Lecture: Kip Solomon May 26, 2005

Kip Solomon, associate professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah, will give the 2005 Darcy Lecture titled ?Inert Gas Traces in Ground Water? at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 26 at Carleton College?s Olin Hall, Room 141. Solomon?s presentation will focus on the basic concepts and case studies of using inert gas tracers as they apply to real ground water flow problems.The event is free and open to the public.

Solomon is the director of the Noble Gas Laboratory at the University of Utah. From 1997 to 2001, Solomon was on the editorial board for ?Ground Water,? a leading technical publication focused on crucial ground water subjects for ground water hydrogeologists. He was the joint technical program chair for the GSA?s annual meeting in 1997. He has been on the National Research Council?s Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste and is currently the vice-president elect of the hydrology division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He has published articles in the Journal of Hydrology and for Kluwer Academic Press.

Solomon received his B.S. in geological engineering from the University of Utah, his M.S. in geology from the University of Utah and his Ph.D. in earth sciences from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

The Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture Series in Ground Water Science is a national lectureship established in 1986 to promote interest and excellence in ground water science and technology. The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation (NGWREF) sponsors the series, annually inviting an outstanding ground water professional to present his or her work to professors and students at colleges across the nation.

For more information and disability accommodations, please call Carleton?s geology department at (507) 646-4407.