The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Spring 2008

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 1W01  [map and directions]

Date
Location
Speaker
Title
February 20 RPI Dr. Kathy Benison
 Central Michigan
University
Going to Western Australia?.....or Mars? Don't Drink the Water! Modern and Ancient Acid Saline Lakes
February 21
THURSDAY
7pm.
NYS Museum -
Museum Theater
Dr. Kirk Johnson
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Crocodiles in Greenland and Hippos in London: A Fossil-Fueled Tour of Past and Future Climates
February 22
FRIDAY
12pm
RPI Dr.  Adam Wallace
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
New insights into silica biomineralization and demineralization processes from experimental and theoretical model systems
February 27
RPI Dr.  Jaime Barnes
University of New Mexico
Chlorine isotope distribution on Earth
February 28
THURSDAY
12pm
RPI
Room SC 1W01
Dr.  Dan Breeker
University of New Mexico
Extreme conditions of pedogenic carbonate formation: implications for reconstructing paleoenvironments
March 5

RPI

Dr.  Tracy Quan
Rutgers University
Utilizing nitrogen isotopes as a paleoredox proxy
March 19

RPI
DCC 324
Dr.  Sean Gulick
Univ. of Texas Austin
JOI/USSSP Distinguished Lecturer
One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact Crater
March 20
THURSDAY
RPI Dr.  Christa Plazcek
Purdue University
Climate in the dry central Andes over geologic, millennial, and interannual timescales
March 26
RPI Dr. Patricia Medeiros
Oregon State University
Molecular Biomarkers as Tracers of Environmental Processes
April 2
Albany Dr.  Jon Kim
Vermont Geeological Survey
Application of Tectonics to Groundwater Problems in Vermont
April 3
THURSDAY
RPI Dr.  Kevin Furlong
Penn State University
Bringing Plate Tectonics Into the 21st Century: Lessons from New Zealand
April 9
RPI Dr.  Linda Warren
University of Arizona
Deep earthquake mechanics, slab deformation, and subduction forces
April 23
at RPI
Dr.  Nicholas Christie-Blick
Columbia University/LDEO
Confronting the low-angle normal fault paradox

Rensselaer:  Johnsson-Rowland Science Center (first floor) SC 1W01

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

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  |  Spring 2006  Fall  |  Spring  2007  Fall  | 
Combined list 1995-present
Albany Geological Sciences seminars 1975-94

Albany Geological Sciences Program
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences