Seminar Series (FALL 2009)
University of Idaho / Washington State University
NEXT TALK:
Nov 12, 2009, 4:00 pm
UI, McClure 209
Dr. Mark Jellinek - University of British Columbia
"Did a runaway greenhouse effect kill plate tectonics on Venus?" |
Seminars are held on Thursday at 4:00pm with informal get-togethers with speakers starting at approx. 3:50pm.
- All UI-hosted seminars are in McClure Hall, Rm 209.
- All WSU-hosted seminars are in Webster Physical Sciences Bldg, Rm 11.
| Thursday |
Where |
Speaker, Topic |
| Sept 3 |
WSU |
Dr. David James, Dept of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
"Tectonomagmatism in the Cascadian Back Arc: Flood volcanism, A Problematic Plume, and the Origin of the High Lava Plains/Newberry – Snake River Plains/Yellowstone Hotspot Tracks" |
| Sept 10 |
UI |
Dr. Mercedes diPasquo, Fulbright Scholar from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Carboniferous Palynological Associations and Correlations from Northern to Southern Bolivia" |
| Sept 17 |
WSU |
CANCELLED
Dr. Chris Mattinson, Central Washington University
"Rates of UHP metamorphic processes from geochronology and trace element analysis, western China" |
| Sept 25 (Fri) |
UI |
Dr. Gordon Grant, Oregon State University
"Interactions between the volcanic history, hydrogeology and behavior of the hydrogeologic 'plumbing system', landscape evolution, and climate change in the Cascades" |
| Oct 1 |
WSU |
Dr. Tony Kemp, Fullbright Visitor, James Cook University, Australia
"Kreepy crust for the Hadean Earth" |
| Oct 8 |
UI |
Dr. Joe Dufek, Georgia Tech
"From Vent to Deposit: Self-organization in the Granular and Turbulent Flows Produced by Explosive Volcanic Eruptions" |
| Oct 15 |
WSU |
Dr. Carmen Nezat, Eastern Washington University
"Calcium cycling in a northern hardwood forest following a watershed-scale calcium addition" |
| Oct 22 |
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No Seminar: GSA
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| Oct 29 |
UI |
Dr. Greg Retallack University of Oregon
"Greenhouse crises of the geological past" |
| Nov 5 |
WSU |
Dr. Jim Crowley, Boise State University
"Applications at the Cutting Edge of High-Precision U-Pb Geochronology" |
| Nov 12 |
UI |
Dr. Mark Jellinek University of British Columbia
"Did a runaway greenhouse effect kill plate tectonics on Venus?" |
| Nov 19 |
WSU |
TBA
TBA |
| Nov 26 |
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No Seminar: Thanksgiving |
| Dec 3 |
UI |
TBA,
TBA |
| Dec 10 |
UI |
UI Graduate Student Presentations
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