June 24: The Science and the Hype of being North America's Oldest Lake

Western Nevada College Professor of Geosciences, Dr. Winnie Kortemeier, has determined that Lake Tahoe is 2.3 million years old, making it North America’s oldest freshwater, permanent lake and the third-oldest in the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand about how this important research shapes our understanding of Lake Tahoe’s geologic history. Dr. Kortemeier will explain the science and the hype of Tahoe’s assignment as one of the world’s oldest lakes.

Winnie Kortemeier is a professor of Geosciences at Western Nevada College in Carson City, Nevada. She has been at WNC since 1989. Before that, she worked for a gold mining company and a land survey company. She completed her PhD on the Pleistocene volcanic rocks in the northwest part of the Tahoe Basin in 2012.

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Admission is $10, and students with a student ID are free. Tickets purchased at the door will be $15. Doors open at 5:30. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. at the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center (Rooms 139 & 141) located at 201 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, Nevada, on the UNR Lake Tahoe Campus.

For more information call 775-881-7560, ext. 7566, email dGVyY2luZm8gfCB1Y2RhdmlzICEgZWR1, or visit http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/.