The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Spring 2007

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: Johnsson-Rowland Science Center (third floor) SC 3W13  [map and directions]

Date
Location
Speaker
Title
January 31
Albany Dr.  Noah Finnegan
Cornell University
Channel morphology and bedrock river incision: Theory, experiments, and application to the eastern Himalaya
February 7
RPI Dr.  Roger Buck
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
The role of diking in plate tectonics with an "up close" look at the recent events in Afar
February 28
RPI Dr. Mark Frank
Northern Illinois University
The Internal Characteristics of Ganymede and Callisto as Seen Through Diamond Windows
March 14 Albany Dr.  Rob McCaffrey
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Great Sumatra earthquakes and implications for global subduction zone hazards
March 21

RPI

Dr.  Miriam  Katz
Rutgers University
Biogeochemical consequences of phytoplankton evolution
March 28

Albany Dr.  Jeff  Karson
Syracuse University
Seafloor Spreading in Iceland: Implications for Plate Accretion with High Magma Budgets
April 11
Albany Dr.  Alison Macfarlane
George Mason University
Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain? Technical Issues in Radioactive Waste Disposal
April 18 Albany Dr.  Richard J. Reeder
SUNY Stony Brook
Processes at the calcite-water interface and their role in trace element uptake
April 25

Albany Dr.  Paul Fitzgerald
Syracuse University
How fast do mountains form? Timing and rates from thermochronology
May 2
RPI Dr.  Cindy Ebinger
University of Rochester
Snap, crackle, pop: earthquakes from a major seafloor spreading event in Afar

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:
New York State Museum
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  FallSpring 2005  Fall  |  Spring 2006  Fall |
Combined list 1995-present
Albany Geological Sciences seminars 1975-94

Albany Geological Sciences Program
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences