Fall 2023 MGS Seminars

Fall 2023 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars will be available via Zoom; however, some seminars may be hybrid, held at MGS and transmitted live via Zoom. For those who attend virtually, please be patient as we do our best to provide a quality hybrid experience.

The Zoom link for the seminar will be sent out in the weekly seminar announcement. If you do not receive these announcements and wish to join us, please contact Tony Runkel at runke001@umn.edu.

To request disability accommodations, please contact runke001@umn.edu (Tony Runkel) at least seven business days in advance of the event date. We will do our best to accommodate requests made after this date.

Thursday, October 26 (12:10 PM)
Latisha Brengman
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth
"Digging through the data we discard" (using data from iron formations relevant to Earth's oxygenation)

Thursday, November 9 (12:10 PM)
Tony Runkel (moderator)
Minnesota Geological Survey
"How can we improve our County Geologic Atlas products? User survey results and discussion"

Thursday, November 16 (12:10 PM)
Amanda Yourd
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
"DNR Investigation of Well Interferences in the Blaine-Ham Lake Area of Anoka County, Minnesota"

Friday, December 1 (12:10 PM)
Zsu Allerton
PhD candidate, STAMP Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
TBD, but will include hard rock research in northern Minnesota

Thursday, December 7 (12:10 PM)
John Hunter
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
"Something on investigation and remediation of the WDE landfill, north Twin Cities metro area"

Thursday, December 21 (12:10 PM)
Claire Simmerman
PhD candidate, Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota
"Something on microplastics transport in a karst terrane, southeastern Minnesota"