Pomona College Geology Department

Woodford-Eckis Lecture Series

[Present-2000] [1989-1981]

1999 Arthur G. Sylvester '59 (University of California, Santa Barbara)

'Taking the Pulse of California's Earthquake Faults'
'Origin and Emplacement of Granite Plutons: A Problem Solved?'
1998 Robert I. Tilling '58 (U.S. Geological Survey)

'Volcanoes, Volcano Hazards, and Society'
'Volcano Monitoring and the 'Art' of Eruption Forecasting'

1997 David A. Clague (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

'Geologic Hazards and Risks: Living on an Active Volcano in Hawaii'
'Submarine Geology of Hawaii: Landslides, Lava Flows, and Drowned Coral Reefs'

1996 David D. Pollard '65 (Stanford University)

'Science, Politics, and Adventure at Katmai Volcano: Who Benefits when the Goals of Scientists and Environmental Clash'
'Using 3D Siesmic Data and Geomechanical Models to Investigate Slip Distributions on Faults'

1995 John S. Shelton '35

'A Feel for How the Earth Works'
'The Aerial Perspective'
1994 Robert H. Dott, Jr. (University of Wisconsin)

'What a Fickle Datum is Sea Level: A History of Ideas about Relative Sea and Land Levels'
'The Enigma of Pure Quartz Sandstones and Their Distribution in Time'

1993 Eldridge M. Moores

'The North America-Antarctic Connection and Possible Clues to the Origin of Animals'
1992 Bruce A. Bolt (University of California, Berkeley)

'Prediction of Strong Shaking in Earthquakes'
'What Risk is Acceptable in Earthquake Country?'

1991 Gail A. Mahood (Stanford University)

'Volcanic Hazards in the Western United States'

1990 J. William Schopf (University of California, Los Angeles)

'The Oldest Known Fossils: A Late Look at the Earliest Evolution of Life'
'The Rise and Fall of the Proterozoic Biosphere'