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Allen to Kick Off Public Lectures in Science Series

ARDMORE, Okla. — The second season of the Noble Foundation's Public Lectures in Science series will begin on Thursday, Oct. 30 with a lecture on the mountain systems of Oklahoma and the geology of the Arbuckle Mountains and the Ardmore Basin by Robert "Bob" Allen.

Allen, a native Oklahoman, is a professional geologist with more than 50 years of geological experience. He lives and works in Ardmore and has studied the local geology since 1954.

Allen's lecture will include a slide presentation and rock samples. An 18-page handout called "Stratigraphy, Mountain Building and Complex Geological Structures of the Ardmore Basin" will also be available.

The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in the Kruse Auditorium of the Noble Foundation, located at 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, and will be followed by a reception.

For more information, call the Foundation at (580) 223-5810.

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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a non-profit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement, and plant biology research; providing grants to numerous non-profit charitable, educational and health organizations; and assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs.