| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
| January 24 |
Rebecca M. E. Williams,
Planetary Science Institute |
Inverted Paleochannels on Earth and Mars |
A. Dombard |
| January 31 |
Jean Bogner,
Landfills +, Inc. |
Global Climate Change and Waste Management: Perspectives from the IPCC 4th Assessment Report |
N. Sturchio |
| February 7 |
Francesca Smith,
Northwestern University |
Reconciling Marine and Terrestrial Carbon Isotope Excursions During the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum |
F. Kenig |
| February 14 |
Jim Reed,
RockWare, Inc. & GeoForensics Inc. |
Locating Clandestine Gravesites: Geological & Geophysical Exploration Principles & Techniques |
N. Sturchio |
| February 21 |
Margaret L. Fraiser,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Elevated CO2 and the Prolonged Permian-Triassic Biotic Crisis |
R. Plotnick |
| February 28 |
Jeffrey A. Dorale,
University of Iowa |
Strong Contrasts in Mid-Continental Flooding Regimes Among Holocene, Last Glacial, and Last Interglacial Climates |
Graduate Students:
J. Wood |
| March 6 |
Dr. Margaret M. Yacobucci,
Bowling Green State University |
Applications of Geographic Information Science
to Paleontological Problems |
Graduate Students:
Karen Koy |
| March 13 |
Lynn Walter,
University of Michigan
WISEST Visiting Scholar |
Carbonate vs. Silicate Mineral Weathering Rates: Significance of Dolomite for Riverine Mg Fluxes and the Global Carbon Cycle |
K. Nagy &
Carol Stein |
| March 20 |
Tim Grundy,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
The Deep Sandstone Aquifer - What Do We Know About
It And Why Is It Central To Great Lakes Water Policy? — CANCELLED |
N. Sturchio |
| March 24-28 |
|
Spring Vacation. No Classes. |
|
| April 3 |
James Head,
Brown University |
Geologic Evidence for Climate Change on Mars |
P. Doran |
| April 10 |
Matt Schrenk,
Carnegie Institute of Washington |
Walking the Fine Line Between Microbes and Minerals in Deep
Sea Hydrothermal Deposits: Examples From On and Off the Ridge Axis |
D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard |
| April 17 |
Charles K. Boyce,
University of Chicago |
What Little Plants and Big Fungi Can Tell Us About
Early Terrestrial Ecosystems |
R. Plotnick |
April 22
(Tuesday 4pm) |
Tobias Fischer,
University of New Mexico
|
Volatiles in Magmas: Clues to Understanding
Global Cycles and Volcanic Eruptions |
N. Sturchio |
April 24
|
Jason A. Rech,
Miami University of Ohio |
Soil Development at the Hyperarid Limit on Earth: Case Studies From the Atacama Desert, Chile |
N. Sturchio |
May 1
|
Stephen Macko,
University of Virginia |
From the Winds of Africa to the Origins and Maintenance of Life:
New Perspectives through Compound Specific Isotope Analysis |
N. Sturchio |
