Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Date	Location	Speaker	Title
January 24 Monday	RPI CII 3051	Dr. Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia	Authenticating Origins and Indigeneity of Ancient Organic Molecules Origins of Life seminar
January 26	RPI	Dr. David A. Wark Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Crystals Don't Sink!  ...or Magma chamber processes revealed by TITANiQ (Ti-in-Quartz) thermometry
February 9	RPI	Dr. Robert Wiebe Franklin and Marshall College	Depositional features and stratigraphy in granite plutons
February 16	Albany	Dr. Rob McCaffrey Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Kinematics of the Pacific - North America plate boundary
March 30	Albany	Dr.  Walter Pitman Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	The Arctic As A Trigger For Glacial Terminations
April 6	Albany	Dr. Lloyd Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Late glacial climate variability and Holocene climate stability
April 11 MONDAY	RPI CII 3051	Dr.  Frank Richter University of Chicago	Early History of the Solar System as Seen by Primitive Meteorites Origins of Life seminar
April 13	RPI	Dr.  James Brenan University of Toronto	Experiments and observations bearing on the behavior of highly siderophile elements in magmatic systems
April 20	Albany	Dr. Ethan Grossman Texas A&M University	Tertiary Climate Change: Evidence from Oxygen Isotopic and Trace-metal Analyses of Mollusk Shells
April 27	RPI	Dr. Tim Byrne University of Connecticut	Arc-Continent Collisions Top to Bottom – New Observations from Taiwan
May 4 CANCELLED	RPI	Dr. Chris Kincaid University of Rhode Island	Circulation, temperatures and melting in mantle subduction zones: Insights from bits versus grits

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 

Albany Geological Sciences Program
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences