Events
April 2010
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Tracing Desert Sand Over Tens to Millions of Years
Pieter Vermeesch,
academic fellow in Earth sciences,
Birkbeck College, University of London,
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Planetary Science Seminar
Simulating Atmospheric Phenomena on Io: Plumes, Glows and Flows
David Goldstein,
Computational Fluid Physics Laboratory,
the University of Texas at Austin,
Monday, April 5th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Investigating the Physical Basis of Biomineralization
Patricia Dove,
professor of geochemistry and biogeochemistry,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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Planetary Science Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Marshall Perrin,
postdoctoral fellow in physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Mak Saito,
associate scientist in marine chemistry and geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Records of Climate Change in Wind-blown Dune Deposits in the North Polar Region of Mars
Ryan Ewing,
postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, April 9th, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
New views on the rupture history of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California
Sinan Akciz,
postdoctoral scholar,
Program in Public Health,
UC Irvine,
Monday, April 12th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Variations in the Asian Monsoon and Their Impacts of Continental Erosion and Mountain Building
Peter D. Clift,
professor of geology and petroleum geology,
University of Aberdeen,
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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Planetary Science Seminar
Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters
Adam Showman,
associate professor, dynamics and evolution of planetary atmospheres,
University of Arizona,
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Impact of Turbulence on the Intensity of Hurricanes in Numerical Models
Richard Rotunno,
senior scientist in mesoscale meteorology,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Ten Years in the Life of a Siliceous Stromatolite from a Yellowstone Hot Spring
Will Berelson,
professor of Earth sciences,
USC,
Friday, April 16th, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Special Seminar on the 2010 Mw7.2 Sierra El Mayor Earthquake, Baja California
Egill Hauksson,
senior research associate in geophysics,
Caltech,
Monday, April 19th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Titan's Lakes: Croll-Milankovitch and Seasonal Cycles
Oded Aharonson,
associate professor of planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
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Planetary Science Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Stevenson,
professor of planetary science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Into and Out of the Last Glacial Maximum
Peter Clark,
professor of geosciences,
Oregon State University,
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Silica Coatings in the Ka'u Desert, Hawai'i, and Implications for Mars (S. Chemtob); FISH-NanoSIMS Analysis of Nitrogen Utilization in Methane Consuming Deep-Sea Microbes (A. Dekas)
Steven Chemtob,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Anne Dekas,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Revisiting the 1960 Chilean Earthquake and Its Comparison with the Recent Chile Earthquake
Hiroo Kanamori,
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus,
Caltech,
Monday, April 26th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Once (and Future?) Forest: Vegetation-Climate Feedbacks in the Amazon Basin
Scott R. Saleska,
assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology,
University of Arizona,
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Compound-Specific Amino Acid Fractionation Patterns: A New Approach to Tracing Organic Nitrogen Source and Transformation
Matthew McCarthy,
associate professor of ocean sciences,
UC Santa Cruz ,
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Isotope Separation by Diffusion in Geological Liquids
James Watkins,
graduate student in Earth and planetary sciences,
UC Berkeley,
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Planetary Science Seminar
The Kuiper Belt, Zodiacal Dust, Debris Disks: It's All About Collisions
Marc Kuchner,
Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Friday, April 30th, 2010
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Geological and Non-Geological Factors Contributing to Damage in Port-au-Prince during the 12 January 2010 M7.0 Haiti Earthquake
Susan Hough,
seismologist,
US Geological Survey,