Spring 2023 MGS Seminars

Spring 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, February 16 (12:10 PM)
Dan Maxbauer
Professor, Department of Geology, Carleton College
"Carbon dioxide removal through enhanced weathering using rocks and industrial byproducts"

Thursday, March 2 (12:10 PM)

Joyashish Thakurta
Economic Geologists, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota
"Something on origin of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits, Eagle mine, Michigan"

Thursday, March 23 (12:10 PM)
Emma Schneider
Geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey
"Something on Emma's recent MS research: Magnetostratigraphy for the Green River Formation, Wyoming"

Thursday, March 30 (12:10 PM)
Phil Margarit
PhD student, Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota
"Investigating the impacts of active drainage networks and regional groundwater flow on flow and transport"

Thursday, April 13 (12:10 PM)
Dana Peterson
Geophysicist, US Geological Survey
"Subsurface characterization of the Duluth Complex and related intrusions from 3D modeling of geophysical data"

Thursday, April 27 (12:10 PM)
Tammy Rittenour
Professor, Utah State University
"TBD, but likely something about OSL dating applied to Quaternary history"