Events for Fall 2009-2010 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

September 29 2009 04:00 PM

Bethany Ehlmann, Brown University

Aqueous Environments During Mars's First Billion Years: Insights from Infrared Spectroscopy

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

September 30 2009 04:00 PM

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 05 2009 04:00 PM

Paul Myrow, professor of geology, Colorado College

Integrated Stratigraphic and Geochronologic Approach to Understanding the Geologic History of the Himalaya: Limitations of the Lithotectonic Concept

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 07 2009 04:00 PM

Jerry Meehl, research scientist, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The Influence of the Sun on the Dynamically Coupled Ocean-Atmospher Climate System

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 08 2009 04:00 PM

Edward Rhodes, professor of geology, UCLA

OSL Dating as a Tool for Understanding Landscape Evolution and Dynamics: New Applications and Future Potential

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 12 2009 04:00 PM

Kathleen M. Scott, assistant professor of biology, University of Southern Florida

Isotope Discrimination by Phylogenetically Diverse RubisCO Enzymes

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 14 2009 04:00 PM

Christopher Wolfe, postgraduate researcher, UC San Diego

Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics in the Eddying Regime

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 15 2009 04:00 PM

Vali Memeti, lecturer in geology, Washington University in St. Louis

Incremental Growth of a Large Magma Chamber: Field and Analytical Studies of the Cretaceous Tuolumne Batholith, California

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 19 2009 04:00 PM

Michael P. Lamb, assistant professor of geology, Caltech

Formation of Amphitheater-Headed Canyons on Earth and Mars

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 21 2009 04:00 PM

Anthony Wexler, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, UC Davis

Particles and Gases that Disrupt Lung Development

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 22 2009 09:00 AM

Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech

The future of solar energy

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 22 2009 04:00 PM

Phil Nicholson, Cornell University

The Architecture of the Cassini Division

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

October 22 2009 04:00 PM

Ian Eisenman, postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Is Arctic Sea Ice Approaching a Tipping Point?

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 26 2009 04:00 PM

Greg Balco, postdoctoral research fellow, Berkeley Geochronology Center

Cosmogenic-Nuclide Burial Dating

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 28 2009 04:00 PM

Duane Waliser, JPL

Cloud Ice: Observing and Modeling the Hard Part of the Clouds

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 29 2009 09:00 AM

Kashif Hasnie, RAND Corporation

Conflicting Waters of South Asia

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 29 2009 04:00 PM

Geology Club Seminar—cancelled

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 30 2009 04:00 PM

Wenzheng Yang, postdoctoral scholar in geophysics, Caltech

Strain-Drops and Corner Frequency Ratios Estimations from the Aftershocks of the 1999 İzmit and Düzce Earthquakes

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

November 02 2009 04:00 PM

Wesley Andrés Watters, postdoctoral research associate in astronomy, Cornell University

Relating Impact Crater Shape to Target Properties: New Insights from MER and HiRISE

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 04 2009 04:00 PM

Christina Hulbe, assistant professor of geology, Portland State Universiy

Prepare Immediately for Whatever Happens Next: "Rapid" Change at Ice Sheet Marine Margins

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 05 2009 08:00 AM

Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport Conference

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 05 2009 08:00 AM

Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport Conference

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 05 2009 09:00 AM

John Onderdonk, manager, Caltech

Dumpster Diving at Caltech

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 05 2009 04:00 PM

Jed Mosenfelder, research scientist, Caltech

Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals: Recent Research at Caltech

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 06 2009 04:00 PM

Ken Hudnut, geophysicist, United States Geological Survey

Fault Slip Variations, Fault Geometrical Complexity, and Constraining Ground Motions Using LiDAR Data

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

November 09 2009 04:00 PM

Kevin Boyce, assistant professor of paleontology, The University of Chicago

The Fossil Record of Plant Physiology and Development

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 11 2009 04:00 PM

Cristina Archer, assistant professor, Cal State Chico

The Importance of Wind Power for a Clean and Renewable Future

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 12 2009 09:00 AM

Michael Lamb, assistant professor of geology, Caltech

Why Do Fires Cause Debris Flows?

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 12 2009 04:00 PM

James Dolan, professor of Earth sciences, USC

Paleo-Earthquakes, Slip Rates, and Possible Strain Transients (or Not): Geologic Insights into the Behavior of the North Anatolian Fault

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 13 2009 04:00 PM

Daoyuan Sun, assistant scientist, Caltech

Detection of the Sharp Features in the Deep Earth with Waveform Complexity

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

November 16 2009 04:00 PM

Brendan Meade, associate professor Earth and planetary sciences, Harvard University

Quantifying Fault System Complexity and Rheology at Continental Plate Boundaries

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 18 2009 04:00 PM

Joao Teixeira, research scientist, JPL

Subtropical Cloud Transitions: Observations, Theories and Impact on Climate

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 19 2009 09:00 AM

Paul Jennings, professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics, emeritus, Caltech

Goals and Plans for Caltech's Greenhouse Gas Reduction

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 19 2009 04:00 PM

Mark Harrison, professor of geology, UCLA

Continuous Tectonothermal Histories from Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronometry

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 20 2009 04:00 PM

Matthew Fouch, associate professor of Earth and planetary exploration, Arizona State University

Revising Paradigms of Plate Tectonics for the Western United States

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

November 23 2009 04:00 PM

Roland Burgmann, professor of Earth and planetary science, UC Berkeley

Probing the Rheology and Localization of Deformation in the Lower Crust: Evidence from Postseismic Relaxation and Tremor

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

December 02 2009 04:00 PM

Bill Randel, director, National Center for Atmospheric Research

The Asian Monsoon Anticyclone, Pollution Near the Tropopause and Transport to the Stratosphere

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

December 03 2009 04:00 PM

Tim Raub, postdoctoral scholar in geology, Caltech

Earth's Deglacial "Rhythms": Similarities and Changes Through the Eons

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 04 2009 04:00 PM

Lucas Wilcox, Research Associate, the University of Texas at Austin

High-order Accurate Solution of Acoustic-elastic Interface Problems on Adapted Meshes Using a Discontinuous Galerkin Method

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

December 10 2009 04:00 PM

Ben Harte, professor of geosciences, University of Edinburgh

Diamond Formation in 'Deep Mantle' Dehydration Zones

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 10 2009 04:00 PM

Masumi Yamada, assistant professor, Kyoto University

The Slapdown Phase in High Acceleration Records of Large Earthquakes

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

December 11 2009 04:00 PM

Alexandre Schubnel, Chargé de Recherche, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Laboratory Investigation of the Radiative Energy Transfer during Rupture Nucleation and Propagation

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory