Department of Geosciences:
2006 Fall
Seminar Series
Geography Seminar Series
Tuesdays, 4:00 pm in Gilfillan Auditorium
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 26 |
Dr. Aaron Wolf, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Shared Water Resources: Conflict, Cooperation, and Kabbalah |
| October 3 |
Dr. Dawn Wright, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Cracks, Creatures, and Creative GIS in the South Pacific (and Elsewhere) |
| October 10 |
Dr. Hannah Gosnell, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
When Ranching is for the Birds:
The Socio-Ecological Effects of Amenity Migration in the American West |
| October 17 |
Dr. Julia Jones, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
The Landscape Ecology of Water in the PNW |
| October 24 |
Dr. Anne Nolin, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Snow, Glaciers and Global Warming |
| October 31 |
Dr. Larry Becker, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Creating a Geography of African Rice |
| November 7 |
Dr. Stephen Lancaster, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Evacuation of Sediment from the Debris Flow - Fluvial Transition |
| November 14 |
Dr. Ron Doel, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Reconstructing Historical Landscapes (Extending the Baselines) |
| November 21 |
Dr. Jon Kimerling, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
Mathematics and Beauty in Map Creation |
Geology Seminar Series
Thursdays, 4:00 pm in Gilfillan Auditorium
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 28 |
Qushen Jin, University of Oregon |
Predicting microbial sulfate reduction rates in nature |
| (October 4, 8:00 p.m., LaSells Stewart Center) |
Franklin "Lynn" Orr, Stanford University |
Condon Lecture: How We Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| October 5 |
Franklin "Lynn" Orr, Stanford University |
Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide |
| October 12 |
Dr. Bob Lillie, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University |
The Scientific Pyramid: Training Rangers to Engage the Public on Geological Processes forming the Landscapes of Our National Parks |
October 19 |
Vic Camp, San Diego State University |
A Plume Genesis for Mafic Magmatism in the Inland Pacific Northwest |
| October 26 |
David Graham, Oregon State University |
Geochemical variations along the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean: Seafloor spreading at the top of the world |
| November 2 |
Seth Moran, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory |
S eismicity associated with the 2004 - 20?? eruption of Mount St. Helens |
| November 9 |
Laurence Coogan, University of Victoria, Canada |
Magma chamber dynamics at mid-ocean ridges: a battle between hot magma and cold water |
| November 16 |
Jeff Wynn, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory |
The physics of a hypervelocity impact - the very real threat of "city buster" events, using the Tunguska and Wabar meteorite impacts as examples. |
| November 23 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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| November 30 |
Kaplan Yalcin, Oregon State University |
Ice Cores from the St. Elias Mountain Range |
last updated September 25, 2006, ncs
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