2018 Programs and Materials
1/8 (MONDAY) Global Warming 101 – or Everything you wanted to know about our changing climate (But were too afraid to ask). Presented by Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Slides Video – Summary
1/16 The Discovery, Development, & Demise of Wyoming’s Atlantic City Iron Mine. Presented by Chuck Dahl, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Video Summary
1/17 What you see in the rocks: Explained by Geochemistry. Presented by John Guslander, Geologists of Jackson Hole Video PowerPoint
2/6 (Tuesday) Exploring Our Solar System: Pluto and Mars Revealed Presented by Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole Video – Summary – Slides
2/20 (Tuesday) Documenting Ancient Wasatch Fault Earthquakes Presented by Alexis Ault, Utah State University. Video Summary
3/6 Gulf of Mexico: Geology and Evolution of the Petroleum Industry. Presented by Cynthia Blankenship, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Video Summary
3/20 Reproduction in Troodon Formosus, America’s First Dinosaur. Presented by David Varricchio, Montana State University. Video Summary
April 3, 6 PM – TC Library – The Eastern Snake River Plain: A volcanic wonderland. Presented by Mike McCurry, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences Video Summary
April 17, 6 PM, Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole – John Wesley Powell and the Reimagination of the Arid West, Presented by Tom Minckley, University of Wyoming, Department of Geography Video Summary
April 20-22 Field Trip to Southern Idaho South Central Idaho, April 20-22, 2018
April 18, 12:15 PM – Jackson Senior Center – Environmental History of the Big Horn Basin, Presented by Tom Minckley Video
May 1, 6 PM – TC Library – Zircons are Forever: Oxygen isotopes and zircons. Presented by Liz King, GJH Video Summary
May 15, 6 PM – TC Library – Carbon and Climate: Lessons from Wyoming’s Past.. Presented by Gabriel Bowen, Univ. of UT Video Summary
May 16, 12:15 PM – Jackson Senior Center – Rock Hounding in Wyoming by Mike Maurer, Geologists of Jackson Hole Video
June 5, 6 p.m.,TC Library: Monitoring the Structural Health of Rock Arches. Presented by Jeff Moore, University of Utah Video Materials Summary
June 19, 6 p.m., TC Library – Yellowstone’s NOT-so-super eruptions, Presented by Tiffany Rivera, Westminster College of Salt Lake City Video Summary
June 20, 12:15 p.m., Jackson Senior Center– Deciphering the Dynamics of a Magma Chamber with Microscopic Zircon, Presented by Tiffany Rivera, Westminster College of Salt Lake City Video Summary
July 3 TC Library 6 p.m. – Oxygenation of Earth’s Atmosphere: rotation & day length dependent?
Presented by Gregory Dick, Univ.Mich. Video Summary
July 7 Pleistocene Geology of Jackson Hole Field Trip Summary Slide Show Video
July 17 TC Library 6 p.m. – Dynamic glacial & tectonic history of the Teton Range as recorded by lakes in GTN Park, Presented by Darren Larsen, Occidental College. Video1 Video2 Summary
August 5 – GJH Members Barbecue Pictures Annual BBQ Food Gallery
August 7 6 p.m., TC Library – Real Monsters: Using Fossils to Emphasize Critical Thinking Skills in College Presented by Leif Tapanila, Idaho State University Video. Summary
August 10-12. Field Trip to Central Idaho – Central Idaho – Paul Link – August, 2018
August 21 (Tuesday), Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole 6 p.m. – Mid-Ocean Ridges & the formation of Oceanic Crust- One of the last frontiers for Plate Tectonics, Presented by Mike Cheadle & Barbara John, University of Wyoming.Video Summary
August 22 12:15 – 1:30 Senior Center – Exploring the deep – discovering new seafloor hydrothermal vent fields. Presented by Mike Cheadle and Barbara John Video
September 4, 6 p.m., TC Library– Jupiter Re-Discovered and Saturn Un-Veiled, Presented by Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole Video. Video2 Summary
September 4, 6 p.m., TC Library– Jupiter Re-Discovered and Saturn Un-Veiled, Presented by Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole Video. Video2 Summary
September 18, 6 p.m., TC Library- A Geologic Tour of the Jackson Hole Area, Presented by John Hebberger (Jr.), Geologists of Jackson Hole. Video Summary
September 19, Jackson Senior Center 12:15 PM. A further tour of recent discoveries about our solar system. Presented by Mike Adler GJH Video Summary
September 18, 6 p.m., TC Library- A Geologic Tour of the Jackson Hole Area, Presented by John Hebberger (Jr.), Geologists of Jackson Hole. Video Summary
October 2, 6 p.m., TC Library Unraveling the Geologic History of the Greater Green River Basin in Wyoming” Presented by Ranie Lynds, Wyoming State Geological Survey Video Summary
October 2, 6 p.m., TC Library Unraveling the Geologic History of the Greater Green River Basin in Wyoming” Presented by Ranie Lynds, Wyoming State Geological Survey Video Summary
October 16: Eocene Hyperthermals: Rapid & Extreme Warming Events as documented in Wyoming Presented by Ellen Currano, University of Wyoming Summary Video
October 17, 12 pm Jackson Hole Senior Center The Mush Valley Lagerstätte: An early Mioecene crater lake deposit in north-central Ethiopia presented by Elan Currano, U Wyoming. Summary Video
December 4, 6 pm TCLibrary, Yellowstone National Park: Through the Lens of Time; presented by Bradley J. Boner, N&G Summary Video