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SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Spring 2008


Date/Time Speaker, Affiliation Host Title of Talk
18 Jan.
10:30AM
Dr. Boris Kiefer, Asst Prof, New Mexico State University   "From Elements to Evolution-Transition Metals in Earth's Interior" (BEG Main)
25 Jan.
10:30AM
Marc A. Hesse, PhD Candidate, Stanford University   "Length & Time Scales of Trapping Processes in Saline Aquifer Storage fo CO2" (BEG Main)
01 Feb.
10:30AM
Dr. Zhengyu Liu, Prof/Director, Center for Climatic Research, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison   "Towards the Understanding of North Pacific Decadal Variability"
08 Feb.
10:30AM
Dr. Joel P. Johnson, Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey   "Bedrock River Incision in the Field, Lab and Mat Lab"
15 Feb.
10:30AM
TBA   TBA
22 Feb.
10:30AM
TBA   TBA
29 Feb.
10:30AM
Dr. Wonsuck Kim, Posdoctoral Research Associate, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   TBA
07 Mar.
10:30AM
Dr. Eric A Hetland,Posdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology   TBA
14 Mar.
10:30AM
NO Talk   Spring Break
21 Mar.
10:30AM
Dr. Matthew A. Wolinsky, Postdoctoral Associate, National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics   "Clinoforms: A Unifying Framework for Marine Stratigraphy?"
28 Mar.
10:30AM
Benjamin Lintner, Res Scientist, UCLA Dept of Atmospheric Sciences   "Soil Moisture Impacts on Convective Margins"

31Mar

10:30AM

Chris Forest, Res Scientist, MIT   "Quantifying Uncertainty in Climate Predictions"
02 Apr.
10:30AM
Leslie Hayden   "Rutile and Sphene: New Tools for Characterizing Silicic Magma Systems"
11 Apr.
10:30AM
Olga Sergienko, Postdoctoral Researcher   "Modeling Ice Sheets and Their Parts: Concepts, Approaches, Problems"
18 Apr.
10:30AM
Cameron Wobus, Ph.D MIT   “Fluvial Erosion and Landscape Dynamics”
25 Apr.
10:30AM
Jason Box, Asst Prof, Ohio State University   "Greenland Outlet Glacier Dynamics from Time-Lapse Cameras"

07May

10:30AM

Daniel O. Breecker, Res. Assist, University of New Mexico

 

"Calibrating Pedogenic Carbonate as a Paleoenvironmental Indicator"

09 May
10:30AM
Thorsten Becker, Asst. Prof., USC   "Plates, Slabs, and Keels: Deciphering Earth's Convective History from Seismology, Mineral Physics and Geodynamics"

12May

10:30AM

 

Teh-Ru "Alex" Song, Caltech

 

"Slab Melting and Serpentinization: A Seismological Perspective"

 

Seminars are usually held on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. but check the day of the week on your calendar to be certain. There are exceptions. The Institute's seminars are held at:
    Institute for Geophysics (directions)
    J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, Rm 1.603
    10100 Burnet Road (R2200)
    Austin TX 78758-4445
    Phone: (512) 471-6156

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Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
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