Tag: presentation
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ESCONI Mazon Creek Fossil Day – October 12th, 2024 in Coal City
ESCONI will be holding the 2024 Mazon Creek Fossil Day on October 12th, 2024 from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Coal City Public Library. Please come out and bring your Mazon Creek fossils. There will displays of Mazon Creek fossils and knowledgeable people who can identify your fossils. Coal City Public Library85 N.…
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Mazon Creek Fossil Day, October 14th, 2023, 10 AM to 3 PM, Coal City Public Library
JOIN US FOR MAZON CREEK FOSSIL DAY Coal City Public LibraryOctober 14, 202310 AM to 3 PM Displays of Mazon Creek FossilsIdentification of Mazon Creek FossilsBooks on Mazon Creek Fossils for saleLecture on collecting Mazon CreekFossils at 1 PM Download Flyer Presented by ESCONI (Earth Science Club ofNorthern Illinois) and the Carbon Hill SchoolMuseum
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ESCONI Paleontology Meeting Saturday, January 21st, 2023 at 7:30 PM Zoom – “The Devonian Period”
Palaeogeographic map of the Late Devonian world, based on ref.77. The location of Steinbruch Schmidt(1), the Siljan impact crater (S), the Viluy Traps (V), and the Kola, Vyatka, and Pripyat–Dniepr–Donets rift systems (K-V-PDD) are indicated. The ESCONI Paleontology Sttudy Group Meeting will be held on Saturday, January 21st, 2023 at 7:30 PM via Zoom. The…
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ESCONI January 2023 General Meeting – January 13th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “New Evidence for Cretaceous Ornithomimosaurs (dinosaurs) from Mississippi”
The speaker at our meeting (via Zoom) on the evening of January 13, 2023 will be Dr. Thomas Cullen. He is currently a postdoc at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The topic of his talk will be new evidence for Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs (dinosaurs) from Mississippi. Here is a link to the article on this material,…
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ESCONI November 2022 General Meeting – November 11th, 2022 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “A Sea Without Fish, Ordovician Fossils of the Cincinnati Region”
On November 11th our speaker will be Dr. David Meyer from the University of Cincinnati. The title of his talk is “A Sea Without Fish, Ordovician fossils of the Cincinnati region“. His book has the same name as his presentation. Checkout his page at the University of Cincinnati. Book Description: The region around Cincinnati, Ohio,…
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ESCONI May 2022 General Meeting – May 13th, 2022 at 8:00 PM In-person/Zoom – “Dinosaurs of Appalachia”
The May 2022 General Meeting will be held on May 13th at 8:00 PM. The presentation will be given by Chase Brownstein, Research Associate of the Stamford (CT) Museum and Nature Center. Chase is a student at Yale. He has 21 peer-reviewed publications to his name, 41 publications on his ResearchGate page, and he’s an…
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ESCONI April 2022 General Meeting – April 8th, 2022 at 8:00 PM In-person/Zoom – “Devonian plants from the famous Red Hill location”
The April 2022 General Meeting will be held at 8:00 PM on Friday, April 8th, 2022. We will be meeting both via Zoom and in person at the College of DuPage in Room 1038B of the Tech Ed (TEC) Building (Map). The presentation will be given by Dr. Walt Cressler of West Chester University in…
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Tate Geological Museum: 2022 Spring Lecture Series “Ammonites 2022” – Zoom Lecture Thursday Feb 24th, 2022 8:00 PM – “”
The Tate Geological Museum in Casper, Wyoming has published the schedule for their 2022 Spring Lecture Series “Ammonites 2022”.
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ESCONI February 2022 General Meeting – February 11th, 2022 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the First National Park”
The ESCONI February 2022 General Meeting will be on February 11th, 2022 at 8:00 PM via Zoom. The talk will be presented by Dr. Douglas MacDonald from the University of Montana, The title of his presentation is “Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the First National Park”. An article in the January 2021 edition of…
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ESCONI January 2022 General Meeting – January 14th, 2022 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Through the Ages: How we Date Rocks and Geologic Processes”
The January 2022 General Meeting will be held at 8:00 PM on January 14th, 2022 via Zoom. Our speaker is Dr. Alyssa Abbey from California State University Long Beach. The title of her talk is “Through the Ages: How we Date Rocks and Geologic Processes”. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84180301201?pwd=OUxhc2JJZk0rMWdNOVZBV3JaT2NaZz09 Meeting ID: 841 8030 1201Passcode: 398444One…
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Reminder: ESCONI December 2021 General Meeting – December 3rd, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “The Life and Death of the Herrin Peat Swamp – Whys, Whens, and Hows”
The speaker at our December 3, 2021 meeting will be Scott Elrick, Head of the Coal, Bedrock and Industrial Minerals Section of ISGS. The topic of his talk via Zoom will be paleoecology of the Herrin Coal roof shales including depositional environment and climate. This talk should should add context to the fossil flora found…
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ESCONI December 2021 General Meeting – December 3rd, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Paleoecology of the Herrin Coal Roof Shales Including Depositional Environment and Climate”
The speaker at our December 3, 2021 meeting will be Scott Elrick, Head of the Coal, Bedrock and Industrial Minerals Section of ISGS. The topic of his talk via Zoom will be paleoecology of the Herrin Coal roof shales including depositional environment and climate. This talk should should add context to the fossil flora found…
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ESCONI November 2021 General Meeting – November 12th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Yellowstone Volcanology and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory”
The ESCONI November 2021 General Meeting will be held on Friday, November 12th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom. Our speaker is Stacy Henderson part of the “MonStER” lab (Montana State Eruption Research) . For more information, see this link https://www.monsterlab.org/. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88672087166?pwd=UG1QVEd2R1dEVDlKTjJBcDNSMVlZZz09 Meeting ID: 886 7208 7166Passcode: 694990 One tap mobile+13126266799,,88672087166#,,,,*694990# US…
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ESCONI October 2021 General Meeting – October 8th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Hell Creek Amber: Paleontology’s New Frontier in the Western Interior”
The speaker at our October 8, 2021 meeting via Zoom will be Stew Cook, Paleo Prep Lab Manager at the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka Montana. Carter County is where Burpee Museum has excavated since 2001, and the source of “Jane” and “Homer”. The topic of his talk will be amber from the Hell Creek…
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ESCONI September 2021 Paleontology Meeting – September 18th, 2021 at 7:30 PM – “Show and Tell”
The September 2021 Paleontology Meeting will be held at the College of Dupage in room 1038B of the Tech Ed (TEC) Building (Map). We will also provide a Zoom link for those that can’t attend in person. The topic of the meeting is “Show and Tell”. The “Show and Tell” theme has been a tradition…
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ESCONI June 2021 General Meeting – June 11th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “The Glasford Structure: A Marine Target Impact Crater with a Possible Connection to the Great Ordovician Meteorite Shower”
The speaker at our June 2021 meeting will be Charles Monson from ISGS. Charles recently published on the Glasford Illinois impact structure and its relation to the Ordovician meteor event. WCBU, a joint service of Bradley University and Illinois State University, interviewed Charles back in November 2019. Their program is online and available for listening. …
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ESCONI May 2021 General Meeting – May 14th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Enigmatic worms from the Burgess Shale reveal a novel symbiosis”
ESCONI is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. We hope to see you there! The Zoom link is below. Date/Time: Friday, May 14, 2021 – 8:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: “Enigmatic worms from the Burgess Shale reveal a novel symbiosis.” Presented by: Paleontologist, Dr. Karma Nanglu, of the Smithsonian Institution. Excerpt from 5/7/16 New York…
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ESCONI March 2021 Paleontology Meeting – April 17th, 2021 at 7:30 PM via Zoom – “Analysis of the Mifflin Member of the Platteville Formation”
SATURDAY – APRIL 17 – 7:30 PM Central Time (US & Canada) Topic: “Analysis of the Mifflin Member of the Platteville Formation” Presented by: John Catalani, ESCONI Member Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84740566864?pwd=aG9hbU5wUCtHenI0Tmt5NTN1S2VJZz09 Meeting ID: 847 4056 6864Passcode: 569922 One tap mobile+13126266799,,84740566864#,,,,*569922# US (Chicago)+13017158592,,84740566864#,,,,*569922# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location+1 312 626 6799…
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ESCONI April 2021 General Meeting – April 9th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Pits, Posts, and Palisades: The Archaeology of the 17th-century Plymouth Colony Settlement on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts”
The speaker at our April 2021 meeting via Zoom will be Dr. David Landon from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Landon is one of the project directors for the Plymouth Colony Archaeological Survey. In conjunction with the Town of Plymouth and the Plimoth Plantation, the Survey has been working to uncover the remains of…
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ESCONI March 2021 Paleontology Meeting – March 20th, 2021 at 7:30 PM via Zoom – “Collecting in Extreme Environments”
The title for the March 2021 Paleontology Meeting is “Collecting in Extreme Environments”. It will be given by ESCONI member Tom Williams. What is an extreme condition? What should you be prepared for and what to pack, especially if it’s just one or two of you. Zoom details: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89233171323?pwd=VCtXb3dXVi9lUVY2dG5ydTFodTMrUT09 Meeting ID: 892…
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Seminar at U of I via Zoom: “Rivers of Power: How an Ancient Force Still Rules Us All” – March 25, 2021 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM
There will be a free seminar presented via Zoom by the Geography Dept at the University of Illinois on March 25, 2021 called “Rivers of Power: How an Ancient Force Still Rules Us All” by Laurence Smith of Brown University. Dr. Smith wrote the book “Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed…
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Reminder: ESCONI March 2021 General Meeting – March 12th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “The Big Hill Lagerstätte”
The ESCONI March 2021 General Meeting is on March 12, 2021 at 8:00. The program will be presented via Zoom by Dr. James Lamsdell of West Virginia University. Dr. Lamsdell studies Paleozoic arthropods such as eurypterids and xiphosurans (horseshoe crabs and their relatives). He recently published on the fauna of the Ordovician “Big Hill” Lagerstatte…
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ESCONI March 2021 General Meeting – March 12th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “The Big Hill Lagerstätte”
The ESCONI March 2021 General Meeting is on March 12, 2021 at 8:00. The program will be presented via Zoom by Dr. James Lamsdell of West Virginia University. Dr. Lamsdell studies Paleozoic arthropods such as eurypterids and xiphosurans (horseshoe crabs and their relatives). He recently published on the fauna of the Ordovician “Big Hill” Lagerstatte…
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ESCONI February 2021 General Meeting – February 12th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Assessing the Early Mars Hydroclimate Using Paleolake Geometries”
Did rainfall and snowmelt fill rivers and lakes on Mars? GETTY Our February 2021 speaker via Zoom will be Dr. Gaia Stucky de Quay from the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. The topic of her talk will be evidence for water and its effect on the geomorphology of early Mars.…
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4.5 Billion Years in 45 Minutes on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 at 6:00 PM CST (Zoom webinar)
The Forest Preserve of Will County has a Zoom webinar tonight, Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 at 6:00 PM CST. It’s called “4.5 Billion Years in 45 Minutes”. (Photo courtesy of Barb Ferry) Please note this program is being offered virtually via Zoom. Using this Facebook Event page to indicate you are going does not…
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ESCONI January 2021 Paleontology Meeting – January 16th, 2021 at 7:30 PM via Zoom – “Giant Heteromorph Ammonites”
The ESCONI January 2021 Paleontology Meeting will be held on January 16th, 2021 at 7:30 PM via Zoom. The topic is “Giant Heteromorph Ammonites” by Professor Linda Ivany of Syracuse University. Professor Ivany wrote a paper called “Growth Rate and Ecology of the Giant Heteromorph Ammonite Diplomoceras maximum Using Stable Isotopes of Accretionary Shell Carbonate”. …
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Reminder ESCONI January 2021 General Meeting – January 8th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “New discoveries at the Burgess Shale”
The speaker at our January 2021 meeting via Zoom will be Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Dr. Caron studies the Burgess Shale, the Cambrian Explosion, and the origin of animals. The title of his program is “New discoveries at the Burgess Shale”. Join us via Zoom…
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ESCONI January 2021 General Meeting – January 8th, 2021 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “New discoveries at the Burgess Shale”
The speaker at our January 2021 meeting via Zoom will be Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Dr. Caron studies the Burgess Shale, the Cambrian Explosion, and the origin of animals. The title of his program is “New discoveries at the Burgess Shale”. Here’s a link to…
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Zoom Link: ESCONI December 2020 General Meeting – December 4th, 2020 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “What Genetics Tells Us About the Peopling of the Americas”
The title for our Dec 4th program is “What Genetics Tells Us About the Peopling of the Americas” by Dr. Jennifer Raff, of the University of Kansas. Dr. Raff’s research includes ancient DNA, anthropological genetics, human evolution and population history, migration, bioarchaeology, and scientific literacy. You can find more about her on her page at…
