Department of Earth Sciences

~ K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series ~

Spring 2005


 

Date
Speaker
Subject
January 27

Donald M. Fisher

Pennsylvania State University

Tectonic, Structural, and Landscape Evolution of the Middle America Fore Arc, Costa Rica and Panama
Special Day: Friday, February 4

Tomasz K. Baumiller

University of Michigan

The Evolutionary Role of Biotic Interactions: Examples from Crinoids
February 10

Adam Burnett

Colgate University

Atmospheric Circulation and its Role in Antarctic Peninsula Warming

February 17
7:30 pm
Sheraton Hotel

Dinner before,
see link

CNY Assoc. of Professional Geologists Meeting:

Linda C. Ivany

Syracuse University

Clams and Climate: The Beginning of the Ice-House World in Antarctica
February 24

Stephen J. Burns

University of Massachusetts

Speleothem Records of Tropical Climate Change During the Last Glacial Period, a Comparison of Northern and Southern Hemisphere Records
March 3

Tobias Karp

Syracuse University

The Structure of the Lake Albert Rift Basin, Uganda: Insight from Multichannel Seismic Reflection Data and Gravity Modeling
March 10

Charles E. Mitchell

University at Buffalo

Is Evolution Progressive? A Case Study Based on the ‘Pretty Good’ Fossil Record of Graptolites
March 17
Spring Break
**
March 24
No Seminar
**

Holmes Lecture:

March 31 - 7pm
Heroy Auditorium

Harry Y. McSween, Jr.

University of Tennessee

Geology of the Mars Exploration Rovers Landing Sites on Mars
April 7
TBA
**
April 14

Mary Stoertz

Ohio University

Stream Restoration in Abandoned Minelands
April 21

Eugene Domack

Hamilton College

Onset and Recession of a Snowball Glacial: Evidence from Namibia and East Greenland
April 28

Revital Bookman

Syracuse University

Modern Contamination Records from Lakes in Central New York
All talks will be in 113 Heroy Geology Laboratory at 4 pm unless otherwise indicated

 


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