The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Fall 2005 Schedule

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Wednesdays [with exceptions noted] -- 4:00pm at RPI; 4.15pm at SUNYAlbany

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

Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 7
Albany Dr. Andrea Grottoli
Ohio State University
Paleoceanography Using Stable Carbon Isotopes (d13C) in Corals and Sclerosponges
September 14 RPI Dr.  Chang-Sheng Zha
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
Integrated experimental techniques for high pressure research at CHESS
September 21
Albany
Dr. Sam Wainright
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Nitrogen Isotopes as Indicators of Trophic Level and Sewage Input in Food Web Studies
September 28
RPI
Dr.   I-Ming Chou
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston
Personal glimpses of experimental geochemistry from the past few decades
October 5
RPI

Dr.  Juske Horita
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Detecting Ancient Life: Challenges to the Concept of Isotope Biosignatures
October 26

RPI Dr.   Noah Snyder
Boston College
Reconstructing watershed processes and history from reservoir stratigraphy: a case study from northern California
November 2
Albany Dr. Tim Herbert
Brown University
 Peru Margin Oceanography: Does the El Nino Model Apply to Century and Longer Variation?
November 9 RPI Dr.  James Holden
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Iron respiration and factors controlling metabolism near 100°C
November 16
Albany Dr. Tim Kusky
Saint Louis University
Origin and Emplacement of Archean Ophiolites of the Central Orogenic Belt, North
China Craton
November 30

Albany Dr.  Bob Fleischer
Union College
Radon in the Environment--Friend or Foe?

RPI:  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: Spring 1996 Fall  |  Spring 1997 Fall  |  Spring 1998  Fall  |  Spring 1999  Fall  |  Spring 2000  Fall  |  Spring 2001 Fall  Spring 2002  Fall  Spring 2003 Fall  |  Spring 2004  Fall |  Spring 2005 Fall  |

Albany Geological Sciences Program
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences