Geology of the Sandia Mountains Winter Lecture Series

Popular, local geologist, Dirk Van Hart, will discuss the geology of the Sandia Mountains in lay terms.  Find out how the people and history of the area were shaped by these beautiful, haunting peaks.

Dirk began his professional career in 1965 as a petroleum geologist.  During the next two decades the geologist’s typical gypsy life took Dirk and his family to Oklahoma, Texas, California, Guatemala, and Ecuador.  In 1986 he moved to Albuquerque where he contracted out for geological exploration projects in Italy and Belize. In 1994, Dirk joined a Sandia National Laboratories technical team tasked to characterize the geology of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.  He is currently retired and loves sharing his knowledge of geology and the Sandia/Rio Grande area with the public.

Lecture $5/adult, free to Members of the Friends of Coronado State Monument.

Event will be held at The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society), 161 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo, NM.  Located off Hwy 550, 1.7 miles west of I-25, Exit 242 (Just west of Coronado State Monument; turn north on the gravel road between the Phillips 66 Station and the new IHOP Restaurant).