1999-2000 Program and Lecture Series
EVOLUTION OF PHANEROZIC LIFE ON EARTH -- The Last
540 Ma (Million Years)
Free lectures and labs are held at 7:30 PM, Monday, on the
Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. For weather cancellations or more
information, call 612-724-2101.
| 27 Sep 99 |
|
Fall Annual Meeting - Program:
slides from summer field trips.
Dinner at 5 PM / Meeting at 7 PM. - Old Country Buffet, Maplewood
(612) 779-1957. |
| Theme: |
Lecture |
EVOLUTION
OF PHANEROZIC LIFE ON EARTH -- The Last 540 Ma |
| 11 Oct. 99 |
1 |
Overview
of Evolution During the Phanerozoic Eon
Robert
E. Sloan, PhD (Geology Department, U of M)
Amundson Hall: Room B-75 |
| 25 Oct. 99 |
2. |
Causes
of Evolutionary Changes -- Mutations, Speciation,
and Adaptive Radiation
Robert M. Zink, PhD (Bell Museum of Natural
History, U of M)
Amundson Hall: Room B-75 |
| 1 Nov. 99 |
|
Laboratory:
Sedimentary Rocks
Rick
Uthe (Geological Society of Minnesota)
Location
to be announced. |
| 8 Nov. 99 |
3. |
Origin
and Evolution of Ancient Life --Archean and Proterozoic Eons
Clinton Cowan, PhD (Geology Department, Carleton College)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 22 Nov. 99 |
4. |
Plate
Tectonics During the Paleozoic Era (540-225 Ma)
Setting the Stage
Christian Teyssier, PhD (Geology Department, U of M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 29 Nov. 99 |
|
Laboratory
: Fossil Identification
Rick Uthe (Geological Society of Minnesota)
Location
to be announced. |
| 6 Dec. 99 |
4. |
Early
Paleozoic Era -- Invertebrate Animals and Fish:
Conquest of the Seas
Anthony C. Runkel, PhD (Minnesota Geological Survey)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 24 Jan. 2000 |
6. |
Late
Paleozoic Era -- Land Plants, Insects, Amphibians,
and Reptiles : Conquest of the Land
Ray Rogers, PhD (Geology Department, Macalester College)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 31 Jan. 2000 |
|
Laboratory
: Interpreting Ancient Environments Using Rocks
and Fossils
Rick Uthe (Geological Society of Minnesota)
Location
to be announced. |
| 7 Feb. 2000 |
7. |
Plate
Tectonics During the Mesozoic Era (225 - 65Ma) and
Cenozoic Era (65 Ma - present) Development
of the Modem World
Christian Teyssier, PhD (Geology Department, U of
M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 21 Feb. 2000 |
8. |
Early
Mesozoic Era -- Conifers, Mammal - Like Reptiles,
and Early Dinosaurs
Kent C. Kirkby, PhD (Geology Department, U of M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 6 Mar. 2000 |
9. |
Late
Mesozoic Era -- Dinosaur Heyday, Primitive Mammals,
and Deciduous Plants
Kent C. Kirkby, PhD (Geology Department, U of M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 14 Mar. 2000 |
|
Laboratory:
Reading Geologic Maps
Rick
Uthe (Geological Society of Minnesota) |
| 20 Mar. 2000 |
10. |
Cretaceous
Period -- Climate Changes and Mass Extinctions
Robert E. Sloan, PhD (Geology Department, U of
M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 3 Apr. 2000 |
11. |
Tertiary
Period -- Mammals and Glasses Take Over
Michael Middleton, PhD (Plant & Earth Science Dept. Univ. of
Wisconsin,
River Falls) Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 17 Apr. 2000 |
12 |
Origin
and Evolution of Humans
Martha J. Tappen, PhD (Anthropology Department, U of
M)
Amundson
Hall: Room B-75 |
| 1 May 2000 |
|
Kimball Memorial Banquet
--
Pleistocene Glaciation and the Development of Earth's
Living Communities.
Location
to be announced.
Edward J. Cushing, PhD (Ecology Department, U of M)
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