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J Harlen Bretz and the Ice Age Floods — New Discoveries
The Missoula Floods story is well-known to most everybody across the Pacific Northwest...but, Nick Zentner has has been digging into J Harlen Bretz's old papers and notebooks. Come hear some new twists on the old stories!
Lecture Access:
Link for online attendance here.
The online platform for this event will not be interactive. You can click the link above as early as 7:00 pm and will see a screen that says "livestream will start soon". The lecture will being at 7:30.
How to submit post-lecture questions:
Virtual attendees that would like to submit a question may send an email during the lecture to: outreach@gsoc.org. Please enter 'NICK' (in capital letters) in the email subject line.
Speaker Bio:
Nick Zentner has been teaching geology at Central Washington University since 1992. He obtained a B.S. in Geology in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He then earned a M.S. in Geology in 1989 from Idaho State University - Pocatello.
In 2015, at the GSA meeting in Baltimore, Nick received the prestigious James Shea Award, a national award recognizing exceptional delivery of Earth Science education to the general public. In 2021, the PBS-TV geology show 'Nick on the Rocks' won two Emmy awards. In 2023, at the GSA meeting in Pittsburgh, Nick received the prestigious Geological Society of America Public Service Award, a national award recognizing contributions that have materially enhanced the public's understanding of the earth sciences.