The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Fall 2000

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Wednesdays [with exceptions noted] -- 4:00pm

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 [map and directions] - Rensselaer: new location SC 3W13[map and directions]

September  October November/December
 
Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 13 Albany Dr. Ruth Yanai
 SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse
Calcium depletion from forest soils: Acid rain, or aging forests?
September 20 RPI Dr. Dave Walker
LDEO, Columbia University
Core involvement in Mantle Geochemistry
September 27 Albany Dr. Bruce Watson
RPI 
Behavior of fluids and melts in the Earth: new insights from the experimental lab
October 4 RPI Dr. Franciso Gomez
 Cornell University
Earthquakes and active tectonics of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon
October 11
Albany
Dr. Matthias Ohr
URS Corp/Dames & Moore
The Federal Superfund Program - A Case Study from Farmingdale, New York
October 18 Albany Dr. David Gallo
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Beyond the Edge of an Unfamiliar World:  A New Frontier in Ocean Exploration
October 25 Albany Cancelled Cancelled
November 1 RPI Dr. Cutis Olsen
Univ. of  Massachusetts,  Boston
Quantifying Rates of Environmental Processes using Naturally Occurring Beryllium-7 as a Biogeochemical Tracer
November 8 RPI Dr. Rob VanderHilst
MIT
The Skippy Project: Seismological studies of the upper mantle beneath the Australian continent 
November 29 Albany Dr. Suzanne Baldwin
Syracuse University
Continental Extension in the Western Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea
December 6 RPI Dr. Steve Chillrud
LDEO, Columbia University
Interpreting the history of atmospheric metals in the NY metropolitan area as collected by mud, trees, and plastic fibers

Rensselaer:  Johnsson-Rowland Science Center (third floor) SC 3W13

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 - Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

Other local area geological seminars:
Union College
New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life
Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists Association

Past series: Fall 1997Spring 1998  Fall 1998  Spring 1999  Fall 1999  Spring 2000

Albany Geological Sciences Program