The Ice Ages and Mississippi's Geology
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: MDWFP's Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
County: Hinds
For more information please contact the Visitor Information Specialist at 601-576-6000 or by email at nicole.smith@mmns.ms.gov
SPEAKER: James Starnes, Geologist, Director of Surface Geology, MDEQ, Jackson
The ice ages of the Pleistocene had profound effects on Mississippi, even though the glaciated regions of the country were further to the north. Take a trip with us to learn how these drastic environmental changes remarkably shaped our state into the Mississippi we know today.
We will travel from Desoto County in the North all the way to the mouth of the Pascagoula River in the South to discover an alien habitat from a not-so-distant past. A past when elephants, lions, saber-toothed cats, horses, and giant bears called our backyard home.
Our journey will follow icebergs rafting down the Mississippi River carrying giant rocks ripped from bedrock by glaciers a thousand miles away and will reveal the ancient coastline now drowned by the sea.
Our adventure begins at Noon on July 2, 2019!
