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Lower Grand Coulee Field Trip

Soap Lake Senior Center 121 2nd Ave SE, Soap Lake, United States

Monster Rock - Ephrata Fan Join Geologist, Mark Amara and Outing Coordinator Gene Wing of the Lower Grand Coulee Chapter for an exciting outing exploring the Lower Grand Coulee area. We will leave the Senior Center at 10am and drive South to the famous "Monster Rock" and the "Ephrata Fan area", Next we head North to the Lake Lenore area to see the Lenore Lake Monocline rocks and the Great Blade, and then we head North and do a short hike into the Deep Lake Potholes within Sun Lakes State Park and end the outing at the Dry Falls Visitor Center. Meeting Place: Soap Lake Senior Center, located at 121 2nd Ave SE, Soap Lake, WA 98851 Date: Saturday November 9, 2024 Start time: 10:00am More information: Contact Denis Felton Discover Pass is required

Mammoths of Coyote Canyon

Zoom Meeting

On Nov11, 2024, Join the Ice Age Floods Chapter Puget Lobe for a look at the Coyote Canyon (Mammoth) dig site: This site was originally discovered in 1999; but left undisturbed until 2008, with formal excavation beginning in September,2010.  The accompanied photo shows the work done thru Jun 2014.  In the intervening 10+ years additional work has completed.  As you can see by the photograph, the cinder block, 5-gal bucket, and the4x4 lumber bream, this may be a small portion of the overall site. The presentation will be Zoom only and given by IAFI Vice President Mr. Gary Kleinknecht.  Meeting starts at 7:00pm with sign-ins  starting  at 6:45. click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Working Site as of June 2012

Dr. Scott Burns – Ancient Ice Age Floods Before the Missoula Floods

Zoom Meeting

Join in to Learn About The Unfolding Story of Ancient Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest Ages End - Stev Ominski We have had Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest over the past 2.8 million years. We mostly concentrate on the last ones which are called the Missoula Floods that happened between 15,000-20,000 years ago. But there is an unfolding story in the Pacific Northwest of many Ice Age Floods before the Missoula Floods. Erica Medley, an MS student of Scott Burns, did her thesis on the topic and discovered many outcrops of these ancient floods which are rarely discussed. Dr. Burns will talk about these oft-forgotten floods and the very interesting story of these neglected Ancient Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest Join on Zoom to learn more about these very interesting older Ice Age Floods, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM (Pacific Time) Only on Zoom - Click Here to Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 867 5486 6921 Passcode: 342192 One tap mobile: +12532158782,,86754866921# Meeting ID: 867 5486 6921 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdugrTW42K Dr. Scott Burns taught geology for 54 years in Switzerland, New Zealand, Washington, Colorado and Louisiana before coming in 1990 to Portland State University. He loves talking about the geology of the Pacific Northwest and this subject that is so many times neglected. Professor Emeritus of Engineering Geology, Portland State University President IAEG (International Association of Engineering Geologist and the Environment) Member Board of Directors, Lower Columbia Chapter Ice Age Floods Institute. Co-Author revised Second Edition: "Cataclysms on the Columbia" Email: BurnsS@pdx.edu Telephone: (503} 725-3389 Website: http://dr-scott-burns.com

Geology Alive: Understanding Geologic Hazards in the Columbia Gorge

Columbia Center For the Arts 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR, United States

The great scenic beauty of the Gorge owes much to the geological processes that have shaped it.  Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and debris flows still occur in the area today, and they can pose hazards to Gorge residents and visitors.  What is the scope, severity, and likelihood of these hazards?  How do scientists use evidence from the geological and historical past to evaluate the hazards, and how do they use models to forecast future hazards and inform our efforts to prepare for them? Join Dr. Richard “Dick” Iverson, Scientist Emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory, as he digs into the geological hazards of the Gorge—and explains why they don’t discourage him from living here! GET TICKETS HERE When: NOVEMBER 13th, 2024 | Doors 6pm, Show 7 pm Where: Columbia Center For the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR This event will be livestreamed on our Givebutter page: https://givebutter.com/geologyalive Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm. * We encourage people to take their seats by 6:45. * Seats not filled by 6:45 will be made available to our waitlist. * Event tickets are non-refundable. Richard (Dick) Iverson spent 34 years as a research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., and he remains affiliated with the observatory as a scientist emeritus. His work there has focused mostly on the dynamics of landslides, debris flows, and volcanic eruptions, with particular emphasis on evaluating hazards downstream from Cascades volcanoes.  Iverson grew up in Iowa, received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and moved from Vancouver to Hood River in 2018.  

Northern Ice

Bellevue College Building L Room 219 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA, United States

(2 Dec 2024)   Grace Sherwood Winer is a geologist and explorer who has done extensive studies on the melting of glacial ice in the Arctic.  She will present present her work on the islands of Svalbard and Iceland at our meeting on 06Jan2025 at 7:00pm at Bellevue College, Building B, Room 104.  Note room change! This will be an In-person lecture and livecast via Zoom. Click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Bellevue College, Bldg B, Rm 104

New Interpretations of Old Strandlines

Montana Natural History Center 120 Hickory Street, Missoula, MT

It’s that time of the year! Time to contemplate ice ages and glacial lakes. Time for the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s Cabin Fever Lecture!  Warm up your curiosity about those iconic strandlines we can see from town with a lecture from renowned geologist James W. Sears. New “LiDAR ” mapping techniques may imply that the famous Lake Missoula strandlines on Mount Sentinel and Mount Jumbo record only one draining of the ice-age lake. The draining coincided with massive erosion at the bottom of the lake, but passive lowering of lake level at the top, marked by short-term strandlines cut a few inches into thin colluvial soil on the mountainsides. About the Instructor: Dr. James W. Sears received his PhD from Queen’s University, Canada, in 1979, and has taught at the University of Montana since 1982. This is a live event that will not be recorded or streamed.

Terroir and the floods

(12Dec24) Scott Burns is back in March to talk about the impact the Ice Age Floods had on vinticulture in the Pacific Northwset.  Join us as Scott explains how the Floods influenced the regional properties of Northwest soils and ultimately made the Pacific Northwest one of the prime wine producing regions in the United States. The "virtual wine tasting" will happen at our chapter meeting 04Mar2025 at 7:00pm at Bellevue College, Building B ,ROOM 104.  This lecture will be in-person and livecast on Zoom. Click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Bellevue College, Bldg B Rm 104

1.5 Million Years of Climate Data from the Antarctic Drilling Project

(05Dec2024) The Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), where the Pleistocene glacial cycles changed from 41 to ∼100 kyr periodicity, is one of the most intriguing unsolved issues in the field of paleoclimatology. Jerry McManus is an AGU Fellow who is Chair of Columbia University's Environmental School. He spent time in Antarctica as part in a European-led consortium project to drill down an existing drill hole to punch back another half-million years of climate data from ice in the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The goal of the project was to get a continuous ice record reaching back past the Mid Pleistocene Transition (MPT) to get a better perspective on the short cycle into the long cycle transition. At our May meeting, Jerry will present an early glimpse on what the team discovered.  The May 05 meeting will be held in Bellevue College, Room B104.  The program begins at 7:00 PM.

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