~ K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series ~

Spring 2007

Date
Speaker
Subject
Thurs

18-January

Dr. Kenneth Bradbury

Research  Professor  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and the  University of Wisconsin

Hydrogeology, Water Supply, and Public Policy in Southeast Wisconsin: Resource Conflicts in a Land of Plenty

Thursday

8-February

Dr. Chris Andronicos

Cornell University

Deep crustal deformation in magmatic arcs, examples from the Coast Plutonic Complex

Thurs

15-February

Dr. Debbie Thomas

Oceanography Dept.

Texas A & M

Cenozoic History of Atlantic Deep-water Circulation

Friday

2-March

Eath Sciences Graduate Student Symposium
Guest Speakers:
Dave Marchant - 11:40 AM
Charlie Hall - 3:45 PM
Patricia Kelly - 6:00 PM
Thurs

8-March

Dr. Paul Tomascak

SUNY Oswego

Li Isotopes: A new geochemical tracer

Thurs

12-16 March

Spring Break

Thurs

29-March

Holmes Lecture

Dr. T. Mark Harrison

Dept. of Geology, UCLA

The Hadean Earth:
From Hell to the Himalayas
w/abstract
Friday

30-March

Dr. T. Mark Harrison

Dept. of Geology, UCLA

Taking the temperature of Zircon

Thurs

5-April

Dr. Eugene Domack

Dept. of Geology, Hamilton College

The Importance of Exploring Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves
Thurs

12-April

Shannon Kobs

SUNY Buffalo

Tephra modeling for volcanic hazard mitigation

Friday

27-April

Dr. Bruce Watson

Renselear Polytechnic Institute

Growth rate dependence of crystal-fluid partitioning and its possible bearing on climate proxies

Thursday

3 - May

Dr. Tim Little

Victoria University of Wellington

Metamorphic Domes in the Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea: Rifting, Rheology, and (Really) Deep Rocks

All talks will be in 113 Heroy Geology Laboratory at 4 pm unless otherwise indicated