OLLI101646 - Philadelphia Area Landforms
Course Description
Philadelphia Area Landforms
Instructor: Eric Clausen
Day of Week: Monday
Dates: Feb 3 – March 10 (no class March 3)
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
This five-week class will use a seminar format in which class members will develop hypotheses to explain how Philadelphia area drainage systems and erosional landforms originated. Topographic maps and Google Earth images shown in PowerPoint slides will introduce key evidence prior to each seminar discussion. Drainage systems and landforms to be investigated include the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, Neshaminy and Wissahickon Creeks, and the Chester Valley and include features which the accepted geology paradigm has never permitted geologists to satisfactorily explain.
Maximum: 100
Instructor Bio: Eric Clausen earned a BA in geology at Columbia University and a PhD in geology at the University of Wyoming. He taught geology at Minot State University in North Dakota and now holds the position of professor emeritus. He moved to the Philadelphia area in 2013 and is working on research related to erosional landform feature origins.
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