Peter Douglas (’05), California Institute of Technology, will be presenting new data on interactions between the Maya and their environment gathered from the isotopic composition of plant wax biomarkers preserved in lake sediments.
Speaker: Christopher Kim, Chapman University
Title: “Arsenic Transport, Speciation, and Bioaccessibility in Gold Mining Environments”
The 2016 GSA Cordilleran Section meeting will be held in Ontario, CA on April 4th-6th. The conference chair is Jade Star Lackey, Pomona College Geology Department chair.
The Geology Department is pleased to announce that the 36th annual Woodford Eckis lectureship will be held on February 17th and 18th, 2016.
With great sadness, the Pomona College Geology Department shares the news that Professor Emeritus of Geology Donald Zenger has passed away, aged 83.
The Department’s faculty and students continue to contribute to the visibility of Geology and the Geosciences in a variety of interesting ways last year.
Calling all alumni of the Geology Department! In an effort to better be in touch with you, and to foster chances for alumni to network, the Department has started a members-only alumni group on LinkedIn.
Looking back at 2014, here’s a sample of what our small dynamic research community achieved.