Spring 2004 Colloquium Schedule

Fridays at 4PM, 228 Natural History (except as noted below)

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1/23	Andre Pugin, Illinois State Geological Survey (Host:  W.-P. Chen) Architecture of tunnel-channels and buried valleys in previously glaciated areas, hydrogeological implications (link to abstract)
1/30	Eric Ferré, Southern Illinois University (Host:  Marshak) "Magnetic anisotropy of mantle peridotites: example of the Twin Sisters Dunite, Washington State" (link to abstract)
2/6	Przemek Dera, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Host:  Li) "Structural aspects of pressure-induced phase transitions." (link to abstract)
2/13	Steve Van der Hoven, Illinois State University (Host: Johnson) "Radiogenic ^4He as a Tracer for Hydrogeologic Processes in Buried Valley Aquifers" (link to abstract)
2/20	Jorge Frias-Lopez, UIUC Geology Microbiology of Coral diseases: The ecology of black band disease (BBD) (link to abstract)
2/27	Faculty Interviews
3/5	Basil Tikoff, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (Host:  Marshak) "Fabric and flow in the mantle and mountain building" (link to abstract)
3/12	Nicole Gasparini, Yale University Modeling Erosion in Mountain Rivers (link to abstract)
3/15 Monday	Monday, 15 March, 4PM, 228 NHB Linda Bonnell, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (Host:  Marshak) "Sealed, Bridged, or Open - A New Theory of Quartz Cementation in Fractures" (link to abstract)
3/19	No Colloquium- Spring Break
3/26	No Colloquium- Spring Break
4/2	Linda Ivany, Syracuse University (Host: Blake) "The ABCs of Paleobiology: Insights from the Geochemistry of Accretionary Biogenic Carbonates" (link to abstract)
4/9	Dan Blake, UIUC Geology "Penguins, Sea Stars, and Moss Animals" (link to abstract)
4/16	2004 Ralph E. Grim Mineralogy Lecture Jeff Post, Smithsonian Institution  (Host:  Kirkpatrick) "Manganese Oxide Minerals: Soils to Synchrotrons" (link to abstract)
4/23	Jim Kirkpatrick, UIUC Geology Dana Medal Lecture "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Modeling Studies of Minerals and Mineral-fluid Interactions"
4/29 Thurs.	Jim Kirchner, UC Berkeley Special Colloquium on Water/Geomorphology Location TBA
4/30	No Colloquium Department Research Review

Questions or comments? Contact Tom Johnson (tmjohnsn@uiuc.edu).