Events
March 2011
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Environment, Agriculture, and Food Nexus
Pamela Martin,
assistant professor of geophysical sciences,
the University of Chicago,
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
Hot Dolomite Explodes! Evidence of Ancient Earthquakes on the Naukluft Thrust, Namibia
Christie Rowe,
associate researcher,
UC Santa Cruz,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Gradual Closing of the Indonesian Seaway and the Onset of Northern Hemisphere Ice Ages
Peter Molnar,
professor of geological sciences,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer
Peter J. S. Franks,
professor of biological oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
Movement of Corals on Climatic Timescales; D/H Fractionation in Lipids from Terrestrial Hydrothermal Springs
Nithya Thiagarajan,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Maggie Osburn,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Fred Adams,
professor of physics,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Projected Changes in the Seasonal Cycle under Global Warming
Adam H. Sobel,
professor,
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Science,
Columbia University,
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
A Simple Method for In-situ U-Th-He Dating
Pieter Vermeesch,
RCUK Academic Fellow,
School of Earth Sciences,
Birkbeck College, University of London,
Monday, March 28th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Himalayan Orogenesis and Its Impact on the Carbon Cycle
Christian France-Lanord,
CNRS Research Director,
CRPG Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France,
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Paul Hayne,
postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
New Tools for Understanding Mitigating Rock Falls in Yosemite National Park
Greg Stock,
geologist,
National Parks Service, Yosemite,