News and Events http://dickinson.edu/blog.aspx?blogid=154 2013-05-22T01:50:26.8665860Z en-US Ben's Back!!! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Ben-s-Back!!!/?blogid=154 Ben Edwards is slowly returning from the land of sabbatical and it turns out he's been pretty busy.  Lately he's been splitting his time between studying tuya volcanoes in British Columbia and studying an active eruption at Tolbachik in Kamchatka. Here, Ben's pointing out the passage zone of an old eruption in BC to alums Gwen Dunnington ('10) and Everett Lasher ('11) while they were on a summertime research trip.  Ben also has active research in Iceland and, this summer, will be taking 2 students with him to study the recent volcanic eruptions.

]]> 2013-05-03T15:30:25Z Ben Edwards is slowly returning from the land of sabbatical and it turns out he's been pretty busy.  Lately he's been splitting his time between studying tuya volcanoes in British Columbia and studying an active eruption at Tolbachik in Kamchatka.

Here, Ben's pointing out the passage zone of an old eruption in BC to alums Gwen Dunnington ('10) and Everett Lasher ('11) while they were on a summertime research trip.  Ben also has active research in Iceland and, this summer, will be taking 2 students with him to study the recent volcanic eruptions.

]]> John Deni to give Seminar talk Tues, Feb 19. http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/John-Deni-to-give-Seminar-talk-Tues,-Feb-19-/?blogid=154 The Departments of Earth Sciences & International Studies will co-host a seminar talk given by John Deni from Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.  Mr. Deni's talk is entitled Operating a British Ship on American Algae?  Prospects for Greater Transatlantic Cooperation in Energy Security and will take place at 12:00 p.m. in HUB Social Hall East on Tuesday, February 19.

]]> 2013-02-17T21:58:39Z The Departments of Earth Sciences & International Studies will co-host a seminar talk given by John Deni from Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.  Mr. Deni's talk is entitled Operating a British Ship on American Algae?  Prospects for Greater Transatlantic Cooperation in Energy Security and will take place at 12:00 p.m. in HUB Social Hall East on Tuesday, February 19. ]]> Jeff Niemitz to give Seminar Tues, Feb 12 http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Jeff-Niemitz-to-give-Seminar-Tues,-Feb-12/?blogid=154 The Departments of Earth Sciences & Environmental Studies will co-host a seminar talk given by Prof. Jeff Niemitz titled Mill Dams and Legacy Sediments: the 18th and 19th c. "gifts" that keep on giving.  Jeff's talk will take place at 12:00 p.m. in HUB Siderooms 205-206 on Tuesday, February 12.  Please note the room change from our normal space.

]]> 2013-02-08T10:20:08Z Mill Dams and Legacy Sediments: the 18th and 19th c. "gifts" that keep on giving.  Jeff's talk will take place at 12:00 p.m. in HUB Siderooms 205-206 on Tuesday, February 12.  Please note the room change from our normal space.
]]> Alumni-funded faculty-student trip to Baffin Island planned for summer 2013 http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Alumni-funded-faculty-student-trip-to-Baffin-Island-planned-for-summer-2013/?blogid=154 Marcus Key, Leslie Milliman (’14), Jeremiah Feldstein (’15), Melanie Campbell (’15), and Liz Plascencia (’16) are planning a trip to study the bedrock geology, glacial history, and narwhal ecology around Baffin Island.  

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]]> ERSC Spring 2013 Seminar Series http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/ERSC-Spring-2013-Seminar-Series/?blogid=154 We're wasting no time getting the Spring Seminar Series underway with Maria Bruno from the Department of Archeology & Anthropology set to talk this coming Tues, Jan. 22 at 12:05 p.m. in HUB Social Hall East.  Grab some lunch and join us! The rest of the schedule for the semester is available here.

]]> 2013-01-16T18:24:40Z We're wasting no time getting the Spring Seminar Series underway with Maria Bruno from the Department of Archeology & Anthropology set to talk this coming Tues, Jan. 22 at 12:05 p.m. in HUB Social Hall East.  Grab some lunch and join us!

The rest of the schedule for the semester is available here.

]]> NASA's Curiosity Rover Readying to Drill Rocks on Mars! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/NASA-s-Curiosity-Rover-Readying-to-Drill-Rocks-on-Mars!/?blogid=154 How exciting is this? Curiosity is getting ready to drill into a martian outcrop.  The next two weeks should yield some great insight into the origins and history of the red planet.

]]> 2013-01-16T18:21:55Z How exciting is this? Curiosity is getting ready to drill into a martian outcrop.  The next two weeks should yield some great insight into the origins and history of the red planet.]]> Ben Edwards off to Kamchatka! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Ben-Edwards-off-to-Kamchatka!/?blogid=154 Ben Edwards left this past Monday on an NSF funded research expedition to Kamchatka to study Plosky Tolbachik, an actively erupting volcano.  What a great way to start a sabbatical...

]]> 2013-01-16T18:18:53Z Jeff Niemitz and students publish in Geology http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Jeff-Niemitz-and-students-publish-in-Geology/?blogid=154 Jeff Niemitz, Courtney Haynes ('09) and Everett Lasher ('11) published a paper entitle Legacy sediments and historic land use: Chemostratigraphic evidence for excess nutrient and heavy metal sources and remobilization in the January issue of Geology!  Geology, January 2013, v. 41, p. 47-50, first published on October 15, 2012, doi:10.1130/G33547.1

]]> 2013-01-16T18:13:08Z Jeff Niemitz, Courtney Haynes ('09) and Everett Lasher ('11) published a paper entitle Legacy sediments and historic land use: Chemostratigraphic evidence for excess nutrient and heavy metal sources and remobilization in the January issue of Geology!

 Geology, January 2013, v. 41, p. 47-50, first published on October 15, 2012, doi:10.1130/G33547.1

]]> Pete Sak to give ERSC Seminar talk http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Pete-Sak-to-give-ERSC-Seminar-talk/?blogid=154 Prof Pete Sak from the Department of Earth Sciences will deliver this semester's first seminar.  Pete's talk is entitled Unraveling the Appalachians of central PA and will be held Tuesday, Sep. 18 from 12:05 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in HUB Social Hall West.  For the complete seminar schedule, click here.

]]> 2012-09-14T10:58:49Z Unraveling the Appalachians of central PA and will be held Tuesday, Sep. 18 from 12:05 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in HUB Social Hall West.  For the complete seminar schedule, click here.]]> Earthquake! Costa Rica M7.6 GMV 9/5/12 http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earthquake!-Costa-Rica-M7-6-GMV-9/5/12/?blogid=154 The IRIS website has a great GMV (Ground Motion Visualization) of Wednesday's M7.6 earthquake using EarthScope's Transportable Array (USArray).  For more information, go to http://www.iris.edu/dms/products/usarraygmv/

]]> 2012-09-07T11:55:44Z Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Mississippi-River-Flows-Backwards-Due-to-Isaac/?blogid=154 Pretty impressive...

]]> 2012-08-31T12:00:27Z Pretty impressive...]]> Fall 2012 ERSC Seminar Series http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Fall-2012-ERSC-Seminar-Series/?blogid=154 We have almost finalized our list of speakers for the ERSC Seminar Series for this fall.  Click here to see the calendar!

]]> 2012-08-20T16:53:34Z Click here to see the calendar!]]> Earth Sciences Seminar Series(4) http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earth-Sciences-Seminar-Series(4)/?blogid=154 Maria Snoussi from the Department of Earth Sciences, Mohamed V University, Rabat will deliver a talk entitled "Coastal development in Morocco Challenges and Prospects".  Maria's talk will be in HUB Social Hall West on Tues., April 10 at 12 05

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]]> Earth Sciences Seminar Series(3) http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earth-Sciences-Seminar-Series(3)/?blogid=154 Bill Roman from Gannett Fleming Inc. will deliver a talk entitled "Using Digital Photogrammetry for Rock Cut Slope Design An Example in the Central Appalachian Mountains".  Bill's talk will be Tues., Mar. 27 at 12 00 p.m. in HUB Social

]]> 2012-03-26T10:08:01Z Using Digital Photogrammetry for Rock Cut Slope Design - An Example in the Central Appalachian Mountains".  Bill's talk will be Tues., Mar. 27 at 12:00 p.m. in HUB Social Hall East.]]> 8th Annual Potter Lecture http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/8th-Annual-Potter-Lecture/?blogid=154 Frank Pazzaglia is scheduled to deliver the 8th Annual Potter Lecture. Prof. Frank Pazzaglia from Lehigh University will present a talk entitled "The Fall Zone  steep rivers and erosion   How appalachian geomorphology has shaped our nation" Thur., Mar. 1

]]> 2012-02-18T21:24:57Z Frank Pazzaglia is scheduled to deliver the 8th Annual Potter Lecture.

Prof. Frank Pazzaglia from Lehigh University will present a talk entitled "The Fall Zone; steep rivers and erosion:  How appalachian geomorphology has shaped our nation" Thur., Mar. 1 at 7:00 p.m. in Tome 115. 

A flyer to advertise the event can be downloaded here.

]]> See pictures from our recent trip to a Patriot Coal mine in WV! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/See-pictures-from-our-recent-trip-to-a-Patriot-Coal-mine-in-WV!/?blogid=154 Follow this link to view the photo album.

]]> 2011-10-11T09:29:41Z Follow this link to view the photo album.]]> WELCOME BACK! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/WELCOME-BACK!/?blogid=154 The Fall 2011 semester is underway and it's good to see familiar faces again.  Keep an eye out for postings about the ERSC Seminar Series and other events we will be hosting.

]]> 2011-09-02T12:14:23Z 2011 Potter Lecture http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/2011-Potter-Lecture/?blogid=154 The endowed Potter Lectureship has been established to honor Noel Potter Jr., Professor Emeritus of Geology at Dickinson. Once a year, preeminent geologists are brought to campus for a public and scientific lecture as part of the program. This year,

]]> 2011-04-08T13:49:14Z The endowed Potter Lectureship has been established to honor Noel Potter Jr., Professor Emeritus of Geology at Dickinson. Once a year, preeminent geologists are brought to campus for a public and scientific lecture as part of the program. This year, Katharine Huntington from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington will deliver two talks. 

The first, intended for a more general audience, is entitled "Plateaus to Paleoclimate: 'Clumped' isotopes in Earth Science" and is scheduled for Thur. 21 Apr. at 7:00 p.m. in Althouse 106.  Prof. Huntington's second talk will target a more technical audience and is entitled “Signals in sand: Detrital mineral thermochronology and the evolution of orogenic landscapes”.  The second talk is schedule for Fri. 22 Apr. at 12:00 p.m. in Kaufman 134.  The Department of Earth Sciences will lunch and drinks for the afternoon lecture.

]]> Earth Sciences Seminar Series with Pete La Femina http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earth-Sciences-Seminar-Series-with-Pete-La-Femina/?blogid=154 Next Seminar Tuesday, Apr. 4 HUB Siderooms 201 & 202 12 05 p.m. 1 15 p.m. Life & Death Struggle in a Propagating Ridge System   Geodetic GPS and Geologic Observations in South Iceland Presented by Pete La Femina, Pennsylvania

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Next Seminar:

Tuesday, Apr. 4

HUB Siderooms 201 & 202

12:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Life & Death Struggle in a Propagating Ridge System:  Geodetic GPS and Geologic Observations in South Iceland

 

Presented by Pete La Femina, Pennsylvania State University

]]> Earth Sciences Seminar Series(2) http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earth-Sciences-Seminar-Series(2)/?blogid=154   Next Seminar Tuesday, Mar. 8 HUB Siderooms 201 & 202 12 05 p.m. 1 15 p.m. Paleozoic tectonics of Piedmont terranes Presented by Chuck Bailey, Dept of Geology, College of William and Mary

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Next Seminar:

Tuesday, Mar. 8

HUB Siderooms 201 & 202

12:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Paleozoic tectonics of Piedmont terranes

Presented by Chuck Bailey, Dept of Geology, College of William and Mary

]]> Earth Sciences Seminar Series http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Earth-Sciences-Seminar-Series/?blogid=154 Next Seminar Tuesday, Mar. 1 HUB Siderooms 201 & 202 12 05 p.m. 1 15 p.m. Mesoproterozoic plutons in southern Colorado   Aureole structure and tectonic implications Presented by Robert Dean, Dept of Earth Sciences

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Tuesday, Mar. 1

HUB Siderooms 201 & 202

12:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Mesoproterozoic plutons in southern Colorado:  Aureole structure and tectonic implications

Presented by Robert Dean, Dept of Earth Sciences

]]> Steve Sparks - 2010 Joseph Priestley Lecturer http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Steve-Sparks---2010-Joseph-Priestley-Lecturer/?blogid=154 Steve Sparks, Professor of Geology at University of Bristol U.K., has the honor of being named the 2010 Joseph Priestley Lecturer.  Prof. Sparks will deliver a talk entitled 'Volcanic Eruptions' as the Priestley Lecture Thur., Nov. 11 in the Stern

]]> 2010-11-07T23:15:01Z Steve Sparks, Professor of Geology at University of Bristol U.K., has the honor of being named the 2010 Joseph Priestley Lecturer.  Prof. Sparks will deliver a talk entitled 'Volcanic Eruptions' as the Priestley Lecture Thur., Nov. 11 in the Stern Center Great Room at 7:00 p.m.  He will also lead a discussion hosted by the Department of Earth Sciences on Environmental Hazards on Fri., Nov. 12 in Kaufman 134 from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.  Pizza will be provided.

For more information go to Joseph Priestley Lecture
 

]]> Glaciovolcanoes in the news! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Glaciovolcanoes-in-the-news!/?blogid=154 With the recent eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and it's impact on European air travel, Glaciovolcanoes and those who study them have enjoyed the spotlight. Click for a recent Science Daily article on Glaciovolcanoes   

]]> 2010-04-28T10:43:52Z With the recent eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and it's impact on European air travel, Glaciovolcanoes and those who study them have enjoyed the spotlight.

Click for a recent Science Daily article on Glaciovolcanoes 

 


]]> Department of Geology now the Department of Earth Sciences! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Department-of-Geology-now-the-Department-of-Earth-Sciences!/?blogid=154 It's official.... The Department of Geology has now changed names to the Department of Earth Sciences.  In an effort to more accurately reflect what we do and the direction we're heading, it was decided that along with curriculum changes, the

]]> 2010-04-07T14:08:25Z It's official....

The Department of Geology has now changed names to the Department of Earth Sciences.  In an effort to more accurately reflect what we do and the direction we're heading, it was decided that along with curriculum changes, the department should adopt a name change as well.  Starting tomorrow, April 8, we will now be officially recognized as the Department of Earth Sciences!!!

]]> Potter Lecture Announced! http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Potter-Lecture-Announced!/?blogid=154 John Eichelberger from the USGS has the honor of serving as the 6th Potter Lecturer.  John will be giving two talks with the first scheduled for April 22 @ 7 00 p.m. in Denny 317 and titled "Volcanoes as Geysers"

]]> 2010-04-02T10:29:10Z John Eichelberger from the USGS has the honor of serving as the 6th Potter Lecturer.  John will be giving two talks with the first scheduled for April 22 @ 7:00 p.m. in Denny 317 and titled "Volcanoes as Geysers" and the second scheduled for April 23 @ 12:00 p.m. in Kaufman 179 and titled "Of Dikes and Magma Chambers:  The Great Katmai Eruption of 1912". 

]]> Pete Sak to give talk on Haiti EQ http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Pete-Sak-to-give-talk-on-Haiti-EQ/?blogid=154 Prof. Pete Sak from the Dept. of Geology will deliver a talk entitled "What happened in Haiti   The geology of the 2010 earthquake" Friday, Feb. 26 at 12 30 p.m. in McCauley Room of Old West.  Please join us

]]> 2010-02-24T10:32:46Z Prof. Pete Sak from the Dept. of Geology will deliver a talk entitled "What happened in Haiti:  The geology of the 2010 earthquake" Friday, Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. in McCauley Room of Old West.  Please join us if you can and learn more about why such a devastating earthquake struck the region what potential there is for future seismicity.

]]> Spring 2010 Geology Dept. Seminar Schedule http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Spring-2010-Geology-Dept--Seminar-Schedule/?blogid=154 Tuesday, February 9 @ 12 00 pm, Dana 110 Carl Kirby, Bucknell University Aqueous Geochemistry and the Marcellus Shale    Tuesday, February 23 @ 12 00 pm, HUB Siderooms 203 & 204 Pedro Marenco, Bryn Mawr Talk title TBD    Tuesday, March

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Tuesday, February 9 @ 12:00 pm, Dana 110

Carl Kirby, Bucknell University
Hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale for natural gas and some potential environmental impacts on PA, NY, OH and WV

  

Tuesday, February 23 @ 12:00 pm, Kaufman 134

Pedro Marenco, Bryn Mawr
Contrasting shallow and deep paleoenvironments and the biotic recovery from the End Permian mass extinction 

  

Tuesday, March 2 @ 12:00 pm, HUB Siderooms 204 & 205

Emily Mercurio, University of Pittsburgh
Construction and evolution of an ice-confined basaltic fissure eruption, SW Iceland

  

Tuesday, March 23 @ 12:00 pm, HUB Siderooms 201 & 202

Chira Endress ’07, Pennsylvania State University
Talk title TBD

  

*Thursday, March 25 @ 7:00 pm, Stern Center

Terry Engelder, Pennsylvania State University
Marcellus Shale

  

*Prof. Engelder’s talk is hosted by the Clarke Forum

]]> Dept. Seminar http://dickinson.edu/academics/programs/earth-sciences/Earth-Sciences/Dept--Seminar/?blogid=154 Geology Department Seminar Spring 2010 schedule coming soon...

]]> 2010-01-06T11:30:27Z Geology Department Seminar Spring 2010 schedule coming soon...

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