The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Fall 2002 Schedule

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

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

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

September  October November/December
 
Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 17
TUESDAY
RPI Dr. Anurag Sharma
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution 
Direct  monitoring of fluid systems at high pressure and temperature
September 25 RPI Dr. Andrew Nyblade
Pennsylvania State University 
Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath East Africa and the Origin of the East African Rift System
October 2 RPI Dr. Louis Derry
Cornell University
Erosion, Heat and Carbon Fluxes in the Central Himalaya: Geochemistry Meets Tectonics
October 9
Albany
No Seminar
October 16 RPI Dr. Heather Stoll
Williams College 
Coccoliths, the Carbon Cycle, and Climate: New Records of Past Productivity Changes from Coccolith Chemistry
October 21
MONDAY 4.30pm
Albany Dr. Robert Miller
California State Univ at San Jose
Magma Ascent, Pluton Emplacement, and Vertical Motions in Arcs: 
Insights from the North Cascades and Sierra Nevada Mountains
October 31 ---  No Seminar
November 7
THURSDAY
Albany Dr. Suzanne Kay
Cornell University
Andean Magmatism and the Geometry of the Subducting Nazca Plate
November 13 Albany Dr. Neil Kamman
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Evaluation of current and historical fluxes of atmospheric mercury to Vermont and New Hampshire Lakes
November 20 RPI Dr. Keith Klepeis
 University of Vermont 
Direct Observation of a Full Crustal Column Through An Ancient Mountain Belt in New Zealand

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

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

RPI page for this colloquium series
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  Fall 2000  Spring 2001  Fall 2001  Spring 2002

Albany Geological Sciences Program