Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The University at Albany

Fall 1996

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Fridays -- 4:00 to 5:00pm

Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 13 Rensselaer
Dr. CJ Northrop
Boston University
Interactions among contractional, extensional, and transpressional processes in the midcrust of a collisional orogen: the northern Scandinavian Caledonides
September 20 Rensselaer
Dr. Steve Roecker
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dynamics of the Tien Shan
September 27 Albany
Dr. Frederick Nelson
University at Albany
Permafrost and the active layer: Extent, variability, and role in climate-change research
October 4 Rensselaer
Dr. Eric Rosencrantz
Opening the Cayman Trough
October 11 Albany
Dr. William Holt
SUNY at Stony Brook
Crustal kinematics and shear wave splitting in Asia: constraints on lithospheric dynamics
October 18 Albany
Dr. Carol Simpson
Boston University
Getting the most out of highly strained rocks
November 4 MONDAY, 12.30pm Albany
Dr. Hans Laubscher
AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
A New Adventure in Alpine Tectonics: Transorogenic Connections of Foreland Thrusts Across the Miocene Alps
November 8 Albany
Dr. David Anastasio
Lehigh University
Volume loss and metasomatism during cleavage formation in carbonate rocks; Lost River Range, Idaho
November 15 Rensselaer
Dr. Marc Speigelman
Columbia University
Dynamical Geochemistry vs. Chemical Geodynamics: What's the difference, and who cares?
November 22 Albany
Dr. Leigh Royden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What controls Tectonic Style? From single faults to regional systems
December 6 Rensselaer
Dr. H. James Simpson
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
El Nino and Surface Water Management in Australia

Rensselaer -- West Hall Room 115

Albany -- Earth Science Bldg. Room 232

Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

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