This page lists public presentations or lectures that faculty members in the Department of Geology are willing to give to interested groups. Most, if not all, are illustrated talks including slides or Powerpoint presentations. The speakers all hold Ph.D.s and are present or retired professors in the Department of Geology. The list of talks below is ordered from talks of most general interest to those best suited for more specialized audiences.
Availability of specific talks will be dependent on schedules and locations, and persons interested in arranging a presentation should contact the faculty member at the email address shown for each. Please bear in mind that neither the University of Georgia, the Franklin College of Arts of Sciences, nor the Department of Geology will provide financial support for the presentation, for the speaker's travel expenses, and for the speaker's time. Hosts at distant locations are likely to be asked to cover the speaker's travel expenses.
Water Quality and Our Pollution Problems. A lecture suitable for civic groups and middle and high school classes. Dr. David B. Wenner (dwenner@uga.edu ).
Antarctica: Continent of Extremes. This presentation has been given to a variety of groups and age levels. Dr. R. David Dallmeyer (dallmeyr@uga.edu).
Global Warming and Sea Level Rise: Fact or Fiction? This presentation has been given to a variety of groups and age levels. Dr. R. David Dallmeyer (dallmeyr@uga.edu).
Glaciation, Greenhouse Gases, and Global Climate - One scientist's relatively objective analysis of an ongoing socioeconomic and scientific controversy. An examination of global warming built around eight fundamental questions that a skeptic might ask. Suitable for any interested public audience. Dr. Bruce Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu).
Living on Shaky Ground: The Reality of Earthquakes in Georgia. This presentation has been given to a variety of groups and age levels. Dr. R. David Dallmeyer (dallmeyr@uga.edu).
Plate Tectonics and the Geology of Georgia. This presentation has been given to a variety of groups and age levels. Dr. R. David Dallmeyer (dallmeyr@uga.edu).
Changing the world: Documentation of large-scale human-induced earth-surface change in images from satellites, the Space Shuttle program, and the International Space Station. An argument that human change of the earth surface is greater than most of us commonly appreciate, based on a variety of interesting images from space. Suitable for any interested audience beyond middle school. Dr. Bruce Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu).
River Rendezvous, A Community Wide Watershed Event. A presentation on how the Upper Oconee Watershed Network has for years run a successful community wide stream monitoring event in the Athens area. Dr. David B. Wenner (dwenner@uga.edu ).
How to Organize a Local Watershed Group. Suitable for groups wishing to study and monitor the streams and rivers in their communities. Dr. David B. Wenner (dwenner@uga.edu ).
Adopt-A-Stream Workshops. These workshops are organized through the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program. Workshops can be offered for groups in the Athens area. A minimal charge may be made for use of equipment. Requests for workshops must be made well in advance. Dr. David B. Wenner (dwenner@uga.edu ).
A Simple Geologist's View of the Northern Alps near Innsbruck, Austria. An illustration of plate tectonics, mountain-building, regional geology, and some spectacular scenery. Suitable for the interested public, for high-school earth science classes or first-semester or second-semester college geology classes, but not for advanced undergraduates or beyond. Dr. Bruce Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu).
An Earth Scientist's Periodic Table of the Elements and Their Ions. An explanation of a new periodic table useful to the natural sciences. Suitable for high school advanced chemistry students or for college students, or for an interested public audience. Dr. Bruce Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu).
A Systematic Treatment of Systematic Mineralogy. A demonstration of patterns and predictability in the seemingly bewildering mass of chemical formulas of minerals. Suitable for college students who have at least begun a mineralogy course. Dr. Bruce Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu).
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