| Date |
Speaker |
Organization |
Sponsor |
Topic |
| 6/4/13 |
Spring Social |
Pace |
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| summer hiatus |
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| Previous
Speakers & Topics |
| 5/14/13 |
Heidi Breid |
Winona State
University |
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Establishing
a Lysimeter Network in Southeastern Minnesota to Assess Nitrate
Transport Through the Root Zone of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural
Soils |
| 4/2/13 |
Beth Wenell |
UM-TC |
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Quantifying
the Soil-Rock Interface |
| 3/5/13 |
Dr. Jimmy Randolph |
Heat Mining Company, LLC |
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Innovations in geothermal electricity
generation: CO2-based geothermal heat mining and waste energy recovery
from hydrocarbon production operations |
| 2/5/13 |
Val Chandler |
Minnesota Geological
Survey |
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Passive-aggressive geophysics: An
evaluation of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) passive
seismic method for determining glacial deposit thickness in Minnesota |
| 1/8/13 |
Jim
Tieberg |
Polymet Mining |
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An Overview
of PolyMet Mining’s Northmet Project in the Duluth Complex |
| 12/4/12 |
Scott
Clark |
UW-Eau Claire |
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Plate
tectonics: A well-known theory that isn't so well known |
| 11/6/12 |
Nathan Eklund |
Pace |
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US EPA Method TO-17 |
| 10/2/12 |
cancelled |
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members encouraged to attend Midwest
Groundwater Conference |
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| 9/4/12 |
Randy St. Germain |
Dakota
Technologies |
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applying laser-induced fluorescence
(LIF) screening tools toward characterizing LNAPL and DNAPL sites |
| 5/1/2012 |
Matt Manor |
UMD Dept. Geological Sciences |
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Late Pleistocene climate in sediments
of Lake Chalco, Basin of Mexico: project implications and benefits
of undergraduate research |
| 4/3/2012 |
Dr. Karen
Gran |
UMD Dept.
Geological Sciences |
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Evolving Sediment
Sources in the Minnesota River Basin: Implications for Resource
Management |
| 3/6/2012 |
Amy Hadiaris |
MPCA |
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Reinventing
TCAAP – An MPCA Perspective |
| 2/7/2012 |
Bruce Brown |
Wis. Geological Survey |
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Wisconsin’s
Frac Sand Rush of 2011 |
| 1/10/2012 |
Steve Lee |
MPCA |
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Environmental
expectations and the origins of the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency in 1967 |
| 12/6/2011 |
Erik Gulbranson |
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
 |
The
Antarctic - Permian-Triassic mass extinction and the emplacement
of the Ferrar-Karoo Large Igneous Province |
| 11/1/2011 |
Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo |
University of Minnesota |
 |
Feather River California: Tectonically-triggered
river incision shapes the gemorphology and geochemistry of the N.
Sierra Nevada landscapes |
| Oct-2011 |
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No Meeting - GSA National Conference |
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| 9/6/2011 |
Dr. Vince Matthews |
Colorado Geological Survey |
|
The Global Scramble for Natural Resources—Its
Potential Impact on America |
| 6/7/2011 |
Bob DeGroot |
Mini-field trip Pace Labs |
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Bridal Veil Superfund Site |
| 5/3/2011 |
Karen Jackson |
Macalester College |
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Bed Sediment
Grain size Distribution and Flow Dynamics- Indianhead Reservoir
St. Croix River |
| 4/5/2011 |
Kate Kleiter |
AET |
|
TAKE THIS
OUT OF THE BALLPARK - Geology and Environmental Remediation of the
new Twins Ballpark Site |
| 3/1/2011 |
Bill Bangsund |
Barr |
|
Wind Energy
& the Environment: A Geologist's Role |
| 2/1/2011 |
Brad Koons |
ARCADIS |
|
LNAPL in Porous Media: Theory
and Practical Application |
| 1/4/2011 |
Mark Toso |
MPCA |
|
The
Impact of Biofuels Releases on Minnesota’s Water Resources |
| 12/7/10 |
Tony Runkel |
MGS |
|
Southeastern
Minnesota Paleozoic Hydrostratigraphy: Fractures in Aquifers, Aquitards,
and Aquitardifers |
| 11/2/10 |
Scott Pearson |
DNR |
|
South Central
Minnesota Groundwater Monitoring and Geologic Atlas—Project
Update |
| 10/5/10 |
Steve Thompson |
MPCA |
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Recent
Stratigraphic Discoveries in Pierce County, Wisconsin: Cretaceous
Bedrock and Pre-Wisconsin Drift |
| 9/7/10 |
Mindy Erickson |
USGS |
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Crude
Oil at the Bemidji Site |
| 5/4/10 |
Kelly
MacGregor |
Macalaster
Geology Dept. |
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Modern-day
and historical sediment transport in the St. Croix River, MN/WI:
preliminary analysis and implications for native mussel populations |
| 4/6/10 |
Heather Arends |
MDNR |
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MN aggregate
resources and the DNR aggregate mapping program |
| 3/2/10 |
Ginny Yingling |
Minnesota Department of
Health |
|
An Update
on Perfluorinated Chemicals in Minnesota - Persistent in Both the
Environment and Powerpoint! |
| 2/2/10 |
Gregory Brick |
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Subterranean
Twin Cities |
| 1/5/10 |
E.
Calvin Alexander |
UM-Twin Cities |
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SE Minnesota's
Trout Springs |
| 12/1/09 |
Mark Jirsa |
MGS |
|
Ten
Minutes of Chaos: The Sudbury Impact Layer in the Lake Superior
Region |
| 11/3/09 |
Frank
Ongaro |
Mining
Minnesota |
|
The Next
Generation of Mining: Opportunities, Economic Benefits, and Challenges
Facing Non-Ferrous Mining in Minnesota |
| 10/6/09 |
Michael Convery |
Minn. Dept. Health |
|
Arsenic
in Minnesota Groundwater |
| 9/8/09 |
Daryl Peterson |
Pace Analytical |
|
Laboratory
Perspective of Vapor Intrusion |
| 5/5/09 |
Cabin Ross |
Univ. St.
Thomas |
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Structural
Analysis of Bitter Springs Quad, Lake Mead, Nevada |
| 4/7/09 |
Michelle LaRue |
UM-Antarctic Geospatial Information Center |
|
Antartica |
| 3/3/09 |
Sue Langer & Chris Sanocki |
USGS |
|
Synoptic
Study of Ground-water Level Changes in Major Aquifers in the Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area |
| 2/3/09 |
Larry Kinsman |
ORIN Remediation Technologies |
|
Environmental
Remedial Implementations, Including Good and Bad Experiences of
Chemical Oxidation and Why |
| 1/6/09 |
Ernie Lehmann |
Franconia
Minerals |
|
Birch
Lake Project |
| 12/2/08 |
Ginny Yingling |
MDH |
|
Perfluoronated
Chemicals in Washington County: The Saga Continues - Groundwater
Investigations and Public Response in the Midst of Uncertainty |
| 11/4/08 |
Jim Miller
|
UMD-Geology |
|
Preparing
Students for Jobs in the Booming Mining and Minerals Exploration
Industries at the University of Minnesota Duluth |
| 10/7/08 |
Scott Wolter |
American
Petrographic Services |
|
Hooked X |
| 9/8/08 |
Dr.
Harvey Thorleifson |
MGS |
|
Carbon
Capture and Storage - climate change strategy options for Minnesota |
| 5/6/08 |
Bill Newman |
Remediation &
Natural Attenuation Services, Inc. |
|
In Situ Bioremediation Using Vegetable
Oil Emulsions and Colloidal Insoluble Buffers |
| 4/1/08 |
Carrie
Jennings |
Minnesota Geological
Survey |
|
Sediment
dynamics in agricultural watersheds of the Minnesota basin |
| 3/4/08 |
Mark Jirsa |
Minnesota Geological
Survey |
|
What Forest
Fires in the BWCAW Reveal: Volcanic Eruptions, Meteorite Impact,
and other Natural Disasters |
| 2/5/08 |
Terry Boerboom |
Minnesota Geological
Survey |
|
Geology
of the North Shore near Grand Marais |
| 1/8/08 |
Ray
Rogers |
Macalaster
Geology Dept. |
|
bonebeds, and other interesting stuff |
| 12/4/07 |
Ginny Yingling |
Minnesota
Department of Health |
|
Perfluoronated
Chemicals - Groundwater Investigations and Public Health Response
in the Midst of Uncertainty |
| 11/6/07 |
Eric
Mohring |
MN Board of
Water and Soil Resources |
|
Tracking
Conservation And Natural Resource Management Accomplishments Achieved
Through State-Local Partnerships |
| 10/2/07 |
Harvey Thorleifson |
Minnesota Geological
Survey |
|
Indicator
mineral survey of Minnesota |
| 9/4/07 |
Larry Kinsman |
Orin Technology |
|
Ex-Situ
Chemical Oxidation of Pentachlorophenol at a Former Manufacturing
Facility in Lester Prairie, Minnesota |
| 5/1/07 |
Ernie Lehman |
Franconia
Minerals |
|
PMGs &
the Birch Lake Project |
| 4/26/07 |
Dr. Jim Cotter |
UM-Morris |
|
9th Annual Spring Social |
| 4/3/07 |
Mindy Erickson |
MPCA |
|
MPCA's
Ambient Ground Water Sampling Activities |
| 2/6/07 |
Dr.
Kevin Theissen |
Univ. St.
Thomas |
|
Paleoecology
of Shallow Lakes in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota |
| 2/6/07 |
Barb
Gnabasik |
MPCA |
|
Reserve
Mining Scrapyard Cleanup - Silver Bay, Minnesota |
| 1/9/07 |
Charles Tiller |
American Engineering
Testing |
|
Adventures
in Yellowstone Geology: a coming-of-age tale |
| 12/5/06 |
Brad Ullery |
Target |
|
Target Corporation's
Approach to Due Diligence Protocol |
| 11/7/06 |
Karen Campbell |
St.
Anthony Falls Lab. |
|
Big Science,
Big Education: Research, Practice and Education at a National Laboratory
in the Mississippi River |
| 9/23-28 |
|
AIPG |
|
AIPG
43rd Annual Meeting |
| 9/5/06 |
James Arndt |
NRG |
|
Hydrogeology,
Pedology, and Botany of the Seminary Calcareous Fen, Carver County,
Minnesota |
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