Registration for the MN Section of AIPG February 2nd Luncheon is now open online. The cost is $21 for non-members and $16 for members. Students may attend free of charge. Online registartion is open until noon, February 29. Same-day luncheon registration cost is $25. 

Presentation Title 

Status of Minnesota Geological Survey Investigations 

by Harvey Thorleifson, Minnesota Geological Survey

Presentation Overview

The Minnesota Geological Survey was established in 1872 to ensure the availability of statewide geoscience information that is meant to clarify the context of site investigations, and to support the progress of research and regional planning. The information helps to ensure wise stewardship of water, land, and mineral resources, and to thus realize societal benefits related to economic prosperity, public health, natural hazards, as well as appreciation and preservation of our natural heritage. At the new MGS location, current emphasis is on consistent, updated, statewide geological, geophysical, and geochemical databases, in particular the accelerated production of multi-layered, 1:100,000 County Geologic Atlases that are especially needed for regional management of ground-water resources.

Speaker Biography

HARVEY THORLEIFSON has been Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey since 2003. After attending the Universities of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Colorado, he was a scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada from 1986 until 2003. He is a former President of the Geological Association of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Earth Scientists, and Association of American State Geologists.