Spring 2008 Seminar Series
seminars are presented on Thursdays (unless otherwise noted) at 3:30 p.m. in 110 Pillsbury Hall, followed by refreshments
January 24
Dr. William D'Andrea, Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences
Reconstructing Holocene Temperature from Greenlandic Lakes using Algal Lipids, Hydrogen Isotopes and Ribosomal DNA
January 28, Monday; 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH
Dr. Clara Chan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
How Microbes become Microfossils: A story of iron-oxidizing bacteria from the Loihi Seamount, Hawaii
February 7
Dr. Annette Engel ,
Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Sulfur Cycle Secrets Revealed: New Insights From Synchrotron-based Spectroscopy and Molecular Genetics
February 14
Dr. Tony Withers , University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Oceans in the Earth: a Valentine’s Day Story
For Valentine's Day, a story of mantle minerals and their weakness for water. Olivine loves water. So does pyroxene. But when the heat is on and the pressure is high, whose love will prove the stronger? One thing's for sure: if the relationship breaks down, a meltdown will ensue...
February 18, MONDAY AT 4:30 PM IN 110 PILLSH
Dr. Andreas Kappler , University of Tübingen, Center for Applied Geoscience
Chewing Rocks: Microbial Iron Metabolism in Modern and Ancient Environments
February 21
Dr. Aude Gébelin , University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Relationships between Carboniferous Magmatism and Ductile Shear Zones in the Variscan Belt of Western Europe
February 28
Co-sponored by the Quaternary Paleoecology Minor Program
Dr. Julio Betancourt, United States Geological Survey, Desert Laboratory
Patterns, Sources and Impacts of Decadal-to-Multidecadal Scale Climate Variability in the US with particular focus on western North America
March 6
Dr. Kristi Curry Rogers, Macalester College, Department of Geology
From Madagascar to Microscopes: Breathing Life into Dinosaurs
March 13
Dr. Margaret Mangan, United States Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Team
What's Cookin' in the USGS Magma Dynamics Laboratory?... High Pressure and Temperature Experiments Simulating C-O-H Magma Degassing during Transport from the Deep Crust to the Surface
March 20 - no seminar, spring break
March 27
Co-sponored by the I.T. Distinguished Women in Science and Engineering Program
Dr. Leigh Royden, MIT, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Uplift and Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
April 3
Dr. Brian Bonner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Strong Motions in Weak Rocks: the Role of Water in the Dynamic Micromechanics of Sandstones and Clays
April 10
Dr. Quentin Williams, University of California-Santa Cruz, Department of EarthSciences
Deep Mantle Layering: How to Make It, How to Keep It
April 17
Dr. Kurt Frankel, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fault Slip Rates, Constancy of Seismic Strain Release, and Landscape Evolution in the Eastern California Shear Zone
April 24
Dr. Jay Austin, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Large Lake Observatory
Climate Change and Lake Superior: the Role of Ice
May 1
Dr. Marc Spiegelman, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
title TBA
May 8
Dr. John Chiang, University of California-Berkeley, Center for Atmospheric Sciences
title TBA
