Seashore Ramble

Chilmark native Conrad Neumann will present a free program titled Geo-rambles at Sea and Ashore in Pictures, Poems and Yarns: A Geologist/Oceanographer’s Travels at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, July 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Mr. Neumann, who summers in Chilmark and lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. in the winter, taught geology and oceanography at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill for many years.

His research focused on the deposition of carbonate sediments in the lagoons, margins, and deep flanks of limestone platforms in the Florida-Bahama region. He has used his findings to reconstruct the histories of ancient limestones and draw inferences about sea level fluctuations and climate change over geologic time.

For details, call 508-645-3360.