Department of Earth Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences

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  • Newton Horace Winchell established the geology department at the University of Minnesota in 1872. This Thursday, Nov 1, he will be inducted into the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame. The NH Winchell School of Earth Sciences will be represented at the event by Harvey Thorleifson, Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey and Professor in the department.

  • Congratulations! to Nick Pester for having successfully defended his PhD thesis on Monday morning (Oct 29); The Role of Iron and Manganese in Elucidating the Temperature of Subseafloor Hydrothermal Reactions: Insights from Experimental and Field Data; thesis advisor: Bill Seyfried.

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Caröline Stromberg, Univ of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture; Reconstructing the Emergence of Grassland Ecosystems using Plant Silica; Thurs, Nov 1 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH.

  • Seminar: NASA Outer Planets Colloquium Series Lecturer: Dr. Michael Bland, Washington Univ, Dept of Earth & Planetary Sci; The Geophysical Evolution of Icy Satellites: the Case of Ganymede on Thurs, Oct 25 at 3:30 p.m. in 110 PillsH. AND Folding Ice Lithospheres: Understanding Europa's Apparent Strain Imbalance on Fri, Oct 26 at 11:15 a.m. in 121 PillsH.

  • LacCore Manager, Amy Myrbo, makes the news while coring Mountain Lake in the Presidio, Calif. Read more here!

  • Seminar: Paul Morin, Univ Minnesota, Polar Geospatial Center, Turning Polar Science on its Head: What do you do when you can see it all? on Thursday, Oct 18 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH.

  • For ESci Students: Dept alumnus David DesAutels, Noble Energy, Inc., Geoscience in the Oil and Gas Industry Today, Fri, Oct 19 at 12 p.m. in 105 PillsH.

  • Seminar: Dr. Josh Feinberg , Univ Minnesota, Dept Earth Sciences, Caves as Libraries of Geomagnetic History on Thursday, Sept 27 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH.

  • Seminar: Dr. Alberto Saal , Brow Univ, Dept of Geological Sciences, The Volatile Contents and D/H Ratios of Lunar Volcanic Glasses on Thursday, Sept 20 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH.

  • Seminar: Dr. Thorsten Becker, Univ Southern California, Dept Earth Sciences, Deep Mantle Root of Mountain Belts on Thursday, Sept 13 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH -AND- Fault Asperity Diagnostics in Laboratory Stick-Slip on Friday, Sept 14 at11:15 a.m., 121 PillsH

  • Welcome Back, Everyone!! We hope you all have an exceptional year.

  • Seminar: Prof. Donna Whitney, Head, N.H. Winchell School of Earth Sciences,Welcome to the 2012-2013 Academic Year, Thurs, Sept 6 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH

  • In Memoriam

    Professor Emeritus Glenn B. Morey passed away Aug. 2. GB or Morey, as he was called by family and friends, was born in Duluth, MN Oct. 17, 1935. He was preceded in death by his parents and infant daughter, Brenda. He is survived by loving wife Judy, daughter Pam, son Daryl and wife Kelli, and five grandchildren, Alex, Randy, Charlie, Erik, and Autumn.

    Professor Morey retired as the associate director and chief geologist of the Minnesota Geological Survey in 2001. He remained active in retirement and was working on a biography of Newton Horace Winchell, first director of the Minnesota Geological Survey, and a history of the Survey. Morey had a distinguished 50-year career in geology as a professor in the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, associate director, and chief geologist. He played a pivotal role in enabling the Minnesota Geological Survey to fulfill its mission. In 1986, Morey received the Goldich Medal of the Institute of Lake Superior Geology in recognition of his numerous contributions in geology which included field studies, integration of the geology of Minnesota into the new paradigm of plate tectonics, presentations at regional, national, and international meetings, and in the publications of the Minnesota Geological Survey and national and international professional journals. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and recognized authority on the geology of Precambrian Iron Formations.

  • Congratulations to research associate Audrey Bouvier winner of the 2012 Nier Prize of the Meteorological Society. The Nier Prize recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists.Congratulations to staff members, Kathy Ohler, Mark Griffith, and Sharon Kressler for each recieving an Outstanding Service Award from the departmen

  • PhD Thesis Defense of Raphael Gottardi; Thermomechanics and Hydrology of a Detachment Shear Zone; Thurs, July 5 at 2:00 p.m. in 110 Pillsbury Hall.

  • Mark your calendars -- CSE Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences, Chris Paola, will be presenting the CSE Public Lecture on Wed, June 20, 7 p.m. in 150 Physics Building: The Low Life of River Deltas: How Mud Can Save (part of) the World. Read more and register (the lecture is free and open to the public but registration is needed for planning).

  • Congratulations to Beverly Flood in the Geobiology Group for having been awarded an NSF Ocean Sciences Postodoctoral Fellowship!

  • Congratulations! to Paul Morin, Director of the U's PGC, for having been appointed "the US representative to SCAGI by the Polar Research Board at the National Academies. SCAGI is the geospatial committee within the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) that is the managing body of Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty. "

  • Calvin Alexander talks with an MPR reporter: "Meteorites are valuable but hard to find in Minnesota" - read or listen here.

  • Seminar: Annette von der Handt , Albert Ludwigs Univ, Freiburg, Germany; Dept of Mineralogy & Geochemistry, Thurs, May 24 at 3:30 p.m., 105 PillsH; Architecture of the Lower Crust at Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N): Implications for Crustal Accretion at Slow-Spreading Ridges

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