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Join Cool Science for Science on Tap every 2nd Monday of the month [except this month- see below] at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. Presenters begin at 6:30 pm and typically speak for 60-90 minutes including Q&A, with food and drink available beginning at 6:00 pm. A wide variety of fascinating topics are presented by local scientists for informal discussion, and the relaxed atmosphere encourages anyone and everyone to come explore the latest ideas in science and technology. From practical to theoretical, the presentations and group interactions provide a fun and interesting way to gain an understanding of the world around us.
Join Cool Science for Science on Tap every 2nd Monday of the month [except this month- see below] at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. Presenters begin at 6:30 pm and typically speak for 60-90 minutes including Q&A, with food and drink available beginning at 6:00 pm. A wide variety of fascinating topics are presented by local scientists for informal discussion, and the relaxed atmosphere encourages anyone and everyone to come explore the latest ideas in science and technology. From practical to theoretical, the presentations and group interactions provide a fun and interesting way to gain an understanding of the world around us.
Next up: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Isotopic Fingerprints in Minerals and Rocks:
Tracing the Origins of Earth's Fluids and Paleogeography
Tracing the Origins of Earth's Fluids and Paleogeography
Michelle Gevedon, Ph.D., Colorado College
Summary: Stable isotopes are a handy tool for solving problems ranging from forensics to geologic quandaries in deep time. Oxygen isotopes in particular are especially useful for tracking fluids that play important roles in geologic processes that help build continents and concentrate economically important minerals. The oceans, hydrologic cycle, and even the rocks on earth have distinct isotopic compositions that allow geologists to track the sources of fluids that interact with all levels of earth’s crust, and when paired with radioactive isotope geochronology, are used to understand how earth’s climate and geography has changed through time.
Dr. Michelle Gevedon is a geochemist and professor of geology at Colorado College. She holds a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Masters Degree in Geology from California State University Fullerton. At Colorado College she teaches courses about the origins of Earth’s crust, forensic geology, and geochronology, and conducts research about Earth’s past in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Mojave Desert, the Rocky Mountains, New Zealand, and Antarctica.