Author Talk: Scott Burns March 2, 2010

Scott Burns will speak about his book Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods.

Dr. Scott Burns is chair of the Department of Geology at Portland State University where he just finished his 19th year. He has been teaching for a total of 39 years, with past positions in Switzerland, New Zealand, Washington, Colorado and Lousisana. Scott specializes in environmental and engineering geology, geomorphology, soils, and Quaternary geology.

Scott has written over 90 publications and has had over 25 research grants. His first book, published in 1998 was Environmental, Groundwater and Engineering Geology: Aplications from Oregon. The past 40 years he has been studying wine and terroir - the relationship between wine, soils, geology and climate. He has a BS (Chemistry) and MS (Physical Science) degrees from Stanford University, plus a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Colorado.