Spring 2007 Colloquium Schedule

Fridays at 4PM, 229 Natural History (any exceptions are noted below)

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Date Speaker Host Group
19 Jan. Mark Anders
Columbia Univ.
"The Normal Fault Paradox: Getting to the Root of the
Problem" (abstract)
 		Marshak
26 Jan. Wendy Panero
 Ohio State Univ.
"Water Transport and Storage of Water in the Earth's Lower Mantle" (abstract)
 Bass 
2 Feb. Grim Lecture in Mineralogy
Alan Boudreau
Duke University
"The Evolution of Texture and Layering in Layered Intrusions" (abstract) 		Lundstrom
9 Feb. Steve Jacobsen
 Northwestern Univ.
"Earth's deep water cycle: the emerging picture from mineral physics" (abstract) 		 Li
16 Feb. Eric Roden
Univ. of Wisconsin
"Geochemical controls on microbial Fe(III) oxide reduction kinetics"  (abstract)
 Bethke
23 Feb. Chuck Langston
Univ. of Memphis
"The Scientific Mystery of the New Madrid Seismic Zone"
(abstract)
 		Song
2 Mar. Timm Strathmann
UIUC Environmental Engineering
"Rapid Reduction of Aquatic Contaminants
by Organically-Complexed Iron(II) Species"
(abstract)
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9 Mar.
 		Richard Hay Lecture in Sedimentary Geology
Alan Howard
Univ. of Virginia
"Sedimentary Landforms on Mars:  Fluvial, Lacustrine, Eolian, and Possibly Oceanic" (abstract)
 		Parker
16 Mar.
Last Day Before Spring Break
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23 Mar. Spring Break
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30 Mar. Ralph Grim Lecture in Mineralogy
Dave Bish
Indiana University
"Water On Mars:  Can Hydrous Minerals Explain Observed Martian Surface Water?" (abstract) 		Altaner
 5 Apr.
Thurs.
161 Noyes
 Location: 161 Noyes
Laura Crossey
Univ. of New Mexico
Assocation for Women Geoscientists Lecturer
 "CO2  Mound Springs and travertines of the Western U.S.: Towards a model for Continental "Smokers"? (abstract)
Fouke
13 Apr. Buckley Lecture in Environmental Geology
David Blowes
University of Waterloo
"Permeable Reactive Barriers for Treating Groundwater Contaminated by Dissolved Metals"
(abstract) 		  Johnson
20 Apr. Mike Ritzwoller
University of Colorado
"Revealing the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle in HiDef:
An Overview of the State of Ambient Noise Tomography"
(abstract)
 		  Song
26 Apr.
Thurs.
Noon 		Location: 119 MSEB
Dr. Norbert Cygan
UIUC Alumnus and Career Geologist in Oil Exploration, Mineral Exploration and Education
"Oil Exploration in the Sudan:  A Classic and Successful Program Terminated by Political Instability."
and
"50 years work as a professional geologist"
27 Apr. Geosciences Research Review
(no colloquium)



 

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