Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The University at Albany

Spring 1997

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Fridays -- 4:00 to 5:00pm

Date
Location
Speaker
Title
January 24 Albany
Dr. Glenn MacPherson
Smithsonian Institution
CRO-Magma Man: one petrologist's adventures in deciphering greenstones in the California Coast Ranges
January 31 Rensselaer
Dr. Phyllis Budka
GE Power Systems
Meteoritic Widmanstatten Structure - A new look at old ideas
February 7 Albany
Dr. Rob McCaffrey
Rensselaer
Oblique convergence and the active deformation of Southern Tibet
February 20 (Thursday)
Rensselaer
West Hall 111
Dr. Don Seigel
Syracuse University
Hydrogeology, Solute Transport and the Ecological Succession of the Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands: Implications for Global Warming
February 28 Albany
Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson
URI-Grad. School of Oceanography
KT impact and environmental effects - a Petrologists Perspective
March 21 Albany
Dr. Martin I. Hoffert
NYU
Energy Implications of IPCC CO2 Stabiliztion Scenarios
March 28 Rensselaer
Dr. Mark Person
University of Minnesota
1997 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture; Basin-Scale Hydrogeological Modeling: Problems, Solutions and Applications
April 4 Albany
Dr. John Arnason
University at Albany
Platinum, postcumulus processes, and pickled polar plutons
April 11 Rensselaer
Dr. Yan Liang
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chemical diffusion in molten silicates: Experimental results and geochemical applications
April 18 Albany
Dr. William Patterson
Syracuse University
Position of the northern circumpolar vortex during the last millenium: evidence from high-resolution analyses of otoliths
April 25 Rensselaer
Dr. Walter Mitronovas
NYS Geological Survey
History of Early Seismograph and Its Role in the Study of the Earth and Earthquakes

Rensselaer: West Hall Room 115 | Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232

Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

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