NOTES FROM SOME INTERESTING GEOLOGY TALKS
The links below are to my personal notes taken during
some of the hundreds of geology-related talks I've attended over the
years. I give them here because they may be of some interest. Do
not expect the notes to always be in complete sentences, etc.
John
Hunter (Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, Ohio, USA):
ÒMammals and the
Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass ExtinctionÓ (given 22 May 2012 at Ohio State
University at Newark, USA)
John
Hunter (Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, Ohio, USA):
ÒResetting EvolutionÕs
Clock? End-Cretaceous Extinction
and the Origin of Modern MammalsÓ (given 10 November 2011 at Ohio State
University at Newark, USA)
Robert Malcuit (Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA): ÒPlanet Earth and Its MoonÓ
(given 24 May 2011 at Ohio State University at Newark, USA)
James Thomka (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA): ÒThe Copan LagerstŠtte:
Exceptional Crinoid Diversity and Preservation in the Pennsylvanian of
Midcontinental North AmericaÓ (given 28 January 2011 at a Dry Dredgers
meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Erik Klemetti (Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA): ÒVolcanoes, the Internet,
and the Public's Role in Science, How the 2010 Eruption of Eyjafjallajškull was
the First 21st Century EruptionÓ (given 16 November 2010 at Ohio State
University at Newark, USA)
Robert Malcuit (Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA): ÒNeptune's World: the
Fascinating Origin of Earth's Oceans of WaterÓ (given 21 September 2010 at
Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA)
Mario Caputo: ÒRecognizing
Eolian (i.e., Wind Blown) Deposits on San Salvador Island & BeyondÓ
(given 23 June 2010 at Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador Island, Bahamas)
John Mylroie (Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA): ÒIsland Cave and Karst
ResearchÓ (given 23 June 2010 at Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador
Island, Bahamas)
Michael Savarese (Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida):
ÒSea level and the
paleoenvironmental interpretation of the middle to late Holocene Hanna Bay
Limestone, San Salvador, Bahamas: a high foreshore setting without a eustatic
highstandÓ (given 20 June 2010 at the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the
Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador
Island, Bahamas)
Pascal Kindler (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland): ÒGeology of Mayaguana Island
(Bahamas) and the timing of sediment production of carbonate platformsÓ
(given 19 June 2010 at the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and
Other Carbonate Regions, Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador Island, Bahamas)
Al Curran (Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA): ÒMacroporosity and
permeability related to callianassid bioturbation and Ophiomorpha
ichnofabric in Pleistocene shallow-marine carbonates: examples from the Bahamas
and South FloridaÓ (given 18 June 2010 at the 15th Symposium on the Geology
of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, Gerace Research Centre, San
Salvador Island, Bahamas)
Rich Fuchs (Dry Dredgers, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA): ÒGraptolites of the
CincinnatianÓ (given 28 May 2010 & 21 November 1997 at Dry Dredgers
meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Nelson Shaffer (Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, Indiana,
USA): ÒMeteorite Impacts
in the MidwestÓ (given 5 September 2009 at the 2009 Midwest Chapter of the
Friends of Mineralogy Symposium and Field Conference held at the Geology
Department of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)
Ken Tankersley (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA): ÒEvidence of the Clovis
Age Comet at Sheriden Cave, OhioÓ (given 5 September 2009 at the 2009
Midwest Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy Symposium and Field Conference
held at the Geology Department of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)
Greg Schumacher (Ohio Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒThe Impact of Ohio's
Extraterrestrial Visitor - Geology of the Serpent Mound DisturbanceÓ (given
5 September 2009 at the 2009 Midwest Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy
Symposium and Field Conference held at the Geology Department of Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)
Andrew Phelps (University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA): ÒPhysics and Chemistry of
Impact Diamonds: Examples from PopigaiÓ (given 5 September 2009 at the 2009
Midwest Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy Symposium and Field Conference
held at the Geology Department of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)
Robert Folk (Universityof Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA): ÒDwarf Workpersons in the
Carbonate Factory -- an Examination of the Fantastic Roles that Nannobacteria
Play in the Precipitation of CarbonateÓ (given 13 June 2008 at the 14th
Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions held at
Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador Island, Bahamas)
Ted Daeschler (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA): ÒA Giant Step in Evolution:
Discovering the Link Between Fish and Limbed AnimalsÓ (given 12 April 2007
at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, USA)
Andy Knoll (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA): ÒLife at Middle Age - Biology
and Environments on the Mid-Proterozoic EarthÓ (given 28 April 2005 at Ohio
State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Tod Frolking (Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA): ÒLicking County Landscapes
and the Distribution of Prehistoric Occupation SitesÓ (given 13 April 2005
at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, USA)
James Gehling (South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia): ÒEdiacaran Organisms:
Relating Form to FunctionÓ (given 1 April 2005 at "Evolving Form and
Function, Fossils and Development", a Symposium Honoring Adolf Seilacher
for his Contributions to Paleontology, and Celebrating his 80th Birthday, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Phil Donoghue (University of Bristol, Bristol, Britain): ÒEmbryos and AncestorsÓ
(given 1 April 2005 at "Evolving Form and Function, Fossils and
Development", a Symposium Honoring Adolf Seilacher for his Contributions
to Paleontology, and Celebrating his 80th Birthday, Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut, USA)
Russel Shapiro (California State University at Chico, Chico
California, USA): ÒNeoproterozoic-Cambrian
microbialite recordÓ (given 6 November 2004 at the Paleontological Society
short course "Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Biological Revolutions",
Denver, Colorado, USA)
Jere Lipps (University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA): ÒLate Neoproterozoic Metazoans:
Weird, Wonderful and GhostlyÓ (given 6 November 2004 at the Paleontological
Society short course "Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Biological
Revolutions", Denver, Colorado, USA)
Stefan Bengtson (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,
Sweden): ÒEarly Skeletal
FossilsÓ (given 6 November 2004 at the Paleontological Society short course
"Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Biological Revolutions", Denver, Colorado,
USA)
Melissa Hicks & Stephen Rowland (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA): ÒThe Early Cambrian
Experiment in Reef-Building by MetazoansÓ (given 6 November 2004 at the
Paleontological Society short course "Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Biological
Revolutions", Denver, Colorado, USA)
Karen Rice (gemologist at Suna Brothers, Inc., New York, New York, USA): ÒDiamonds - Their Geology,
Geography, and HistoryÓ (given 27 March 2004 at the Central Ohio Mineral,
Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Karen Rice (gemologist at Suna Brothers, Inc., New York, New York, USA): ÒPink Diamonds of the Argyle
MineÓ (given 28 March 2004 at the Central Ohio Mineral, Fossil, Gem &
Jewelry Show in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Greg Mason (NGO Development Corporation, Newark, Ohio, USA): ÒDillon Falls Astrobleme (the
North Zanesville Crater)Ó (given 21 April 2003 at an Ohio Geological
Society meeting in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Nicholas Christie-Blick (Columbia University, New York, New York, USA): ÒA Neoproterozoic
Snowjob: Testing the Limits of the Snowball Earth HypothesisÓ (given 25
April 2002 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Mats Eriksson (Lund University, Lund, Sweden): ÒMicroscopic Treasures -
Scolecodonts from the Type CincinnatianÓ (given 16 November 2001 at a Dry
Dredgers meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Paul Hoffman (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA): ÒSnowball Earth: Testing the
Limits of Climate ChangeÓ (given 15 November 2001 at Ohio State University
in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Beverly Saylor (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,
USA): ÒEvaluation of the
Potential for CO2 Sequestration in Deep Formations Beneath OhioÓ
(given 12 November 2001 at an Ohio Geological Society meeting in Columbus,
Ohio, USA)
Loren Babcock (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒNew Occurrence of
Exceptionally Preserved Fossils in the Middle Cambrian of Hunan, China:
Significance with respect to Global CorrelationÓ (given 23 October 2001 at
Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Robert Berner (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA): ÒLate Paleozoic HyperoxiaÓ
(given 26 April 2001 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Russell Graham (Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver,
Colorado, USA): ÒGlobal
Warming and the Extinction of the Ice Age MammalsÓ (given 6 March 2001 at
the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Doyle Watts (Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA): ÒDeep Structure and Origin of
the Serpent Mound DisturbanceÓ (given 26 February 2001 at an Ohio
Geological Society meeting in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Robert Pennock (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
USA): ÒShould Evolution Be
Taught in Public Schools? What Dorothy Learned When the Creationist
Whirlwind Hit KansasÓ (given 25 January 2001 at the Newark campus of Ohio
State University in Newark, Ohio, USA)
Pamela Hallock Muller (University of South Florida, St. Petersburg,
Florida, USA): ÒCoral
Reefs in the 21st Century: Is the Past the Key to the Future?Ó (given 19
October 2000 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, USA)
Stig Bergstršm (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒOrigin and Evolution of
the Sebree TroughÓ (given 23 May 2000 at Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio, USA)
Massimo Pigliucci (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA):
ÒCreationism and
Evolution in the U.S., On Anti-Intellectualism and ScientismÓ (given 21
April 2000 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Carl Brett (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA): ÒEchinoderm Taphonomy and
Taphofacies: Using Patterns of Fossil Preservation to Identify Ancient
Environments and New Fossil BonanzasÓ (given 31 March 2000 at a Dry
Dredgers meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
William Ausich (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒFort Major Thomas Austin,
Sr. and Early Insights into the Class Crinoidea (Phylum Echinodermata)Ó
(given 7 March 2000 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Dale Gnidovec (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒSummary of Current
Knowledge on Dinosaur PaleobiologyÓ (given 1 February 2000 at Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Bill Shear (Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, USA): ÒEvolution of Spider WebsÓ
(given 22 November 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Bill Shear (Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, USA): ÒEarly Land AnimalsÓ
(given 23 November 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Cary Easterday (then at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA):
ÒEarly Myriapod-Like
Body Fossil and Associated Walking Trace from a Silurian LagerstŠtte, OhioÓ
(given 19 October 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Stig Bergstršm (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒK-Bentonites of North
America and GondwanaÓ (given 11 May 1999 at Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Peter Webb (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒCold EvaporitesÓ (given 4
May 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Mike Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒEarthquake Risk and the New
OhioSeis NetworkÓ (given 8 April 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio, USA)
William Ausich (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒOrigin of the Class CrinoideaÓ
(given 21 January 1999 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Forest Gahn (Brigham Young University at Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho, USA): ÒEarly Mississippian Crinoids
and the Flowering of a PaleontologistÓ (given 20 November 1998 at a Dry
Dredgers meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
William Zinsmeister (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA): ÒA Look at Biotic Events
at High Southern Latitudes at the End of the CretaceousÓ (given 19 November
1998 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Jim Baroffio (former president of Chevron Canada Resources): ÒHiberniaÓ (given 12
November 1998 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Lonnie Thompson (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒPast and Current Climate
Change: Implications for the FutureÓ (given 2 November 1998 at Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Steven Schafersman (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA): ÒReefs Through Space
& TimeÓ (given 23 October 1998 at a Dry Dredgers meeting in Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA)
Loren Babcock (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒThe Chengjiang LagerstŠtte
and the Cambrian Explosion: New Discoveries from China and the Early Evolution
of LifeÓ (given 12 May 1998 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio,
USA)
Jeff McKee (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA): ÒPaleoenvironmental Studies in
Africa During the Existence of Australopithecus africanusÓ (given 7
October 1997 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Martin Lockley (University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado,
USA): ÒDinosaur Tracking
Revolution: New Applied Dimensions for GeologyÓ (given 11 November 1991 at
a Ohio Geological Society meeting in Columbus, Ohio, USA)