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The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG) announces upgrade of the lecture series to fun and interactive workshops!

Please call Museum for times and locations

 

COST:

$5.00 donation for Members (2009 year)
$7.00 donation for non-members

 

*************** Past Lecture Topics ***************

MAY 28TH, 2008:

The Role of Geology in the Settlement of the American West.

 

April 24th, 2008:

Abandoned Mines in Idaho: Hazards, Investigations, and Cleanups.

 

March 20th, 2008:

Nitrate in ground water/aquifers - natural attenuation and implications for Treasure Valley water quality.

 

SPRING 2007 LECTURES:

On April 17th, Dave Leppert spoke about his recent experiences as a coal exploration geologist in Mongolia and presented slides. Coal production is important to the nation as Mongolia seeks to expand its economy. Structurally deformed coal layers in the southern part of the country are surface-mined for domestic use and export to China. Mongolia is approximately the size of Alaska with 3 million residents. Many areas of the country combine a traditional nomadic herding lifestyle with modern utilities. Mongolians frequently use motorcycles for personal transportation and enjoy traditional wrestling and basketball for recreation.

The March 20th Lecture was presented by John Bradford, Director of the Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface (CGISS). John talked about the program of research at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site where they are working on ground water and aquifer mapping near the Boise River. This program was instrumental in locating a crime burial site 2 years ago in Gooding County.

The Feb. 27th Lecture was presented by BSU GeoSciences Department Professor Mark Schmitz who spoke about new processes in age-dating using zircons which are resulting in adjustments of the geologic dating of Eras & Periods of the Geologic Time Scale. BSU recently acquired a new thermal ionization mass spectrometer so that material in need of dating no longer must be sent to laboratories in California or Australia.