Events
April 2011
Monday, April 4th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Preliminary Results of March 2011 Japan Earthquake Sequence
Miaki Ishii,
associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
"Clumped Isotope" Thermometry of ALH 84001 Carbonates: Constraints on Formation Processes and the Early Martian Near-Surface
Itay Halevy,
Texaco Postdoctoral Scholar in Geochemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
Paleoseismology of Blind Thrust Faults, with Examples Earthquake-by-earthquake Fold Growth from the Los Angeles Region
James Dolan,
professor of Earth sciences,
USC,
Monday, April 11th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Pyroclastic Flow Dynamics: Insights from Laboratory Experiments
Benjamin Andrews,
National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Burkhard Militzer,
assistant professor of astronomy and of Earth and planetary sciences,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scientific Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon
David L. Valentine,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
Helium Thermochronometry Reveals Headward Propagation of Erosion in an Alpine Landscape
David Shuster,
associate adjunct professor,
Berkeley Geochronology Center,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, April 18th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Epeirogenic Transients Related to Mantle Lithosphere Removal in the Southern Sierra Nevada Region
Jason Saleeby,
professor of geology,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Jonathan Fortney,
assistant professor of astrophysics,
UC Santa Cruz,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Recent Developments in Real-World Tropical Cyclogenesis
Michael T. Montgomery,
professor of meteorology,
Naval Postgraduate School,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
Experimental Study of Bedrock Incision Processes by Both Suspended Load and Bedload Abrasions, and Modifications of the Saltation-Abrasion Model
Phairot Chatanantavet,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, April 25th, 2011
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Tropical Nature of Titan's Climate and Storms
Jonathan L. Mitchell,
assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences,
UCLA,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
New Views of Lunar Surface Thermophysics and Composition from the LRO Diviner Experiment
Ashwin Vasavada,
research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Benjamin Greenhagen,
research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCLA,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Dissolved Oxygen in the Ocean: Why Is It Changing and What Can It Tell Us about Biological Productivity
Rachel Stanley,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
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Geology Club Seminar
An Aeolian Signature of the Marinoan Glaciation
Ryan Ewing,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,