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.
FALL 2011
September 1, 2011
Travis Nelson, University at Buffalo, Rm C434
"Safety Training Seminar on Chemical and Laboratory Procedures and Hygiene"
September 8, 2011
Geology Department Field Trip
Professor Marcus Bursik to lead a lecture and field trip in the Niagara Falls
region to discuss the geologic history and mineraligical assemblages of Niagara Falls and WNY
region.
September 15, 2011
Parade of Professors
"Professors from the Department of Geology to give brief lectures about their research.
September 22, 2011
Dr. Laura Lautz, Syracuse University
"Advances in Heat Tracing of Stream-Groundwater Interaction"
October 6, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation: Simon Pendleton,. UB Geology
"Sediment Fluctuations in a Proglacial Fluvial Environment, Linnébreen, Svalbard"
October 13, 2011
Frederick W. Stoss, University at Buffalo
“Designing Effective Poster Presentations”
October 20, 2011
Michael Stapleton, Slippery Rock University
“Long-Term Chemical Trends In An Acid Mine Impacted Watershed Receiving Passive Treatment”
October 27, 2011
Rosaly Lopes, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA
"Unveiling Titan: Results from the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Its Moons"
November 3, 2011
Geology Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo
“Graduate School Workshop”
November 10, 2011
Dr. Devon Renock, Dartmouth College
" New Insights into Redox Processes on Mineral Surfaces"
November 17, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation: Samuel Kelley, UB Geology
"Maximum Late Holocene Extent of the Southwestern Greenland Ice Sheet during the
Late 20th Century"
December 1, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation
“Summer 2011, Geological Experiences”
SPRING 2011
January 20, 2011
Dr. Indra Kalinovich, University at Buffalo
"Where Geology Matters: Capturing Heterogeneity and Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants"
January 27, 2011
Dr. Tracy Gregg, University at Buffalo
“Deep, Dark and Damp: Exploring the Galapagos Spreading Center with the submersible
HOV Alvin”
February 3, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation: Melissa Zelazny, UB Geology
“Lineament Mapping in New York State using Remote Sensing Techniques for Geological CO2 Sequestration”
February 10, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation: Amanda Hintz, UB Geology
"Complex Plumbing of Monogenetic Scoria Cones: New Insights from the Lunar Crater Volcanic
Field (Nevada, USA)"
February 17, 2011
Richard Frappa, Amex Geomatrix
“Design of a Permeable Treatment Wall to Passively Remove Radioactive Strontium (Sr-90) from
Groundwater beneath a former Commercial Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility in West Valley, NY”
February 24, 2011
Dr. Edward Evenson, Lehigh University
"Charles Darwin, Geologist and the Origin of Darwin's Boulders - Tierra del Fuego"
March 3, 2011
Dr. Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College
“Desert Eyes: Origin and Evolution Of Enigmatic Domes and Basins in the Stable Platform of Egypt”
March 10, 2011
Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, Smithsonian Institution
"The Oxidation State of Earth's Upper Mantle"
March 22, 201l **Tuesday** **210 Natural Sciences Complex**
Dr. Katherine Kelley, Distinguished 2010-2011 GeoPRISMS-MARGIN Lecturer
“The Role of Water in Mantle Melting and Mass Transfer Processes at Subduction Zones”
March 31, 2011
Dr. David Barclay, SUNY Cortland
"Valley Glacier Records of Late Holocene Climate Change"
April 7, 2011
Graduate Student Presentation: Patrick Whelley, UB Geology
“Ossipee Mountain Wilderness Survival”
April 14, 2011
William Kappel, U.S. Geological Survey
"Marcellus 101"
April 21, 2011
Awards Ceremony
April 28, 2011
Dr. Laura Lautz, Syracuse Universisty
"Advances in Heat Tracing of Stream-Groundwater Interaction"
FALL 2010
September 3, 2010
Travis Nelson, University at Buffalo *Cooke Hall - Room 434*
"Safety Training Seminar on Chemical and Laboratory Procedures and Hygiene"
Sept 9, 2010
Timothy D. Scheibe, Ph.D., 2010 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer
"Quantifying Flow and Reactive Transport in the Heterogeneous Subsurface Environment: From Pores to
Porous Media and Facies to Aquifers "
Read Bio and Abstract
Sept 16, 2010
Parade of Professors
Professors from the Department of Geology to give brief lectures about their research.
September 23, 2010
Geology Department Field Trip
Professors Jason Briner and Charles Mitchell to lead a lecture and field trip in the Niagraga Falls
region to discuss the geologic history and mineraligical assemblages of Niagara Falls and WNY
region.
Sept 30, 2010
Dr. Mariek E. Schmidt, Brock University
"Basaltic Rocks Discovered by the Spirit Rover in Gusev Crater:
Their Petrogenesis, Eruption, and Hydrothermal Alteration”
Oct 12, 2010
Dr. Jason Briner, University at Buffalo *Cooke Hall - Room 434*
“The Coolest Place on Earth”
Oct 14, 2010
Weston Cross
"Wolf Creek Dam: Karst Geology and the Largest Reservior in the Eastern U.S."
Oct 21, 2010
Dr. Michael Willis, Cornell University
“A State of “Separation Anxiety” – Ice Sheets and Mantle Flow in the Polar Regions”
Oct 28, 2010
John Martin, NYSERDA
Nov 4, 2010
Student Presentation
Jessica Ball "Raiders of the Lost Hydrothermal System: The Search for Alteration Minerals on an Active Lava Dome Complex"
Sarah Lavin "Rock Eating Fungi"
Nov 11, 2010
Graduate Student Presentation
Nicolas Young "Assessing the Timing of Glaciation and Deglaciation in the Western US"
Nov 18, 2010
Albert J Gilewicz, University at Buffalo, Utility Operations
"What’s Watt: The Relationship Between Electricity, Carbon Emissions and Your Bartender"
Dec 2, 2010
Graduate Student Presentation
Dec 9, 2010
Dr. Giovanni Macedonio, Vesuvius Observatory, Naples, Italy
"Modelling Volcanic Eruptions"
SPRING 2010
January 21, 2010
Dr. Le Wang, University at Buffalo, Department of Geography
"Invasive Species Modeling with Multi-Scale Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Data"
January 28, 2010
Dr. John Howell, AAPG Distinguished Speaker
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
"Building an Oil Company, How Hard Can It Be?"
February 11, 2010
Dr. Alex P. Wolfe, University of Alberta
"Paleoclimatic Instability During the Eocene: Back to the Future?
February 18, 2010
Dr. Igor Jankovic, University at Buffalo, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering
"Stochastic Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport”
February 25, 2010
Dr. Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas
"The Role of Water Above, Below, and at the Front of Fast Moving Outlet Glaciers in
Greenland and Antarctica"
March 4, 2010
Graduate Student Presentation: Kylah Wyatt, UB Geology
“Effect of Temperature and pH on Arsenic and Uranium Adsorption in Calcite-rich Soils”
March 25, 2010
Alumni Workshop and Presentation: Stanley J. Blas, SJB Services, Inc.
“Graduating with a Degree in Geology – Now What?”
April 8, 2010
Dr. Joseph M. Licciardi, University of New Hampshire
"Constraints on the Interplay between Glacial and Volcanic Processes in Iceland Using
Geochemical and Isotopic Signatures from Basaltic Table Mountains"
April 15, 2010
Dr. Jennifer A. Roberts, University of Kansas
“Regulation of Microbial Methane Oxidation by Mineral-Bound Copper”
FALL 2009
September 3, 2009
Travis Nelson, University at Buffalo
"Safety Training Seminar on Chemical and Laboratory Procedures and Hygiene"
September 10, 2009
Parade of Professors
Professors from the Department of Geology to give brief lectures about their research.
September 17, 2009
Geology Department Field Trip
Professors Jason Briner, Charles Mitchell and Zhangshuan Hou to lead a lecture and field trip in the
Niagraga Falls region to discuss the geologic history and mineraligical assemblages of Niagara
Falls and WNY region. (In case of rain the field trip will be cancelled and a faculty research lecture
put in it's place.)
September 24, 2009
Dr. DeBonne Wishart, University at Buffalo
Geoelectrical Advantages of Hydraulic Anisotropy Characterization of Fractured Rock from the
Azimuthal Self Potential Gradient
October, 1, 2009
Graduate Student Presentation: Anthony Kellogg UB Geology
"Analyzing Reservoir and Overburden Impacts On Seismic and Electromagnetic Responses and the
Applicability of Seismic and EM Methods in Deep Water Reservoir Characterization through Forward
Modeling"
October, 8, 2009
Dr. Derick G. Brown, Lehigh University
"Relationship between Bacterial Adhesion to a Surface and Cellular Bioenergetic”
October 15, 2009
Dr. Peter Shultz, Brown Universisty
"The Day the Sky Fell on Peru"
October 22, 2009
Janice Lobdell, Fortuna Energy, Inc.
"Marcellus Shale 101"
October 29, 2009
Dr. Lee Slater, Rutgers University
“Hydraulic Characterization the Hyporheic Corridor at the Hanford 300 Area Using Geoelectrical
Imaging and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Methods”
November 5, 2009
Graduate Student Presentation: Dawn Sweeney UB Geology
“Unusual Volcanic Products from the2008 Eruption at Volcan Llaima, Chile”
November 12, 2009
Dr. Grant Ferguson, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
" Is Geothermal Resource Development Sustainable"
November 16, 2009
Dr. Christopher Lowry, Universisty of Wisconsin at Madison
“Identifying processes controlling groundwater/surface water interactions in a peat-dominated
wetland using ground penetrating radar, distributed temperature sensing, and numerical
simulations”
November 19, 2009
Dr. Melanie Mayes, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
“Mobility of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Forested and Agricultural Ecosystems”
| Thursday, January 15 |
No Pegrum 1st week of school |
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| 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." |
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| 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 5 |
| Graduate student presentations: Nicolas Young UB Geology, "Late Pleistocene ice and outburst floods in the Arkansas River valley, Colorado" |
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| February 12 |
| Dr. Gordon Southam, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Geomicrobiology, The University of Western Ontario "Geomicrobiology; inseparable from low temperature geochemistry & mineralogy." |
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| February 19 |
| Dr. Katharina Dittmar, University at Buffalo, Department of Biology "The Secret Life of Caves: Cave Biology " |
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| 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. " |
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| March 5 |
| Graduate student presentations: Chris Burke UB Geology Department "Magnetic resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in fractured rock. " |
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| March 12 |
| No Lecture - Spring Recess |
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| 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. " |
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| 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 |
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| 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". |
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| April 9 |
| George Koperna, Petroleum Engineer, Advanced Resources International "A CO2 injection story". |
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| 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. |
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Fall 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 |
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| *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 |
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| *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.
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Meet by Vans
North Side NSC |
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| September 25 (rain date for 9/18 field trip) |
| Parade of Professors: TBA faculty present summaries of their research areas. |
NSC 220 |
| October 2 |
| No Student Lectures scheduled |
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| October 9 |
| No Lecture, Classes Canceled |
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| 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 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) |
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| December 4 |
| Graduate student presentations: CANCELLED |
NSC 220 |
Spring 2008
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| *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 |
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| *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 |
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| 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" |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 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 |
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| 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 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 |
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| February 7 at 3:30pm |
| Maurizio Battaglia, University of Gottingen, "Living with a Restless Caldera: Long Valley, California" |
850 NSC |
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| February 10 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. Eliza Calder, Open University, UK, "Pyroclastic density currents; insights from novel approaches" |
850 NSC |
| 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 1 at 3:30pm |
| Dr. David Kring, University of Arizona "Geologic Evaluation of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Chicxulub Impact Crater" |
205 NSC |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
