Events
February 2010
Monday, February 1st, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Unexpected Photosynthetic Responses to Geologic Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A. Hope Jahren,
professor of geochemistry,
University of Hawaii at Manoa,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Close-in Extra-Solar Planets and Tide
Brian Jackson,
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow,
Planetary Systems Lab,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Low-Frequency Tropical Pacific Sea-Surface Temperature over the Past Millennium: Reconstruction and Error Estimates
Julien Emile-Geay,
assistant professor of Earth sciences,
USC,
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Uplift and Exhumation along the Arun River (Eastern Nepal): Implications for the Mechanism of Uplift of the High Himalaya and the Coupling between Erosion and Tectonics
Itai Haviv,
postdoctoral scholar in geology,
Caltech,
Friday, February 5th, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Imaging Large Earthquake Ruptures within 30 Minutes from Origin Time
Alex Hutko,
postdoctoral fellow,
National Earthquake Information Center,
USGS,
Monday, February 8th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Rotational Stability of Earth and Mars
Isamu Matsuyama,
research fellow in Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
LRO Diviner Radiometer Observations of the Lunar Polar Regions
David Paige,
Professor of Earth and space sciences,
Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
UCLA,
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Holocene Evolution of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Christopher Charles,
professor,
Geosciences Research Division,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Reading River-flood Dynamics from Offshore Deposits
Michael Lamb,
assistant professor of geology,
Caltech,
Friday, February 12th, 2010
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
What Is the Sound of One Plate Subducting?
Dave Stegman,
assistant professor of geodynamics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
Monday, February 15th, 2010
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Planetary Science Seminar
Elastic Ice Shells of Synchronous Moons: Implications for Europa and Titan
Jonathan Mitchell,
professor of Earth and space sciences,
UCLA,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Lea,
professor of paleochimatology, paleoceanography, geochemistry,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Can megathrust-type earthquakes happen in the NW Himalaya?
Doug Yule,
associate professor of geological sciences,
California State University, Northridge,
Friday, February 19th, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Energetics and Heat Budget of Earths Mantle Convection
Wei Leng,
Center for Imaging the Earth's Interior,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Trends in the Ocean Circulation: Facts and Fantasies
Carl Wunsch,
professor of physical oceanography,
MIT,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Internal Structure of Planum Boreum from MARSIS Data
Michelle Selvans,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—cancelled
Isabella Velicogna,
assistant professor of Earth system science,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Fluorine in the Earth: Where Is It and What Can It Tell Us?
Richard Hervig,
professor of chemistry,
School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,