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Department of Geology & Geophysics Colloquium
Wednesdays 4-5 PM, Kline Geology Laboratory, Room 123
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Spring 2009 |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| Jan. 21 |
David M. Post
Yale, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
"Food-chain length in lakes, streams and on islands using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen"
(abstract) |
| Jan. 28 |
Nick Ouellette
Yale, Mechanical Engineering |
"Particle transport in turbulent flow"
(abstract) |
| Feb. 4 |
Luc Lavier
University of Texas at Austin |
"Numerical experiments in lithosphere deformation and continental breakup"
(abstract) |
| Feb. 11 |
Frederic Herman
ETH Zurich |
"Effects of Glacial Erosion on Mountain Belts"
(abstract) |
| Feb. 18 |
Mark Jacobson
Stanford University |
"Evaluation of Energy Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Security"
(abstract) |
| Feb. 25 |
Norm Sleep
Stanford University |
"Biological modulation of tectonics and mantle composition"
(abstract) |
| Mar. 4 |
Don DePaolo
University of California, Berkeley |
"Isotopic molecular geochemistry: The Ca isotope perspective"
(abstract) |
| Mar. 25 |
Carl Brett
University of Cincinnati |
(abstract) |
| Apr. 1 |
Alex Halliday
Oxford University |
"Origin of the Earth and Moon"(abstract)
Rupert Wildt Lecture
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| Apr. 8 |
Paul Koch
University of California, Santa Cruz |
"Paleoecological change in Antarctica: Shifting baselines for Southern Elephant Seals and Adelie Penguins over the last 7000 years"
(abstract) |
| Apr. 15 |
Geoffrey Marcy
University of California, Berkeley |
"On Rocky ExoPlanets"
(abstract) |
| Apr. 22 |
James Kasting
Pennsylvania State University |
"The Climate of Early Mars"
(abstract) |
Past colloquia
Fall 2008,
Spring 2008,
Fall 2007,
Spring 2007,
Fall 2006,
Spring 2006,
Fall 2005,
Spring 2005,
Fall 2004,
Spring 2004
Contact
Please address inquiries to the colloquium committee (Email: colloquium [at] earth.geology.yale.edu).
Peter Douglas,
Thomas Hegna,
Keith Laskowski,
Devin McPhillips,
Kazuhiko Otsuka,
Melissa Spannuth,
Erik Sperling,
Bryan Woods,
Prof. Hagit Affek
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