This weekly colloquium series is a long-standing tradition in the Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and is held in both Fall and Spring semesters.
The talks present the results of current research by top geoscientists from
around the world (including New Mexico).
Talks are always free and open to the public, and are held on Friday
afternoons at 2:00 PM in Northrop Hall, Room 122 (the large Lecture
Hall at the east end of the building). Refreshments are available before the
talks beginning at 1:45 PM.
Note: This schedule is currently complete. Occasionally
due to events beyond our control, speakers may change. If that occurs, we will
update this page with the changes. You may bookmark this page as http://epswww.unm.edu/401curr.htm
and check back for updates.
January 25 Martin Kennedy, University of California, Riverside "Oxygenation of the Precambrian Atmosphere: The
Rise of the
Clay Mineral Factory"
February 1 Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Massachusetts Intitute of
Technology "On Foundering Lithosphere
and Volatile Migration: Upside-down Melting"
February 8 Adrian Harvey, University of Liverpool "Alluvial Fan Dynamics: A Review"
February 15 Qusheng Jin, University
of Oregon "A Metabolism-based Modeling Approach to Redox"
February 22 David Noone, University of Colorado, Boulder "Atmospheric Water Cycles and the Large-scale Controls
on Humidity from Stable Water Isotopes"
Note Special Day and Time: Tuesday February 26,
11:00 a.m. Noah Molotch, University of California, Los Angeles "Snowmelt Modeling in the Rio Grande Headwaters:
Merging Field Studies with Satellite Observations"
February 29 Brad Wolaver, University of Texas at Austin "Cuatrocienegas Basin, Mexico: Influences of Man
and Climate on a Semi-arid, Regional, Karstic Aquifer"
March 7 Brian Ebel, Stanford University "Hydrology and Land Use: A Simulation-based Perspective"
March 14 David Boutt, University of Massachusetts "Coupled Processes in Hydrogeology: From Aquifers
to Sedimentary Basins"
March 21 SPRING BREAK - NO COLLOQUIUM
March 28 Claudia Mora, Los Alamos National Laboratory "Hurricane and Climate Records in Tree-ring Cellulose
Stable isotopes"
April 4 (with Special Events April 3 - 6) Special Presentations throughout the morning and afternoon honoring
Emeritus Faculty - Roger Anderson, Wolf Elston and Lee Woodward
Panel Discussion on the Future of Geosciences in the Morning (9:30 - 11:00 AM)
A series of short talks by former students of Roger, Wolf and Lee (2:00 - 4:30 PM) Click
here for full Schedule of Events
April 11 Brooks Ellwood, Louisiana State University "Applications of Magnetic Susceptibility to Correlation
and Developing Floating Point Time Scales"
April 18 John Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology
CASWELL SILVER DISTINGUISHED LECTURER "Mars Science Laboratory 2009:
The Search for Water and Biosignatures on Mars"
April 25 David Moecher, University of Kentucky "Pseudotachylyte as a Monitor of Temperature and
Fluids"
May 2 Jolante van Wijk, Los Alamos National Laboratory "Mantle-Lithosphere Interactions in the Southwestern US: Interpretations of La Ristra Tomography"
May 9 Caswell Silver Undergraduate Research Symposium (Check back here for details)
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