401/501 Colloquium Series

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Fall 2009 Schedule of Talks

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, but is subject to change due to unforseen changes in schedule, etc. Please bookmark or take note of the URL of the page (http://epswww.unm.edu/401seminar.htm) and check back for updates.

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• August 28
  John Geissman, Chair, Earth & Planetary Sciences, UNM
  "Introduction of New and Returning Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff"
  
  
• September 4
  Zonta Fellowship Celebration
  featuring presentations by
  the 2009 Fellowship winners from the Institute of Meteoritics, E&PS:
  Nina Lanza:
  "Preliminary Evidence for a Debris Flow Gully Slope-Area Relationship on Mars"
  Ann Ollila:
  "Preparation for the Detection of Organic Materials on Mars Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)"
  
  
• September 11
  NO COLLOQUIUM (College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting)
  
  
• September 18
  J. Earle Dixon, New Mexico Environment Department
  "Uranium Legacy Sites and Environmental Investigations in the Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico"
  
  
• September 25
  Brenda Buck, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  "Salt Heave: A New Formation Process for Patterned Ground and Model for Hyperarid Soil Formation, Atacama Desert, Chile"
  
  
• October 2
  Greg Tucker, University of Colorado
  "Natural Experiments in Transient Landscape Evolution"
  
  
• October 9
  Alan Gillespie, University of Washington
  *** Caswell Silver Distinguished Speaker ***
  "Central Asia Glaciation"
  
  
• October 16
  FALL BREAK - NO COLLOQUIUM
  
  
• October 23
  Graham Begg
  *** SEG International Exchange Lecturer ***
  "Tectonics, Plumes, Supercontinents and Ore Systems"
  
  
• October 30 (note Schedule Change)
  Rick Hervig, Arizona State University
  "Secondary Ion Mass Spectometry"
  
  
• November 6 (note Schedule Change)
  Sherry Nelson, University of New Mexico, Anthropology
  "Miocene: Dawn and Demise of the Apes"
  
  
• November 13
  Cathy Snelson, New Mexico Tech
  "Imaging the Plumbing System of Erebus via Controlled-Source Seismology: Initial Results"
  
  
• November 20
  Steve Cather, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
  "Climate Forcing by Iron Fertilization From Repeated Ignimbrite Eruptions: The Icehouse/Slip Hypothesis"
  
  
• November 27
  THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY -- NO COLLOQUIUM
  
  
• December 4
  Eric Leonard, Colorado College
  "Glaciation Along the Crest of the Continent: Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) Glaciers and Climate in the Rocky Mountains"
  
  
• December 11
  David Gutzler, UNM, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  "Drought Episodes in North America"
  
  
• December 18
  NO COLLOQUIUM - AGU WEEK