Fall 2008 Seminar Schedule

Aug. 29

Dr. Samuel Webb, Stanford Synchrotron Research Laboratory
"Applications of Synchrotron Based X-ray Techniques for the Environmental and Earth Sciences"

Sept. 5

Dr. Frank Pazzaglia, Lehigh University
"Climate change, sea level, and long-term Appalachian landscape evolution"

Sept. 12

Dr. Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Georgia Tech
TBA

Sept. 19

Dr. Keith Rodgers, Princeton
"Planetary waves as a framework for understanding ocean biogeochemical variability"

Sept. 26

Dr. Tony Hynes, University of Miami, RSMAS
"Chemistry of Mercury in the Atmosphere"

Oct. 3

TBA

Oct. 10

Dr. Paul DeMott, Colorado State University
"Understanding the formation of Ice Clouds in the Atmosphere"

Oct. 17

Charles Jackson, University of Texas at Austin
"Testing the Hypothesis of Sheet Forcing of Abrupt Climate Change Using Stochastic Inversion"

Oct. 24

Dr. Ken Hudnut, USGS
"Crustal Deformation"

Oct. 31

Dr. Jian Lin, Woods Hole
"Mechanisms of earthquakes interactions and future seismic risk following the 12 May 2008 magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake"

Nov. 7

Dr. Debbie Thomas, Texas A&M University
"Gobal tectonism and the evolution of the earth's climate system"

Nov. 14

Dr. Greg Holland, NCAR
"The role of tropical cyclones in climate"

Nov. 21

TBA

Nov. 28

Thanksgiving Holiday no seminar

Dec. 5

Last day of classes