COOS BAY, OR – Southwestern Oregon Community College invites the community to join us on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 6:00 pm, for “Death Valley’s Living Geology: Today’s Landscape in the Context of an Immense Geologic History” with Dr. Marli Miller from The University of Oregon. This is a free event; all ages are welcome.
Coos County residents can join us in-person in the Umpqua Hall lecture room (room 184) on the Coos Campus, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
Curry County residents can join us for a watch party in Room 118 on the Curry Campus, 96082 Lone Ranch Parkway, Brookings.
For those not able to attend in person the lecture will be streamed live on the College’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/@southwesternOR/streams.
About the Lecture:
Death Valley and its surrounding area in southern California and Nevada is one of Earth’s most outstanding geologic destinations. Its setting in a tectonically active area creates an amazing array of continuously evolving landforms and its extreme aridity ensures that those features are readily visible. In addition, Death Valley’s bedrock reveals a geologic history that stretches back more than 1.7 billion years. This history encapsulates most of the events that shaped western North America.
In this 45-minute talk, University of Oregon Geologist Marli Miller will describe the many modern geologic features that make the region come alive for so many people, geologists and non-geologists alike. As the discussion shifts from the modern landforms to the bedrock, she will outline the key events of Death Valley’s geologic history.
About the Presenter:
Marli B. Miller is a senior instructor and researcher at the University of Oregon. She completed her BA in geology at Colorado College in 1982, and her MS and PhD in structural geology at the University of Washington in 1987 and 1992, respectively. Marli teaches a variety of courses, including introductory geology, structural geology, field geology, and geophotography. Dr. Miller has studied and photographed Death Valley geology since the mid-1980’s and recently published the book Death Valley Rocks! Amazing Geologic Sites in America’s Hottest Park. She is also the author of Roadside Geology of Oregon, 2ed and Oregon Rocks! A guide to 60 Amazing Geologic Sites. She will have books available to sign at the lecture.
For more information about the lecture series contact Dr. Win McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Geology at win.mclaughlin@socc.edu or 541-888-7002.
For more information on upcoming lectures contact Krystal Hopper Meyers, STEAM Pathways Assistant, at 541-888-7416, or krystal.hopper@socc.edu.
To learn more about STEM degrees at Southwestern visit: https://www.socc.edu/programs-classes/stem/.
