Seminar Schedule (PDF)
Please join us throughout the semester to learn more about a variety of topics in the areas of geology, environmental science, and more!
Time and Location (unless otherwise noted): 5:00-5:50 PM, PHSC 202 - CSU Chico
| Tues Feb 6 | Kurt Burmeister, Associate Professor, University of the Pacific | Showing the Basis for Understanding the Timing and Mechanisms of Granitic Rocks from Igneous Activity Built in the Sierra Nevada Batholith | Video not available |
| Tues Feb 13 | Randy Dahlgren, Professor, University of California, Davis | From Subduction to Salmon: Geologic Subsidies Drive High Productivity of a Volcanic Spring-Fed River | Video not available |
| Tues Feb 27 | Melanie Michalak, Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University | The Klamath Mountains: Why so High? | Video not available |
| Tues March 13 | Howard Stensrud, California State University, Chico, Emeritus | The Geologist as an Expert Witness: A Case Study from an Abusive Tax Shelter Involving Placer Gold Deposits |  |
| Tues March 27 | Vic Fisher, California State University, Chico, Emeritus | Plate Tectonics, Astronomical Perturbations, and Continental Glaciation | |
| Tues April 3 | Karen Grove, Emeritus, San Francisco State University | Sea Level and Tectonic Controls on Coastal Sediment Accumulation in the San Andreas Fault Zone, Pleistocene Merced Formation, San Francisco Peninsula | |
| Tues April 10 | Eric Dinger, Ecologist, National Park Service | The National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Networks, Work as a Federal Employee, and a Trip Down Stromatolite Lane. | Video not available |
| Tues April 17 | Kaitlyn McPherran, Graduate Student, University of New Hampshire | Seasonal Changes in Geomorphology and Sediment Volume of New Hampshire Beaches; Insights into a Highly-Engineered, Paraglacial, Bedrock-Influenced Mixed Sand and Gravel Coastal System | |
| Tues April 24 | Robert Liptrap, Director of Research and Development, Agromillora California | Genesis of California's Central Valley Soils and Parent Material Geology | Video not available |
| Tues May 1 | Lisa White, Assistant Director Education and Public Programs, UC Berkeley | Increasing Public Engagement in Science through Research and Education at the University of California Museum of Paleontology | |
| Tues May 8 | GEOS Graduate Students, CSU, Chico | Geoscience 601 Students Seminar |
Everyone is welcome to attend! Titles are tentative, so temper your excitement accordingly.