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Pierson, Tom

Tom is currently a research geologist/hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA, adjunct professor of geology at Portland State University, and a licensed professional geologist in the State of Washington. He earned his BA at Middlebury College and his Masters and Ph.D. in geology at the University of Washington. Professional work involves him in the study of hazardous eruption-triggered landslides, mudflows, and floods at active volcanoes around the world, and in the education of public officials and at-risk populations about these hazards. Beyond the Cascades, he has worked on projects in Alaska, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador.
(Bio from summer 2004)

Recordings

Whence These Mountains? – Mountain Building and the North Cascades

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1993

Flowing Ice: Glaciers Past and Present in the North Cascades

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1993

Geologic Hazads: What Are They and How Should We React to Them?

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1993

And God Created . . . God, Creation and Science

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1993

Minerals, Rocks and Geologic Time: The Basics

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1995

Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1995

Evolution, Creationism and the Nature of Science

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 1995

Thinking Geologically – The Basics – Part 1: Minerals and Rocks – What Are They Made Of?

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Thinking Geologically – The Basics: How Rocks Rot – Weathering and Soil Formations

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Thinking Geologically – The Basics: Science vs. Religion: Necessary Conflict?

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Thinking Geologically – The Basics: Fossils, Evolution and the Depths of Geologic Time

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Geology of the Holden Area: Whence These Mountains – North Cascades

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Geology of the Holden Area: Volcanoes and Earthquakes – Nature's Fireworks

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2000

Geology of Cascades: Minerals, Rocks, and Ores of the North Cascades

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Geology in Cascades: Water in the North Cascades, Forms and Processes

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Geology in Cascades: Plate Tectonics: A World in Motion

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Geology in Cascades: Scrunching and Crunching, Mountain Building and Volcanism

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Geology of Cascades: Under the Volcano, Accounts of Volcano Disasters

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Science and Faith, God and Nature: How Scientists Look at the World

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Science and Faith, God and Nature: Collision of Science and Religion

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Science and Faith, God and Nature: Creation Science, A Scientist's View

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Science and Faith, God and Nature: Geologic Time, Fossils, and Evolution

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2001

Global Climate Change – Is it Real?

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2010

Evolution, Creationism, and the Nature of Science

Presenter: Pierson, Tom / 2010

Recent Additions

Vespers March 5, 1977 with Mary Schramm – Meditations on the Cross

Vespers March 4, 1977 with Bob Randoy – Small Enough and Big Enough

Vespers March 3, 1977 with Ron Vignec – Peace through the Blood of the Cross

Vespers March 1, 1977 with Werner Janssen Epistle to Philemon

Vespers February 28, 1977 with Karen Nygaard – In Need of Sharing

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Holden wishes to express appreciation to PLU, Pacific Lutheran University, for their support of the Holden Audio Archive Project.

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