Seyfried, PhD (Univ. of Minn, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics)
                                  Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP 

27 Feb 06   8        A Geology Tour of the British Islands
                                   Peter J. Hudleston, PhD (Univ. of Minn, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics)
                                   Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP  

06 Mar 06    8        Geology Along the Ring Road of Iceland
                                  Carrie Jennings, PhD (Minnesota Geological Survey) 
                                  Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP 

27 Mar 06   12         A Challenging Future for Petroleum
                                   Al Pekarek, PhD (St. Cloud State Univ., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
                                   Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP 

            10 Apr 06   11        Geology of Japan
                                               Emi Ito, PhD (Univ. of Minn, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics)
                                               Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP  

17 Apr 06   10        The Search for Diamonds in Canada
                                    Harvey Thorliefson., PhD (Director, Minnesota Geological Survey) 
                                    Location: Computer Science (Electrical Engineering) CS-3-230    MAP 

01 May 06                Kimball Memorial Banquet 
                                  Frontier 
                                   John Goodge, PhD (Univ. of Minn, Duluth)

                *Locations will be announced on the Geogical Society of Minnesota WebSite at http://www.gsmn.org 
                There may also be later additions to this schedule.
                These will be announced at the lectures, and will also be posted on the GSM website.