Events
October 2010
Monday, October 4th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Geoengineering, Ocean Acidification, and the Energy-carbon-climate problem: Applying Geophysical Models to Address Policy-relevant Questions
Ken Caldeira,
senior scientist,
department of global ecology,
Carnegie Institution of Washington,
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rainfall Patterns and Catchment Response during Extreme Flash Flood Events over the Dry Climate Regions of the Southeastern Mediterranean
Efrat Morin,
senior lecturer in geography,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Power Laws in Biology: A Tool for the Earth Sciences
Chris Kempes,
graduate student,
Deptartment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
MIT,
Monday, October 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Super-rotation of the Earth's Inner Core: A Geodynamic Perspective
Mathieu Dumberry,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From Genes to Biogeochemical Cycles: A Marine Sulfur Cycle Case Study
Naomi Marcil Levine,
postdoctoral fellow organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Theoretical Basis for Invigoration of Deep Convective Clouds Due to Increased Aerosol Concentrations; Investigating dissolved iron and particle interactions in seawater with laboratory experiments
Zach Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Anna Beck,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, October 18th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Earthquakes and Water (And Why an Earthquake Did Not Cause the LUSI Mud Volcano in Indonesia to Erupt)
Michael Manga,
professor of Earth and planetary science,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of the Deep Ocean in Setting the Last Glacial Maximum Climate
Jess Adkins,
professor of geochemistry and global environmental science,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Sediment Yield and Spatial Characteristics of Active Earthflows, Eel River, California
Ben Mackey,
postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, October 25th, 2010
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
In Situ Mineral Carbonation in Peridotite for CO2 Capture and Storage
Peter B. Kelemen,
professor of geochemistry,
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Gases and Their Masses: Using Dissolved O2 Isotopes and O2/Ar Ratios to Qualify the Pacific Ocean Biological Carbon Pump
Laurie Juranek,
research scientist,
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (UW) and Pacific Marine Environmental Labo,
University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration,
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
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Geology Club Seminar
Storm Dominated Carbonates and Sea-water Sabkhas, Unconventional Modern Analogs from Oman
Peter Homewood,
Totale,