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PEM Talks: The Calvert Cliffs Conundrum
Sponsored by Bob and Betty Currie

Saturday, September 18
CMMFC meeting at 1 p.m. in the lounge.

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PEM Talks: The Calvert Cliffs Conundrum
Saturday, September 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Susan Kidwell
will give a presentationon the Geology of Calvert Cliffs. Dr. Kidwell is the William Rainey Harper Professor at the University of Chicago. Her primary research focus at present is the new field of conservation paleobiology, which uses very young fossil records to evaluate the human footprint in coastal ecosystems. The Miocene strata of Calvert Cliffs, where she started her research career, nonetheless remains a favorite field area for geological research and teaching on the formation of marine sedimentary records. In the museum auditorium. FREE.

PEM Talks: The Calvert Cliffs Conundrum
Thursday, October 21 at 7 p.m.
Dr. Stephen Godfrey will present Uncovering the Past: The Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs. Dr. Godfrey is the curator of paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum, and one of the foremost researchers on Mioncene marine fossils. His many publications focus primarily on the diversity of dolphins from Calvert Cliffs and what they tell us about the origin and evolution of the living families of these amazing marine mammals. In the museum auditorium. FREE.

PEM Talks: The Calvert Cliffs Conundrum
Saturday, November 13 at 2:30 p.m.

Mr. Jeff Halka will present The inexorable Slide: Current Rates of Erosion of Calvert Cliffs.  Mr. Halka is the acting director and state geologist with the Maryland Geological Survey. His research interests center on deciphering the Quaternay history of the Chesapeake Bay, and determining how the present distribution and charateristics of surficial sediments are both related to and influenced by that history. He also works to apply his knowledge of sediment processes to research and management questions concerning the health and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. In the museum auditorium. FREE.