Events
November 2009
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Relating Impact Crater Shape to Target Properties: New Insights from MER and HiRISE
Wesley Andrés Watters,
postdoctoral research associate in astronomy,
Cornell University,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next: "Rapid" Change at Ice Sheet Marine Margins
Christina Hulbe,
assistant professor of geology,
Portland State Universiy,
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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Geology Club Seminar
Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals: Recent Research at Caltech
Jed Mosenfelder,
research scientist,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Fault Slip Variations, Fault Geometrical Complexity, and Constraining Ground Motions Using LiDAR Data
Ken Hudnut,
geophysicist,
United States Geological Survey,
Monday, November 9th, 2009
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Fossil Record of Plant Physiology and Development
Kevin Boyce,
assistant professor of paleontology,
The University of Chicago,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Importance of Wind Power for a Clean and Renewable Future
Cristina Archer,
assistant professor,
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Cal State Chico,
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Paleo-Earthquakes, Slip Rates, and Possible Strain Transients (or Not): Geologic Insights into the Behavior of the North Anatolian Fault
James Dolan,
professor of Earth sciences,
USC,
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Detection of the Sharp Features in the Deep Earth with Waveform Complexity
Daoyuan Sun,
assistant scientist,
Seismo Lab,
Caltech,
Monday, November 16th, 2009
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Quantifying Fault System Complexity and Rheology at Continental Plate Boundaries
Brendan Meade,
associate professor Earth and planetary sciences,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate
Joao Teixeira,
research scientist,
JPL,
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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Geology Club Seminar
Continuous Tectonothermal Histories from Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronometry
Mark Harrison,
professor of geology,
UCLA,
Friday, November 20th, 2009
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Revising Paradigms of Plate Tectonics for the Western United States
Matthew Fouch,
associate professor of Earth and planetary exploration,
Arizona State University,
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Probing the Rheology and Localization of Deformation in the Lower Crust: Evidence from Postseismic Relaxation and Tremor
Roland Burgmann,
professor of Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,