Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies


Spring 2007 Seminar Series

Unless otherwise marked,
All seminars are Fridays 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Science 1, Room 162
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January 26

Jim Mungall, University of Toronto
Roasting the Mantle: Redox Controls on the Transfer of Cu, Au and the PGE from Mantle to Crust.
February 9

CANCELLED Dorothy Peteet, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Hudson Valley Paleoecology from River Marshes - Regional Droughts and Human Impact in the Estuary.
February 16

Bill Ghiorse, Cornell University
Microbes, Manganese, and Microbial Biogeochemistry.
February 23

Barry Jones, Binghamton University
Tandem Mass Spectrometry at Binghamton University.

March 2

POSTPONED...  date to be announced.  Reide Corbett, East Carolina University
The Impact of Storms on Coastal Sediment Dynamics: The Good, the Bad, and the Muddy.
Guest Speaker:
James Pitarresi, Binghamton University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Versatility of Tablet PCs As A Teaching Tool

March 16

Ann Pearson, Harvard University
Building the Biomarker Tree of Life.

March 23

Kyle Nichols, Skidmore College
Cosmogenic Nuclides - What Good are They? Recent Applications and Insights.
March 30

Rick Allmendinger, Cornell University
Instantaneous Deformation of Continental Plateaus.
April 13 Dave Winslow, GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York, NYC
All you wanted to know about environmental consulting but were afraid to ask.
April 20 Joel Johnson, University of New Hampshire
The Extent and Recurrence of Holocene Turbidity Currents in Monterey Canyon and Fan Channel, Offshore California.
April 27 Laurel J. Standley, Silent Spring Institute
Everyday Exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
May 4

Mark Brandon, Yale University
The Relationship between Slab Rollback and Synconvergent Extension in Northern Italy.

May 11

Darby Dyar, Amherst College
Why is Mars Red? Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geology on a Distant Planet.

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