2011 - 2012 HAGS Programs
September 8, 2011 – Dr. Marcus Key, Dickinson College – The Evolution of Bryozoan Epibiosis, from the Ordovician to the Recent, from Ohio to Antarctica October 22, 2011 – National Limestone Quarry and Penn’s Cave field trip November 10, 2011 – Dr. Duff Gold, Penn State University (kimberlites ) December 10, 2011 – holiday partyJanuary 12, 2012 – W. Konrad Crist, P.G., Crist Geosciences, LLC, “Basic Practices and Pitfalls of Computer Contouring”
February 9, 2012 – Dr. Sam Earman, Millersville University, “Tectonic Influences on Groundwater Quality”
March 1, 2012 – Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair (Judging)
March 3, 2012 – Present award to Junior Division winner of Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair, Whitaker Center
March 8, 2012 – Sharon Hill, P.G., PADEP, “Northampton Sinkholes”
April 2012 – Dr. Scott Burns, Portland State University and 2012 GSA Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology, “Urban Landslides – Challenges to Forensic Engineering Geologists” (tentatively scheduled to be at Dickinson College)
May 5, 2012 – canoe/kayak trip with William Roman, P.G., Gannett Fleming, Inc.
June 14, 2012 – Dr. Robert Jackson, Duke University, “Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing”
July 21, 2012 – annual summer picnic
September 13, 2012 – Dr. Richard Alley, Penn State University, “Geologic Record of Climate Change” (tentative)
October 13, 2012 – field trip to St. Clair fossil pit and Whaleback at Bear Valley Strip Mine (tentative)
November 8, 2012 – Dr. William Sevon, East Lawn Research Center, “Conewago Falls Blocks & Boulders”
December 2012 – annual holiday party