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Previous Seminar Schedules

SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Fall 2006

Date/Time Speaker, Affiliation Host Title of Talk
15Sept
11AM
Sabine Wulf, Research Fellow- UTIG Harm van Avendonk "Tephrochronology - A Powerful Tool in Paleoclimate Research"
22 Sep
11AM
Gail Christeson, Research Scientist - UTIG Harm van Avendonk "Correlation of Seismic and Geologic Boundaries in Upper Oceanic Crust"
29 Sep
11AM
Chris Jenkins, Fellow: Environmental Computing - University of Colorado at Boulder John Goff "A Global Data Base of Seabed Substrate Character (dbSEABED)"
06 Oct
11AM
Tip Meckel, Research Associate - BEG Paul Mann "Southern Louisiana’s subsidence problem: geologic contributions and post-Katrina geophysical research opportunities"
13 Oct
11AM
David Mohrig, Associate Professor - DOGS Sean Gulick "How Evolution of Submarine Landscapes Differs from the Terrestrial System: The Role of Channelized and Unconfined Currents in Building the Continental Slope"
19 Oct
11 AM (Thurs)
Seth Stein, Professor Dept of Geological Sciences -  Northwestern University Jay Pulliam "Ultralong Period Seismic Study of the December 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Implications for Tsunami Hazards"
20 Oct
11AM
Brian Horton - UTIG Sean Gulick "Sedimentary record of initial growth of the Tibetan plateau during the India-Asia Collision"
27 Oct
11AM
Samar Khatiwala, Associate Research Scientist -  LDEO Brian Arbic "Anthropogenic Carbon Uptake by the Ocean Estimated Using Transit-Time Distributions"
03 Nov
11AM
Dave Wilson, Postdoctoral Fellow - DOGS Jay Pulliam "Seismic Structure of the Crust and Upper Mantle in the Southwestern United States"
10 Nov
11AM
Gary Mitchum, Physical Oceanography Professor - University of South Florida Brian Arbic/
Christina Holland
"Sea Level Rise: What Do We Know and What Do We Need To Know?"

16 Nov

11AM

Mead Allison, Associate Professor, Tulane University Nathan Bangs "Source-to-Sink Sediment Dynamics and Terrestrial Carbon Burial on River-Dominated Continental Margins: Insights from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Dispersal System"
17 Nov
11AM
Don Fisher, Professor Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University Sean Gulick "Structural and Thermal evolution of the active Taiwan Arc-Continent Collision"
17Nov 3 PM Philip J. Bart, Associate Professor Louisiana State University Paul Stoffa  "Direct Constraints on the Neogene Grounding History of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet via Correlations with ODP Leg 178 sites"
24 Nov
11AM
NO SEMINAR   Thanksgiving Holiday
01Dec 10AM Gwenn Péron-Pinvidic, Postdoc Woods Hole Jay Pulliam/
Fred Taylor/
Cliff Frohlich
"Morphotectonic Evolution of the Iberia Ocean-Continent Transition"
01 Dec
11AM
Doug Wiens, Professor Earth and Planetary Sciences - Washington University in St. Louis Jay Pulliam/
Fred Taylor/
Cliff Frohlich
"Broadband Seismology in Antarctica:  New Insights on Mountain Building
and Glacial Processes"
01 Dec
04PM
Fellowship Talks Sean Gulick Speakers/Titles
08 Dec
11AM
Chip Groat, Chair, Jackson School Energy and Mineral Resources Jay Pulliam "CIEEP and EER: New Jackson School Acronyms"
15 Dec
11AM
AGU Meeting    

Seminars are usually held on Fridays at 11:00 a.m. but check the day of the week on your calendar to be certain. There are exceptions.

Previous Seminar Schedules
Fall 2006
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