| Date | Speaker & Title |
Room |
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Tuesday
April 3 | Melissa Giovanni
ESS/UCLA
Tectonic evolution of the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes: Implications for Normal Faulting in a Compressional Orogen |
Geology 3657
(ESS 1 lab) |
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Monday
April 16
NOON |
Dr. Michael Tice, Caltech
Unraveling ancient chert compositions: Implications for early ocean chemistry and surface environments |
Geology 3645 |
Tuesday
April 17 |
Dr. Michael Tice, Caltech
Who constructed the oldest known fossilized microbial mats?" |
3853 Slichter |
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Friday
April 20
NOON |
Malka Machlus
Columbia University
Dates and Rates in Earth Science: Importance of Timescale Refinement |
Geology 3645 |
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Monday
April 23
4:00P |
Patrick Lam
ENGEO Incorporated
Applications of Engineering and Environmental Geology: Three Examples from the "Real World" |
Geology 3645 |
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Tuesday
May 1
NOON |
Marty Grove
UCLA
Evolution of the Modern Colorado River System: Culmination of a Major Cenozoic Transformation of Southwestern North American Drainage Patterns |
Geology 3645 |
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Friday
May 4
NOON |
Mike Murphy
Univ. of Houston
Syncollisional Extension and Basin Development in the Himalaya: Implications for Growth of the Himalayan Orogen |
Geology 3645 |
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Monday
May 14
4:00P |
Bryan Murray and Jesse Mosolf
ESS/UCLA
Thesis Research in South America |
Geology 3645 |
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Monday
May 21
4:00P |
An Yin
ESS/UCLA
Mechanics of non-Andersonian conjugate strike-slip faults in continental lithosphere: Observations, theories, and experimental tests. |
Geology 3645 |
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Monday
June 4
4:00P |
Gilles Peltzer
ESS/UCLA
Slip rates on the Altyn Tagh fault, a difficult question. |
Geology 3645 |
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Monday
June 11
4:00P |
Adina Paytan
Stanford
Aerosol Impacts on Marine Phytoplankton |
Geology 3645 |
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