Mike Full – In Search of Ice Age Beasts – Library Tour Beforehand

Tualatin Public Library 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue, Tualatin, Oregon, United States

Mike and Volunteers with Grey Wolf jaw bone Mike Full will present an introduction to the Ice Age Megafauna found in the Willamette Valley and the basics of fossil hunting for them. Mike's presentation will be 7:00 - 7:45PM in the Tualatin Public Library meeting room. Columbian Mammoth partial tusk socket fossil The Willamette Valley […]

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The Other Half of the Equation: JT Pardee and the Lake He Discovered

Tualatin Heritage Center 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin

Bill Burgel While J Harlen Bretz was exploring the Scablands with his grad students, Joseph Pardee was quietly amassing convincing data about the existence of Glacial Lake Missoula. Pardee's work ultimately led to acceptance of Bretz' theory of catastrophic outburst flooding as an important tool in the shaping of our world. Come hear Bill Burgel in person […]

CANCELLED – Terroir of Oregon Wines – Dr. Scott Burns

Pioneer Church 18005 S Gronlund Rd, Oregon City, OR, United States

This lecture has been cancelled for now. Terroir of Oregon Wines - the relationship of geology and climate to wine tastes - presentation by Dr. Scott Burns - Lower Columbia Chapter: In-Person Meeting The Willamette Valley is famous for having different flavors of Pinot Noir wines based on their soils. Dr. Burns will discuss what […]

Bill Burgel Lecture- Missoula Floods Evidence in the Greater Portland Area

Tualatin Heritage Center 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin

Bill Burgel will lead you on a 45 minute long travelogue - starting in the Columbia River Gorge and ending south of Tualatin - of all the amazing geology produced by the Missoula Floods. Did you know one of the largest scour pits formed by the floods is right here in Portland? And, why Rockwood […]

Dr. Scott Burns – Ancient Ice Age Floods Before the Missoula Floods

Tualatin Heritage Center 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin

Come and Learn About The Unfolding Story of Ancient Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest Ages End - Stev Ominski We have had Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest over the past 2.8 million years. We mostly concentrate on the last ones which are called the Missoula Floods that happened between 15,000-20,000 years […]

45th Parallel’s Concert: Lost in Deep Time. April 12, 2024

Straub Collaborative 3333 NW Industrial St,, Portland, OR, United States

This live musical experience immerses the musicians and audience in large-scale projections of landscapes animated to the contemporary classical program. Using photogrammetry and LiDAR, the scenes are rendered in three-dimensional point clouds that animate to reveal the sculptural aspects of the geology and landforms. The second half of the evening’s program is “He Who Saw […]