Spring 2002 Colloquia
Monday, January 14, 2002
Graham E. Fogg
Professor of Hydrogeology
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
University of California, Davis
"A geologic approach to simulation of subsurface hydrology"
4:00 P.M. in Geological Sciences GY 143
Thursday, February 7, 2002
Special Talk
Derek Fullerton, President of Exmin Corporation
Genesis of Diamonds
9:30am, GY338
Thursday, February 14, 2002
Special Brown Bag
Jeff Severinghaus
Scripps Institute Of Oceanography
"Precise Relative Timing of Atmospheric Methane and Climate Variation"
GY 301, 12:00 noon
Monday, February 18, 2002
Colloquium
Murray Chair in Applied Clay Mineralogy Candidate
"Eat, Breathe, and Be Wary? The Biogeochemistry of Inhaled and Ingested Minerals"
Dr. George Guthrie
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Geological Sciences GY143 at 4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Brown Bag
Murray Chair in Applied Clay Mineralogy Candidate
"From Structural Complexities to Concrete Applications: The Many Facets of Clay Science"
Dr. George Guthrie
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Geological Survey S201 at 12:20 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002
Colloquium
Murray Chair inApplied Clay Mineralogy Candidate
"Environmental Applications of Clays and Zeolites"
Dr. David Bish
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Geological Sciences GY126 at 4:30 P.M.
Friday, Feb. 22, 2002
Brown Bag
Murray Chair in Applied Clay Mineralogy Candidate
"The Heterogeneity of Clay Minerals"
Dr. David Bish
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Geological Survey S201 at 12:20 P.M.
Monday, March 25, 2002
Colloquium
"Transition metal isotope geochemistry and cosmochemistry".
Dr. Xiangkun Zhu
Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK
4:00 P.M. in GY143 Geological Sciences
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Brown Bag
"Transition metal isotopes: techniques and applications".
Dr. Xiangkun Zhu
Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK
12:20 P.M. in S201 Geological Survey
Thursday, March 28, 2002
Colloquium
"Unearthing the Midwest with Exploration Geophysics"
Dr. John H. McBride
Illinois State Geological Survey and Department of Geology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:00 in Geological Sciences GY126
Friday, March 29, 2002
Brown Bag
"An Integrated Geophysical and Geological Study of an Intraplate Seismic Zone: Northern New Madrid Seismic Zone"
Dr. John H. McBride
Illinois State Geological Survey and Department of Geology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:20 in Geological Survey S201
Monday, April 1, 2002
Colloquium
"Hunting the Earth's Magnetic Field"
Dr. Lisa Tauxe
JOI/USSAC Distinguished Lecturer
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
4:00 P.M. in GY143 Geological Sciences
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Colloquium
"The Vrancea Zone of Romania: Mantle Seismicity in Search of a Viable Subduction Zone"
Dr. James H. Knapp
Tectonics and Geophysics Lab, University of South Carolina
4:00 P.M. in Geological Sciences GY126
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Brown Bag
"Imaging the Thickest(?) Sedimentary Basin in the World: Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling of the Petroliferous South Caspian Basin"
Dr. James H. Knapp
Tectonics and Geophysics Lab, University of South Carolina
12:20 P.M. in Geological Survey S201
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Colloquium
"Removing multiply reflected seismic events from a heterogeneous, anisotropic earth with absolutely no information about the subsurface"
Dr. Arthur B. Weglein
University of Houston
4:00 P.M. in Geological Sciences GY126
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Brown Bag
"An inverse scattering subseries for locating the correct spatial location of reflectors without knowing or determining the correct wave-speed"
Dr. Arthur B. Weglein
University of Houston
12:20 P.M. in Geological Survey S201
Monday, May 13, 2002
Colloquium
"Unrest at Long Valley caldera: GPS and gravity investigations"
Dr. Maurizio Battaglia
Stanford University
4:00 P.M. in Geological Survey S201
