The Lecture – Did The Canadian Rockies form in Nevada?
The Quimper Geological Society is excited to welcome back Nick Zentner to an in-person lecture on May 2, 2026. Nick will have a lively lecture related to geology in action… Washington geology.
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About the Speaker –
Nick has been with Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Geology since 1992. He teaches a popular geology courses to CWU students. He is very active with a new method of teaching and motivating geologists to work together through a variety of geologic topics related to the Pacific Northwest as A through Z series. For all of Nick’s outreach efforts, please visit his website: nickzentner.com.
The Lecture – Cascadia and San Andreas Earthquakes: a link?
Dr. Chris Goldfinger, emeritus professor at Oregon State University (OSU), is a marine geologist and geophysicist with a focus on great earthquakes and structure of plate boundary fault zones around the world. Chris has been involved in over 45 oceanographic cruises over the last 30 years, using many geophysical tools (deep submersibles, sidescan sonar, seismic reflection, etc.). He is currently working on great subduction earthquakes along the Cascadia, NE Japan, the Caribbean, and Sumatran margins, as well as the northern San Andreas Fault, where he uses the evidence for earthquakes found in deep-sea sediments.