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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. Please click here to view past Pegrum Lectures.
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Spring 2008
Unless otherwise indicated below,
spring 2008 Pegrum Lectures are on Thursdays in room 205 Natural Sciences
Complex. Refreshments at 3:30 with lectures beginning at 3:45.
| Thursday, January 17 |
No
Pegrum 1st week of school |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| Thursday, February 21 |
| Mark Abbott,
University of Pittsburg, "Lake Records of Climate and Human History
from the Central Andes." |
205
NSC |
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| Thursday, February 28 |
| Dr. Ian
Skilling, University of Pittsburgh, "Lava
Flows Under Ice" |
205
NSC |
| 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 |
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| 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 14 |
No
Pegrum, Rosh Hashanah
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| 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 4 at 3:30 pm |
|
Graduate student presentations:
Marc Bernstein "Volcano Ghosts on Earth" and
Patrick Whelley "Dust Devils on Mars"
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216
NSC |
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| 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) |
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CANCELED: Dr. Mike Bevis, School of
Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
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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 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
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| 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 6 at 3:30 |
Graduate
Student Presentations: Gregory Babonis "Using In-SAR to
Calibrate Regional-Scale Ground Water Models" |
216
NSC |
Spring 2007
| January 25 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr.
Tracy K.P. Gregg, University at Buffalo |
205
NSC |
| February 8 at 3:30 pm |
Dr.
Mary-Alice Coffroth, University at Buffalo Geology Department
Title: Dynamics of coral-algal symbioses
|
205
NSC |
| February 22 at 3:30 pm |
Dr.
Jill Singer, Buffalo State College
Title: Understanding Sediment
Dynamics Using
Geological and Engineering Approaches
|
205
NSC |
| March 8 at 3:30 pm |
Dr. Gary Citron,
Managing Partner, Rose & Associates, LLP
Certified and State (Texas) Licensed Petroleum Geologist
Title: The Difficulty of Estimating Under Uncertainty in the Hydrocarbon
Exploration |
205
NSC |
| March 22 at 3:30 pm |
Dr.
Rebecca Ghent, University of Toronto, Dept. of Geology
Title: Influence of Orientale
impact materials on the lunar south polar regolith: A new view of basin
ejecta |
205
NSC |
| March 29 at 3:30 pm |
Dr.
Susan E.H. Sakimoto, University of Notre Dame
Dept. of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences
Title: "Mechanical and Flow Models Constraints on the Origins of
Platy Flows on Mars: Lava, Frozen Sea or Something Rather Muddy?"
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205
NSC |
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| April 5 at 3:30 pm |
Tessa Jones:
University at Buffalo Title: "A Quantitative Investigation
of Fluvial Activity in the Hesperia Planum Region, Mars"
Emily Laity: University at Buffalo Title: "Mapping
the Distribution of Lava Pillars at Mid-Ocean Ridges"
Joel Allen: University at Buffalo Title: "Pedestal
Craters and the Erosion of the Medusae Fosse Formation, Mars"
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205
NSC |
| April 12 at 3:30 pm |
Dr. Judy Messare,
SUNY-Brockport
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205
NSC |
| April 19 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr.
John Farver, Bowling Green State U. Title: "Using Microchemistry
of Otoliths for Fisheries Management: An Application of Geochemistry to
Ecology" |
205
NSC |
| April 26 at 3:30pm |
| Dr.
Cindy Ebinger, U. of Rochester |
205
NSC |
Fall 2006
| September 8 at 12:00 (Refreshments at
11:40 outside the room) |
| Dr.
Eileen Poeter, NGWA 2006 Distinguished Darcy Lecturer, Professor of
Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, "All Models Are
Wrong: How Do We Know Which Are Useful?" |
112
CFA |
| September 14 at 3:30 |
| Parade of Professors
Week 1, Dr. Howard Lasker, Dr. Jorg Maletz and Dr. Joaquin Cortes
from UB Geology will give 20 minute lectures about their research. |
850
NSC |
| September 21 at 3:30- 7:00 (RSVP Required
email: seogburn@buffalo.edu) |
| Geology Department
Field Trip, Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Bursik and Paul Agle 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 28 at 3:30 |
| Parade of Professors
Week 2, Dr. Richelle Allen-King, Dr. Beata Csatho & Dr. Jason
Briner from UB Geology will give 20 minute lectures about their research.
|
850
NSC |
| October 5 at 3:30 pm |
Kristin
Sturtevant, UB Geology Graduate Student to talk about her M.S.
research, AND
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 |
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| October 12 at 3:30 |
| Dr.
Warren Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, "The
limits of uniformitarianism: Limestone, climate and snails in the
Cretaceous. " |
850
NSC |
|
| October 16 at 3:00 |
| Dr. David Buesch,
department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Project, "Geology and hydrology
atYucca Mountain, Nevada: from thin section to regional modeling" |
850
NSC |
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| October 19 at 3:30 |
Dr.
Jeffrey Karson, Syracuse University, "Faults, Fluids and Fauna
at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field: Serpentinization-Driven Hydrothermal
Venting on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge" |
850
NSC |
| October 20 at 11:30 (refreshments at
11:15 outside the room) |
Professor
Timothy Dixon, University of Miami, Florida, 06-07 AAPG Distinguished
Lecturer, "Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: Subsidence Measurements
from Space"
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112
CFA |
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| November 2 at 3:30 |
UB
Geology Department Graduate Students: Three graduate students from
the Geology department will present their research.
Titles TBA. |
850
NSC |
| November 9 at 3:30 |
| Dr.
David Franzi, Plattsburgh State University, "Deglaciation in
the Champlain and St. Lawrence Lowlands" |
850
NSC |
| November 16 at 3:30 |
| Dr.
Matt Pritchard, Cornell University, "Recent deformation from
earthquakes, volcanoes, and groundwater in South America observed by InSAR"
|
850
NSC |
Spring 2006
| February 16 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr. Gerry Smith, University at Buffalo, "Fault-controlled clastic deposition: A look at the Upper Devonian stratigraphic section of New York State" |
850 NSC |
| February 23 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr. Don Rodbell, Union College, "Climate change, glacial erosion, and lake sedimentation in the tropical Andes Mountains" |
850 NSC |
| March 2 at 3:30 pm |
| UB Geology Department Graduate Students, Phil Stokes "Using ground penetrating radar to map sedimentary facies and look for big bones at the Ice Age Hiscock Site," Jennifer Lougen, "Behavior of Loki Patera, Io revealed through laboratory modeling," and Jennifer Somerville, "Characteristics and possible origins of Peneus and Amphitrites Paterae, Mars" |
850 NSC |
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| March 9 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr. Richard Laub, Buffalo Museam of Science, "The Hiscock Site: Biological, Archaeological and Environmental Changes in Western New York Over the Past 13,000 Years" |
850 NSC |
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| March 30 at 3:30pm |
Dr. Amy Sheldon, SUNY Geneseo, "Diffusion of Radiogenic Helium In Shallow Groundwater"
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850 NSC |
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| April 6 at 3:30 pm |
UB Geology Department Graduate Students, Jay Zambito "How many bulk samples does it take to get to the center of a dysoxic
biofacies?" Sarah Black, "The Origin and Evolution of Islands in Ionian Paterae," and Lena Hakansson, "Using cosmogenic isotopes to reconcile two contrasting hypotheses for ice extent in East Greenland during the last glaciation" |
850 NSC |
| April 13 at 3:30 pm |
| Raymond Vaughan, University at Buffalo, "Using Gravity Data to Model Underlying Bedrock Density in Three Dimensions" |
850 NSC |
| April 20 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. Warren Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution, "The limits of uniformitarianism: Cretaceous marine nutrients, greenhouse carbonates, and the abundance of turritelline gastropods" |
850 NSC |
| April 27 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. Gary Lash, SUNY Fredonia, "Misaligned joints in Upper Devonian shale, western New York: evidence for passage of a Morrowan peripheral bulge at the onset of the Alleghanian orogeny" |
850 NSC |
Fall 2005
| September 8 at 3:30 pm |
| UB Geology Department Faculty, "Parade of Professors - Take 1 " |
850 NSC |
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| September 15 at 3:30 pm |
| UB Geology Department Faculty, "Parade of Professors - Take 2 " |
850 NSC |
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| September 22 at 3:30 pm |
Dr. Charles Mitchell, University at Buffalo, "Intelligent Design: Scientific Creationism's Next Generation - Faster, Smarter, & Still Wrong" [watch]
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222 NSC |
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| September 29 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. Jörg Maletz, University at Buffalo, "Biostratigraphy -- Basics for Geology?" |
850 NSC |
| October 6 at 3:30 pm |
| UB Geology Department Graduate Students, Paul Agle, "Fractures and veins related to Taconic-aged faults in the Mohawk valley, NYS," Anja Dosen, "Mineralogical analysis of upper Devonian black shales in western NY," and Wil Shaffer, "Validation of SRTM digital elevation models and application to the Holocene deformation of Mono Basin, California" |
850 NSC |
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| October 13 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr. Kip Solomon, University of Utah, "Inert Gas Tracers in Ground Water" |
112 CFA |
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| October 27 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. Matthew Becker, University at Buffalo, "Adventures in Fractured Rock Hydrology" |
222 NSC |
| November 3 at 3:30 pm |
| Dr. Julie Rathbun, "A new "hot spot" in the Solar System: Saturn's moon Enceladus" |
210 NSC |
| December 1 at 3:30 pm |
| Nanogeochemistry candidate presentation |
222 NSC |
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| December 2 at 3:30pm |
| UB Geology Department Graduate Students, James Zambito, "slickenside surfaces within K-bentonite beds: A potentially sensitive tool for assessing the timing of far-field tectonic compression, volcanic ash illitization, and diagenetic ash cementation," Rebecca Williams, "The 2005 Vazcun valley lahar: Evaluation of the TITAN2D two-phase flow model using an actual event," and Yarrow Axford, "Warm times in the Arctic: 200,000 years of Quaternary climate change inferred from insect fossils" |
218 NSC |
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| December 12 at 3:30pm |
| Nanogeochemistry candidate presentation |
850 NSC |
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