Visiting Indian geologist to speak on fossil life of the Deccan Plateau, India


Dhananjay Mohabey of the Geological Survey of India, Nagpur, will present a LEEPS lecture on "The Biota and Depositional Environments Associated with the Latest Cretaceous Deccan Volcanics of Central India," Wednesday, June 28, at noon in 100 Leonard Hall (Geology).

Dr. Mohabey is a senior GSI geologist who has worked on the fossils of the Deccan volcanic sequence across central and western India for more than 20 years. He has published extensively on dinosaur eggs and paleoenvironments inhabited by ancient life near the end of the Cretaceous.

The LEEPS (Leading Edge of Earth and Planetary Sciences) lecture series brings in speakers to the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering throughout the year. All our welcome. For further details, please contact me.
-- Joseph Hartman, Associate Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering, joseph_hartman@und.edu, 777-5055