SDAG Monthly Meeting
Wednesday - August 21 |
Location:
Bali Hai
230 Shelter Island Dr
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 222-1181
Directions:
Point Loma, Rosecrans Dr. southwest to Shelter Island Dr., left to the end of the Shelter Island to Bali Hai.
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6:00pm -
Social hour
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SDAG Monthly Meeting
6:00pm - Happy Hour
7:00pm - Dinner
8:00pm - Program
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7:00pm
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Menu: Luau Buffet / Vegan Options
if pre-registered by the deadline, $5 extra if you did not make a reservation.
Click the SDAG member checkbox on the reservation form if you are a member.
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Cost: $75.00 for non-members, $65.00 for members, $30.00 for students
Reservations:
Make/Pay your reservation online by clicking the button below
no later than 10pm, Tueday, August 13
RESERVATIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER Monday at 10pm
(Please note beginning January 2024 all meeting reservations will require on-line pre-payment due to venue costs,
venue contracts, and loss of money due to no shows.)
The venue location is open-ended to the outside, with a beautiful view of the bay and city skyline. Plan to bring a jacket or sweater in case it gets a little cool after the sun goes down.
IF YOU DO NOT PRE-PAY YOUR FOOD RESERVATION, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU A MEAL.
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8:00pm - Program
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"Upper Cretaceous through lower Eocene strata in San Diego: Messages for the end-Cretaceous impact, extinctions, and paleoclimates"
Speaker: Dr. Pat Abbott
Upper Cretaceous through Eocene strata in San Diego: Stories they tell of paleoclimates and asteroid impact
Upper Cretaceous and Eocene strata form an important part of San Diego. How well do their stories fit into the global record of events? Our Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks tell of sedimentation at the edge of the North American continent. Missing are the strata from the last several million years of the Cretaceous and the early millions of years of the Paleocene. This deprives us of the sedimentary rocks and fossils needed to interpret end-Cretaceous events.
Most of the Paleocene Epoch is unrepresented by sedimentary rocks thus limiting what we know of that time. However, we do have a superb exposure of the latest Paleocene - earliest Eocene strata at Black's Beach. This outcrop helps document the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).
Our Eocene sedimentary rock and fossil record is world class. From its PETM beginning, our strata record the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO) and almost reach the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. The San Diego Eocene not only fits the global picture but provides significant data supporting it.
These topics will be discussed in considerable detail with geologic and philosophic ramifications.
Pat is a native San Diegan, a graduate of Hoover High School and San Diego State College. His Master's and Ph.D. degrees in geology are from The University of Texas at Austin. He was hired by San Diego State College as a Carbonate Petrologist and spent most of his career there. His books include 12 editions of college textbook Natural Disasters published by McGraw-Hill; The Rise and Fall of San Diego published by Sunbelt; Geology of Mission Trails Park published by the MTRP Foundation; editor of five SDAG guidebooks (1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991) and 15 other guidebooks. He has co-led Smithsonian Journeys to all continents and across all oceans. Occasionally, he speaks on TV news.
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Upcoming SDAG meetings - 2024
August 21- Dr. Pat Abbott with a (his description) Kick-Ass Presentation
The Upper Cretaceous through Eocene strata in San Diego: Stories they tell of paleoclimates and asteroid impact
At Bali Hai Restaurant on Shelter Island
September 27 - 29- SDAG Annual Field Trip, to the San Andreas Fault Zone in the Wrightwood area,
Transverse Range (no meeting this month)
October 16- Mike Ziegler (Carole Z's husband) on gravitation, at Sunbelt Publications
First Wednesday November 6- Joint Meeting with AEG Inland Empire Section / Jahn's Lecturer Cynthia Palomares in Fallbrook.
December 18- Traditional Holiday Celebration at the NAT with Tom Demere
Recordings of past meetings
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5/15/2024 Exploring Iceland's Geological Wonders: From a Regional Perspective to a Hiking Expedition - Don Barrie & William Buckleyk
3/19/2024 Mighty Bad Land: A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica Reveals Clues to an Eighth Continent - Bruce Luyendyk
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