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Earth and Environmental Sciences Fall 2012 Seminars
All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in 303 Slone, preceded by refreshments at
3:30, unless otherwise noted.
9/6/2012
Dr. Richard Kettler, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“Significance of iron oxides to exobiology: it's not what you think it is”
9/13/2012
Dr. Calvin Miller, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt Univinversity
“The Peach Spring Supereruption, Arizona-California-Nevada”
9/20/2012
Dr. Roy Van Arsdale, Earth Sciences, University of Memphis
“Seismic threats in the lower Mississippi River Valley”
9/27/2012
Dr. Chris Romanek, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Martian meteorite ALH84001 and the search for life on Mars: An update”
10/4/2012
Dr. Hersh Gilbert, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University
“Lithospheric Foundering within the Sierra Nevada”
10/11/2012
Dr. Chris Groves, Geography and Geology, WKU
“Carbonate Mineral Geochemistry and Impacts on Atmospheric Carbon"”
10/18/2012
Dr. Thomas Becker, ExxonMobil Research
“Geologic Characterization of the Large, Natural CO2 Accumulation with the Moxa Arch,
Wyoming: Implications for CCS Site Selection”
10/25/2012
Dr. Andrew Dombard, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois, Chicago
“The Great (and Perplexing) Equatorial Ridge on Saturn’s Moon Iapetus”
11/1/2012
No Seminar
11/8/2012
Ian Madin, Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries
“We have seen the light (and its wavelength is 1064 nm): Earth and environmental science
applications of high resolution lidar in Oregon”
11/15/2012
Dr. Randy Stotler, Geology, University of Kansas
“Permafrost hydrogeochemistry”
11/22/2012
Thanksgiving Week - No Seminar
11/29/2012
TBD
12/6/2012
TBD
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