University at Buffalo Department of Geology

Geology Research Links

 

 

The Pegrum Lecture Series was established to honor Reginald H. Pegrum, founder of UB's Geology Department. This series is funded in part by the Maurice Crook and Orrin Foster Lecture funds.

January 2009
Thursday, January 15

No Pegrum 1st week of school

 
Thursday, January 22
Dr. Tracy Bank, University at Buffalo, Department of Geology, "Gold Deposition and Mineral Alteration at the Getchell, Carlin-type Deposit in North-Central Nevada."  
Thursday January 29 CANCELED

Dr. Carmala Garzione, 2008-2009 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, University of Rochester, "Rise of the Andes & the Geodynamics of Orogenic Plateaus"

CANCELED
February 2009
February 5
Graduate student presentations: Nicolas Young UB Geology, "Late Pleistocene ice and outburst floods in the Arkansas River valley, Colorado"  
February 12
Dr. Gordon Southam, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Geomicrobiology, The University of Western Ontario "Geomicrobiology; inseparable from low temperature geochemistry & mineralogy."  
February 19
Dr. Katharina Dittmar, University at Buffalo, Department of Biology "The Secret Life of Caves: Cave Biology "  
February 26
Dr. David Valentino, SUNY Oswego, "Exhumed Himalayan-type syntaxis in the Grenville orogen, Adirondacks, NY:  arc plutonism, generation of AMCG suite, and escape tectonics. "  
March
March 5
Graduate student presentations: Chris Burke UB Geology Department "Magnetic resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in fractured rock. "  
March 12 
No Lecture - Spring Recess  
March 19
Dr. Maoyi Huang, UB Department of Civil, Structural & Enviromental Engineering, "Characterizing effects of climate chane on carbon dynamics and trace gas emissions in arctic tundra ecosystems: linking hydrological and ecological processes across spatial scales. "  
March 26  (NOTE room change to 201 NSC, reception to follow in 434 Cooke Hall)

*Dr. Peter Cook, Senior principal research scientist with CSIRO Land and Water & NGWA 2009 Distintuished Darcy Lecturer, "Environmental Tracers in Modern Hydrogeology:  Reducing Uncertainty in Ground Water Flow Estimation." http://www.ngwa.org/ngwref/darcy/current.aspx

201 NSC
April
April 2
Graduate student presentations: Michael Bower "Identifying Colloid-Stabilizing Forces in Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Media using Atomic Force Microscopy and Extended-DLVO Theory " AND Patrick Whelley "Some like it hot and some like it cold: the amazing insulating properties of pyroclastic deposits".  
April 9
George Koperna, Petroleum Engineer, Advanced Resources International "A CO2 injection story".  
April 16
Dr. Jorg Maletz, UB Geology Department "Experiments of Nature - the Endless Possibilities of Mammal Evolution."  
April 23  (NOTE room change to 201 NSC reception to follow in 434 cooke Hall)
Department of Geology Awards Celebration for all Graduate and Undergraduate students, Faculty and Staff.  

 

Fall 2008

September 2008
*September 4 (in rm 434 Cooke)
Annual Safety Training Seminar: Mandatory for all Geology Graduate Students & Geology Undergraduates working on Research Projects or in Research Labs.  If you cannot attend contact Travis Nelson at tnelson@buffalo.edu to make alternate date arrangements. 434 Cooke Hall
*September 11 at 3:45 pm (pizza and wings to follow) CANCELLED
CANCELLED - reschedule TBA: Paul Basinski, Senior Geologic Fellow, Unconventional Resources New Ventures, Conoco Phillips, "Unconventional Shale Gas Exploration:  Paradigms, Paradoxes & Prospectivity" 330 Student Union
*September 18 from 3:30 - 7:00 pm
Geology Department Field Trip, Dr. Bursik to lead a lecture and field trip to the Niagara Falls region to discuss the geologic history and mineralogical assemblages of the Niagara Falls and WNY region.

Meet by Vans

North Side NSC

September 25 (rain date for 9/18 field trip)
Parade of Professors: TBA faculty present summaries of their research areas. NSC 220
October 2008
October 2
No Student Lectures scheduled  
October 9
No Lecture, Classes Canceled  
October 16
Dave Muscalo, Advocate Environmental Consulting, NJ "Title TBA " NSC 220
October 23 
Dr. Lynda Williams, University of Arizona, "Miracle Muds: A study of Antibacterial Clays " NSC 220
October 30 
Dr. Sven Egenhoff, Colorado State University, "How to find an Ordovician beach - hot tips from cold Scandinavia" NSC 220
November 2008
November 6
Graduate student presentations: Sarah Hanson-Hedgecock "Title TBA"  and Anja Dosen "Title TBA" NSC 220
November 13
Dr. Camille Holmgren , Buffalo State College"Using Packrat Middens to Reconstruct the Long-term Vegetation History of Joshua Tree National Park." NSC 220
November 20
Dr. Tavi Murray Swansea , "Title TBA" NSC 220
November 27
(no lecture - thanksgiving recess)  
December 2008
December 4
Graduate student presentations: CANCELLED NSC 220

Spring 2008

January 2008
Thursday, January 17

No Pegrum 1st week of school

 
Thursday, January 24
Dr. Toni Schenk, Professor, Dept. of Civil & Env. Engineering & Geodetic Sciences, The Ohio State University, "From data to information and knowledge in earth science applications:  the role of geospatial information technology. 205 NSC
Thursday January 31

Dr. Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist at the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center, "Arctic Sea Ice Decline:  The Young and the Restless".

205 NSC
*Thursday January 31 at 6:30 pm (6:00pm refreshments)
Dr. Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist at the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center, "Of Ice and Fire: Polar Impacts of Global Warming"

112 CFA

Screening Room

February 2008
Thursday, February 7 at 3:30 pm

Graduate student presentations: Jason Szymanski "Holocene Glacier Activity in Perfection Valley, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada" and Heather Stewart "Responses of a Dynamic Calving Front to the Little Ice Age: Jakobshavn Isbrae"

205 NSC
*Tuesday, February 12 at 3:45 (3:30 refreshments)
Dr. Jon Olson, 2007-2008 AAPG Distintuished Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin, "Fractured Reservoir Characterization: From Diagenesis and Fracture Mechanics to Reservoir Permeability" 112 CFA  Screening Room
Thursday, February 21
Mark Abbott, University of Pittsburg, "Lake Records of Climate and Human History from the Central Andes." 205 NSC
Thursday, February 28
Dr. Ian Skilling, University of Pittsburgh, "Lava Flows Under Ice" 205 NSC
March 2008
Thursday, March 6

No Lecture Scheduled

 
Thursday, March 13

No Pegrum, Spring Recess

 
Thursday, March 20

Howard Lasker, University at Buffalo Dept. of Geology "Connectivity of coral reef populations:  You can't always get where you want"

205 NSC
Thursday, March 27

No Lecture to be Scheduled

 
*Friday March 28 Geography Colloquium 3:15 pm

Dr. Bernard Hubbard, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA "Land- use/cover Factors Influencing Soil Erosion and Turbidity Issues in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A Multi-temporal Satellite Imagery Perspective."

Fillmore 170
April 2008
Thursday, April 3 CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED FOR 4/10/08

Graduate student presentations: Dale Hess "Investigating Controls on Subglacial Bedform Morphometry"  and Jeremy Crowley "Determining Baseflow Using a Distributed Temperature Sensor"

205 NSC
*Special Lecture* FRIDAY, April 4, 2:45 refreshments, 3:00 lecture
Dr. Paul M. Mayewski, Director and Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, "The Ice Chronicles, Rapid Climate Change, the Importance of Polar Regions, and Implications for the Future". 228 NSC
Thursday, April 10
Graduate student presentation by Dale Hess "Investigating Controls on Subglacial Bedform Morphometry" 205 NSC
Thursday, April 17 (Pizza reception to follow lecture)

John McGinnis& Cary Kuminecz, Seneca Resources Corporation, Williamsville, NY "Six Days Burning: Geology & Petrology of an Upper Devonian Well Fire, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania."

205 NSC
Thursday, April 24

Jorg Maletz, University at Buffalo Department of Geology, "The Snouters (Rhinogradentia, Mammalia) - An exercise in evolution"

205 NSC

Fall 2007 

September 2007
September 14

No Pegrum, Rosh Hashanah

 
September 20 at 3:30- 7:00
Geology Department Field Trip, Dr. Bursik & Dr. Briner to lead a lecture and field trip to the Niagara Falls region to discuss the geologic history and mineralogical assemblages of the Niagara Falls and WNY region.

Meet by Vans

North Side NSC

September 27 at 3:30

Parade of Professors Week 1: Dr. Charles Mitchell, Dr. Tracy Gregg & Dr. Matthew Becker present summaries of their research areas.

216 NSC
October 2007
October 4 at 3:30 pm

Graduate student presentations: Marc Bernstein "Volcano Ghosts on Earth"  and Patrick Whelley "Dust Devils on Mars"

216 NSC
October 11 at 3:30

Travis Nelson, University at Buffalo "Safety Training Seminar on Chemical and Laboratory procedures and hygiene"

Mandatory attendance required for all Geology Graduate Students and those Undergraduate students working in chemical labs.

850 NSC
October 18 at 3:30
Parade of Professors Week 2: Dr. Marcus Bursik, Dr. Tracy Bank & Dr. Jason Briner present summaries of their research areas. 216 NSC
October 19 at 3:30 (CANCELED)

CANCELED: Dr. Mike Bevis, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

850 NSC*
October 25 at 3:30

Dr. Yarrow Axford, UB Geology "Vikings, Midges, and Holocene Mud: Using Paleolimnology to Understand Arctic Climate Change"

216 NSC
November 2007
November 1 at 3:30

Graduate Student Presentations: Elizabeth Thomas "Late Holocene climate change inferred from varved proglacial lake sediments on northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada"  

216 NSC
Tuesday, November 6 at 4:00 pm (3:30 refreshments outside the room)
Dr. James J. Butler Jr., NGWA 2007 Distinguished Darcy Lecturer, Geohydrology Section of the Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas: "What the Heck is a Phreatophyte? A Field Investigation of Ecohydrologic Processes in Stream-Aquifer Systems" 225 NSC
November 15 at 3:30 CANCELED
CANCELED: Dr. Mark Abbott, Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburg: "Drought History of the Pacific Northwest from Lake Sediments."

216 NSC

Canceled

November 22 at 3:30

No Pegrum, Fall Recess

 
November 29 at 3:30

Dr. Joaquin Cortes, University at Buffalo, Geology "The occurrence of highly oxidising conditions as a precursor to paroxysmic activity and edifice collapse: Stromboli volcano, Italy"

216 NSC
December 2007
December 6 at 3:30

Graduate Student Presentations: Gregory Babonis "Using In-SAR to Calibrate Regional-Scale Ground Water Models"

216 NSC

Spring 2005

January
January 27 at 3:30 pm
Dr. Rowena Lohman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, "All earthquakes great and small: What can we learn from InSAR and other geodetic data?" 850 NSC
January 31 at 3:30pm
Dr. Thor Thordarson, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Earth Science Institute, University of Iceland, "Large Igneous Provinces and the Environment: Mechanisms and Consequences of Flood Lava Eruptions." 850 NSC
February
February 3 at 3:30pm
Brittain Hill, Southwest Research Institute, "Is it Safe to Mix Radioactive Waste in Basaltic Volcanoes? How Science will help Society Decide." 850 NSC
February 7 at 3:30pm
Maurizio Battaglia, University of Gottingen, "Living with a Restless Caldera: Long Valley, California" 850 NSC
February 10 at 3:30pm
Dr. Eliza Calder, Open University, UK, "Pyroclastic density currents; insights from novel approaches" 850 NSC
March
March 4 at 3:30pm
Dr. Sven Egenhoff, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, "The Controlling Parameters of Lagoonal Carbonate Cyclicity ­ A Critical Approach to Orbital Forcing Models" 205 NSC
April
April 1 at 3:30pm
Dr. David Kring, University of Arizona "Geologic Evaluation of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Chicxulub Impact Crater" 205 NSC
April 15 at 3:30pm
Dr. Mike Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University "Environmental Science of the 21st Century: A Personal Perspective" CFA Screening Room
April 22 at 3:30pm
Dr. Sid Mitra, Binghamton University "A Tale of Three Coastal Discharge Systems..It Was the Best of Carbon, It Was The Worst of Carbon." 205 NSC

 

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