Fall 2012 MGS and USGS Brown Bag Lunches
The Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) and the local U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office will again host the Fall 2012 brownbag seminars. This year the MGS will host all but one of the seminars. The first presentation is this Wednesday, October 10, with a talk by KelseyLanan (MGS) on “Glacial and geomorphic history of the Upper Selawik Valley, Northwest Alaska, with implications for thermokarst formation”
Copied below is the entire Fall schedule of MGS/USGS brown bags, with tentative titles or topics. Presentations are WEDNESDAYS at noon , mostly every-other week (note Nov 28 exception).
The USGS Minnesota Water Science center is at:
2280 Woodale Drive
Mounds View, MN 55112
For a map and directions:
http://mn.water.usgs.gov/about/MoundsView.html
The MGS is located about half-way between the St Paul and Minneapolis campus’, on University Avenue (2642 University Ave West, St Paul, 55114-1057). For a map and directions go to our website at
http://talc.geo.umn.edu/mgs/expanded.html
MGS/USGS BROWN BAG FALL 2012 SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 10, 12:00 LOCATION MGS OFFICE, ST PAUL
Kelsey Lanan
Minnesota Geological Survey
“Glacial and geomorphic history of the Upper Selawik Valley, Northwest Alaska, with implications for thermokarst formation”
Wednesday, October 24, 12:00 LOCATION MGS OFFICE, ST PAUL
Paul Weiblen
Professor emeritus University of Minnesota
“An update of Minnesota’s Cu-Ni resources: To mine or not to mine?”
Wednesday, November 7, 12:00 LOCATION MGS OFFICE, ST PAUL
Ron Wencl
US Geological Survey
” US Geological Survey map applications”
Wednesday, November 28, 12:00 LOCATION USGS OFFICE, MOUNDS VIEW
Perry Jones or Laurel Woodruff
US Geological Survey
"TBA”
Wednesday, December 5 12:00 LOCATION MGS OFFICE, ST PAUL
Howard Hobbs
Minnesota Geological Survey
“Something on the surficial geology of Brown County Minnesota”
Wednesday, December 19, 12:00 LOCATION MGS OFFICE, ST PAUL
Terry Boerboom
Minnesota Geological Survey
“Something on the bedrock geology of Morrison County”