| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
| Jan. 17 |
Nathan Stansell, Ohio State University |
A multi-proxy approach for reconstructing Holocene precipitation changes |
|
*Tues.
Jan. 22 |
Nadja Insel, University of Chicago |
Lithosphere - atmosphere interactions during growth of the Andes |
|
| Jan. 24 |
Max Berkelhammer, University of Colorado |
The moisture budget of the North American Monsoon system |
|
**Tues.
Jan. 29 |
Byron Steinman, Pennsylvania State University |
Ocean-atmosphere forcing of drought in western North America: New perspectives from lake sediment oxygen isotope records |
|
| Jan. 31 |
Val Bennington, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Physical drivers of the circulation and carbon cycling in Lake Superior |
|
| Feb. 7 |
Seth B. Darling, Argonne National Lab |
The Solar Energy Challenge |
Peter Doran |
**Tues.
Feb. 12 |
Christopher Holmes, University of California |
Clean Air and Climate: Methane and Mercury in the 21st Century |
|
| Feb. 14 |
Dean Peterson, Duluth Metals Limited |
Mineral Deposit Developments in the Duluth Complex, Northeastern, Minnesota |
Graduate students/Jon Kay |
| Feb. 21 |
Harry Rowe, University of Texas at Austin |
Late Quaternary Paleoclimate Records from Appalachian Stalagmites |
Neil Sturchio |
| Feb. 28 |
Adam R. Lewis, North Dakota State University |
Neogene ice-marginal climate from terrestrial records in the Transantarctic Mountains |
Peter Doran |
| March 7 |
Matthew J. Fouch, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
Unraveling the Mysteries of Western North America: Revising Paradigms of Plate Tectonics Using EarthScope |
Andrew Dombard |
| March 14 |
Christopher Hepplewhite, University of Oxford |
Photochemistry over snow - pollution at the poles. An overview |
Neil Sturchio |
| March 21 |
Thomas A Hegna, Western Illinois University |
Pancrustacea and the Paleozoic Conquest of Land |
Roy Plotnick |
| March 28 |
|
Spring break, no seminar |
|
| April 4 |
Randel T. Cox, University of Memphis |
Holocene faulting and earthquakes along the southern edge of the North American craton |
Steve Forman |
| April 11 |
John R. Spear, Colorado School of Mines |
Applied Geology--Microbial Influenced Corrosion of Steel |
D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard |
| April 18 |
|
Cancelled, no seminar |
|
| April 25 |
Dena M. Smith, University of Colorado |
Fossil Insects: Preservation, Ecology and Evolution |
Roy Plotnick |
The seminars are on Thursdays at 3:30 PM in Room 130,
Science and Engineering South (SES), 845 W. Taylor Street. The seminars are preceded by refreshments at 3:00 PM in Room 2460, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, east wing of SES. (A parking garage is located on the northeast corner of Taylor and Halsted, 1/2 block northeast of SES.) Please check this web site for any
updates to this seminar schedule or call 312-996-3154.
*Additional seminar at 3:30PM on Tues. in Room 2214 SES
**Additional seminar at 3:30PM on Tues. in Room 230 SES
