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

March 29 2010 04:00 PM

Hope Ishii, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Age-Dating Stardust: Possibilities from Comet Wild 2's Micron-sized Refreactory Particles

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 30 2010 04:00 PM

Mate Adamkovics, postdoctoral researcher in astronomy, UC Berkeley

Using Troposperic Methane, Stratosperic Aerosol, and Clouds as Tracers of Circulation of Titan

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 31 2010 04:00 PM

Gnanadesikan Anand, lecturer in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Princeton University

Topic to be announced.

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 01 2010 04:00 PM

David Goldstein, the University of Texas at Austin

Simulating Atmospheric Phenomena on Io: Plumes, Glows and Flows

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

April 01 2010 04:00 PM

Pieter Vermeesch, academic fellow in Earth sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London

Tracing Desert Sand Over Tens to Millions of Years

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 05 2010 04:00 PM

Patricia Dove, professor of geochemistry and biogeochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Investigating the Physical Basis of Biomineralization

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 06 2010 04:00 PM

Marshall Perrin, postdoctoral fellow in physics and astronomy, UCLA

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

April 07 2010 04:00 PM

Mak Saito, associate scientist in marine chemistry and geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Topic to be announced.

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 08 2010 04:00 PM

Ryan Ewing, postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences, Caltech

Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Records of Climate Change in Wind-blown Dune Deposits in the North Polar Region of Mars

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 09 2010 04:00 PM

Sinan Akciz, postdoctoral scholar, UC Irvine

New views on the rupture history of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

April 12 2010 04:00 PM

Peter D. Clift, professor of geology and petroleum geology, University of Aberdeen

Variations in the Asian Monsoon and Their Impacts of Continental Erosion and Mountain Building

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 13 2010 04:00 PM

Adam Showman, associate professor, dynamics and evolution of planetary atmospheres, University of Arizona

Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

April 14 2010 04:00 PM

Richard Rotunno, senior scientist in mesoscale meteorology, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Impact of Turbulence on the Intensity of Hurricanes in Numerical Models

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 15 2010 01:30 PM

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

Formate Dehydrogenase Genes Form Termite Gut Microbiota: Insights on the Ricrobial Ecology of Acetogenic Bacteria

102 Steele

April 15 2010 04:00 PM

Will Berelson, professor of Earth sciences, USC

Ten Years in the Life of a Siliceous Stromatolite from a Yellowstone Hot Spring

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 16 2010 03:30 PM

Egill Hauksson, senior research associate in geophysics, Caltech

Special Seminar on the 2010 Mw7.2 Sierra El Mayor Earthquake, Baja California

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 19 2010 04:00 PM

Oded Aharonson, associate professor of planetary sciences, Caltech

Titan's Lakes: Croll-Milankovitch and Seasonal Cycles

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 20 2010 04:00 PM

David Stevenson, professor of planetary science, Caltech

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

April 21 2010 04:00 PM

Peter Clark, professor of geosciences, Oregon State University

Into and Out of the Last Glacial Maximum

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 22 2010 04:00 PM

Steven Chemtob, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Anne Dekas, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Silica Coatings in the Ka'u Desert, Hawai'i, and Implications for Mars (S. Chemtob); FISH-NanoSIMS Analysis of Nitrogen Utilization in Methane Consuming Deep-Sea Microbes (A. Dekas)

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 23 2010 04:00 PM

Hiroo Kanamori, John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, Caltech

Revisiting the 1960 Chilean Earthquake and Its Comparison with the Recent Chile Earthquake

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

April 26 2010 04:00 PM

Scott R. Saleska, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Arizona

The Once (and Future?) Forest: Vegetation-Climate Feedbacks in the Amazon Basin

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 28 2010 04:00 PM

Matthew McCarthy, associate professor of ocean sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Compound-Specific Amino Acid Fractionation Patterns: A New Approach to Tracing Organic Nitrogen Source and Transformation

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 29 2010 04:00 PM

Marc Kuchner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The Kuiper Belt, Zodiacal Dust, Debris Disks: It's All About Collisions

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

April 29 2010 04:00 PM

James Watkins, graduate student in Earth and planetary sciences, UC Berkeley

Isotope Separation by Diffusion in Geological Liquids

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 30 2010 04:00 PM

Susan Hough, seismologist, US Geological Survey

Geological and Non-Geological Factors Contributing to Damage in Port-au-Prince during the 12 January 2010 M7.0 Haiti Earthquake

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

254 South Mudd Laboratory

May 03 2010 04:00 PM

Noah Finnegan, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Do Bedrock Rivers Record Climate Change?

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 04 2010 04:00 PM

Yanqin Wu, assistant professor of theoretical astrophysics, University of Toronto

Secular Instability: Producing Hot Jupiters and Organizing Planetary Systems

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

May 05 2010 04:00 PM

Mak Saito, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Connecting Marine Trace Metal Biogeochemical Cycles with Their Corresponding Metalloenzymes in Phytoplankton

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 06 2010 04:00 PM

Paul Burgess, graduate student in Earth and space sciences, UCLA

Quaternary Shortening Rates across the Main Frontal Thrust Zone, Eastern Himalaya

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 07 2010 04:00 PM

Abby Kavner, associate professor of Earth and space materials, UCLA

Thermal Conductivity of MgSiO3 Perovskite and Heat Flow in the Earth's Mantle

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

May 10 2010 04:00 PM

Ekhard Salje, professor of mineralogy and petrology, University of Cambridge

Radiation Damage in Minerals

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 11 2010 04:00 PM

Sue Smrekar, planetary scientist, JPL

What's New on Venus? Implications for Climate and Interior

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

May 12 2010 04:00 PM

Kate Maher, assistant professor of environmental isotope geochemistry, Stanford University

Resolving the Discrepancy between Laboratory and Field-based Reaction Rates: Insights from Isotopes and Reactive Transport Models

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 13 2010 04:00 PM

Dawn Sumner, professor of geology, UC Davis

Microbial Mat-Environment Interactions in Lake Joyce, Antarctica, and Implications for Archean Microbialites

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 14 2010 04:00 PM

Takahiko Uchide, postdoctoral researcher, UC San Diego

Scaling of Earthquake Rupture Growth in Parkfield Area

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

May 17 2010 04:00 PM

Wendy Mao, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences, Stanford University

High Pressure Nanoprobes for Studying Earth and Planetary Interiors

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 18 2010 04:00 PM

John Johnson, assistant professor of astronomy, Caltech

The Golden Age of Exoplanet Spin-Orbit Measurements

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

May 19 2010 04:00 PM

Patricia Holden, professor of environmental microbiology, UCSB

Wetting and Drying Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in a California Grassland Ecosystem

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 20 2010 04:00 PM

Jeremy Boyce, visitor in geochemistry, Caltech

Apatite: Great mineral? Or the greatest mineral?

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 21 2010 04:00 PM

Yehuda Ben-Zion, professor of geophysics, USC

Rock Damage, Earthquakes and Faults

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

May 24 2010 04:00 PM

Wallace S. Broecker, professor of geology, Columbia University **Kliegel Lecture**

Using the Paleorecord to Say Something about Future Water Budgets in the American West

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

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 26 2010 04:00 PM

Adam Martiny, assistant professor of Earth system science, UC Irvine

Genetic Adaptation to Nutrient Stress in Marine Unicellular Cyanobacteria

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 26 2010 08:00 PM

Oded Ahronson, associate professor of planetary science, Caltech

Titan: A Strange Yet Familiar New World

Keck Institute for Space Studies Lecture Series

Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium

May 27 2010 04:00 PM

Andrew Matzen, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Melanie Channon, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Oxygen isotope compositions of mineral separates from SNC meteorites: Constraints on SNC parental magmas (M. Channon); The temperature and pressure dependence of Ni partitioning between olivine and silicate melt (A. Matzen)

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 27 2010 04:00 PM

Antoine Lucas, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

New Insights into Dynamics of Martians Mass Wasting Processes

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

May 28 2010 03:00 PM

Edward A. Boyle, professor of ocean geochemistry, MIT

Evolution of Anthropogenic Lead during the Past 250 Years

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

June 02 2010 04:00 PM

Dorian S. Abbot, postdoctoral scholar in geophysical sciences, The University of Chicago

Thinking about Snowball Initiation and Deglaciation

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

June 03 2010 04:00 PM

Michael Oskin, assistant professor of geology, UC Davis

Fault System Behavior of the Eastern California Shear Zone: Unsteady Loading Rates and Clustered Earthquakes

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room