Geosciences Presentations

We associate earthquakes with seismic waves and potential destruction because that is what we can feel and see. But energy during an earthquake is also transformed into heat (the First Law of Thermodynamics.)

One … two … three …. Four: How do we know how old something is? USU geoscientist Evey Gannaway Dalton says the principle of fossil succession is fundamental to our understanding of the relative age of different rocks.

Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho, along with the surrounding areas, have a fascinating geological history. Geologist Susanne Jänecke will describe our region's “rocky” history, including how ancient volcanoes in Gem Valley, as well as Lake Bonneville and acti...

USU geoscientist Katie Potter, who recently completed Expedition 391 aboard the NSF-funded JOIDES Resolution research ship, was a featured speaker at USU’s Science Unwrapped Friday, March 18. She presented “What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Cleaning up the At...

Utah State University’s Science Unwrapped continues its “Powers of 10” series with “Planetary”, featuring USU geologist Carol Dehler. Associate professor Dehler enjoys teaching physical and historical geology, stratigraphy and sedimentology.

“At Science Unwrapped, I’ll talk about how artists and filmmakers use paleontology and comparative anatomy to create believable monsters,” says featured speaker USU paleontologist Ben Burger about his talk “The Art and Science of Monster Creation.” (Jan....

“Dinosaurs were not monsters,” says Salt-Lake-City-based science writer Brian Switek. He sheds light on these awe-inspiring animals as featured speaker for Utah State University’s Science Unwrapped. He presents “Dino-Stars: The Fossils that Changed How We...