Friday, February 26, 2016
Colin Robins, Keck Science Department (CMC/PIT/SCR) will give a talk titled "Mineralogical and Soil-Geomorphic Insights from a ~4-5 million-year-old Mojave Desert Soil."
Friday, February 26, 2016
Anne Sheehan, University of Colorado, Boulder, will present recent results from a major passive and active source EarthScope Flexible Array seismological experiment in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.
Friday, February 26, 2016
John Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology and JPL, will be discussing exciting new data from the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Friday, February 26, 2016
At the start of each academic year the Geology Department takes a multi-day trip to renew friendships, share stories from the summer, and indulge our love of geology.
Friday, February 26, 2016
We are delighted to announce that Associate Professor of Geology Robert Gaines was selected to receive a 2013 Wig Award for Exceptional Teaching, the highest form of teaching accolade that the College bestows.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Woodward Fischer, California Institute of Technology, will discuss the evolution of photosynthesis and the rise of oxygen.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Wendy Panero (HMC ’97), The Ohio State University, will cover the variables that affect whether or not other Earth-like planets exist.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Peter Douglas (’05), California Institute of Technology, will be presenting new data on interactions between the Maya and their environment gathered from the isotopic composition of plant wax biomarkers preserved in lake sediments.
Friday, February 19, 2016
The 2016 GSA Cordilleran Section meeting will be held in Ontario, CA on April 4th-6th. The conference chair is Jade Star Lackey, Pomona College Geology Department chair.
Friday, February 19, 2016
The Geology Department is pleased to announce that the 36th annual Woodford Eckis lectureship will be held on February 17th and 18th, 2016.