Our seminar series consists of two subseries. One is held on Fridays and is staffed by outside speakers (at 4 p.m.) and E&ES graduate students' dissertation or proposal defenses (at 3 p.m.) The Geolunch subseries is held on Mondays at noon and is staffed by E&ES faculty and graduate students and MES students.
2009 |
Fall Term |
Monday Sep 14, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Sep 25, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM |
Michel C. Boufadel
Temple University, Dept of Civil & Env. Engineering
Factors affecting the persistence of the Exxon Valdez oil 20 years after the spill |
Monday Sep 28, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Oct 2, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM |
Eric D. Galbraith
McGill University, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Wobbly plumbing in the global ocean: Impacts of past climate changes on marine nutrients and greenhouse gases |
Monday Oct 5, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Oct 9, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM |
Ilya Buynevich
Temple University
Coastal and Aeolian Archives of Extreme Events: Clues from the Sand |
Monday Oct 12, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Oct 16, 2009
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No Seminar |
Monday Oct 19, 2009
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No Seminar - Fall Break |
Friday Oct 23, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM |
Tim K. Lowenstein
Binghamton University
Secular variations in the major ion chemistry of seawater: state of the art |
Monday Oct 26, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
Wenting Feng
University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Earth and Env. Science
How soil physical and chemical properties affect soil carbon saturation |
Friday Oct 30, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM |
Meredith Reitz
University of Pennsylvania
Channel Dynamics on River Deltas and Alluvial Fans
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Defense |
Friday Oct 30, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
CANCELLED |
Paul Goldberg
Boston University
Micromorphology, Microfacies, and Geoarchaeological Context |
Monday Nov 2, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Nov 6, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM |
Jorge L. Sarmiento
Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Recent trends in the global carbon cycle balance |
Monday Nov 9, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon
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Friday Nov 13, 2009
Time: NOON |
SERC Conference: Building Strong Geoscience Departments
Tim Bralower, The Pennsylvania State University
Diane Doser, University of Texas-El Paso |
Monday Nov 16, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
Chuck Romanchock
University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Earth and Env. Science
Everything's bigger in Texas (except the fossil plant-bearing outcrops of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Markley Formation) |
Friday Nov 20, 2009
Time: 3:00 PM |
Simon Engelhart
University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Earth and Env. Science
Sea-level changes along the US Atlantic coast: implications for
glacial isostatic adjustment models and current rates of sea-level
change
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense |
Monday Nov 23, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Nov 27, 2009
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No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break |
Monday Nov 30, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon |
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Friday Dec 4, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
| Frank J. Pazzaglia
Lehigh University, Dept. of Earth & Env. Sciences
Broadband Geodesy and Active Tectonics of the Italian Apennines |
Monday Dec 7, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon
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2010 |
Spring Term |
Friday Jan 22, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM
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Karen Prestegaard
University of Maryland, Department of Geology
Sources of streamflow, sediment, and contaminants in a large urban watershed |
Monday Jan 25, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Raleigh Martin
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Jan 29, 2010
Time:4:00 PM |
Brenden E. McNeil
West Virginia University, Dept. Geology & Geography
Title: TBA |
Monday Feb 1, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Eric Morchhauser
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Feb 5, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
Thanos Papanicolaou
The University of Iowa
Title: TBA |
Monday Feb 8, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Andrew McDonald
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Feb 12, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
Nadine McQuarry
Princeton University, Dept. of Geosciences
Title: TBA |
Monday Feb 15, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Colin Phillips
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Feb 19, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
Lucinda J. Leonard
Geological Survey of Canada
Coseismic subsidence and slip in past great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone |
Monday Feb 22, 2010
Time:12 Noon
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Anarma Sharkhuu
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Feb 26, 2010
An All-Day Event |
GEOBIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM XVIII
Paleontology - Paleobiology - Geobiology |
Monday Mar 1, 2010
Time: 12 Noon
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Friday Mar 5, 2010
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No Seminar |
Monday Mar 8, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
No Seminar - Spring Break |
Friday Mar 12, 2010
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No Seminar - Spring Break |
Monday Mar 15, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Simin Liu
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Mar 19, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
Mark A. Bradford
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Soil microbial community effects on ecosystem carbon dynamics |
Monday Mar 22, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Natalie Nahill
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Mar 26, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
James Smith
Princeton University, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hydroclimatology of Flooding in the Eastern US |
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Razvan Zarzu
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Apr 2, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM
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Katrin Monecke
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science
Title: TBA |
Monday Apr 5, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
Nicole Kahn
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA |
Friday Apr 9, 2010
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No Seminar |
Monday Apr 12, 2010
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No Seminar |
Friday Apr 16, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM |
William Gallagher
Rider University
Drilling the K/Pg Boundary in New Jersey: Testing Alternative Scenarios of End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction |
Monday Apr 19, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
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Friday Apr 23, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM |
Jamie Horvath
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Earth and Env. Science
Title: TBA
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense |
Monday Apr 26, 2010
Time: 12 Noon |
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2009
Time: 8 AM - 3:30 PM
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SPECIAL PROGRAM
SENIOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE |
Friday Apr 30, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Heilmeier Hall
Towne Bldg, Smith Walk
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SPECIAL EVENT
Henry Darwin Rogers Lecture & Award Ceremony |
