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All Seminars are held in JHN (Johnson Hall) 075 3:30-4:50
Unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, January 12
Goro Komatsu
International Research School of Planetary Science, Pescara, Italy
"Cataclysmic Floods on Terrestrial Planets"
Wednesday, January 18
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Erin McKittick (Hig's wife)
"My introduction to environmental activism: Will a patch of
remote tundra in Alaska become the largest open pit mine in North
America?"
A Canadian mining company is hoping to build an enormous open pit
gold and copper mine in southwest Alaska. Downstream of the
nameless valley that could become the Pebble Mine are some of the
largest salmon runs in the world. Last summer, I trekked out to
this little-known place, hoping to use my photographs to influence
the debate. This talk is about my experience becoming involved in
a growing environmental battle to save this wilderness.
Thursday, January 19
Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA) A102 4:00 pm*
Derek Richardson, University of Maryland
"Binary Minor Planets"
Wednesday, January 25
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Joe Dufek, UW ESS Graduate Student
Title: "Catastrophic Sedimentation: Deciphering the eruptive dynamics of
explosive volcanic eruptions"
Pyroclastic flows--ground-hugging mixtures of particles and hot gas--
represent a significant hazard to population centers located near volcanic
edifices. However, many aspects of the transport mechanism of these flows
remain poorly understood. For instance, the exceptional mobility and
internal structure of pyroclastic flows (some of which have traveled more
than 40 km, and can traverse water and surmount
topography) remains enigmatic. I will present some of the recent results
of a joint numerical simulation and field work program aimed at
describing the internal structure and run-out distance of these flows.
Along the way, we'll look at some photos of the well preserved deposits of
the Kos Plateau Tuff in Greece.
Thursday, January 26
Jeff Kargel
Senior Associate Research Scientist of Hydrology and Water Resources,
University of Arizona
"Revelations of the New Mars: A Dirty Snowball Model"
Wednesday, February 1
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Michael Kokorowski
Title: "When Solar Energetic Particles Attack . . . and some pretty
pictures of Antarctica."
Thursday, February 2
Walt Harris
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UW
Title: "Close Encounters: Exploring the Origins of the Solar System with Comet
Schwassman-Wachmann 3"
Wednesday, February 8
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Claire Todd, ESS Grad
Title: "Using two cosmogenic isotopes to constrain glacial histories, an example
from Marble Hills, West Antarctica"
Thursday, February 9
Alan D. Howard
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Title: "An early deep ocean on Mars and sub-ice channels beneath its forzen
remains"
Wednesday, February 15
ESS BROWNBAG/Research Seminar
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Geobiology Candidate Research Seminar
Alison Olcott, USC
Title: "Biomarker Evidence for Photosynthesis During Snowball Earth:
Evolutionary and Environmental Implications".
Thursday, February 16
Alison Olcott, USC
Geobiology Candidate
Title: "From Microbes to Metazoans: Geobiological Tests of Evolutionary
Theories"
Tuesday, February 21
General Exam, 10:30 AM, ATG 154*
Claire Todd, ESS graduate student
Title: "Evolution of Reedy Glacier from the last glacial maximum to present"
Wednesday, February 22
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Jessica Drees, UW ESS Graduate Student
Title: Alaska Wildlife: Human and Otherwise
A slide show of travel pictures via planes, ferries and automobiles
and a few stories climbing from the 2005 Summer.
Thursday, February 23
Susannah Porter, UCSB
Geobiology Candidate
Title: "Precambrian Protozoa"
Friday, February 24
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Geobiology Faculty Candidate Research Seminar
Susannah Porter, UCSB
Title: "Using skeletal microstructure to understand early animal evolution"
Wednesday, March 1
ESS BROWNBAG
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Come out to a special brownbag tomorrow from Annaliese Eipert and hear about
her two field seasons in South America, nighttime bandits, and rogue
tsunamis. Fresh bagels from Bagel Oasis too.
Thursday, March 2
Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA) A102 4:00 pm*
Steve Squyres, Cornell University and JPL
"Scientific Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers"
Friday, March 3
ATG 154 (QRC conference room), 10:00 am*
Masters Exam
Andrew Gendaszek, UW, ESS Graduate Student
Title: "Long-Term Erosion Rates and Styles in the Northwest Coast Ranges and
Spatial Models of Erosion in Mountain Catchments Constrained by
Cosmogenic Be-10"
Thursday, March 9
Geobiology Candidate General Lecture
Aubrey Zerkle, Penn State
Title: "Influence of trace metals on the Precambrian nitrogen cycle"
Friday, March 10
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Geogiology Faculty Candidate Research Seminar
Aubrey Zerkle, Penn State
Title: "Establishing biosignatures for microbial metabolisms in modern
and ancient systems"
Tuesday, March 14
10:30 am, PAA (Physics Astronomy Auditorium) 110*
Candidate for Academic Curator of Paleobotany, Burke Museum
Dr Cindy Looy, Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution
Title: "A narrow escape: the resurgence of conifers after the end-Permian
biotic crisis and their enigmatic ancestry"
Thursday, March 16
10:30 am, PAA (Physics Astronomy Auditorium) 110*
Candidate for Academic Curator of Paleobotany, Burke Museum
Kendrick Brown, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland
Title: "Climate Reconstruction Using Paleoecological Approaches: Examples
from western North America"
Thursday, March 16
3:30-4:50, JHN 175*
Kurt Feigl, Research Director, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique,
Toulouse, France
Title: "What can we learn about rheology from geodetic measurements of
post- seismic deformation in fault zones? Examples from California,
Turkey, and Iceland"
**LOOKING AHEAD AT SPRING QUARTER**
All seminars are held in Johnson Hall Room 102, 3:30-4:50 pm
unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments will be served prior to the seminar in the foyer .
Monday, March 27
3:30 pm, JHN 011*
Seismology/PNSN Mgr. General Lecture
Paul Bodin, Assoc. Prof., CERI, U. Memphis
Title: "Characterizing Nonlinear Ground Motions In Situ With a Vibroseis
Truck"
Tuesday, March 28
3:30 pm, JHN 175
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate General Lecture
Olivier Buchmann, Assistant Professor, Université de Genève
Title: "What can we learn from large silicic volcanic eruptions?"
Wednesday, March 29
10:30 am, JHN 117*
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate Research Seminar
Olivier Buchmann, Assistant Professor, Université de Genève
Title: "Tales from a rhyolite eruption in a dying subduction zone"
Thursday, March 30
Geobiology Candidate
Tanja Bosak, Harvard
Title: "Laboratory models of Precambrian stromatolites"
Friday, March 31
11:30-12:20, JHN 011*
Geobiology Candidate
Tanja Bosak, Harvard
Title: TBA
Wednesday, April 5
10:30 am, JHN117*
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate General Lecuture
Rebecca Lange, Professor, University of Michigan
Title: "An equation of state for magmatic liquids: progress along an
experimental frontier"
Thursday, April 6
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate Research Seminar
Rebecca Lange, Professor, University of Michigan
Title: "The role of H2O in the creation and stratification of
continental crust"
Wednesday, April 12
10:30 am, JHN 117
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate General Lecuture
Yang Liu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee
Title: "Mixing & differentiation in a Bishop-Tuff-sized magma body
using melt inclusions"
Thursday, April 13
Volcanology/Magmatic Processes Candidate Research Seminar
Yang Liu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee
Title: "Ascent rate of silicic magmas during explosive volcanic
eruptions"
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