Events for Fall 2010-2011 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

September 27 2010 04:00 PM

Paul F Hoffman, professor of geology, emeritus, Harvard University

The Diluvian Glacial Controversy at the Origin of Climate Dynamics and Geodynamics

James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lecture in Geological and Planetary Sciences

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

September 30 2010 04:00 PM

Paul F. Hoffman, professor of geology, emeritus, Harvard University

Cap Carbonates: Tales from the Last Snowball Earth and Its Termination

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 04 2010 04:00 PM

Ken Caldeira, senior scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington

Geoengineering, Ocean Acidification, and the Energy-carbon-climate problem: Applying Geophysical Models to Address Policy-relevant Questions

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 06 2010 04:00 PM

Efrat Morin, senior lecturer in geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rainfall Patterns and Catchment Response during Extreme Flash Flood Events over the Dry Climate Regions of the Southeastern Mediterranean

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

October 07 2010 04:00 PM

Chris Kempes, graduate student, MIT

Power Laws in Biology: A Tool for the Earth Sciences

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 11 2010 04:00 PM

Mathieu Dumberry, assistant professor of physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton

The Super-rotation of the Earth's Inner Core: A Geodynamic Perspective

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 13 2010 04:00 PM

Naomi Marcil Levine, postdoctoral fellow organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University

From Genes to Biogeochemical Cycles: A Marine Sulfur Cycle Case Study

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

October 14 2010 04:00 PM

Zach Lebo, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Anna Beck, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Theoretical Basis for Invigoration of Deep Convective Clouds Due to Increased Aerosol Concentrations; Investigating dissolved iron and particle interactions in seawater with laboratory experiments

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 18 2010 04:00 PM

Michael Manga, professor of Earth and planetary science, UC Berkeley

Earthquakes and Water (And Why an Earthquake Did Not Cause the LUSI Mud Volcano in Indonesia to Erupt)

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 20 2010 04:00 PM

Jess Adkins, professor of geochemistry and global environmental science, Caltech

The Role of the Deep Ocean in Setting the Last Glacial Maximum Climate

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

October 21 2010 09:00 AM

Morgan Raven, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 21 2010 04:00 PM

Ben Mackey, postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences, Caltech

Sediment Yield and Spatial Characteristics of Active Earthflows, Eel River, California

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 25 2010 04:00 PM

Peter B. Kelemen, professor of geochemistry, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

In Situ Mineral Carbonation in Peridotite for CO₂ Capture and Storage

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 27 2010 04:00 PM

Laurie Juranek, research scientist, University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration

Gases and Their Masses: Using Dissolved O₂ Isotopes and O₂/Ar Ratios to Qualify the Pacific Ocean Biological Carbon Pump

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

October 28 2010 09:00 AM

Xuan Zhang, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Evaluation of the Importance of In-could SOA Formation

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 28 2010 04:00 PM

Peter Homewood, Totale

Storm Dominated Carbonates and Sea-water Sabkhas, Unconventional Modern Analogs from Oman

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 01 2010 04:00 PM

William Schlesinger, president, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

The Global Nitrogen Cycle: Where Is the Missing N?

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 03 2010 04:00 PM

Anne Pringle, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University

Reaching the Wind and Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary and Symbiotic Organisms

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

November 04 2010 09:00 AM

Anne Laraia, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Topic to be announced.

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 04 2010 04:00 PM

Joshua West, professor of Earth sciences, USC

A Journey across the Periodic Table in Search of Understanding Rates of Earth Surface Processes

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 08 2010 04:00 PM

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, assistant professor of geology, MIT

The Lunar Magma Ocean: Reconciling the Solidification Process with Lunar Petrology and Geochronology

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 10 2010 04:00 PM

David Hutchins, professor of marine environment biology, USC

Changing Nutrient Biogeochemistry in a Warmer, More Acidic Future Ocean

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

November 11 2010 09:00 AM

Ramla Gabriel, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

The Sustainability of Worldwide Population Growth

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 11 2010 04:00 PM

Jon Wilson, O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar in Geology, Caltech

Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from the Study of Fossil Plants

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 15 2010 04:00 PM

Peter Flemings, professor and research scientist, The University of Texas institute for Geophysics

Overpressure, Slope Failure, Fluid Venting, and Drilling along Deepwater Continental Margins

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 17 2010 04:00 PM

Abigail Swann, postdoctoral fellow in sustainability science, Harvard University

Ecoclimate Teleconnections: Remote Effects of the Interactions between Ecosystems and Climate

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

November 18 2010 09:00 AM

Wilton Mui, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Generational Changes in Environmental Consciousness and Attitudes

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 18 2010 04:00 PM

Tim Raub, postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Early Precambrian Whiffs of Oxygen as Metasomatic Artifacts

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 22 2010 04:00 PM

Tanja Bosak, assistant professor of geobiology, MIT

Life between the Snowballs

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

December 01 2010 04:00 PM

Erik Zinser, assistant professor of microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Mutualistic Interactions between Free-living Marine Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Bacteria

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

December 02 2010 09:00 AM

Kangwoo Cho, graduate student, Caltech

Characteristics of Urban Nonpoin Source Pollution: A Case Study in Korea

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 02 2010 04:00 PM

David Doughty, postdoctoral scholar in biology, Caltech

Towards Understanding the Biological Function of Hopanoids

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 09 2010 01:00 PM

Julia Slingo, chief scientist, Met Office (the United Kingdom's National Weather Service)

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar—cancelled

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium

December 09 2010 04:00 PM

Leif Karlstrom, graduate student in Earth and planetary science, UC Berkeley

Morphodynamics of Supraglacial Streams

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room