This was held last Wednesday evening, organized by Ryan Lindsay and Aislyn Trendell. At maximum, between 20 and 25 students attended, and I'm sure that high jinks ensued (since it was reported to me as a HUGE success).
Saturday, October 17, 2009
BGS organizes Geo Bowling Night
This was held last Wednesday evening, organized by Ryan Lindsay and Aislyn Trendell. At maximum, between 20 and 25 students attended, and I'm sure that high jinks ensued (since it was reported to me as a HUGE success).
Thursday, October 15, 2009
It's Almost Time . . .
. . . for the Fall 2009 Board Meeting.
It will be held from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm on Friday, October 23rd in room E401, Baylor Sciences Building. The Homecoming Geology Department Open House will follow from 7:00-9:00 pm that same evening.
It will be good to see you guys again.
The agenda is available at this link. Don't forget the mineral sale, detailed just below, that will run from 11:00 to 6:00 that same day.
Finally too, we learned of the theme for the spring 2010 fieldtrip, "Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology of Central Texas". The trip will be held on Saturday, February 13th and will probably include the following stops:
Lampasas Cut Plain, Lake Belton - led by Peter Allen and Lee Nordt
Owl Creek, late Pleistocene-Holocene floodplain and alluvial fan section with "spectacular" paleosols, Fort Hood Military Reservation - led by Holly Meier (Holly's Ph.D.) and an unnamed undergraduate leader
Brezina Farm, late Holocene floodplain-channel deposits on Williams Creek near Axtell, in McLennan County, TX, GEO 5340 Paleopedology and GEO 5342 Micromorphology class projects - led by Gary Stinchcomb and Aislyn Trendell with two undergraduate leaders
Finally, a Waco Mammoth Site, 68-72 kyr fluvial, colluvial and alluvial deposits with fossil Columbian mammoths located in Waco, TX - led by John Bongino (his M.S. thesis).
Apparently leaders do not get to have names until they reach at least graduate status or maybe the undergrad leaders have yet to be named. Either way, I'm pretty sure that they actually do have names but either we or they do not know them yet.
It will be held from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm on Friday, October 23rd in room E401, Baylor Sciences Building. The Homecoming Geology Department Open House will follow from 7:00-9:00 pm that same evening.
It will be good to see you guys again.
The agenda is available at this link. Don't forget the mineral sale, detailed just below, that will run from 11:00 to 6:00 that same day.
Finally too, we learned of the theme for the spring 2010 fieldtrip, "Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology of Central Texas". The trip will be held on Saturday, February 13th and will probably include the following stops:
Lampasas Cut Plain, Lake Belton - led by Peter Allen and Lee Nordt
Owl Creek, late Pleistocene-Holocene floodplain and alluvial fan section with "spectacular" paleosols, Fort Hood Military Reservation - led by Holly Meier (Holly's Ph.D.) and an unnamed undergraduate leader
Brezina Farm, late Holocene floodplain-channel deposits on Williams Creek near Axtell, in McLennan County, TX, GEO 5340 Paleopedology and GEO 5342 Micromorphology class projects - led by Gary Stinchcomb and Aislyn Trendell with two undergraduate leaders
Finally, a Waco Mammoth Site, 68-72 kyr fluvial, colluvial and alluvial deposits with fossil Columbian mammoths located in Waco, TX - led by John Bongino (his M.S. thesis).
Apparently leaders do not get to have names until they reach at least graduate status or maybe the undergrad leaders have yet to be named. Either way, I'm pretty sure that they actually do have names but either we or they do not know them yet.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Need New Rocks?
The geology department received a bequest from an old alum of his gem and mineral collection. The samples are all mounted and labeled and are being sold on October 23rd for only a buck apiece!
Click here for the full-sized flyer (pdf).
Come see us. Buy rocks!
Click here for the full-sized flyer (pdf).
Come see us. Buy rocks!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Dr. Namy survives plane crash yesterday
A lot of you probably know Jerry Namy from his years at Baylor and beyond. He was in a plane crash yesterday afternoon. See this morning's Star Telegram article about the crash here. After we had read it, Art got on the phone and called around to some of the other ex-students in this area. He just walked in and let me know that Cliff Walker tells us Dr. Namy has a dislocated hip but otherwise will be OK.
I have his home address around here somewhere. If anyone would like to send a card or flowers, leave a comment here and I will supply it to you.
I have his home address around here somewhere. If anyone would like to send a card or flowers, leave a comment here and I will supply it to you.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
First O.T. Hayward Lecture Series Speaker Announced.
Set aside some time the evening of October 6.
Dr. David Montgomery, professor of geomorphology in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at University of Washington, comes as the inaugural lecturer in this series at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 6 in BSB D110. The lecture will be preceded by a reception beginning at 6:30.
. . . and he's even a geomorphologist - how apt is this?
He has written two books and numerous articles that have appeared in such journals as Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. A 2008 MacArthur Fellow, Montgomery’s publications have explored, among other things, how landslides and glacial erosion influence the height of mountains, how rivers originate and shape the landscape, and how human modification of river channels affects aquatic ecosystems.
More about Dr. Montgomery at these links:
American Rivers Science Advisor
2008 MacArthur Fellow David Montgomery
Dr. David Montgomery, professor of geomorphology in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at University of Washington, comes as the inaugural lecturer in this series at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 6 in BSB D110. The lecture will be preceded by a reception beginning at 6:30.
. . . and he's even a geomorphologist - how apt is this?
He has written two books and numerous articles that have appeared in such journals as Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. A 2008 MacArthur Fellow, Montgomery’s publications have explored, among other things, how landslides and glacial erosion influence the height of mountains, how rivers originate and shape the landscape, and how human modification of river channels affects aquatic ecosystems.
More about Dr. Montgomery at these links:
American Rivers Science Advisor
2008 MacArthur Fellow David Montgomery
Baylor Geology Advisory Board Meeting Scheduled
Finally, a new announcement on the blog!
I received news of the next Advisory Board Meeting to be held this fall, Friday, October 23rd, the afternoon before the Homecoming Bonfire.
Since I can never find my paper copy of the by-laws, they are now on-line here.
So, if any of you Geo-types are coming in for homecoming, think about arriving a little early. Come to the meeting - the more, the merrier!
I received news of the next Advisory Board Meeting to be held this fall, Friday, October 23rd, the afternoon before the Homecoming Bonfire.
Since I can never find my paper copy of the by-laws, they are now on-line here.
So, if any of you Geo-types are coming in for homecoming, think about arriving a little early. Come to the meeting - the more, the merrier!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Dr. Font travels to Europe
Dr. Robert G. Font, one-time student at Baylor and then a professor here, traveled to Ireland late in May to represent AIPG at the annual meeting of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG). He has done so for the past thirteen years and was national AIPG president in 2005.
The meeting is always held in a different part of Europe. This year, it took place in Dublin, Ireland. Among the countries present were Spain, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Finland, Irleand, Sweden, The Russian Federation, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Italy and others, in addition to Canada and the USA. Robert's role this year was to wrap-up the comments on the 3IPGC (Third International Professional Geolog Conference) held in Flagstaff in 2008 (of which he was the General Chairman) and to promote the 4IPGC in Canada in 2012. Since he had formally invited our Canadian colleagues to host the next one, they were quite appreciative that Robert was there promoting support for it.
Included pictures are from the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, known for the fantastic exposures of its columnar basalt. In the photo above, Robert is standing on top of a heap of this basalt, along with the current President of the AIPG, John Bognar (2009) wearing the Oakland A's jersey, and Bill Siok, AIPG's Executive Director. In the picture below, taken by John Bognar, Robert is standing in front of a series of tilted, fractured and overall impressive basaltic columns.
The meeting is always held in a different part of Europe. This year, it took place in Dublin, Ireland. Among the countries present were Spain, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Finland, Irleand, Sweden, The Russian Federation, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Italy and others, in addition to Canada and the USA. Robert's role this year was to wrap-up the comments on the 3IPGC (Third International Professional Geolog Conference) held in Flagstaff in 2008 (of which he was the General Chairman) and to promote the 4IPGC in Canada in 2012. Since he had formally invited our Canadian colleagues to host the next one, they were quite appreciative that Robert was there promoting support for it.
Included pictures are from the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, known for the fantastic exposures of its columnar basalt. In the photo above, Robert is standing on top of a heap of this basalt, along with the current President of the AIPG, John Bognar (2009) wearing the Oakland A's jersey, and Bill Siok, AIPG's Executive Director. In the picture below, taken by John Bognar, Robert is standing in front of a series of tilted, fractured and overall impressive basaltic columns.
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