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Geology Lecture Series

Sonoma State University's Geology Lecture Series brings speakers from all around Northern California to the Rohnert Park campus including Fellow of the Geological Society of America for 2016, Dr. Charles Lesher.

Lectures are in Darwin 128 at noon on Wednesday. All are welcome to join the speaker for an informal lunch on campus after the talk. Admission is free, parking is $5-$8 on campus.


March 1

Preliminary Report on the Geology of Southwest Marin County, CA

Professor David Bero, Sonoma State University


March 8

Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Internship Information and Coastal Paleontology Monitoring at Point Reyes

Lillian Pearson, National Park Service/Geological Society of America


March 22

Sediment Management and River Restoration in the Bay-Delta Region

Dr. David Mooney, Deputy Area Manager for the Bay-Delta Area Office


April 12 

The Interplay of Science with Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, and Administrative Law

Dr. Karrigan Börk, University of the Pacific


May 3

High Pressure Research in the Earth Sciences: Simulation of the Deep Earth Using the Multi Anvil and Brilliant X-ray Beam

Dr. Charles Lesher, UC Davis


The John and Mary Louise Riley Geology Lecture Series is sponsored by the SSU Geology Club, an academic club with the common interest of rocks, fossils, and the Earth.